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Jury Slaps New York Times With $9.25M Defamation Verdict for Smearing College Player
A rare loss for the Gray Lady — and a reminder that most targets can't afford to fight back.
August 21, 2026
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Media That Hid Biden's Decline Now Hypes His Memoir
AJC and AP plug Biden's rehab memoir alongside Booker nominees—zero questions asked.
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Google Buys Spirit Workers' Records in Bankruptcy, Union Fights Back
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ActBlue Co-Founder Pleads Fifth on Foreign Money, Walks Out in Under 30 Minutes
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CNN Platforms Estranged Brother of Trump Aide in Primetime Attack on White House
The establishment press keeps proving it's an opposition force, not a watchdog.
August 19, 2026
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All 3 Major Theater Chains Back Paramount-WB Merger as Monopolies Consolidate
Cinema United alone warns fewer studios means fewer films and closed theaters — while regulators stay silent
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Clinton Alum Demands Scott Jennings Blacklisted From White House
A Hillary staffer turned Harvard academic wants Scott Jennings banned from the briefing room—and the press corps is fine with it.
August 19, 2026
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Trump Moves to Scrap Clinton Roadless Rule; Green Groups Cry Doom, Ignore Biden Mining
The same outlets wailing over forests said nothing when Biden opened millions of acres to foreign mining.
August 19, 2026
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Fake Pollster Fabricated Socialist Leads, Calls It 'Social Experiment' When Caught
Median Strategies fabricated polls boosting DSA candidates, then vanished — and the politicians who amplified the bogus data face zero consequences.
August 18, 2026
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ABC Sues FCC to Block License Review, Suddenly Discovers the First Amendment
The network that cheered deplatforming now calls government retaliation an existential threat—because it's their speech.
August 18, 2026
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Cramer Pitches 5 Obscure Stocks: Inverse Indicator Speaks Again
CNBC's loudest voice hawks new 'under-the-radar' picks. History says run the other way.
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Paramount Demands $1.9B Bond From States Opposing WBD Merger
Corporate media giant wants taxpayers to bankroll antitrust enforcement — or scare state AGs into folding.
August 18, 2026
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Chad Johnson: NFL Networks Would Suspend Me for Free Speech
Corporate sports media demands conformity, not honesty. The former Bengals star knows the score.
August 17, 2026
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Hate Crime Charged in Synagogue Attack; Israeli Diplomat Blames NYC Mayor
Bronx man arrested after violent Shabbat rampage; Israeli diplomat points to mayor's rhetoric
August 16, 2026
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ABC Producer Sues Disney Over Harassment, Retaliation — Same Network Lecturing You
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August 16, 2026
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Three Trump Hit Pieces, Zero Stories on Inflation and War
Media mocks Trump's humor and marriage while burying the Iran war driving up your gas prices.
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Hegseth Purges Pentagon DEI Apparatus, NYT Cries Racism
The establishment press frames merit-based military reform as racism to protect the Pentagon's DEI bureaucracy.
August 15, 2026
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$10M Stolen Euro Art Recovered — Press Fawns While America Burns
Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse recovered from March heist — and the press treats it like the crime of the century.
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Shane Gillis Won't Play the Media's Loyalty Game — And They Can't Stand It
The comedian who survived cancellation faces pressure to declare his tribe. His answer: none of yours.
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Fever Coach Defends Opponent Over Own Player, Fans Boo, President Shields Ally
Stephanie White praised an opponent's flagrant foul on her own player, igniting a fan revolt — and exposing a front office too close to its coach to listen.
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Winona Surveillance Cameras Stolen; Police Won't Replace Them
Thieves cut down eight Flock tracking cameras in broad daylight—and the watchers couldn't even watch themselves.
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Press Groups Sue Truth Social Over Data Feed They Already Sell
Left-leaning outlets call Trump's paid API unconstitutional — while selling the exact same product to Wall Street.
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Raskin Demands Paramount CEO Testify on Merger — Can't Compel It
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