Tag: factchecking
US media failed to factcheck Sweden’s herd immunity hoax
This is especially important as “herd immunity” has become a popular stalking horse among certain right-wingers seeking to argue that infecting broad swathes of the population is the best way to return the world — and the world economy — to normal.
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Elon Musk has the blood of 19 Kentuckians on his hands
DOGE cuts are killing Americans.
Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ slashes healthcare and food aid while delivering massive tax cuts...
New CBO analysis confirms steep losses for poorest Americans under GOP-backed plan as Medicaid, SNAP, and public programs are gutted to fund tax cuts for the top 1 percent.
More than a dozen US officials sold stocks before Trump’s tariffs sent the market...
Ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
Department of government chaos, revenge, and patronage
And MAGA, in the end, is just a load of DoGCRaP
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.