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DHS domestic spying based on nutty conspiracy theories demands way more attention
Marchers in Minneapolis in January. (Photo by Lorie Shaull)
A major scandal emerged on Thursday as newly disclosed Department of Homeland Security documents exposed a massive spying campaign against ordinary Minnesotans who had gathered to...
Calling for a moratorium on ‘Trump says’ headlines
Donald Trump says so many things that aren’t true that the legacy media’s compulsion to put what he says in a headline is a major vector for misinformation.
It’s not just that Trump straight-up lies -- which he does frequently. There are m...
The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump's grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there
Trump poses with the crew that helped line the Reflecting Pool basin on May 7. Trump also drove his motorcade over the new coating.
What should journalists do when Donald Trump continues to insist on the existence of something that is enti...
The world’s most vocal racist will be the Republican Party’s biggest donor again. But don’t mention it.
Elon Musk went public on Wednesday with the news that he intends to spend at least another $100 million of his own money to help Republican candidates in the November midterm elections.
The news coverage dutifully noted that the richest ma...
What you need to know (and didn’t read) about Trump’s new tariffs
The first thing you need to know about Trump’s sweeping new tariffs is that they are based on a bald-faced lie. No one believes that Trump gives a damn about other countries’ steps to curb forced labor. That’s the ostensible legal justifica...
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