Questions tagged [politics]
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Did Isabelle Brourman secretly record Trump?
Former New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi just wrote a tell-all book about her affair with then-2024 Presidential candidate and current HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. In response, her ex-...
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Does the SPLC's citation of a quote from Dan Stein in his 1997 interview with Tucker Carlson accurately reflect his full remarks from said interview?
I recently found a claim from the Southern Poverty Law Center that alleges the Federation for American Immigration Reform is a hate group. One of the pieces of evidence they provide to substantiate ...
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Did ISIS congratulate Zohran Mamdani on his win?
Zohran Mamdani won the mayorship of NYC. Following that win, I've seen two conflicting pieces of news: One that ISIS congratulated Mamdani, and one that ISIS is telling Muslims to not celebrate ...
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Were more than 1100 industrial firms wiped out under the directions of Veselin Vukotić?
This documentary by Boris Malagurski claims that than 1100 industrial firms were wiped out from January 1989 to September 1990 under the lead of the US-supported Yugoslavian minister of privatisation ...
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Are people on the left wing of politics less likely to donate to charity?
A 2008 opinion piece in the Daily Mail, written by conservative political commentator, Peter Schweizer claims:
Studies also indicate that those on the Left are less likely to give to charity or to ...
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Are conservatives happier than liberals?
A 2025 article by Nate Silver says that liberals tend to be less happy and have lower-rated self-reported mental health than conservatives:
A 2023 American Affairs article says liberal have higher ...
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Did US NEA teacher's union remove connection of Jews to Holocaust in its 2025 plans?
Tons of right wing sources reporting that NEA (National Education Association, the main US teacher's union) made 2025 plans to stop saying that Holocaust had anything to do with the Jews.
Here's a ...
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Did Webster's Dictionary define Fascism by its relationship to corporations until 1987?
There is a meme online that makes the claim:
“Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘...
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Did budget cuts under Trump impact the fatality count in the Guadalupe River floods?
According to this National Public Radio News article, there are some allegations that cuts to the National Weather Service affected or led to the deaths in the recent Guadalupe River flood in Texas.
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Did the LAPD destroy 2,500 photographs taken the night of RFK Sr's murder?
According to this recent interview of Robert F Kennedy Jr. by Tucker Carlson
The LAPD did a not only terrible job but a malevolent job. They destroyed 2,500 photographs that were taken that night ...
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Does it cost $100k per person per day to detain migrants at Guantanamo Bay?
I just came across this article from Reuters.
Senator Gary Peters stated that it costs $100,000 per person per day to detain migrants at Gauntanamo Bay.
"We're spending $100,000 a day to keep ...
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Have Trump or his allies engaged in “insider trading, market manipulation, or other securities laws violations” with regard to the Trump tariffs? [closed]
Recently, a letter signed by 5 senators says that:
It is unconscionable that as American families are concerned about their financial security during this economic crisis entirely manufactured by the ...
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Did LA defund its fire department?
Most of us are probably aware of calls to de-fund police. Many may also be aware of the controversy over recent (spring 2025) mega-fires in California.
On a recent(ish) podcast (timestamp 51:55), ...
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Do expatriate French citizens in the United States have a growing concern over the return of Donald Trump?
https://www.20minutes.fr/monde/etats-unis/4145552-20250327-etats-unis-francais-expatrie-cinq-songe-rentrer-selon-enquete-menee-depute states:
Une enquête menée auprès de 9.000 français expatriés ...
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Did the Biden administration lose almost a trillion dollars to “improper payments”?
From whitehouse.gov, “Eliminating Bureaucratic Inefficiency”:
The Biden Administration’s lack of transparency allowed waste to flourish, with billions lost annually to improper payments and ...
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