# The Fact Didn’t Change. You Did. | Wacky Wednesday

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Podcast: [Common Sense with Chad Law | Political Commentary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/common-sense-with-chad-law-political-commentary-4943048)
Published: 2026-08-12T19:00:00+00:00
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Text the show! What if changing nothing but the political name attached to a fact could change whether you believe it? Turns out, researchers have tested exactly that—and the results aren't particularly flattering to either side. This Wacky Wednesday starts with a strange reaction to a previous Common Sense episode: government and academic wildfire research being dismissed as a “Trump talking point.” From there, Chad follows the same mechanism through decades of American politics. Xavier Bec...

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