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In May, Anna Paulina Luna donned a red-carpet-worthy ball gown to a screening of “2000 Mules,” a debunked documentary that falsely claims to show evidence of wi…
over 1 year ago
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“We’ve had the death threats,” Stacie Wilke-McCulloch said. “We’ve had the, ‘We know where you live,’ and all that.” As a trustee on the school board for Carson…
over 1 year ago
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In a dramatic ending on Thursday to the final scheduled public hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, the committee unanimously …
over 1 year ago
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Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. When nearly 50 migrants arrived unexpectedly in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, last week, it rekindled t…
over 1 year ago
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Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Two of us are writing this week’s Pollapalooza, but I — Kaleigh Rogers — am taking this top bit since we’re…
almost 2 years ago
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Former President Donald Trump thinks the House select committee investigating
the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol shouldn’t be investigating the
attack, …
almost 2 years ago
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The carnage was impossible to deny. As the House select committee investigating
the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol laid out its evidence that former
Presiden…
almost 2 years ago
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And that people will actually watch.
almost 2 years ago
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Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. It’s hard to fathom what’s happening in Ukraine right now. Schools being bombed. Civilians forming militias…
about 2 years ago
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This is the latest edition of our column that excavates the origins of public
figures’ extreme comments. We explain what their claims are referring to, the
evid…
about 2 years ago
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But all of them are swaying votes.
about 2 years ago
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Mike Cuffe blends in. Sitting in a chair that almost matches the color of his
suit, which almost matches the gray Montana sky outside, the state senator
looked …
over 2 years ago
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Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial may have ended, but his veneration is only beginning.
On Friday, a jury acquitted Rittenhouse on all charges after he shot three men,
k…
over 2 years ago
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In Christian art, saints often hold an object associated with their martyrdom.
Saint Stephen, stoned to death, holds a pile of rocks. Saint Lawrence, burned
ove…
over 2 years ago
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What’s rarer than gold? Making it onto a Wheaties box.
over 2 years ago
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This article marks the debut of a new column excavating the origins of public
figures’ factually dubious comments. We explain what their claims are referring
to…
almost 3 years ago
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Since the dawn of the internet, someone has inevitably raised this question
every election cycle: Why can’t we vote online? (The question was particularly
apt i…
almost 3 years ago
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Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. With temperatures soaring
around the country, it certainly feels like summer (though worrying whether this
…
almost 3 years ago
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The day after the November 2020 election, the chairs of the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties of Maricopa County, Arizona, initiated a routine but…
almost 3 years ago
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It started with a drizzle but quickly turned into a downpour: Disinformation about the election, and in particular unfounded claims of election fraud, has flood…
over 3 years ago
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It’s hard to argue against a phrase like “save the children.” Which, presumably,
is why QAnon uses it as a hashtag. The growing online conspiracy cult has co-op…
over 3 years ago
