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Now Everyone's Saying 'Oh, Good' • Trump told the media exactly how they'd cover his Greenland threats. They did it anyway.
Now Everyone's Saying 'Oh, Good'
Trump told the media exactly how they'd cover his Greenland threats. They did it anyway.
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January 21, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Now Everyone's Saying 'Oh, Good' • Trump told the media exactly how they'd cover his Greenland threats. They did it anyway.
What the Trump Administration Is Buying With CBS's Reputation • The administration's story about the Renee Good shooting was falling apart. CBS gave them the credibility to put it back together.
What the Trump Administration Is Buying With CBS's Reputation
The administration's story about the Renee Good shooting was falling apart. CBS gave them the credibility to put it back together.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
What the Trump Administration Is Buying With CBS's Reputation • The administration's story about the Renee Good shooting was falling apart. CBS gave them the credibility to put it back together.
A Conservative Influencer Apologized for Her Anti-Trans Past. Elon Musk is Trying to Take Her Kid. • Ashley St. Clair wrote an anti-trans children's book, had Elon Musk's baby, and got targeted by his AI. Then she did something almost no one in conservative media ever does.
A Conservative Influencer Apologized for Her Anti-Trans Past. Elon Musk is Trying to Take Her Kid.
Ashley St. Clair wrote an anti-trans children's book, had Elon Musk's baby, and got targeted by his AI. Then she did something almost no one in conservative media ever does.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:33 PM
A Conservative Influencer Apologized for Her Anti-Trans Past. Elon Musk is Trying to Take Her Kid. • Ashley St. Clair wrote an anti-trans children's book, had Elon Musk's baby, and got targeted by his AI. Then she did something almost no one in conservative media ever does.
For the Government, the Lie is the Playbook • ICE killed a woman in Minneapolis today. The government is lying about it. The video shows they’re lying. They don’t care. [Warning: graphic content]
For the Government, the Lie is the Playbook
ICE killed a woman in Minneapolis today. The government is lying about it. The video shows they’re lying. They don’t care. [Warning: graphic content]
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January 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
For the Government, the Lie is the Playbook • ICE killed a woman in Minneapolis today. The government is lying about it. The video shows they’re lying. They don’t care. [Warning: graphic content]
The White House is now in the business of rewriting January 6 history • On the fifth anniversary of January 6, the Trump administration published an official government webpage that inverts reality.
The White House is now in the business of rewriting January 6 history
On the fifth anniversary of January 6, the Trump administration published an official government webpage that inverts reality.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The White House is now in the business of rewriting January 6 history • On the fifth anniversary of January 6, the Trump administration published an official government webpage that inverts reality.
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did? • Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
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January 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did? • Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To. • 12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To.
12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony
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January 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To. • 12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony
Watch the 60 Minutes Segment CBS Didn't Want You to See • A Canadian affiliate accidentally posted the segment Bari Weiss killed. It's just a normal 60 Minutes report, which is exactly the problem.
Watch the 60 Minutes Segment CBS Didn't Want You to See
A Canadian affiliate accidentally posted the segment Bari Weiss killed. It's just a normal 60 Minutes report, which is exactly the problem.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Watch the 60 Minutes Segment CBS Didn't Want You to See • A Canadian affiliate accidentally posted the segment Bari Weiss killed. It's just a normal 60 Minutes report, which is exactly the problem.
The Kill Switch • How Bari Weiss handed the Trump administration a veto over CBS News
The Kill Switch
How Bari Weiss handed the Trump administration a veto over CBS News
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December 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Kill Switch • How Bari Weiss handed the Trump administration a veto over CBS News
Watch Rep. Sarah McBride's Powerful Statement on Republicans' Anti-Trans Obsession • The first openly trans member of Congress made a rare, personal appeal as the GOP wages an all-out assault on trans youth.
Watch Rep. Sarah McBride's Powerful Statement on Republicans' Anti-Trans Obsession
The first openly trans member of Congress made a rare, personal appeal as the GOP wages an all-out assault on trans youth.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Watch Rep. Sarah McBride's Powerful Statement on Republicans' Anti-Trans Obsession • The first openly trans member of Congress made a rare, personal appeal as the GOP wages an all-out assault on trans youth.
The FCC Just Admitted It's Not Independent Anymore • During today's Senate hearing, Brendan Carr denied the FCC is independent. Minutes later, someone edited the agency's website to remove the word.
The FCC Just Admitted It's Not Independent Anymore
During today's Senate hearing, Brendan Carr denied the FCC is independent. Minutes later, someone edited the agency's website to remove the word.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The FCC Just Admitted It's Not Independent Anymore • During today's Senate hearing, Brendan Carr denied the FCC is independent. Minutes later, someone edited the agency's website to remove the word.
The Rules of Grief • The post-Kirk purge was never about decency. Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder proves it.
The Rules of Grief
The post-Kirk purge was never about decency. Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder proves it.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Rules of Grief • The post-Kirk purge was never about decency. Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder proves it.
Glenn Beck Made an AI George Washington. It Sounds Exactly Like Glenn Beck. • The conservative radio host's new AI chatbot is part of a broader push to create right-wing alternatives to "biased" AI. The pattern should concern everyone.
Glenn Beck Made an AI George Washington. It Sounds Exactly Like Glenn Beck.
The conservative radio host's new AI chatbot is part of a broader push to create right-wing alternatives to "biased" AI. The pattern should concern everyone.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Glenn Beck Made an AI George Washington. It Sounds Exactly Like Glenn Beck. • The conservative radio host's new AI chatbot is part of a broader push to create right-wing alternatives to "biased" AI. The pattern should concern everyone.
Inside "horseglue": How a Punk Song Became an Indictment of Beltway Journalism • "Like a fidget spinner in my head": Jael Holzman on "horseglue" and leaving the Hill
Inside "horseglue": How a Punk Song Became an Indictment of Beltway Journalism
"Like a fidget spinner in my head": Jael Holzman on "horseglue" and leaving the Hill
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November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Inside "horseglue": How a Punk Song Became an Indictment of Beltway Journalism • "Like a fidget spinner in my head": Jael Holzman on "horseglue" and leaving the Hill
Elon Musk's Reality Distortion Machine Just Glitched • Musk's "maximally truth-seeking" AI briefly revealed what it really is: a tool for manufacturing reality that serves the world's richest man.
Elon Musk's Reality Distortion Machine Just Glitched
Musk's "maximally truth-seeking" AI briefly revealed what it really is: a tool for manufacturing reality that serves the world's richest man.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Elon Musk's Reality Distortion Machine Just Glitched • Musk's "maximally truth-seeking" AI briefly revealed what it really is: a tool for manufacturing reality that serves the world's richest man.
Trump Honors the Man Who Had Jamal Khashoggi Killed • The president called the murdered journalist "controversial," said MBS "knew nothing about it" despite U.S. intelligence findings, and attacked the reporter who dared to ask about it.
Trump Honors the Man Who Had Jamal Khashoggi Killed
The president called the murdered journalist "controversial," said MBS "knew nothing about it" despite U.S. intelligence findings, and attacked the reporter who dared to ask about it.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump Honors the Man Who Had Jamal Khashoggi Killed • The president called the murdered journalist "controversial," said MBS "knew nothing about it" despite U.S. intelligence findings, and attacked the reporter who dared to ask about it.
A New Reuters Report Illustrates the Right-Wing's Media Takeover • Embedded with cabinet secretaries, coordinating with government agencies, showing unwavering loyalty to Trump—these aren't journalists. They're propagandists.
A New Reuters Report Illustrates the Right-Wing's Media Takeover
Embedded with cabinet secretaries, coordinating with government agencies, showing unwavering loyalty to Trump—these aren't journalists. They're propagandists.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A New Reuters Report Illustrates the Right-Wing's Media Takeover • Embedded with cabinet secretaries, coordinating with government agencies, showing unwavering loyalty to Trump—these aren't journalists. They're propagandists.
Teen Vogue's Award-Winning Journalism Was Too Much Trouble for Condé Nast • The outlet just won recognition for speaking truth to power. Condé Nast responded by eliminating its entire politics staff and folding it into Vogue.
Teen Vogue's Award-Winning Journalism Was Too Much Trouble for Condé Nast
The outlet just won recognition for speaking truth to power. Condé Nast responded by eliminating its entire politics staff and folding it into Vogue.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Teen Vogue's Award-Winning Journalism Was Too Much Trouble for Condé Nast • The outlet just won recognition for speaking truth to power. Condé Nast responded by eliminating its entire politics staff and folding it into Vogue.
Fox News Ran AI-Generated Racist Videos as News, Then Tried to Cover It Up • The fake videos featured Black women with "seven baby daddies" complaining about SNAP cuts. Even if they'd been real, this would still be journalistic malpractice.
Fox News Ran AI-Generated Racist Videos as News, Then Tried to Cover It Up
The fake videos featured Black women with "seven baby daddies" complaining about SNAP cuts. Even if they'd been real, this would still be journalistic malpractice.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Fox News Ran AI-Generated Racist Videos as News, Then Tried to Cover It Up • The fake videos featured Black women with "seven baby daddies" complaining about SNAP cuts. Even if they'd been real, this would still be journalistic malpractice.
The Liar's Dividend: Trump, AI, and the Death of Shared Reality • When everything could plausibly be fake, liars benefit — even when they're lying about footage from the National Archives.
The Liar's Dividend: Trump, AI, and the Death of Shared Reality
When everything could plausibly be fake, liars benefit — even when they're lying about footage from the National Archives.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Liar's Dividend: Trump, AI, and the Death of Shared Reality • When everything could plausibly be fake, liars benefit — even when they're lying about footage from the National Archives.
The Media's "Liberal Bias" Was Always a Lie. Now It's a Weapon. • Gerard Baker celebrates Bari Weiss at CBS and Jeff Bezos's rightward shift at the Washington Post.
The Media's "Liberal Bias" Was Always a Lie. Now It's a Weapon.
Gerard Baker celebrates Bari Weiss at CBS and Jeff Bezos's rightward shift at the Washington Post.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Media's "Liberal Bias" Was Always a Lie. Now It's a Weapon. • Gerard Baker celebrates Bari Weiss at CBS and Jeff Bezos's rightward shift at the Washington Post.
Trump Keeps Attacking Millions of Americans. Why Does He Get Away With It? • Republicans can insult half the country without consequence. Democrats say "deplorables" once and never hear the end of it.
Trump Keeps Attacking Millions of Americans. Why Does He Get Away With It?
Republicans can insult half the country without consequence. Democrats say "deplorables" once and never hear the end of it.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump Keeps Attacking Millions of Americans. Why Does He Get Away With It? • Republicans can insult half the country without consequence. Democrats say "deplorables" once and never hear the end of it.
A Politician Actually Defended Trans People. It Shouldn't Be This Rare. • Many Democrats are treating trans people as politically toxic. NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani released a two-minute video proving there's another way.
A Politician Actually Defended Trans People. It Shouldn't Be This Rare.
Many Democrats are treating trans people as politically toxic. NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani released a two-minute video proving there's another way.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A Politician Actually Defended Trans People. It Shouldn't Be This Rare. • Many Democrats are treating trans people as politically toxic. NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani released a two-minute video proving there's another way.
What Happens When Bad Journalism Gets Institutional Credibility? • Bari Weiss's Free Press published a story full of holes that led to Missouri banning trans healthcare. Now she's editor-in-chief of CBS News.
What Happens When Bad Journalism Gets Institutional Credibility?
Bari Weiss's Free Press published a story full of holes that led to Missouri banning trans healthcare. Now she's editor-in-chief of CBS News.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What Happens When Bad Journalism Gets Institutional Credibility? • Bari Weiss's Free Press published a story full of holes that led to Missouri banning trans healthcare. Now she's editor-in-chief of CBS News.
How the Supreme Court Uses "Free Speech" to Dismantle LGBTQ Protections • In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court's conservative majority is poised to strike down conversion therapy bans by redefining harmful medical practices as protected speech.
How the Supreme Court Uses "Free Speech" to Dismantle LGBTQ Protections
In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court's conservative majority is poised to strike down conversion therapy bans by redefining harmful medical practices as protected speech.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
How the Supreme Court Uses "Free Speech" to Dismantle LGBTQ Protections • In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court's conservative majority is poised to strike down conversion therapy bans by redefining harmful medical practices as protected speech.