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Capitol Hill Bathrooms
- Week of November 25, 2024
Trump's Cabinet Nominees
- Week of November 18, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: ZeroHedge– Trump’s Cabinet Picks So Far: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | 28.33 | 17.67 |
| Article 2: Fox News: Jesse Watters Primetime– Tulsi Gabbard 'eager to get to work' after nomination to be director of National Intelligence | 16.00 | 32.00 |
| Article 3: Associated Press– Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far | 0.00 | 47.67 |
| Article 4: Axios– What to know about Matt Gaetz, Trump's attorney general pick | -4.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 5: MSNBC: Deadline: White House– Donald Trump names Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Secretary of Health and Human Services | -7.33 | 36.00 |
| Article 6: New Republic– Matt Gaetz Really Wants His Sex Trafficking Allegations to Go Away | -13.00 | 38.33 |
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Bernie Sanders & the Democratic Party
- Week of November 11, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fox News: The Five– 'The Five': Is it time to give up on 'wokeness' after Kamala Harris' loss? | 15.67 | 20.67 |
| Article 2: New York Post– Bernie Sanders unleashes blistering takedown of Dem Party after Harris’ loss: ‘Abandoned working-class people’ | 11.67 | 36.00 |
| Article 3: New Statesman– Bernie Sanders crashes Kamala Harris’s stubborn farewell speech | -14.67 | 32.33 |
| Article 4: The Hill– DNC chair calls Sanders’s criticism ‘straight up BS’ | -2.33 | 42.67 |
| Article 5: Owen Jones (YouTube)– Bernie Sanders' BRUTAL Takedown Of Democratic Party's Suicidal Campaign | -16.67 | 32.33 |
| Article 6: In These Times– After Trump Win, Bernie Sanders Blames Democrats for Abandoning Working People | -12.00 | 38.33 |
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"I Hope Your Beeper Doesn't Go Off"
- Week of November 4, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Megyn Kelly Show– CNN Guest Ryan Girdusky Speaks Out About Being BANNED By The Network After Mehdi Hasan Argument | 14.33 | 31.00 |
| Article 2: Legal Insurrection– CNN Keeps Mehdi Hassan Despite Nazi Smear, Bans Ryan Girdusky Over Pager Joke | 18.00 | 23.00 |
| Article 3: Entertainment Weekly– CNN bans conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky after racist on-air remark | -6.67 | 40.33 |
| Article 4: People Magazine– MAGA Pundit Banned from CNN After Racist Remark to Muslim Co-Panelist Mehdi Hasan: 'Hope Your Beeper Doesn't Go Off' | -5.33 | 41.67 |
| Article 5: Zeteo (YouTube)– “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off": Mehdi Responds to Racist Attack on CNN | -16.33 | 29.67 |
| Article 6: Pajiba– CNN Drops MAGA Pundit After Insanely Racist On-Air Exchange | -14.67 | 26.33 |
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The F-word
- Week of October 28, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fox News: Outnumbered– Dems, liberal media ramp up Trump-Hitler rhetoric | 19.00 | 23.33 |
| Article 2: The Post Millennial– Trump BLASTS ‘degenerate lowlife’ John Kelly over Hitler allegations | 17.00 | 27.67 |
| Article 3: Deseret News– John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff, says the former president puts himself over the Constitution | -7.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 4: Newsday– Harris says Trump 'is a fascist' after his ex-chief of staff says he wanted generals like Hitler's | -11.67 | 45.00 |
| Article 5: Salon– John Kelly says Trump praised Hitler, is the "definition of fascist" and would like to be dictator | -8.33 | 41.67 |
| Article 6: Dollemore Daily (YouTube)– Jesse Watters & Greg Gutfeld Defend Fascist Trump w/ THE MOST STUPID ARGUMENTS YET!!! | -20.33 | 21.67 |
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Tim Walz Goes Pheasant Hunting
- Week of October 21, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Hindustan Times– Tim Walz's shotgun struggles during Pheasant Hunt spark hilarious memes, comparison with Elmer Fudd | 12.00 | 19.33 |
| Article 2: Colion Noir (YouTube)– Tim Walz Embarrasses Himself Going Shooting, Can't Load A Shotgun | 17.33 | 15.00 |
| Article 3: Outside Online– That Time I Dropped Everything to Hunt with Tim Walz | -5.00 | 50.67 |
| Article 4: The Minnesota Star Tribune– Walz takes a break from the campaign trail to hunt in Minnesota’s pheasant opener | 2.00 | 45.33 |
| Article 5: Occupy Democrats (YouTube)– NRA Shares Video ATTACKING Tim Walz, Runs Into Major PROBLEM | -17.00 | 27.00 |
| Article 6: PolitiZoom– NRA’s Attack On Walz A Lie. He Was UN-Loading His Shotgun! | -17.00 | 27.33 |
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Trump & Musk
- Week of October 14, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fox Business: Varney & Company– 'DARK MAGA': Elon Musk makes case for Trump as he joins Butler, PA rally | 15.67 | 36.00 |
| Article 2: Twitchy– MSNBC Calls Elon Musk the ‘World’s Leading Spreader of Disinformation’ | 17.33 | 29.33 |
| Article 3: Politico– https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/07/elon-musk-trump-campaigning-2024-00182706 | -5.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 4: Rolling Stone– Trump Plans to Appoint Musk as ‘Secretary of Cost-Cutting’ | -19.33 | 23.33 |
| Article 5: The David Pakman Show– Trump rally with Elon Musk becomes INSTANT DISASTER | -20.67 | 22.67 |
| Article 6: Mother Jones– Tracking One of Elon Musk’s Many Big Lies | -19.67 | 24.67 |
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Jack Smith, Special Counsel
- Week of October 7, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Megyn Kelly Show– Megyn Kelly Slams "Paper Trial" and "Election Interference" as Jack Smith's Trump Filing Unsealed | 16.67 | 28.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– CNN legal analyst says Special Counsel Jack Smith bent rules to get ‘cheap shot’ in on Trump before election | 9.00 | 35.00 |
| Article 3: British Broadcasting Corporation– Trump 'resorted to crimes' to overturn 2020 result | -5.67 | 43.33 |
| Article 4: Minn Post– D.C. Memo: Jack Smith hands Trump an ‘October surprise’ | -5.00 | 41.67 |
| Article 5: MSNBC: The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell– 'Bombshell after bombshell': Weissmann on Jack Smith's damning Trump Jan. 6 case filing | -15.67 | 30.00 |
| Article 6: Talking Points Memo– The Striking Details That Jack Smith Used To Tighten His January 6 Case Against Trump | -7.67 | 39.00 |
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Diddy Abuse Allegations
- Week of September 30, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: British Broadcasting Corporation– Sean 'Diddy' Combs : An 11th accuser comes forward as rap mogul awaits trial | 0.00 | 47.33 |
| Article 2: NewsNation (website)– https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/diddy-sean-combs-raids-investigation/ | 0.00 | 47.00 |
| Article 3: The Benny Show– Rapper EXPOSES The Truth About Diddy’s TAPES Of Politicians, Name Drops Obama! Reporter in SHOCK | 17.67 | 7.00 |
| Article 4: The Blaze– Why Hollywood should be 'VERY NERVOUS' about the Diddy scandal | 12.67 | 21.00 |
| Article 5: Salon– How the response to the latest Diddy lawsuit exposed homophobia within the Black community | 0.00 | 29.00 |
| Article 6: TYT: The Young Turks– The Young Turks – September 17, 2024 – Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ARRESTED For Sex Trafficking | 0.00 | 35.00 |
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Exploding Pagers
- Week of September 23, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Jerusalem Post– Hezbollah under fire: The number of casualties from beeper explosions is worse than we thought | 0.00 | 43.67 |
| Article 2: Zeihan on Geopolitics (YouTube)– Why You Should Ditch Your Pager (Hezbollah Operative Edition) || Peter Zeihan | 1.00 | 29.67 |
| Article 3: Glenn Greenwald – SYSTEM UPDATE– ANOTHER War on Terror? | -12.33 | 28.00 |
| Article 4: Just the News– Israel launches overnight strikes in Lebanon against Hezbollah after exploding devices attack | 6.67 | 40.33 |
| Article 5: Sky News Australia (YouTube)– 'Genius intelligence operation': Sharri Markson lauds Hezbollah pager attack | 15.67 | 20.67 |
| Article 6: CounterPunch– Exploding Pagers in Lebanon, Another Israeli Terrorism Blunder? | -25.67 | 19.33 |
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Tyreek Hill Detained
- Week of September 16, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: NBC 6 South Florida WTVJ– Police ID officer placed on administrative duties after Tyreek Hill incident | -2.67 | 42.67 |
| Article 2: PBS– Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill calls for one of the police officers involved in his traffic stop to be fired | -2.33 | 44.00 |
| Article 3: Vox– Tyreek Hill’s disturbing detention by police, explained | -14.33 | 37.67 |
| Article 4: NewsOne– Body Camera Footage Of Tyreek Hill’s Arrest Exposes The Fragile Egos Of Miami-Dade Cops | -14.67 | 35.67 |
| Article 5: The Blaze– Tyreek Hill is the NEXT George Floyd | 19.00 | 18.33 |
| Article 6: RedState– ESPN Race-Baiters Descend After Tyreek Hill Is Stopped for Speeding and Forcibly Detained (Updated) | 26.33 | 9.00 |
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Trump Arlington Visit
- Week of September 2, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Salon– "Sick and tragic": Veterans, Democrats criticize Trump for "incident" at Arlington National Cemetery | -13.00 | 37.33 |
| Article 2: Hindustan Times– Trump’s ‘disgraceful’ thumbs-up and flashing smile at soldiers’ graves slammed by netizens: ‘I have no words…’ | -12.33 | 21.33 |
| Article 3: New Republic– New Details Shed True Horror of Trump’s Fight at Arlington Cemetery | -13.67 | 28.67 |
| Article 4: New York Post– Arlington incident shows media falling into same old Trump derangement syndrome | 13.67 | 23.33 |
| Article 5: Daily Beast– Gold Star Father: Trump Exploited Sacred Ground for His Ego | -13.33 | 27.00 |
| Article 6: Townhall– NPR Exploits Arlington Cemetery for Politics | 16.00 | 26.00 |
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Harris Acceptance Speech
- Week of August 26, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2024/08/23/good-vibrations-takeaways-dnc-finale | -14.00 | 33.67 |
| Article 2: The Hill– Kamala’s moment: The pantsuit is truly empty | 18.67 | 25.00 |
| Article 3: British Broadcasting Corporation– Kamala Harris gives Democratic convention speech | -2.33 | 45.33 |
| Article 4: CNBC (website)– Harris says Trump 'wants to be an autocrat' and tyrants are 'rooting' for him | -10.67 | 34.67 |
| Article 5: The American Prospect– The New Kamala | -12.67 | 33.00 |
| Article 6: Fox News (website)– Harris leaves out deadly botched Afghanistan withdrawal in soaring pro-military DNC speech | 14.67 | 34.67 |
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Musk + Trump
- Week of August 19, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: WHYY– X interview between Donald Trump and Elon Musk plagued with tech issues | -7.33 | 41.00 |
| Article 2: ABC News (website)– https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-makes-return-musk-interview/story?id=112776019 | -11.33 | 39.67 |
| Article 3: Daily Caller– Trump, Musk Overcome Tech Issues For Marathon Interview To Over 1,000,000 Listeners | 12.67 | 36.67 |
| Article 4: Fox News (website)– Trump-Musk interview: 5 biggest takeaways from the 2024 presidential election to the US border crisis | 11.67 | 34.67 |
| Article 5: Vanity Fair– Donald Trump Has Jumped The Shark | -16.67 | 31.00 |
| Article 6: USA Today– https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/12/trump-musk-interview-x-twitter-spaces-disaster/74774628007/ | -20.33 | 26.33 |
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Walz Military
- Week of August 12, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Minnesota Public Radio (MPR News)– What Walz — and the records — say about his military service as others criticized it | -2.67 | 46.00 |
| Article 2: USA Today– https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/07/tim-walzs-military-service-attacked-by-jd-vance-trump-campaign/74710416007/ | -3.67 | 42.33 |
| Article 3: Seattle Times– https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/vance-attacks-walzs-military-record-accusing-him-of-avoiding-a-tour-in-iraq/ | -3.67 | 41.00 |
| Article 4: Daily Beast– Vets Group Calls BS on GOP Attacks of Tim Walz’s Military Service | -11.67 | 32.67 |
| Article 5: National Review– Tim Walz’s Military Service Deserves Scrutiny | 10.33 | 35.00 |
| Article 6: The Washington Free Beacon– Tim Walz Promoted Media Misrepresentations of His Military Service in 2006 Run | 16.67 | 26.33 |
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J.D Vance Out West
- Week of August 5, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: NewsNation (website)– https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/jd-vance-addresses-swing-state-crowd-nevada/ | -1.00 | 43.67 |
| Article 2: The Independent– Vance to visit southern border as Republicans key on immigration issues | -10.00 | 40.00 |
| Article 3: CatholicVote– Vance during border visit: Harris’ policies ’cause real human beings to suffer’ | 13.33 | 37.67 |
| Article 4: New York Post– Nevada’s ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ tell JD Vance to ‘go back to that sofa’ ahead of his visit to the Silver State | 4.00 | 38.33 |
| Article 5: KJZZ Phoenix– Vance makes 1st Arizona-Mexico border visit amid drastic dip in migrant apprehensions | -2.00 | 42.67 |
| Article 6: Newsmax (website)– https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/vance-newsmax-border/2024/08/01/id/1174938/ | 18.00 | 32.00 |
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Elon Musk and the Woke Mind Virus
- Week of July 29, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: CNBC (website)– Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child | -9.33 | 42.33 |
| Article 2: CNN (website)– Elon Musk’s estranged daughter calls out his ‘entirely fake’ claims about her childhood | -9.33 | 40.33 |
| Article 3: San Francisco Chronicle– https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/elon-musk-trans-daughter-19594744.php | -11.33 | 37.67 |
| Article 4: HuffPost– Elon Musk's Trans Daughter Brutally Hits Back After He Said She Was 'Dead' | -9.67 | 35.67 |
| Article 5: New York Post– Elon Musk’s anti-woke ‘awakening’ has a tragic backstory | 15.33 | 33.00 |
| Article 6: National Post– Amy Hamm: Elon Musk’s heartbreaking path to crusading gender heretic | 13.33 | 31.33 |
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Biden Exits
- Week of July 22, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: CBS News (website)– Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential race, endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for nomination | -1.33 | 45.33 |
| Article 2: Reuters– https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-81-pulls-out-presidential-race-2024-07-21/ | -0.67 | 43.67 |
| Article 3: Deadline– Donald Trump Wastes No Time Fundraising Off Joe Biden’s Exit From 2024 White House Bid; “He Just Quit The Race In Complete Disgrace!” – Update | -14.00 | 32.67 |
| Article 4: National Review– Joe Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race, Caving to Democratic Party Revolt | 12.67 | 33.33 |
| Article 5: New York Post– Joe Biden is too frail to run in 2024 but he’s still our president? | 22.67 | 15.00 |
| Article 6: New Republic– Donald Trump Is Now the Weaker Candidate | -19.67 | 22.33 |
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Project 2025
- Week of July 15, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: VERIFY This– What we can VERIFY about Project 2025 | -3.33 | 45.33 |
| Article 2: Al Jazeera (website)– What could Project 2025 mean for the rest of the world? | -4.00 | 44.33 |
| Article 3: Popular Information– What Trump doesn't want you to know about Project 2025 | -7.33 | 46.00 |
| Article 4: New Republic– Trump Desperately Tries to Disavow Project 2025 in Late-Night Meltdown | -10.33 | 35.00 |
| Article 5: The Federalist– I Couldn't Find A Single 'Christian Nationalist' Policy In Project 2025 | 15.00 | 34.33 |
| Article 6: Fox News (website)– Even scary Darth Vader won't help Dems Project 2025 fear mongering | 14.67 | 30.00 |
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SCOTUS’ Presidential Immunity Ruling
- Week of July 8, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Politifact– What Supreme Court’s immunity ruling means for Trump’s cases and, potentially, future presidents | -6.33 | 46.00 |
| Article 2: British Broadcasting Corporation– How the Supreme Court came to dominate the US political debate | -1.00 | 42.33 |
| Article 3: The Nation– The President Can Now Assassinate You, Officially | -22.00 | 21.67 |
| Article 4: Salon– "All the evidence is about to come out": Legal experts say SCOTUS ruling could backfire on Trump | -14.33 | 27.00 |
| Article 5: ZeroHedge– "The American People Should Dissent, I Dissent" – President Biden Blasts Supreme Court's "Dangerous Precedent" | 15.33 | 25.00 |
| Article 6: The Daily Signal– FACT CHECK: Biden’s 5 Lies About the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Trump’s Immunity | 14.33 | 24.00 |
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Transgender Surgery Age
- Week of July 1, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Telegraph – UK– Biden officials tried to remove transgender surgery age limits, say reports | 6.67 | 41.00 |
| Article 2: The New York Times– https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/health/transgender-minors-surgeries.html | -0.67 | 47.67 |
| Article 3: FOX 25 Oklahoma City KOKH– Biden officials fought to loosen transgender surgery guidelines for minors, docs show | 3.33 | 40.67 |
| Article 4: Wonkette– Is Joe Biden Chopping Kids Up With A Hatchet? NYT Once Again *Just Asking*! | -22.67 | 14.67 |
| Article 5: Daily Wire– Trans-Identifying Biden Official Allegedly Behind Push To Ditch Age Guidelines For Transgender Procedures: Docs Show | 8.33 | 37.00 |
| Article 6: Washington Examiner– Biden wants no age limits on sex changes for children | 18.67 | 21.33 |
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Ten Commandments in Louisiana
- Week of June 24, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: NBC 21 WFMJ Youngstown– Local Constitutional expert gives perspective on Louisiana mandating Ten Commandments in public schools | -7.33 | 34.33 |
| Article 2: Reason– Thou Shalt Not Covet State Power | -3.00 | 35.67 |
| Article 3: Axios– Louisiana becomes 1st state requiring Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms | 2.00 | 43.33 |
| Article 4: Pajiba– Louisiana Is a Legitimate Christian Theocracy Now | -20.33 | 23.00 |
| Article 5: USA Today– Ten Commandments in Louisiana schools is fine – as long as they note the ones Trump broke | -16.00 | 26.67 |
| Article 6: Fox News (website)– CNN contributor challenges James Carville in 10 Commandments debate: Don't 'call me a book burner' | 4.67 | 34.33 |
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IVF Protections
- Week of June 17, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Associated Press– Senate Republicans block bill on women’s right to IVF as Democrats make push on reproductive care | -4.00 | 43.67 |
| Article 2: The Federalist– Dems Scheme For A Vote On Radical Taxpayer-Funded IVF Bill | 19.33 | 28.00 |
| Article 3: CNN (website)– Senate GOP blocks bill to guarantee access to IVF nationwide | -6.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 4: NBC News (website)– Democrats to force vote for protections for IVF as election-year messaging heats up | -5.00 | 44.67 |
| Article 5: ABC WKBW 7 News – Buffalo– ‘So important for our families’: Senate to vote on the Right to IVF Act | -14.00 | 28.33 |
| Article 6: Catholic News Agency– Southern Baptist Convention approves resolution opposing IVF | 10.67 | 42.33 |
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Biden’s D-Day Commemoration Speech
- Week of June 10, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Associated Press– Video edited to make it appear Biden tried to sit down when there wasn’t a chair | -1.33 | 45.33 |
| Article 2: Daily Beast– Biden’s D-Day Speech Nailed the Threat of Modern Fascism | -14.67 | 25.67 |
| Article 3: Fox News (website)– Biden's 'perpetual state of confusion' on display in Normandy amid rising cognitive questions | 12.00 | 25.67 |
| Article 4: CNN (website)– Biden summons the legacy of WW2 heroes to call on Americans to protect democracy today | -7.67 | 39.33 |
| Article 5: The New York Times– https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/us/politics/biden-reagan-normandy-dday-speech.html | -3.67 | 43.33 |
| Article 6: New York Post– Awkward moment Jill Biden appears to tell Joe not to sit at D-Day ceremony, but he does anyway | 13.33 | 24.00 |
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The Decision is in
- Week of June 3, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: ABC News (website)– https://abcnews.go.com/538/trumps-guilty-verdict-impact-2024-presidential-election/story?id=110650906/ | -1.33 | 44.67 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Trump says guilty verdict is a ‘scar’ on New York justice system, vows to ‘keep fighting’ | 13.33 | 35.33 |
| Article 3: Reuters– https://www.reuters.com/legal/jurors-begin-second-day-deliberations-trump-hush-money-trial-2024-05-30/ | -4.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 4: Daily Beast– GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS! Trump a Convicted Criminal | -18.00 | 30.00 |
| Article 5: Vox– The felon frontrunner: How Trump warped our politics | -14.33 | 35.00 |
| Article 6: Trump.news– POLL: Trump still favored to win presidential race despite indictments | 14.67 | 26.67 |
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Fun with Flags
- Week of May 27, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2024/05/23/alito-democrats-flag-recuse-jan-6 | -14.00 | 39.00 |
| Article 2: Reuters– https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrats-renew-calls-us-supreme-courts-alito-recuse-amid-flag-flap-2024-05-23/ | -12.00 | 41.33 |
| Article 3: National Review– Alito Flag Story: Appeal to Heaven Flag's Real History | 12.33 | 32.67 |
| Article 4: New York Magazine– Alito Ethics Defense Blown Up by Second Insurrectionist Flag | -15.00 | 34.33 |
| Article 5: Seattle Times– https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/proudly-obstinate/ | -16.33 | 30.00 |
| Article 6: Reason– Flagpole to Heaven | 11.00 | 34.67 |
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Louisiana Congressional Map
- Week of May 20, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2024/05/15/louisiana-supreme-court-congressional-map | 0.00 | 44.67 |
| Article 2: Courthouse News– Supreme Court lets Louisiana designate second majority-Black congressional district in 2024 election | 0.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 3: Wonkette– In Louisiana Voting Case, Supreme Court Does Right Thing. WHAT ARE THEY UP TO? | -14.00 | 31.00 |
| Article 4: The American Prospect– Republican Court Rulings Keep Helping Republicans Win Elections | -16.00 | 36.67 |
| Article 5: Reason– Why did Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson Dissent in Robinson v. Landry? | 2.67 | 38.33 |
| Article 6: Daily Caller– Court Strikes Down Louisiana Congressional Map With Second Majority-Black District | 6.33 | 43.00 |
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SAVE Act for Voting Integrity
- Week of May 13, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Reuters– https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-republicans-target-noncitizen-voting-trump-keeps-up-false-voter-fraud-claims-2024-05-08/ | -4.00 | 44.67 |
| Article 2: The Times-Tribune– Republican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help watch polls | -13.67 | 36.33 |
| Article 3: Who What Why– House Republicans Heroically Tackle Imaginary Problem | -14.67 | 31.67 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– On election results, Republicans eagerly embrace ‘truthiness’ | -12.67 | 34.33 |
| Article 5: The Daily Signal– Chip Roy, Mike Lee File Bill to Require Citizenship Proof to Vote | 10.67 | 40.67 |
| Article 6: Fox News (website)– House GOP eyes election safeguards to block 'dangerously high number' of illegal immigrants from voting | 14.67 | 32.67 |
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Taking On College Protesters
- Week of May 6, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: ABC News (website)– https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speaks-college-protests-israel-gaza-war/story?id=109870179 | 0.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 2: CNN (website)– Biden says dissent must not lead to disorder and his support for Israel remains unwavering amid college protests | -2.67 | 45.67 |
| Article 3: NPR (website)– Biden says he supports the right to protest but denounces ‘chaos’ and hate speech | -1.67 | 44.00 |
| Article 4: HuffPost– President Biden Addresses Growing Student Protests, Calls For Order | -1.67 | 44.33 |
| Article 5: New York Post– Biden says ‘order must prevail’ in first public comments since riots at Columbia, UCLA | 9.33 | 39.33 |
| Article 6: Daily Mail– ANDREW NEIL: Silent Joe FINALLY speaks – and his pathetic response to anti-Semitic campus anarchy is proof of his plan to bribe student voters with weed and debt relief… until they’re high enough to | 16.67 | 28.00 |
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Title IX Update
- Week of April 29, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: ABC News (website)– Biden expands Title IX protections for pregnancy, trans people and sexual assault victims | -4.33 | 44.00 |
| Article 2: Axios– Biden administration expands protections for LGBTQ+ students | -3.67 | 43.00 |
| Article 3: LGBTQ Nation– Biden administration unveils new Title IX rules protecting trans students | -18.00 | 42.67 |
| Article 4: 19th News– New Title IX rules offer ‘comprehensive coverage’ for LGBTQ+ students and sexual violence survivors | -10.00 | 48.33 |
| Article 5: National Review– Women’s Sports: New Title IX Rule Threatens Protections against Discrimination | 16.67 | 12.33 |
| Article 6: New York Post– Biden’s new Title IX revisions are a repulsive attempt to erase biological truth | 15.00 | 17.00 |
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Truth and Lies
- Week of April 22, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: WHNT News 19– NY judge says Trump can’t attend Supreme Court arguments on presidential immunity | -1.33 | 44.33 |
| Article 2: Newsmax (website)– https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/jordan-sekulow-donald-trump-hush-money/2024/04/16/id/1161184/ | 19.33 | 11.33 |
| Article 3: Sandhills Express– Viral claims about Donald Trump’s hush money trial, fact checked | -3.67 | 43.33 |
| Article 4: MEDIAite– CNN’s Abby Phillip Fact-Checks Several Fox Hosts for Repeating a ‘Trump Lie’ | -10.67 | 41.00 |
| Article 5: Daily Kos– Isn't it odd that Melania and none of his kids are at his criminal trial? | -21.67 | 19.00 |
| Article 6: Wisconsin Right Now– ‘Scam Trial’: Trump Slams Judge, Says He May Not Let Him Go to Son’s Graduation, Campaign | 19.67 | 21.00 |
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Impeaching Mayorkas
- Week of April 15, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: NPR– The Senate impeachment trial of Mayorkas has been delayed. Here's what to know | -3.33 | 45.33 |
| Article 2: Washington Examiner– House Republicans caught flat-footed by Mayorkas impeachment trial delay: ‘Crazy’ | 10.00 | 34.33 |
| Article 3: USA Today– https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/09/alejandro-mayorkas-impeachment-trial-senate-republicans/73252226007/ | 0.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 4: HuffPost– GOPers Who Wanted To Skip Trump Impeachment Trial Demand One For Biden’s DHS Chief | -11.33 | 32.33 |
| Article 5: MSNBC (website)– By delaying Mayorkas’ impeachment trial, GOP proves its critics right | -15.00 | 31.67 |
| Article 6: Fox News (website)– Mayorkas impeachment trial poised to pressure these vulnerable Senate Dems | 14.33 | 35.67 |
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Ronna McDaniel and NBC
- Week of April 8, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: NPR– Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel dropped as an NBC contributor following outcry | 0.00 | 45.33 |
| Article 2: The Guardian– Ronna McDaniel mess shows problem of politics-to-pundit conveyor belt | -8.00 | 40.67 |
| Article 3: Washington Post– Ronna McDaniel and Trump’s Bibles share a common corrosion – The Washington Post | -12.00 | 31.67 |
| Article 4: Columbia Journalism Review– The Ronna McDaniel incident reveals a deeper dilemma for journalism | -6.33 | 42.00 |
| Article 5: Fox News (website)– NBC’s Ronna McDaniel meltdown: Falsehoods and debunked narratives MSNBC promoted on its ‘sacred airwaves’ | 22.33 | 22.67 |
| Article 6: The Intercept– NBC Rejects Trump Voice but Embraces War Party | -20.67 | 33.00 |
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Election Interference Case Heats Up in GA
- Week of April 1, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Newsweek– Judge McAfee's Behavior During Trump Hearing Leaves Analysts in the Dark | 0.00 | 43.33 |
| Article 2: USA Today– https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/28/donald-trump-first-amendment-georgia-charges/73131934007/ | -8.00 | 35.00 |
| Article 3: Daily Kos– The Donald asked for more 2020 GA votes, because First Amendment right to commit crime? | -15.00 | 28.67 |
| Article 4: Fox News (website)– Georgia election charges should be tossed, acts are protected by 1st amendment: Trump attorney | 9.33 | 41.33 |
| Article 5: NewsNation (website)– Judge hears defense motions in Georgia election case | -3.33 | 44.33 |
| Article 6: Daily Caller– ‘This Case Stinks’: Andy McCarthy Picks Apart Fani Wills’ ‘Preposterous’ RICO Case | 11.33 | 39.33 |
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No Sleeping in Public in FL
- Week of March 25, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Axios– https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2024/03/20/florida-law-desantis-homeless-camps-public-sleeping | 0.00 | 44.33 |
| Article 2: The Guardian– Florida is seeing an increase in homelessness. A Republican bill could make it worse | -14.00 | 40.00 |
| Article 3: The Blaze– Liberals are melting down after Ron DeSantis signs bills forbidding homeless people camping in public spaces: 'This is cruel' | 19.33 | 27.67 |
| Article 4: ABC News (website)– Homeless in this state to be banned from sleeping in public under governor-backed law | 0.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 5: Palm Beach Post– https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/opinion/editorials/2024/03/12/anti-woke-desantis-needs-to-allocate-solutions-for-homeless-law-bill-florida/72929482007/ | -15.00 | 33.67 |
| Article 6: Florida’s Voice– Ron DeSantis signs anti-homeless encampment law | 11.00 | 39.33 |
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Trump: Dismiss Classified Documents Case
- Week of March 18, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Associated Press– Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds | 0.00 | 48.33 |
| Article 2: New York Post– Federal judge rejects Trump’s bid to toss out classified docs case for now: ‘An extraordinary step’ | 3.33 | 41.33 |
| Article 3: CNN (website)– Judge to consider arguments that Trump could keep any document he wanted | -1.67 | 46.00 |
| Article 4: Talking Points Memo– Aileen Cannon Continues To Make A Mess Of The MAL Case | -18.67 | 32.00 |
| Article 5: Newsweek– Donald Trump Likely to Face Legal Disappointment: Legal Analyst | 0.00 | 41.33 |
| Article 6: Washington Examiner– Classified documents judge accepts pro-Trump briefs from legal groups | 9.67 | 41.67 |
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IVF in Alabama (again)
- Week of March 11, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The New York Times– https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/health/ivf-law-alabama.html | -3.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 2: Associated Press– What to know about Alabama’s fast-tracked legislation to protect in vitro fertilization clinics | 0.00 | 44.67 |
| Article 3: Ms. Magazine– When Every Miscarriage Is a Murder Scene, Poor Women Pay the Highest Price | -17.00 | 32.67 |
| Article 4: Religion Dispatches– Alabama’s IVF Ruling Reveals Deep Ties to This Increasingly Influential Christian Right Movement | -19.67 | 23.00 |
| Article 5: Catholic News Agency– Pro-life groups urge Alabama governor to veto IVF bill | 5.67 | 42.00 |
| Article 6: Fox News (website)– Alabama governor signs bill protecting IVF into law: 'Proud we are a pro-life, pro-family state' | 4.33 | 44.00 |
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Supreme Court to Hear Trump Immunity Case
- Week of March 4, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Conversation– Can Trump be prosecuted? Supreme Court will take up precedent-setting case to define the limits of presidential immunity | 0.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 2: CNN (website)– Opinion: The Supreme Court has a different view of emergencies than we do | -5.00 | 36.67 |
| Article 3: Vox– The Supreme Court just handed Trump an astonishing victory | -17.00 | 30.00 |
| Article 4: Politico– https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/29/trump-special-treatment-supreme-court-00144138 | -18.00 | 31.00 |
| Article 5: your NEWS– Trump Responds After Supreme Court Grants Review of His Presidential Immunity Appeal | 6.67 | 37.00 |
| Article 6: Fox News (website)– Supreme Court agrees to review whether Trump immune from prosecution in federal election interference case | 12.33 | 42.00 |
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Ruling on Embryos
- Week of February 26, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: NPR– Alabama lawmakers move to protect IVF treatment | 1.33 | 47.33 |
| Article 2: WND– State Supreme Court rules embryos ARE children! | 16.33 | 31.00 |
| Article 3: The Post Millennial– Alabama Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos are protected in sanctity of life case | 19.33 | 30.33 |
| Article 4: Associated Press– Some Republicans are voicing doubt over Alabama IVF ruling. Democrats see an opportunity | 0.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 5: Salon– "Next it’ll be birth control": Hillary Clinton warns of what Alabama's IVF ruling could impact | -15.33 | 31.67 |
| Article 6: MSNBC (website)– The legal fallout from Alabama’s IVF ruling is just beginning | -7.33 | 45.33 |
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Trial Starts in March
- Week of February 19, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Independent– Will Donald Trump go to prison? | -2.33 | 42.00 |
| Article 2: The Gateway Pundit– BREAKING: Far-Left NYC Judge Dismisses Trump Request to Toss Ridiculous NY Case – Trial Scheduled for March 25 | 17.00 | 30.67 |
| Article 3: New Tang Dynasty– Trump’s ‘Hush Money’ Trial to Begin March 25, Judge Rules | 13.33 | 36.33 |
| Article 4: British Broadcasting Corporation– Donald Trump's hush-money trial set to begin next month | -1.00 | 43.67 |
| Article 5: HuffPost– Trump Debuts New Legal Theory: Even If Guilty, 'There Is No Crime' | -8.67 | 40.67 |
| Article 6: New Republic– Finally, a Judge Steps Up and Denies a Trump Trial Delay Bid | -10.00 | 40.00 |
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Border Bill Kerfuffle
- Week of February 12, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Associated Press– Biden determined to use stunning Trump-backed collapse of border deal as a weapon in 2024 campaign | 0.00 | 48.00 |
| Article 2: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2024/02/08/schumer-republicans-senate-ukraine-border-vote | 0.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 3: The Nation– What the F^&$ Happened to the Border-Security Bill? | -16.67 | 35.33 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– GOP rejects the best border offer they’ve ever seen, will ever get | -10.00 | 35.00 |
| Article 5: ZeroHedge– Scandalous Senate 'Deal' Allows 1.5 Million Illegals Per Year, Slides Up To $2.3B To NGOs Trafficking Them, And Gives $60B To Ukraine | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| Article 6: The National Pulse– SUMMARY: Senate 'Border Bill' Has MASSIVE Handouts for Ukraine & Israel, Little for Border Security, and Authorizes MORE Migration. | 10.67 | 30.33 |
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Legal Bill Funnel
- Week of February 5, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Politico– Trump spent more than he took in during 2023 | -2.00 | 45.00 |
| Article 2: Talking Points Memo– What Is Trump Buying With Millions In Legal Fees For His Associates? | -15.33 | 25.33 |
| Article 3: Salon– Trump wants Americans to pay up for his crimes | -19.00 | 20.33 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– Why Trump's legal fees may not hurt his 2024 campaign | -14.67 | 28.33 |
| Article 5: The Gateway Pundit– IT WAS A UNITED FRONT… Trump’s Legal Team Reveals Shocking ‘Conflict of Interest’ in E. Jean Carroll Case: Judge Lewis Kaplan and E. Jean Carroll’s Lawyer Roberta Kaplan Worked Together at Same Law Fi | 17.33 | 15.67 |
| Article 6: Daily Mail– Biden builds war chest of $117 million as Trump spends $50 million on legal fees: Democrats gloat Republican is 'lighting money on fire' | -3.00 | 38.33 |
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Border Talks Gone South
- Week of January 29, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Federalist– McConnell Is Mad GOP Voters Won’t Let Him Pass An Open Borders Bill | 14.00 | 36.00 |
| Article 2: The Hill– https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4427922-senate-republicans-trump-ukraine-border-security-deal/ | 1.00 | 45.00 |
| Article 3: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/senate-republicans-national-security-border-ukraine | -2.67 | 45.33 |
| Article 4: Daily Mail– Senate Republicans rip Mitch McConnell for 'lack of negotiating skills' when it comes to border and Ukraine funding bill saying he has kept GOP in the dark and there is a ZERO percent chance it passes | 3.00 | 39.00 |
| Article 5: The Messenger– Trump’s Shadow Presidency Kills Deals for Hill Republicans | 4.67 | 43.00 |
| Article 6: Slate– Immigration deal: Trump threw a wrench into Mitch McConnell’s border bill. | -8.00 | 39.00 |
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Chevron Defense
- Week of January 22, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: RedState– Today's Supreme Court Argument Hints That It Will Drive a Stake Through the Heart of Federal Rulemaking | 20.67 | 27.33 |
| Article 2: National Review– Supreme Court Should Overturn Chevron Decision | 10.33 | 38.67 |
| Article 3: The New York Times– https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/opinion/supreme-court-power-federal-agencies.html | -9.00 | 35.00 |
| Article 4: The Nation– We Are Witnessing the Biggest Judicial Power Grab Since 1803 | -24.00 | 25.67 |
| Article 5: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2024/01/17/supreme-court-chevron-environment | -1.33 | 43.00 |
| Article 6: Fortune– Years after Trump’s White House vowed to destroy the administrative state, 2 of his Supreme Court appointees look poised to strike a big blow | -7.33 | 49.33 |
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Presidential Immunity Hearing
- Week of January 15, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Post Millennial– BREAKING: Donald Trump will attend Tuesday arguments for immunity motion in J6 case in DC Federal Appeals Court | 20.67 | 19.33 |
| Article 2: RSBN– https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-arrives-in-d-c-for-hearing-on-presidential-immunity | 14.00 | 25.00 |
| Article 3: CNN (website)– Opinion: Why Trump’s immunity claim doesn’t add up | -6.67 | 37.67 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– Trump’s doomed immunity argument takes a sledgehammer to American democracy | -10.00 | 35.67 |
| Article 5: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/trump-immunity-hearing-court-case-5th-avenue-quote | -5.33 | 37.00 |
| Article 6: Associated Press– Trump skips much of the final week before Iowa’s caucuses to go to court voluntarily instead | -0.33 | 45.33 |
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The 14th Amendment
- Week of January 8, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fox News (website)– Former top Obama adviser says if Trump prevented from running it ‘would rip the country apart' | 4.67 | 42.33 |
| Article 2: Trump.news– Bukele says, thanks to Colorado banning Trump, the US lost its ability to lecture anyone about “democracy”… | 29.33 | 5.00 |
| Article 3: Esquire– It's Time to Start Taking the 14th Amendment Very Seriously | -13.33 | 31.33 |
| Article 4: The New York Times– https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/opinion/the-case-for-disqualifying-trump-is-strong.html | -8.00 | 36.67 |
| Article 5: Politico– All you need to know about Trump’s 14th Amendment ballot troubles | 0.00 | 47.00 |
| Article 6: Newsweek– Donald Trump Could Be Ousted Even If He Wins Election Under SCOTUS Ruling | -3.33 | 32.67 |
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The Epstein List
- Week of January 1, 2024
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Times Now News– Hillary Clinton Turns Off Twitter Comments Amid Husband Bill Clinton’s Jeffrey Epstein List Link | 2.00 | 39.00 |
| Article 2: ABC News (website)– https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-documents-naming-jeffrey-epsteins-associates-unsealed/story?id=105993160 | 0.00 | 46.67 |
| Article 3: Jerusalem Post– Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew expected to be named in Epstein documents | 0.00 | 40.67 |
| Article 4: HuffPost– Marjorie Taylor Greene Attacks Bill Clinton’s Jeffrey Epstein Ties, Ignores Trump’s | -7.00 | 37.33 |
| Article 5: The Guardian– Nearly 200 names linked to Jeffrey Epstein expected to be made public | 0.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 6: Washington Examiner– Bill Clinton’s office doesn’t object to imminent unsealing of Jeffrey Epstein court documents | 0.00 | 43.33 |
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Safety (with original Pneuma html)
- Week of August 29, 2022
