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PopInfo Weekly: Max Miller, Mitch McConnell, and medical misinformation
Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) is facing serious allegations of domestic abuse.
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How Vivek Ramaswamy’s mom manipulated Alzheimer’s data and made her son rich
Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire and the Republican nominee in Ohio’s gubernatorial race, served as the frontman for a dubious pharmaceutical company and…
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McConnell, out sick for two months, voted against medical leave 23 times since 1985
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was hospitalized on June 14 after suffering a fall that left him unconscious.
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The “truth machine” is lying to you
Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan says his company is a “global truth machine.” Coplan has argued that Polymarket is “the most accurate thing we have as…
Aug 12
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The disastrous diplomacy of Jared Kushner
From Gaza to Iran to Ukraine, things are not going well.
Aug 11
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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.
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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.
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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…
Apr 9
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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”
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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.
Apr 20
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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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These corporations are supporting an alleged domestic abuser for Congress
Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) is facing serious allegations of domestic abuse.
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PopInfo Weekly: Fakes, falsehoods, and favors
Last week, Popular Information reported that a New York Post headline falsely claimed that “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from…
Aug 7
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Senate Republicans launch network of fake news sites
One Nation, the Senate GOP's primary dark money group, is producing propaganda masquerading as journalism.
Aug 6
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UPDATE: CBS News reverses course, airs story on 9/11 families supporting Mamdani
Last week, CBS News New York falsely reported that “thousands of 9/11 victims’ families are asking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend this…
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Is this the most dishonest ad of 2026?
An opaque nonprofit affiliated with Senate Republicans, One Nation, has blanketed Georgia over the last five days with a new ad attacking Senator Jon…
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UPDATE: After the Mamdani 9/11 smear, a cover-up
Media outlets pushed a false narrative about the number of family members of 9/11 victims who signed a petition targeting Mamdani — and then tried to…
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