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4 weeks ago | 
thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Alex Demas |Jeremiah Johnson |Charles Hilu
Be the change you wish to see. Published March 26, 2025 Not since Thomas Jefferson podcasting alone has a guest been so wise as Yuval Levin, who joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the recent trend of Lebowskian communication mishaps, the danger of obsessive abstraction in Trumpian times, and the promise of connecting with the median voter.
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4 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Alex Demas
WASHINGTON, D.C.—It’s a weird time to live in the nation’s capital. Well, at least a weirder time than usual. Concentrating America’s political industry along a small stretch of the Potomac was always bound to create an odd culture—young, highly transient, hypereducated, and vocationally obsessive.
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1 month ago | 
star-telegram.com | Alex Demas
Washington, DC - February 21 : Maine Gov. Janet Mills disagrees with President Donald J Trump as he speaks about over transgender women in sports during a Governors Working Session in the State Dining Room at the White House on Friday, Feb 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post The Washington Post via Getty Im A viral image claims that Maine Gov.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Alex Demas
A viral post claims that FEMA sent hurricane relief funds to New York City earlier this month to pay for housing illegal immigrants in hotels. "Elon just announced … The Biden Administration stole FEMA money that was meant for American hurricane victims and spent it on luxury hotels for illegals in New York!" the post reads. The claim is false.
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1 month ago | 
thestate.com | Alex Demas
New York, N.Y.: Migrants and asylum seekers arrive at Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, New York on Jan. 4, 2024. (Photo by J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images) Newsday LLC Newsday via Getty Images A viral post claims that FEMA sent hurricane relief funds to New York City earlier this month to pay for housing illegal immigrants in hotels.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |Alex Demas |John Mccormack |Bobby Miller
An odd quirk of this era is that the free world is led by a pair of clowns. The actual leader of the free world is a comedian by trade. The nominal leader of the free world is a troll by disposition who delights in “jokes” that may or may not be jokes. (And who, in another quirk, is prone to wearing more face make-up than the entire Ringling Bros. roster.)The subject of Donald Trump’s clownery came up at the end of the latest episode of The Dispatch Podcast.
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1 month ago | 
myrtlebeachonline.com | Alex Demas
Would a bill in Utah ban pride flags from being displayed at schools in the state? Viral social media posts claim that Republican state lawmakers are pushing legislation that would prohibit the symbol for gay pride while allowing Nazi and Confederate flags to be shown. "Republican lawmakers in Utah are advancing a bill that would allow schools to fly swastika flags and Confederate flags while banning Pride flags," reads one post.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Alex Demas
A viral video claims that Hollywood actors were paid by USAID to visit Ukraine and meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "WHY WOULD USAID PAY HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES OUR TAX DOLLARS TO MEET ZELENSKY???" text in the video reads. Below it includes amounts ranging from $1.5 million to $20 million supposedly paid to Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, Orlando Bloom, and Angelina Jolie. The claim is false. There is no evidence that USAID paid celebrities to visit Ukraine.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Alex Demas
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1 month ago | 
aol.com | Alex Demas
Are Donald Trump and Elon Musk going to send savings from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) back to the American people? Dozens of viral posts claim that the White House is considering a plan to either send Americans $5,000 checks or give taxpayers a $5,000 tax credit, all paid for by DOGE’s cost-cutting measures. “#ElonMusk is proposing a $5,000 tax refund for every American funded by the savings generated from DOGE,” says one Instagram post.
