Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Tag: disinformation

How the Far-Right Uses Climate Disasters to Build Political Power

A Q&A with Astra Taylor, co-author with Naomi Klein of ‘End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World.

Videos contradict DHS claims after fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

Bystander footage, witness accounts, and statements from Minnesota officials challenge the Trump administration’s assertion that a 37 year old U.S. citizen committed “domestic terrorism” before being fatally shot by a federal immigration agent.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones appeal on Sandy Hook defamation judgments

The Court’s decision leaves in place $1.4 billion in damages for the families of Sandy Hook victims as Jones faces bankruptcy, receivership, and the liquidation of Infowars assets.

Democrat moves to impeach RFK Jr. over HHS turmoil

Michigan congresswoman cites disinformation, research cuts, and advisory shifts at HHS as grounds for impeachment.

RFK Jr.’s health report relies on fake studies and AI-generated fabrications

Trump’s health agenda, led by RFK Jr., is under fire for citing nonexistent sources, using AI hallucinations, and omitting root causes of America’s public health crises.

Progressive International unveils database exposing global right-wing network threatening democracies

This database, which results from a year of meticulous research, exposes the mechanisms through which these forces erode democratic norms and foster geopolitical instability.

What’s driving our epidemic of distrust?

Many failures, in turn, can help explain why the only major institution in American life that Americans trust less than Big Business just happens to be Congress.

Not all ‘self-evident truths’ are created equal. Sleazy propaganda wars on...

The debate isn't whether government should deliver “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” but which self-selected tribe grabs the spoils and which doesn’t.

How the American Legislative Exchange Council turns disinformation into law

State lawmakers introduced nearly 2,900 bills based on ALEC templates from 2010 through 2018. More than 600 of them became law.

The think tank industrial complex: Sowing doubt and disinformation

Without some kind of regulation, unaccountable think tanks will continue to obscure the truth about the issues they present to the public and offer often financially lucrative revolving doors for politicians and policymakers as they leave government service.

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Official portrait of Rep. Adam Smith.

Top Armed Services Democrat backs impeaching Trump and Hegseth

Rep. Adam Smith, who would likely chair the committee if Democrats win the House, reversed the position he gave TIME in May.
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An epic backlash to defy Trumpism, its lying hypocrisy and pigheaded failures

This election isn’t about choosing a favorite ice cream but between ice cream and rat poisoning.
Carved stone entrance of the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington.

Justice Department’s interference before midterms was unsuccessful, unprofessional and unprecedented

The Trump administration fought one battle after another in the nation’s courts over its power – or lack thereof – before the 2026 midterm elections.
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Brazil election sparks threats to reinvade Indigenous Amazon territory

Security forces were sent to protect Brazil’s Apyterewa Indigenous Land after former illegal occupants threatened to reinvade the territory.
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Study: U.S. tap water PFAS may average twice official figures

Modeling 1.86 million EPA data points raised the average for six regulated PFAS from 2.6 to 5.2 nanograms per liter.