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PopInfo Weekly: PACs, pumps, and pursuits
Newly filed FEC documents reveal that three PACs that claim to oppose Trump and Republican policies — Lead Left PAC, Real Change PAC, and California…
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Trump changed the rules for Park Police. Now an innocent man is dead.
It was played for laughs during an August 2025 cabinet meeting. Since then, things have turned deadly.
Jun 25
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A citizen’s guide to Ken Paxton
Last month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the state’s Republican runoff for US Senate by nearly 30 points, delivering a resounding defeat to…
Jun 24
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Gas stations are using AI to inflate prices, new lawsuit alleges
A new federal lawsuit alleges that gas station companies across California are engaged in an illegal conspiracy, powered by AI software, to raise…
Jun 23
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UPDATE: The money behind a network of sham “progressive” super PACs
A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money…
Jun 22
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Investigations
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Two “progressive” super PACs linked to House GOP
Two newly formed super PACs which purport to be progressive are linked to House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), a Popular Information…
May 29
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A GOP dirty tricks operation, exposed
Following the breadcrumbs from a “progressive” super PAC to a powerful Republican operative
May 27
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The smoking guns in Trump’s new financial disclosure
Trump publicly praised companies the same day he bought their stock.
May 18
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The real cost of the Iran War: $72 billion for the first 60 days
Popular Information crunches the numbers. The official accounting is at least $47 billion too low.
May 6
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ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 months
The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a massive spike in detainee deaths and medical crises.
May 4
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Corporate Power
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The truth about State Farm
"So forget what we told you. It ain’t worth squat."
May 7
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Polymarket celebrates insider trading scandal
Last week, the Justice Department indicted Master Sgt.
Apr 27
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These highly profitable corporations paid zero federal income taxes last year
In 2025, Tesla reported $5.7 billion in U.S.
Apr 15
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Trump's CFTC goes to war with states — to protect his family's business partners
In an unprecedented move, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it had filed lawsuits against several states to block their…
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New lawsuit alleges DraftKings and FanDuel are digital heroin
“By coordinating their use of immersive marketing, AI, cloud computing, and algorithms customized for every customer, they hijack customers’ brains”
Mar 30
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Media
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UPDATE: Vance confronted with Popular Information report on Trump stock purchases
Vance attacks reporter, offers sarcastic and contradictory response.
May 20
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UPDATE: Media parrots Pentagon’s low-ball cost estimate for Iran War
This week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Acting Undersecretary Jules Hurst, the Pentagon’s Chief Financial Officer, answered questions about the…
May 14
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Pulitzer-winning newsrooms are quietly publishing mountains of gambling slop
A large network of prominent regional newspapers has posted thousands of low-quality articles promoting gambling and prediction markets — and is…
May 13
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The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal
As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest.
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UPDATE: Judge dismisses Trump’s $10 billion Epstein lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal
On Monday, a federal judge dismissed Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal.
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Crime
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Violent crime plummets in “Democrat run cities” blasted by Trump
Since his return to the White House, President Trump has repeatedly claimed that major cities across the United States are overrun with crime.
May 12
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Trump declares war on America
"It’s the enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control."
Oct 1, 2025
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Criminal propaganda
On Tuesday, President Trump pledged to deploy the military in Chicago and Baltimore.
Sep 3, 2025
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Calling crime data "fake news," Trump seizes DC police
Lies, manipulated data, unsubstantiated allegations, and an unprecedented federal takeover.
Aug 12, 2025
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Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late…
Aug 7, 2025
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Progressive Champions PAC is a GOP front
Progressive Champions PAC, a super PAC created last month, says on its website that its mission is to “elect bold, progressive candidates up and down…
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PopInfo Weekly: Bombs, babies, and busted budgets
As communities across the country are fighting new data center projects, states are not only allowing data centers to be built, but many are also…
Jun 12
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UPDATE: Polymarket ends sponsorship of election misinformation
On Monday, Popular Information revealed that a network of at least 16 online influencers was pushing election misinformation in posts on X sponsored by…
Jun 11
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How data centers are blowing a hole in state budgets
States are paying billions to subsidize the AI boom
Jun 10
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UPDATE: Trump administration looking to transfer billions in Iranian assets to Kushner clients
The Iran War is more than 100 days old — and there is no resolution in sight.
Jun 9
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The "truth machine" is paying for election lies
The prediction market promotes itself as a source of objective truth.
Jun 8
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