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| Oct 4, 2026 | Trump reiterates pledge to send $5,000 checks, and hands out smaller payments, as midterm elections loom | President Donald Trump is touting two federal cash payment programs already underway while renewing a much larger $5,000 check promise contingent on Republicans retaining Congress. The cash offers come as Republicans head into the final str... |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Rural MAHA followers say Trump hasn’t improved health of their communities, poll finds | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ALI SWENSON, SARAH JANE TRIBBLE and LINLEY SANDERS WASHINGTON (AP) — About half of rural voters identify with Make America Healthy Again, a sprawling political movement championed by the Trump a... |
| Aug 18, 2026 | MAGA GOP Keeps Taking Ownership Stakes In Private Companies, Then Warning You The Communists Are Coming | Words used to mean things. The MAGA GOP strategy lately seems to be pulling a page from the 1980s playbook (a Trump specialty) and declaring anyone they don’t like to be “communist.” The whole thing is laughable. Even if you disagree with s... |
| Aug 14, 2026 | TikTok Music on Stage 2026: Free Artist Pipeline Hides Year-Two Royalty Cut | By Mike Gonzales Published: Aug 14 2026, 10:28 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard |
| Aug 8, 2026 | SAVE Act Buried: Thune Filed Crypto Cloture Same Morning as September Deal | By William Chan Published: Aug 08 2026, 10:57 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Reflecting Pool Scandal: Vandalism Claims Shattered, Blame Shifts | Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage unravels a political and legal drama. Initial vandalism charges against Olympian David Hearn vanish. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro points to flawed contractor installation. President Trump disputes this... |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Honduras Court Can’t Convict Narco Ex-President Hernández; His Own Party Controls Trial | By Shannon Harwood Published: Aug 03 2026, 12:22 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard |
| Aug 2, 2026 | Kennedy Disputes Vaccine Science on CNN as Measles Hits 35-Year US High | By Brandon Fisher Published: Aug 02 2026, 1:53 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard |
| Jul 31, 2026 | California mobilizes to protect communities as summer heat builds across the West | This mobilization builds on the Governor’s announcement at McClellan Air Park last week, where he unveiled the state’s next generation of wildfire-fighting technology, from AI-guided drones to satellites that spot blazes from space. Climate... |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Grand Jury Witness: Reflecting Pool Was Already Damaged Before Arrested Man Touched It | Donald Trump swore he could turn the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool into something he could use to bask in his own reflected glory. Instead, it turned out to be everything we expect from Trump: braggadocio followed by abject failure. Trum... |
| Jul 31, 2026 | California se moviliza para proteger a las comunidades mientras el calor del verano afecta al oeste del país | Este despliegue da continuidad al anuncio que hizo el Gobernador la semana pasada en McClellan Air Park, donde presentó la nueva generación de tecnología de California para combatir incendios forestales, desde drones guiados por inteligenci... |
| Jul 26, 2026 | Colorado was the first state to cap a drug’s price – then a federal court stepped in (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Shweta Kumar Colorado is one of a handful of states with a review board for drug prices and one of only four with a board empowered to set upper limits on what state agencies, insurers and other... |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Feds have a new teen pregnancy prevention plan: Fertility and ‘reproductive goals’ | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Stateline.org The Trump administration has a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy: Beginning this summer, it will steer millions of dollars toward organizations... |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Trump’s Reflecting Pool Failures To Be Taken Out On US Olympic Canoeist David Hearn | Yet another way Trump was going to make America great again was by giving one of his pool boys a no-bid contract to make the Lincoln Reflecting Pool even greater than it always had been. Rather than allow it to remain — at the very least — ... |
| Jun 22, 2026 | ‘News’ Site Keeps Hallucinating EFF Staffers | What do EFF staffers Sarah Chen, Javier Morales, Caitlin Chin, Emma Rodriguez, and Mikko Kopponen have in common? For one thing, they don’t exist. For another, all have been quoted as EFF experts in articles published in the past two months... |
| Feb 7, 2026 | Her son’s injury never got its day in vaccine court. Their lawyer is now advising RFK Jr. on its overhaul | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Maia Rosenfeld, KFF Health News JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In 2019, after a routine vaccination, 11-year-old Keithron Thomas felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and down his arm. His mother, Melanie Bos... |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Kash Patel Creating Tension With Mexico Because He Can’t Shut The Fuck Up On Social Media | Kash Patel, FBI Director, is not very good at his job. There are plenty of examples to demonstrate that notion, from him apparently completely misunderstanding the purpose and protections of the 2nd Amendment and Minnesota gun laws (whateve... |
| Dec 29, 2025 | FDA panelists questioned antidepressants in pregnancy. But doctors call them a lifeline | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Lisa Rab, KFF Health News If you are pregnant or a new mother who is struggling with depression or anxiety, you can call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, 24/7: 833-TLC-MAMA (... |
| Dec 10, 2025 | While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News The United States is poised to lose its measles-free status next year. If that happens, the country will enter an era in which outbreaks are common again. Related Art... |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado praises Trump after White House criticizes snub | White House communications director Steven Cheung claimed that by snubbing President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, the selection committee “proved they place politics over peace.” The prize’s actual recipient, Venezuelan oppositio... |
| Sep 28, 2025 | Politicizing federal troops in US mirrors use of military in Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s (Opinion) | By Kristina Mani In his second term as president, Donald Trump has deployed U.S. military forces in rarely used roles in domestic law enforcement. Besides sending military troops to Los Angeles to counter protests over immigration raids, Tr... |
| Sep 21, 2025 | Trump administration reportedly plans to link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy | The Trump administration is expected to make an announcement Monday linking pregnant women’s use of Tylenol to autism, according to The Washington Post. Federal health officials will also reportedly highlight leucovorin as a potential autis... |
| Aug 12, 2025 | Sorting out COVID vaccine confusion: New and conflicting federal policies raise questions | With so much in flux, it’s important to check with your employer or insurer about coverage policies before you roll up your sleeve. Here’s what we know so far, and what remains unclear. Q: How have the recommendations changed? What used to ... |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Trump contorts timeline of jobs report revisions in effort to justify firing BLS chief | President Donald Trump says he fired former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer because her agency had “faked” jobs numbers to help his political opponent. Trump claimed on CNBC that the BLS had issued “phony” jobs numb... |
| Jun 18, 2025 | The Color of Money: Navigating the Landscape of Job Opportunities and Health Risks | In the ever-evolving landscape of American life, two pressing issues emerge: the health risks of synthetic food dyes and the job market's geographical disparities. Both topics resonate deeply with the public, shaping choices and future... |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Editorial: Nothing fake about synthetic food dye health risks | Democrats can score points here: Voters, especially younger ones and parents, are all in for cleaner food. In a 2025 Pew Research Center survey, 78% of Gen Z and Millennials said they’d back candidates prioritizing public health. Supporting... |
| May 6, 2025 | The Illusion of Free Speech: A Tale of Censorship and Corporate Control | In the landscape of American politics and business, the battle for control over narratives is fierce. Recently, two stories emerged that highlight the tension between free speech and censorship, as well as the struggle for corporate account... |
| Apr 30, 2025 | ‘Free Speech’ GOP Threatened Billboard Company To Remove Democrats’ Ads About Medicaid Cuts | The “Party of Free Speech” is at it again. House Speaker Mike Johnson just bragged about using legal threats to remove his opponents’ political advertising — perhaps the most constitutionally protected form of speech that exists. And he did... |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Fermentation will power next wave of natural colors say startups as FDA targets synthetic food dyes | Plant-based colorants such as beets and carrots still dominate conversations about natural alternatives to synthetic food dyes. However, natural pigments produced by microbes in fermentation tanks can outperform some botanicals on taste, co... |
| Mar 14, 2025 | The Grocery Price Paradox: Trump’s Promise and the Reality of Inflation | Inflation is a beast. It gnaws at wallets and gnashes teeth. For many Americans, grocery shopping has become a battleground. Prices rise like the sun, relentless and unforgiving. In the midst of this turmoil, former President Trump made a b... |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Commentary | Opinion: Steve Lopez: Trump promised lower food prices immediately, but I gave him six weeks. Here’s my grocery bill. | Inflation is a killer, and anybody who’s gone shopping in recent years is well aware that in a supermarket, your money doesn’t go as far as it once did. Breakfast, lunch and dinner all cost more than they used to. Trump smartly hammered awa... |
| Feb 14, 2025 | The Dual Faces of Influence: Musk's Misinformation and the Philippines' Cultural Richness | In the vast landscape of modern media, two stories emerge, each a reflection of our times. One is a tale of misinformation and the other, a celebration of culture. On one side, we have Elon Musk, a titan of technology, who wields his influe... |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Some Follow Up Questions For Elon Musk, After He Admits He Gets Stuff Wrong Sometimes | Here’s a story about being wrong. Not just regular wrong — we’re all wrong sometimes! — but spectacularly, publicly, “I’m going to double down again and again and again on this obviously false thing even after being corrected” wrong. This w... |
| Jan 28, 2025 | National Politics | What RFK Jr. might face in his nomination hearings this week | “They think they are going to go into office, pull back the curtain, find all this bad stuff, and reveal it to the American public,” he said. During a measles epidemic in 2019 and 2020 that killed 83 people, mostly children, in Samoa, Kenne... |
| Jan 11, 2025 | The Erosion of Truth: Meta's Shift in Content Moderation and Fact-Checking | In a world where information flows like a raging river, the need for truth has never been more critical. Yet, as Meta announces sweeping changes to its content moderation and fact-checking policies, the landscape of media and truth is shift... |
| Jan 9, 2025 | National Politics | No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth? | “In the short term, this is bad news for people who want to go on social media to find trustworthy and accurate information,” said Angie Drobnic Holan, director of the International Fact-Checking Network. Her organization started in 2015 wi... |
| Jan 2, 2025 | The Trust Crisis: Media and Justice in America | In the landscape of American democracy, trust is the currency that fuels the engine of society. Yet, this currency is rapidly devaluing. The news media and the judicial system, once revered pillars of democracy, now face a crisis of confide... |
| Jan 2, 2025 | Opinion Columnists | Opinion: Jim Mittelman: Can you trust the news media? | A combination of factors explains the news media’s fall from grace. A climate of political polarization and right-wing disinformation undermine the credibility of the media. A gulf separates leading mainstream daily newspapers, TV networks,... |
| Sep 26, 2024 | National Politics | Trump’s rhetorical walkabouts: A sign of ‘genius’ or cognitive decline? | Those changes “could be attributed to a variety of possible causes,” the experts told Stat, “some benign and others more worrisome. They include mood changes, a desire to appeal to certain audiences, natural aging, or the beginnings of a co... |
| Sep 16, 2024 | No ABC Did Not Engage In Election Interference In [Checks Notes] Fact Checking Donald Trump | In the bizarro world of MAGA politics, up is down, black is white, and apparently, fact-checking is now a form of election interference. It is no secret that people across the political spectrum have a very warped view of what free speech o... |
| Aug 23, 2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention | But he hasn’t been definitive about that. In an April interview with Time, Trump was asked if that blanket 10 percent tariff was his plan. He responded, “It may be more than that. It may be a derivative of that.” At a recent rally in North ... |
| Aug 22, 2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention | Abortion ban After predicting that Trump and Vance would “gut Social Security and Medicare,” Walz repeated the outdated claim that “they will ban abortion across this country with or without Congress.” Trump used to support that position, b... |
| Aug 21, 2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention | “In dollar terms, the biggest winners would be those in the top 0.1 percent of income, who make nearly $5 million or more,” Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center, wrote on Aug. 2. “They’d get an average tax cut of nearly... |
| Aug 20, 2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention | The unemployment rate was 6.4 percent the month of Biden’s inauguration, above the historical norm of 5.6 percent, which is the median rate for all months since 1948. As FactCheck noted before, that rate would have been higher if millions o... |
| Jul 18, 2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking Day 3 of the Republican National Convention | As the chart shows, wages have fluctuated, but they were on an upward trend before Trump took office. The noticeable spike in the chart came in April and May 2020, during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when unemployment also shot up an... |
| Jul 5, 2024 | National Politics | Despite what some politicians say, crime rates are decreasing | In May, Trump wrongly called FBI data showing a decline in crime “fake numbers.” In June, he erroneously claimed that the FBI’s crime statistics exclude 30% of cities, including the “biggest and most violent.” He could have been referring t... |
| Jun 28, 2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking the Biden-Trump debate | During the GOP presidential primary, Trump also criticized some of his Republican opponents for proposing to raise the retirement age for Social Security, which budget experts have said would reduce scheduled benefits for those affected. So... |
| Apr 26, 2024 | National Politics | Analysis: What to watch during what could be Biden’s final White House correspondents’ dinner | John T. Bennett | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s aviator sunglasses likely won’t be far away Saturday night when the president cracks some jokes at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. But not everyone wil... |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Editorials | Editorial: Dig into discovering the truth this election cycle | For better or worse, we are now into another campaign season. The political landscape has not been dulled since the last presidential election between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump and it’s not likely to get any better as voters shou... |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Letters to the Editor | Letters to the editor: Immigration is key to success; Alabama’s new tax exemptions; the lesson of 1968; the blessings of mothers | Immigration is key to America’s success Immigration has become a political football, with Republicans in the House of Representatives blocking the passage of legislative reforms so they can instead posture, pontificate and, they hope, gain ... |
| Feb 23, 2024 | Florida defies CDC in measles outbreak, telling parents it's fine to send unvaccinated kids to school | With a brief memo, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has subverted a public health standard that's long kept measles outbreaks under control. On Feb. 20, as measles spread through Manatee Bay Elementary in South Florida, Ladapo sen... |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Clarence Thomas was deep in debt when he hinted to a GOP lawmaker that he'd quit if he didn't get a pay raise: report | Politics Clarence Thomas was deep in debt when he hinted to a GOP lawmaker that he'd quit if he didn't get a pay raise: report Brent D. Griffiths 2023-12-18T14:29:45Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon ... |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Editorials | Editorial: COVID is real, and vaccines can help | A meme began circulating on social media this month that brings into question whether long-accepted vaccines such as the flu shot and the measles, mumps and rubella shot — called MMR — actually work. It didn’t take long for factcheck.org, t... |
| Oct 3, 2023 | How RFK Jr. could hurt Biden, Trump in 2024 election with independent bid | United StatesHow RFK Jr. could hurt Biden, Trump in 2024 election with independent bid By Jeff Mason and Heather TimmonsOctober 3, 202310:17 AM UTCUpdated ago Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during The World V... |
| Jul 23, 2023 | DIA's legacy of conspiracies theories | As far as we can tell, DIA is not the Illuminati's headquarters. Details: The rumors that something "nefarious" was underway in northeast Denver when the airport's construction began in the late 1980s are likely the star... |
| Jul 11, 2023 | Offensive defence: How Putin saved NATO | It feels like we are worlds away from the time when French President Emmanuel Macron declared NATO “brain dead” on the eve of its London summit in 2019. Since then, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has revived and reinvigorated the North Atl... |
| May 3, 2023 | Tucker Carlson helped broker the deal that made Kevin McCarthy House speaker after 14 failed votes, text messages show | Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Jason Koerner/Getty Images; REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Redeem now Tucker Carlson won concessions from Kevin McCarthy in a deal that made him House speaker, per h... |
| Apr 6, 2023 | What are the top 5 tools to effectively combat fake news? | When we’re going about our days -- ingesting media from a mountain of different sources -- it is always possible that the information we come across, be it in print, radio, or on the internet, may not be accurate. False information has been... |
| Mar 7, 2023 | Family of cop who died after Jan 6. slams Fox News for claiming rioters had nothing to do with his death | Fox News host Tucker Carlson on March 6, 2023, sought to discredit claims Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick's death was linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Fox News Redeem now The family of Capitol Police officer Brian Sickni... |
| Feb 22, 2023 | When Elections Threaten the Rule of Law: The Good Governance Paradox of Judicial Elections | State courts handle the preponderance of legal disputes in America. Federal courts have increasingly deferred to states to demarcate the scope of foundational rights, and decisions by these courts have substantial impact on how Americans or... |
| Dec 27, 2022 | Tech View: Turmoil at Twitter leads to a bump in fake news | To say Twitter is in chaos might be the understatement of the year. While the jury is still out as to whether new owner Elon Musk can bring the company under control, one byproduct of its current state is an increase in fake news. How can a... |
| Nov 28, 2022 | UK Watchdog Deems Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla's Statements on Kids' Covid Vaccines 'Misleading' | Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 28 November 2022, 09:11 am A pharmaceutical authority has reportedly penalized Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla for making "misleading" claims on the Covid vaccine for children. (Photo : Photo by SAKIS MITRO... |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Democratic state Rep. Summer Lee faces off against Republican Mike Doyle in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District election | Summer Lee's campaign; Mike Doyle's campaign; Insider Redeem now Explore more race results below. Democrat Summer Lee is running against Republican Mike Doyle in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District. Redistricting added... |
| Nov 5, 2022 | Democratic state Rep. Summer Lee faces off against Republican Mike Doyle in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District election | Summer Lee's campaign; Mike Doyle's campaign; Insider Redeem now Explore more race results below. Democrat Summer Lee is running against Republican Mike Doyle in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District. Redistricting added... |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Believers in science must take action when recommendations breach public health | Medical practitioners and public health officials work within boundaries that, when crossed by others, can harm the people they are entrusted to protect. When these red lines are crossed, the medical and scientific community can — and shoul... |
| Oct 22, 2022 | US Election 2022: Which Social Media Site Can Efficiently Handle Misinformation? Facebook and More | Griffin Davis , Tech Times 22 October 2022, 06:10 am The U.S. election in 2022 is just around the corner. To help people during this critical period, social media sites need to make efforts to stop the spread of misinformation. (Photo : Pho... |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Biden rebukes Sen. Lindsey Graham for saying there'll be violence in the streets if Trump is indicted: 'Where the hell are we?' | President Joe Biden called out Sen. Lindsey Graham for saying there would be "riots" if former President Donald Trump was indicted. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Win McNamee/Getty Images Redeem now Biden hit out at people like Sen... |
| Aug 23, 2022 | Mehmet Oz says he'll be 'tough on China' as a senator. But a 2013 announcement from a Chinese health tech company offers a different perspective. | Republican US Senate candidate Mehmet Oz speaks at a rally in support of his campaign at the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds on May 6, 2022 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Redeem now Criticizing China has been a corne... |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Trump's awkward Jan. 7 video outtakes reveal his behavior behind the scenes as he argued with Ivanka, slammed the podium, and fumbled over his words | The January 6 panel revealed a new video showing how Trump melted down while recording a message on January 7, 2021. January 6 House Select Committee Redeem now A new video from the January 6 panel shows Trump's anger and frustration w... |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Company That Turned ‘Excited Delirium’ Into A Thing Thinks It Can Prevent School Shootings With Drone-Mounted Tasers [UPDATED] | UPDATE: Since this post’s composition over the weekend, there has been a notable development. Axon has, for the moment, pulled the ends of its toes from overhanging the precipice. It only took the resignation of most of the Ethics Board (ni... |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Is Hemp The Answer To Our Global Deforestation Crisis? | 190 190 Shares 3 Mins Read The widespread cultivation of industrial hemp might hold the key to save the planet, fight pollution and efficiently tackle our worldwide climate crisis. So why isn’t it? According to a 2019 analysis published in ... |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Race alone should not be used to allocate scarce Covid-19 treatments | In hospitals and health care systems, life and death decisions are being made about who should get scarce antiviral medications from Pfizer and Merck and monoclonal antibodies from AstraZeneca and Vir/GSK. These medicines can keep people ou... |
| Jan 26, 2022 | Business owners using sites like PayPal or Venmo now face a stricter tax-reporting minimum of $600 a year | Advertisement Advertisement Sites like Venmo and PayPal now must report business transactions to the IRS when they total $600/year. Congress updated the rules in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Since the beginning of the new year, Ven... |
| Dec 12, 2021 | Editorial: Peddlers of fake news can wreak havoc in the real world | Normally, the St. Louis-based website The Gateway Pundit can and should be laughed off as right-wing, fake-news nonsense. But as Reuters recently reported, the site’s false allegations of election fraud in jurisdictions around the country h... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Is the debate over the origin of Covid-19 still worth having? | The American public is understandably interested in how a pandemic that has killed nearly 750,000 people in this country and almost 5 million worldwide — with few signs of slowing down — emerged. But the U.S. intelligence community has now ... |
| Oct 13, 2021 | The Greater Reset: An “Abuse-Of-Crisis Prevention Act” To Restore Limited Government | Coming in the wake of 9/11 and its Patriot Act, and the 2008 financial meltdown, the pandemic marked the third major economic shock of the 21st Century met with a flash-policy stimulus response. This time, policymakers pursue and continue t... |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Kyrsten Sinema is trying to become a John McCain-like ‘maverick,’ but it isn’t going to end well | Senator Kyrsten Sinema walks down a hall of the US Capitol. Getty Kyrsten Sinema holds the Biden agenda in the palm of her hand. She’s looking to the late John McCain as a model for how she’d like to be seen in Washington. Without putting i... |
| Oct 3, 2021 | Good news! The vaccines still work and the Delta surge is on the decline. So cheer up. | A view of the crowd during the 2021 Global Citizen Live festival at the Great Lawn, Central Park on September 25, 2021 in New York City. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an... |
| Sep 15, 2021 | How a rogue doctor who called the vaccine ‘needle rape’ was made an Idaho public-health official in its worst COVID crisis yet | Dr Ryan Cole talking to KTVB from his Boise, Idaho lab in December 2020. KTVB/YouTube A doctor who called the COVID-19 vaccine “needle rape” made it to one of Idaho’s top health boards. Dr Ryan Cole, a pathologist with no public health expe... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | How a prolific anti-vax doctor, known for endorsing claims that COVID-19 shots could make you magnetic, oversees a lucrative empire of junk science | Dr. Sherri Tenpenny talking to followers via Instagram Live. Dr Sherri Tenpenny/Instagram Dr. Sherri Tenpenny was named as one of the 12 most prolific sources of anti-vax misinformation. Earlier this year she told Ohio lawmakers that COVID-... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | How a prolific anti-vax doctor, known for endorsing claims that COVID-19 shots could make you magnetic, oversees a lucrative empire of junk science | Dr. Sherri Tenpenny was named as one of the 12 most prolific sources of anti-vax misinformation. Earlier this year she told Ohio lawmakers that COVID-19 vaccines could make people magnetic. But her influence runs deeper, reaching a vast aud... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Biden’s Bloated White House Payroll Is Most Expensive In American History | WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Joe Biden is sworn in as U.S. President as his wife Dr. Jill Biden ... [+] looks on during his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inaugu... |
| May 10, 2021 | An Arizona GOP official made unverified claims that COVID vaccine turns people into 'potted plants' | A patient receives an injection of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images A GOP official peddled unverified claims that COVID jabs were turning people into "potted plants." Jim O'Connor is ... |
| May 10, 2021 | Arizona GOP official makes unverified claims that COVID vaccine turns people into ‘potted plants’ | A patient receives an injection of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images A GOP official peddled unverified claims that COVID jabs were turning people into “potted plants.” Jim O’Connor is an elected Repu... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Trumpworld shuns Rudy: The inside story of Giuliani's descent from 'America's mayor' to presidential lawyer and now an FBI target | "People should raise their eyebrows and recognize this could be much more serious than has been advertised so far," a former Trump White House official told Insider about Rudy Giuliani's legal troubles. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll C... |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Ads on Facebook with voter fraud conspiracies were running as recently as this week | Facebook was running ads featuring voter fraud conspiracies up until Wednesday. The ads were paid for by Restoration Action, a conservative super PAC. The ads echo election fraud conspiracies that former President Trump has pushed. Advertis... |
| Apr 8, 2021 | This Wharton analysis breaks down the American Jobs Plan’s potential long-term impact | With a price tag of $2.7 trillion, President Joe Biden’s proposed American Jobs Plan is ambitious in scope. Over eight years, the plan will be paid for by increased corporate taxes and includes spending on transportation infrastructure, com... |
| Mar 8, 2021 | The Best American Rescue Plan Is An “Abuse-Of-Crisis Prevention Act” | If limits exist that constrain politicians and the legislation they can enact in the name of crisis, rescue or stimulus, it is unclear what they are. |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Platforms are cracking down hard on political misinformation, but it’s still easy to find | In the aftermath of the Capitol insurrection on January 6 that left five people dead, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube promised to crack down harder on false claims that the US presidential election was stolen and on dangerous fringe movement... |
| Jan 14, 2021 | House Democrats call for accountability while Republicans call for unity and rail against ‘cancel culture’ in impeachment debate | The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday for the “incitement of insurrection” in the wake of last week’s deadly Capitol siege. During the House debate, Democrats argued Trump must be held accountable for pr... |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Experts say the Trump allies and right-wing media outlets facing defamation lawsuits from the voting-technology company Dominion could be on the hook for huge sums if they lose | Sidney Powell and President Donald Trump. Getty Images Dominion Voting Systems – an election-technology company implicated in false conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election – filed a $US1.3 billion lawsuit against Sidney Pow... |
| Dec 28, 2020 | Fauci said that he had few side effects after taking the Moderna coronavirus vaccine and that it’s ‘as good or better than an influenza vaccine’ | Dr. Anthony Fauci. GRAEME JENNINGS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday to discuss his experience receiving his first dose of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine. Fauci said he experienced f... |
| Dec 27, 2020 | Year in review: From downplaying the coronavirus to pushing Congress for $2,000 stimulus checks, here’s how Trump responded to the pandemic | President Donald Trump. Carlos Barria/Reuters President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been largely inconsistent over the course of 2020. He started out the year claiming the US had it “totally under control.” Meanw... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Televangelist Pat Robertson says he believes Biden won the election and distances himself from Trump: ‘You’ve had your day, and it’s time to move on’ | Pat Robertson criticised President Donald Trump on Monday. Win McNamee / Getty Images On his show “The 700 Club” on Monday, the televangelist Pat Robertson said, “I think it’s all over – I think the Electoral College has spoken.” The monolo... |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Republicans know Trump’s attempt to overturn the election is dangerous, but they’re too cowardly to fight it | A protester in front of the Oregon State Capitol during a Stop the Steal rally on November 7 in Salem, Oregon. Nathan Howard/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s fake voter-fraud allegations continue to get laughed out of court, and his ad... |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Decreasing Disinformation And The Confounding Of Communication | Perry Carpenter is Chief Evangelist for KnowBe4 Inc., provider of the popular Security Awareness Training & Simulated Phishing platform. |
| Nov 23, 2020 | What Modern Monetary Theory Actually Teaches You | Bill Keen is the Founder and CEO of Keen Wealth Advisors and the Best-Selling Author of Keen on Retirement. |
| Nov 15, 2020 | Trumpworld’s faux-intellectual grifters are helping him debase democracy with bogus ‘voter fraud’ claims. And Republicans rake in the cash. | CARSON, NEVADA, UNITED STATES – 2020/11/08: A protester holds a placard saying ‘Stop The Steal, Election Fraud’ during the demonstration. Ty O’Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Trump lost the election, by a lot. Because he’s too... |
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