Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Tag: misinformation

Utah measles outbreak exposes deep vaccine distrust as cases surpass 100

State officials warn the outbreak will continue to grow as low vaccination rates, mistrust of medical systems, and hidden cases fuel one of the largest measles surges in the country.

When rhetoric meets crisis: Trump’s retribution threat after Kirk’s killing and...

In the hours after Charlie Kirk was killed at a Utah campus, President Donald Trump blamed the “radical left” and vowed retribution—just as a Colorado high school shooting left three teens in critical condition. Progressive leaders condemned Kirk’s murder and warned against inflaming tensions while data show extremist violence is overwhelmingly right-wing.

Trump-Musk Social Security fraud hunt yields chaos, not criminals

An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.

Alex Jones agrees to liquidate Infowars empire to pay $1.5 billion...

This historic move follows years of misinformation and defamation by Jones regarding the tragic 2012 school shooting.

Exposed: Journalist unravels Senator Britt’s shocking deception in SOTU response

Journalist Jonathan M. Katz's TikTok takedown exposes Senator Katie Britt's alarming distortion of a harrowing story in her GOP response to the SOTU

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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?

The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.

Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press

The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues

Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...

What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?

Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...

A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.

Now you see them… now you don’t

Women leaders and Trump 2.0.