Reason
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10audits citing this outlet
1carried a hard contradiction
5carried a framing split
16spans quoted
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“The so-called "dividends" are bribes, and there's a long and sleazy history of such payments.”
October 5, 2026 · see it in context →“New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has appointed Attorney General Letitia James to oversee a new investigation into Cornell University's handling of a 2024 sexual misconduct allegation.”
October 2, 2026 · see it in context →“This is more than just a statement of support or sympathy for a woman speaking out about a troubling experience. James referred to Doe as a "survivor" and said she stands with her. That's not appropriate given that Hochul has tasked James with discovering the truth, regardless of whose account it supports.”
October 2, 2026 · see it in context →“But given that the D.A. is reopening the case, the proper question is not a moral one, but a legal one: Was Doe the victim of a crime?”
September 30, 2026 · see it in context →“Now Trump is not simply taking his ball and going home. He is threatening to puncture, flatten, and shred a ball that does not even belong to him.”
September 28, 2026 · see it in context →“without question, successive governments will introduce taxes at lower levels of income”
September 28, 2026 · see it in context →“many, many fawning news cycles in which her democratic socialist views are received rather warmly”
September 23, 2026 · see it in context →“this may well be Ocasio-Cortez trying to push him out.”
September 23, 2026 · see it in context →“Earlier tonight, the Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, refused to stay a lower-court decision blocking the Postal Service's policy implementing Donald Trump's executive order intended to curb mail-in voting.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →“foreseeably effected the death and injury of over 200 civilians, to the manifest injury of the United States.”
September 15, 2026 · see it in context →“The thing that's perhaps most impressive about this proposal is that it seems to have united much of the policy-wonk right in opposition: Nearly everyone I follow who is conservative and works in family policy sees major problems with the design.”
September 9, 2026 · see it in context →“The deadlock reportedly came down to an 11-1 vote.”
September 5, 2026 · see it in context →Audits citing Reason
- Kelly Called the $5,000 Payment a Payoff. His Own Party Called It Worse.October 5, 2026
- A Governor Takes a Case, a President Takes a Swipe, and One Desk Publishes Two HeadcountsOctober 2, 2026
- GAO Finds ICE Detention Waste. The Wire Story Traveled, the Flagships Didn't Show.September 25, 2026
- Trump, CNN's Kaitlan Collins, and the UN Remark Nobody Transcribes the Same Way TwiceSeptember 23, 2026
- Eight Impeachment Articles Reach the House Floor, and a Two-Day Clock StartsSeptember 15, 2026
- A federal program that does not exist yet has already acquired a nickname, and the nickname is the same one the president's opponents were saving for the midtermsSeptember 9, 2026
- Duffy's Road-Trip Show Aired. The Facts Hold; The Money Has Four NamesAugust 21, 2026
- Patriots, Vandals, or Terrorists: who is cutting down Flock's camerasAugust 9, 2026
- Simply Not a Socialist: El-Sayed, and the name Michigan's coverage cannot holdAugust 3, 2026
- The Deadline to Halve Electricity Bills Arrives: the government's own table shows them upJuly 20, 2026
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