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As measles outbreak rages in Texas, RFK Jr. pushes anti-vaccine message
The largest measles outbreak Texas has seen in over 30 years is sweeping through the western part of the state.
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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The whitewashing of military schools
The Department of Defense (DoD) is imposing a comprehensive censorship regime across its network of 161 primary and secondary schools — eliminating…
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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In botched DEI purge, OSHA trashes workplace safety guidelines
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety…
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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Trump executive order leads to $100 energy bill hike for hundreds in Alabama
Donald Trump promised that, as president, he would drastically lower Americans' energy bills.
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Judd Legum
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BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants
An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.
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Judd Legum
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13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Defense is one of the most complex and consequential positions on earth.
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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Texas county sidelines librarians, reclassifies book on abuse of Native Americans as "fiction"
A Texas county has mandated public libraries move a well-regarded children's book documenting the mistreatment of Native Americans in New England …
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Judd Legum
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Murderer whose life sentence was commuted by Trump convicted of domestic violence
Davidson, who was convicted in the murder of a federal law enforcement officer in 1990, shared an attorney with Donald Trump Jr.
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Judd Legum
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Top Sinclair anchor resigned over concerns about biased and inaccurate content
Eugene Ramirez, the lead anchor of Sinclair's national evening news broadcast, resigned in January over concerns about the accuracy and right-wing bias…
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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What Trump doesn't want you to know about Project 2025
Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a potential second Trump administration, spearheaded by the right-wing Heritage Foundation.
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Judd Legum
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Corporate Power

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Meta goes MAGA
On Tuesday morning, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced changes to how the company will handle content moderation across Facebook, Instagram, and…
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Judd Legum
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Noel Sims
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10 corporations that kept their promises after January 6, 2021
After a violent mob stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, hundreds of corporations took action to communicate to the public that democracy…
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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How Disney conspired with government officials to steal over $100 million from theme park workers
Working at the "Happiest Place on Earth" can be a nightmare.
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Judd Legum
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Noel Sims
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The corporate insurrection of 2024
Forty-six months ago, an angry mob violently attacked the United States Capitol in an effort to overturn the results of the election.
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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TD Bank executives oversee $670 million drug money laundering scheme, avoid jail
On March 7, 2024, Attorney General Merrick Garland, speaking at the American Bar Association's 39th Annual White Collar Institute, gave an impassioned…
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Trump v. Clinton: The media double standard on the influence of foreign cash
On Monday, Popular Information reported that Justin Sun, a Chinese national currently being prosecuted for fraud by the Securities and Exchange…
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Jeff Bezos isn't the only person who can make choices
On Monday, Popular Information published its report on the Washington Post's abrupt decision not to endorse in the 2024 presidential election.
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Judd Legum
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The billionaire-media complex
Jeff Bezos is the second-richest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately $211 billion. Most of Bezos' wealth is derived from his 9% stake…
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Judd Legum
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Major outlets change standards for hacked emails, protect Trump
For weeks, major American media organizations — including The Washington Post, Politico, and the New York Times — have possessed internal Trump campaign…
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Judd Legum
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The fact-checking industrial complex
Holding powerful people accountable for lying is an important task for the media.
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Crime

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Lies, damn lies, and shoplifting statistics
For 32 years, the National Retail Federation (NRF) — the lobbying group representing major retailers in the United States — has produced the "National…
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Judd Legum
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Common myths about the new FBI crime statistics, debunked
This week, the FBI released its report on crime in the United States during 2023.
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Judd Legum
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Why Trump's spurious attacks on crime are working
One of the central arguments in former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is the false claim that the United States is a crime-infested hellhole…
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Judd Legum
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California's shoplifting laws are not broken. California is "fixing" them anyway.
Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed a package of 10 bills intended to deter shoplifting and other property crime.
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Judd Legum
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Noel Sims
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The truth about "migrant crime" during the Trump administration
"Our crime rate is going up while crime statistics all over the world are plunging," Trump told the crowd at the Turning Point Action Conference last…
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3 weeks
In the three weeks since Trump was inaugurated, Popular Information and its new sister publication, Musk Watch, have been breaking news and making an…
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Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order
The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells…
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The NSA's "Big Delete"
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words…
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UPDATE: Musk Watch reporting cited in new lawsuit against Trump administration
On Monday morning, Musk Watch — the sister publication of Popular Information — broke the news that several associates of Elon Musk received…
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Caleb Ecarma
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UPDATE: The "deferred resignation" scam
Last week, Popular Information broke down the "offer" that the Trump administration was making to millions of federal employees to induce them to resign…
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Affirmative action for white men
Since taking office on January 20, President Donald Trump has targeted so-called "diversity, equity, and inclusion" programs, also known as DEI.
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Judd Legum
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