Filed Under: “Donald Trump”

Former Trump administration tried to use federal ad spending to retaliate against fact-checking

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Trump planned to leverage more than $117 million worth of government online advertising to stop platforms from fact-checking or otherwise moderating his speech


The myth of American exceptionalism is just as much a myth about ourselves

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I used to have both my father and America on a pedestal. My faith in both has been severely shaken, but I still have hope that it’s not too late for one of them.


National journalists are still afraid to tell the truth about GOP extremism

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Republicans across the country are actively embracing authoritarianism but conventional journalists are acting as if it’s all Trump’s doing


Trump’s blog failure reminds us of the power of platforms, and their owners’ responsibilities

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The ex-president’s rudimentary blog was a total failure, and provided a larger lesson in media.


Far-right Trump fans planned to hang lawmakers within hours of his call for ‘wild’ protests

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New research has revealed that Jan. 6 rioters plotted to murder U.S. officials weeks before the attack


Charlie Kirk wants to save America in the name of Republican Jesus

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After pushing a secular, libertarian-oriented worldview, the Turning Point USA founder has decided to get in on the God business


Conservative mistrust of pollsters may explain why some 2020 election surveys were wrong

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Donald Trump complained constantly about polls to his supporters, did he make them less likely to participate in them?


Have Trump Republicans lost their grip on reality, or are they just lying to pollsters?

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Surveys keep finding that GOP respondents believe falsehoods, but what if they’re just lying in support of the party?


Donald Trump lies constantly, but it took the establishment media years to finally report this

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After years of avoiding the term, large media outlets are finally beginning to use the word ‘lie’ to describe the former president’s serial deceptions


Former Trump administration hindered international efforts to fight far-right extremism

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White supremacists are building international networks to spread their violent ideology, the former Trump administration made it harder for Americans to stop them


 

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