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Sources & references

Every claim on this site is drawn from free, public records. Numbers below match the superscript citations in the report. Records accessed 9–10 July 2026.

Property, parcel & tax records

  1. Philadelphia Office of Property Assessment — property assessments & sale history (OPA, via the city's Carto SQL API and atlas.phila.gov). atlas.phila.gov
  2. Montgomery County, PA — Board of Assessment GIS — parcel owner & assessment data. gis.montcopa.org
  3. Delaware County, PA — Parcels Public Access GIS — parcel owner & legal-use data. gis.delcopa.gov
  4. PASDA — Bucks & Cumberland County parcels — Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (Penn State). pasda.psu.edu
  5. New Jersey Parcels & MOD-IV Composite — statewide parcel + tax-assessment data (NJOGIS, ArcGIS). Owner names redacted per Daniel's Law; mailing address and deed references shown. njogis-newjersey.opendata.arcgis.com

Fuel-tank & distributor records

  1. PA DEP Storage Tank registry — registered tank owner/operator per facility (Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection eFACTS, via PASDA GeoJSON). pasda.psu.edu · Storage Tank Locations
  2. PA Dept. of Revenue — Motor Fuel Distributor list — licensed liquid-fuels distributors. revenue.pa.gov (PDF)
  3. GasBuddy / prior-brand listings — used to establish each station's prior brand. gasbuddy.com

Corporate, court & campaign-finance records

  1. PA Dept. of State — Business Entity Search — entity registrations, registered agents, governors. file.dos.pa.gov/search/business
  2. PA Dept. of State — UCC Search — secured-party / lien filings against the operators. file.dos.pa.gov/search/ucc
  3. PA Dept. of State — Campaign Finance data — full contribution exports (Gurinder Syan → Citizens for Hughes, 2025). pa.gov · campaign-finance-data
  4. Federal Election Commission — itemized federal contributions. fec.gov/data
  5. U.S. District Court, D.N.J. — Mountain Portfolio Owner NJ, LLC v. 6801 Tilton Rd Inc., case 1:24-cv-07055. dockets.justia.com
  6. U.S. District Court, D.N.J. — Mountain Portfolio Owner NJ, LLC v. Fams Petro LLC, case 3:24-cv-07685. pacermonitor.com
  7. U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pa. — In re Saddi, LLC, case 2:26-bk-10034. pacermonitor.com
  8. Blue Owl Capital — completion of the Oak Street Real Estate Capital acquisition (Dec 2021). blueowl.com

The network's own registrations

  1. USPTO — “FREEDOM FUEL NETWORK” trademark, serial 99917821 (filed 1 Jul 2026). uspto.report/TM/99917821
  2. Domain registration (RDAP) — freedomfuelnetwork.com, registered 13 Jun 2026 via Squarespace; registrant redacted except state = NJ. who.is · RDAP
  3. Delaware Division of Corporations — Freedom Fuel Network LLC (formed 23 Jun 2026; agent = Corporation Trust Center). icis.corp.delaware.gov
  4. Freedom Fuel Network — official site (locations list). freedomfuelnetwork.com

News & the President's post

  1. Snopes — “Trump-endorsed ‘Freedom Fuel’ gas stations exist, despite AI image he shared.” snopes.com
  2. The Philadelphia Inquirer — “Freedom Fuel gas stations in Philly: What we know” (Tornoe & Conde, 7 Jul 2026). inquirer.com
  3. ABC News — “Trump-promoted discount gas stations fuel a mystery and questions” (incl. OPIS's Tom Kloza and GasBuddy's Patrick De Haan on below-cost pricing; White House statement). abcnews.com
  4. CBS News — “White House announces the first ‘Freedom Fuel’ station, selling gas at $3.47 a gallon.” cbsnews.com
  5. Truth Social — @realDonaldTrump, 1 Jul 2026 (the post that launched the story). truthsocial.com

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