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Misinformation site Gateway Pundit is dominating coverage of Arizona's election audit
Misinformation site Gateway Pundit dominates coverage of Maricopa County's election audit; grabs over five percent of all social media engagement on news articles.
Joe Biden Wounds Cuba, Venezuela and China's Hopes of Obama-Style Detente
The American president said the U.S. stands with Cuban protesters and condemned "decades of repression" by "Cuba's authoritarian regime."
Fourth Stimulus Check: 3 Reasons Why it Won't Happen
A petition for a monthly $2,000 stimulus check is gaining traction, but there is little, if any, prospect of a fourth round of payments.
How the Chinese Communist Party Outwitted American Capitalists
U.S. policymakers were sure that if China opened economically, political freedom would follow. Maybe it's time for a Mao Zedong-style self-criticism session.
Tucker Carlson and the Liberal Outrage Economy Need Each Other
The Fox News host loves to rally against those he accuses of participating in "cancel culture." But despite mutual loathing, he and his enemies have a symbiotic relationship.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Kept Matt Gaetz Afloat When Sex Scandal Hit. Now She's Sinking Too
The Republican faces calls for her to be expelled from the House after she compared a mask mandate to the Holocaust.
How a well-meaning U.S. government database fuels dangerous vaccine misinformation
Natural News picked up the false claim from a familiar source of pandemic misinformation: Red-rated website Great Game India, which in January 2020 also spread a different falsehood that the COVID-19 virus was stolen from a Canadian lab.
Exclusive: Inside the Military's Secret Undercover Army
Thousands of soldiers, civilians and contractors operate under false names, on the ground and in cyberspace. A Newsweek investigation of the ever-growing and unregulated world of "signature reduction."
How the Pandemic Helped Me Make Peace with Home-Schooling
A recent survey showed that Democrats were actually more likely to express increased interest in home-schooling than Republicans, breaking down the notion that home-schooling is only for conservative, white, religious families.
Billionaire Robinhood Hero Chamath Palihapitiya Is a Pushback on Progressive Democrats
Palihapitiya is a corporate-friendly, Third Way centrist, with a sprinkle of social justice rhetoric but also an intense devotion to libertarian free-market triumphalism.
Dolly Parton Is Awesome But This Super Bowl Ad Shows We Live in a Dystopia
Working 9-5? If only. As millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet, Dolly Parton's song is tweaked to glorify the gig economy and a 12-hour workday.
Democrats May Block Millions of Families from Receiving Full Stimulus Checks
Corporate lobbyists are pressing Democrats to limit eligibility for stimulus checks, even as new census data show nearly half of middle class families lost income during the pandemic.
Former ACLU Lawyer Says 'Of Course' Twitter's Ban on Trump Is Censorship
David Goldbergerer told Newsweek that a permanent social media ban on Trump would be "ridiculous," but the platforms' decisions to do so does not violate the Constitution.
To Convict Trump for Inciting an Insurrection, 17 GOP Senators Will Have to Join Democrats
So far, it appears that just a handful of Republican senators—at best—would likely back the endeavor if a vote were held today.
FBI, Homeland Security, White House Advisers Foresaw Possible Riots, Looked the Other Way
The law enforcement and security people responsible for maintaining order in D.C. weren't ready, weren't properly organized and weren't impartial.
Mitch McConnell Made $3,300 This Week While Blocking One-Time $2,000 Stimulus Check
It took Congress less than a month to pass legislation giving a $700 billion bailout to bank executives during the financial crisis. Lawmakers have spent eight months mulling the far less expensive stimulus bill.
$2,000 Stimulus Checks All but Thwarted, Is Donald Trump Democrats' Last Hope?
The president has advocated for the $2,000 boost, but this has been tied to his other demands. Democrats have called for a vote solely on the checks.
Bernie Sanders Pulls a McConnell on Mitch McConnell to Secure $2,000 Stimulus Checks
In a shrewd play for $2,000 stimulus checks, Sanders is leveraging a Pentagon bill to try to secure aid for millions of struggle Americans
As Georgians Starve, Millionaires David Perdue, Kelly Leoffler Refuse to Force Relief Vote
Loeffler And Perdue are in position to end this battle right now, but they're backing McConnell's power-play instead.
Donald Trump Thinks Bill Barr Helped Joe Biden Become President. He's Right
The attorney general didn't purposely undermine President Trump's chances of winning a second term. But he sure didn't help.
How Trump Rattled Swing Voters, But Biden Won the Day | Analysis
In the final analysis of swing voters in the 2020 election, Trump dominated online conversations—and didn't end up being to his advantage.
Mexico Managed to Build a Working Relationship With Trump—and Would Rather Keep It | Analysis
Mexico's leftist president is helping Trump's immigration policies, in exchange for complete American non-intervention in his own affairs—something that may not be as easy under Biden.