Inside a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, a white man with a history of antisemitic internet posts gunned down 11 worshipers,…
Focus Tag: Political Parties
The Vance-Carlson-Trump nexus | Columbia Journalism Review
“Cultural heroin.” In July 2016, J.D. Vance used those words, in an Atlantic op-ed, to explain, and ultimately dismiss, the…
America’s internet is splitting along party lines | Axios
New investments flooding partisan media platforms are starting to restructure America's internet business around the nation's deepening political divide. Why…
Ivermectin fails another COVID trial as study links use to GOP politics | Ars Technica
The antiparasitic drug ivermectin failed to treat COVID-19 in yet another randomized clinical trial, but the drug remains popular amid…
A pollster tested 8 pieces of covid misinformation. On 6 of 8, more Republicans said they were true than false. | The Washington Post
Whatever one’s views on the appropriateness of vaccine or mask mandates or other coronavirus-related policies, one fact about those debates is…
The coup in Sudan and a dismal moment for press freedom across North Africa | Columbia Journalism Review
Yesterday—after two years of promising, fragile transition toward democracy—Sudan fell victim to a military coup. Military leaders seized power, arresting…
Senate Republicans sow disinformation after $480bn US debt ceiling deal | The Guardian
Top Republicans in the Senate are advancing a campaign of disinformation over the debt ceiling as they seek to distort…
Racist ‘white replacement theory’ goes mainstream with Republicans | Axios
A growing number of elected Republicans are openly promoting "white replacement theory," a decades-old conspiracy theory that's animated terrorist attacks,…
Republicans Seek Pennsylvania Voters’ Personal Information in 2020 Review | The New York Times
But election experts still expressed worries about the amount of personal information being requested and the security risks, both to…
GOP douses Afghanistan withdrawal with misinformation | The Washington Post
The Afghanistan withdrawal has gone poorly enough for the Biden administration, and it did itself no favors with its faulty predictions…