UPDATE: CBS News reverses course, airs story on 9/11 families supporting Mamdani

Last week, CBS News New York falsely reported that “thousands of 9/11 victims’ families are asking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend this year’s solemn remembrance ceremony.” The articl...

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An Explosion of Misery

Making American hungry and uninsured again

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The Oligarchs are Doubling Down on Republicans

And Democrats should make the most of it

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Is this the most dishonest ad of 2026?

An opaque nonprofit affiliated with Senate Republicans, One Nation, has blanketed Georgia over the last five days with a new ad attacking Senator Jon Ossoff (D).

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Now, Thanks to AI, You Never Have to Speak to Your Kids Again

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Get Used to High Gas Prices

Even if the Iran war ends tomorrow, don’t expect relief at the pump any time soon.

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How China Won the Iran War

Trump has shattered American power, and Beijing is picking up the pieces

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UPDATE: After the Mamdani 9/11 smear, a cover-up

Media outlets pushed a false narrative about the number of family members of 9/11 victims who signed a petition targeting Mamdani — and then covered their tracks.

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The Bond Market Doesn’t Like Bullshit

Why Kevin Warsh just bombed

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Meta will train its AI on far-right media outlet

This week, Newsmax — a far-right news organization with a strong allegiance to President Trump and a history of pushing wild conspiracy theories — announced it had struck a deal with Meta.

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Reality is a Communist Plot

Of MAGA and the totalitarian mindset

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The fake historian advising Trump's anti-Smithsonian crusade

Last Friday, President Trump released an executive order directing officials to install signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) informing visitors that the museum pr...

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When the Chips Are Down

This feels like the end of the beginning

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The truth about the viral 9/11 petition targeting Mamdani

“We don’t have a list”

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The Putinization of the American Military

When poseurs and yes-men run a war

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The Masculinity Scam

The manosphere’s campaign strategy

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Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees

American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.

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The Fire This Time

The willful ignorance, it burns

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Trump Should Be Tired of Losing

Losses in court and atrocious polls pile up.

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I Am Begging Senate Democrats to Do Anything Other Than Help Confirm Trump Judges

Four months before the 2026 midterms, three Democratic lawmakers have decided to give a historically unpopular president a little boost.

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Quagmire of the Vanities

Why the world economy is still at risk from the Iran debacle

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A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.

On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.

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Elon Musk, the New Hero of Populism

The useful narcissism of the new class of oligarchs

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Amid legal crisis, health care exec sends $1 million to MAGA Inc.

On May 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a letter to QOL Medical, a pharmaceutical company, with some serious allegations.

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How Big Business in America Gets What It Wants — and Lets Everyone Else Pay the Price

With Trump in power, Christian nationalism is a big part of the story.

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ICE is lying about body cams. These documents prove it.

"As soon as they had funding they bought them"

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Oy, Canada Tariffs

How to lose friends and influence nothing

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Few Know About This Law, but Everyone Is Paying for It

The past few months have shown just how anachronistic and costly the Jones Act is.

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Trump’s War on the Future, Monetary Edition

Trying to punish Brazil for adopting a better payment system

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These consumer brands are bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress

From the outset of President Trump’s second term, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has engaged in a deadly immigration crackdown that has trampled the constitutional rights of migrants and...

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