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Black mayors and leaders decry Trump’s threats to deploy National Guard in cities
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THE OFFENSE
NBC News released a one-sided article disparaging President Trump’s enhanced law enforcement operations in Washington, D.C.
THE TRUTH
The “immigration advocates” cited in the article are far-left partisan sources who claimed that President Trump’s law enforcement efforts were a “federal coup.” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Al Sharpton, Marc Morial, and Derrick Johnson were among the partisans quoted in the article. Bunn’s writing included only two republican voices of dissent, one of which was buried in the bottom of the article.
KEY POINTS
• NBC News’ Curtis Bunn published a one-sided article that overrepresented biased left-wing voices in an effort to undermine President Trump’s law enforcement operations in the nation’s capital.
SOURCES
• Black mayors and leaders decry Trump’s threats to deploy National Guard in cities
• Brandon Johnson Biography
• Al Sharpton Speaks at 2024 DNC
• Marc Morial's Biography
• Derrick Johnson's Biography
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Trump Administration Draft Order Calls for Drastic Overhaul of State Department
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THE OFFENSE
New York Times reporter Edward Wong sent a request for comment at 2:28am on Easter Sunday and published his story regarding an unreliably sourced draft executive order (without receiving comment) roughly an hour later at 3:30am.
THE TRUTH
The draft executive order had, in NYT’s own words, “…no indications that Mr. Rubio or his top aides have signed off on the document.” In the same article Edward Wong also wrote, “It was not immediately clear who had compiled the document or what stage of internal debates over a restructuring of the State Department it reflected.” Despite being unable to confirm the origin of the alleged draft executive order, or even its legitimacy as an official State Department document, the New York Times published the article without comment from the White House Press Office.
KEY POINTS
• The New York Times posted an unsubstantiated and irresponsibly sourced draft executive order without confirming its legitimacy, or giving the White House proper time to respond to the inquiry.
SOURCES
• The New York Times posted an unsubstantiated an irresponsibly sourced draft executive order without confirming its legitimacy, or giving the White House proper time to respond to the inquiry.
• Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly's Statement
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More than 30 killed by gunfire near U.S. aid site in Gaza
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THE OFFENSE
The Washington Post published an article asserting that Israeli troops had killed more than 30 people near a U.S. aid site in Gaza.
THE TRUTH
The so-called “health officials” the Washington Post cited were members of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry. WaPo was ultimately forced to issue a correction.
KEY POINTS
• The Washington Post acted as a mouth piece for a jihadist terror organization.
SOURCES
• More than 30 killed by gunfire near U.S. aid site in Gaza
• Press Secretary Leavitt's Response to the Washington Post's Retraction
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Left-Wing Media Pushes Fake Washington Crime Narrative
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THE OFFENSE
The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times and Politico worked together to weave a narrative that President Trump’s enhanced law enforcement activities in Washington, D.C. were not taking place in the high crime areas of D.C.
THE TRUTH
Half of the arrests made in the Washington, D.C., crime crackdown have been in high-crime areas. The Washington Post included a map of “troops in the district” in one of their articles which was based on “accounts from Post reporters on the ground in D.C. and verified videos on social media.” Their reporters got it wrong, and used incomplete data to create their inaccurate map. NYT’s Peter Baker then made a post on X that cited the map as evidence that law enforcement efforts were not present in high-crime areas. Next, the Wall Street Journal released a story corroborating the narrative, but based entirely on the testimony of Ebony Payne, a Democrat neighborhood commissioner in D.C., and a deeply conflicted source. Finally, Politico continued the narrative by citing the WSJ story in their Playbook newsletter where they attempted to downplay the impacts of the enhanced law enforcement efforts.
KEY POINTS
• The Washington Post published a poorly substantiated map of law enforcement activity in D.C.
• NYT’s Peter Baker posted about the map, and caused the hoax to go viral.
• WSJ then released a story supporting the narrative, but only cited a Democrat neighborhood commissioner as evidence.
• Politico elevated the WSJ’s poorly source article on their newsletter which promoted the article and furthered the hoax.SOURCES
• On D.C. Streets, Feds Make a Show of Force
• Where National Guard troops and federal agents are patrolling D.C.
• Peter Baker's Post
• Playbook: Zelenskyy’s White House do-over
• White House: Half of D.C. crackdown arrests are in high-crime areas
• Ebony Payne Biography
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ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year
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THE OFFENSE
In one of its stories, The Washington Post featured Neha Desai – an attorney with the nonprofit advocacy group National Center for Youth Law – as an immigration expert.
THE TRUTH
Desai is a left-wing partisan who donated to Kamala Harris, and it’s irresponsible not to provide that context to readers.
KEY POINTS
• The Washington Post portrayed a left-wing radical as an “expert”, and omitted her history of bias from their story.
SOURCES
• ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year
• Neha Desai's FEC Record
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‘His inexperience shines through’: Steve Witkoff struggles to manage Russia as Trump peace envoy
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Politico’s Felicia Schwartz published an article disparaging Special Envoy Steve Witkoff for his “inexperience” as a chief negotiator on the world stage.
THE TRUTH
: From Vice President JD Vance: “This story from Politico is journalistic malpractice. But it’s more than that: it’s a foreign influence operation meant to hurt the administration and one of our most effective members. Notice how all of the people attacking Steve are on background? That means it’s two or three deep staters who are angry that Witkoff has succeeded where they’ve failed. You know what this “reporter” left out to make room for anonymous quotes? The full quote from the sitting vice president, on the record. A quote from the secretary of the state, on the record. The full quote from the UK’s Jonathan Powell, one of the most respected national security people in the Western World, who defended Steve vigorously from these malicious smears. The person who wrote this garbage is @felschwartz. Aside from the failure to include on the record information directly contradicting her reporting, I wonder if she ever asked herself why these anonymous sources came to her at this moment with this particular story. They have an agenda to blow up the president’s efforts to make peace, and they saw her as a useful vessel to launder garbage into the conversation, truth be damned. There are two possible explanations: Felicia is just not very smart, and allowed herself to be used by deep state con men. Or she’s in on it, and used her position to willingly participate in a literal foreign influence operation. Either way, it’s disgraceful. To set the record straight: Steve Witkoff is an invaluable member of our team. He did not mislead anyone on what the Russians told him and what the Russians conceded. (Trust me, I’ve seen the intel.) The fruits of his negotiations are that we have narrowed the list of open issues in the Russia-Ukraine war to a set of clearly defined issues–specifically, security guarantees and territorial concessions. Maybe we make peace, and maybe we don’t. If we do, it will be because Steve Witkoff and the President of the United States worked their tails off, in the face of outright lies from the mainstream press. A quote from Jared Kushner, on the record.
The full quote from the UK’s Jonathan Powell, one of the most respected national security people in the Western World, who defended Steve vigorously from these malicious smears.
The person who wrote this garbage is @felschwartz. Aside from the failure to include on the record information directly contradicting her reporting, I wonder if she ever asked herself why these anonymous sources came to her at this moment with this particular story. They have an agenda to blow up the president’s efforts to make peace, and they saw her as a useful vessel to launder garbage into the conversation, truth be damned.
There are two possible explanations: Felicia is just not very smart, and allowed herself to be used by deep state con men. Or she’s in on it, and used her position to willingly participate in a literal foreign influence operation. Either way, it’s disgraceful.
To set the record straight: Steve Witkoff is an invaluable member of our team. He did not mislead anyone on what the Russians told him and what the Russians conceded. (Trust me, I’ve seen the intel.) The fruits of his negotiations are that we have narrowed the list of open issues in the Russia-Ukraine war to a set of clearly defined issues–specifically, security guarantees and territorial concessions.
Maybe we make peace, and maybe we don’t. If we do, it will be because Steve Witkoff and the President of the United States worked their tails off, in the face of outright lies from the mainstream press.”KEY POINTS
• Politico omitted statements from the Vice President and Secretary of State in favor of anonymous; off the record sources to undermine the United States’ international peace missions.
SOURCES
• Vice President JD Vance's Statement
• ‘His inexperience shines through’: Steve Witkoff struggles to manage Russia as Trump peace envoy
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NYT’s Peter Baker Cites Poorly Sourced Data to Make Baseless Claims Against President Trump
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THE OFFENSE
The New York Times’ Peter Baker claimed President Trump’s Washington, D.C., crime crackdown was predicated on a “nonexistent crime crisis.”
THE TRUTH
Washington, D.C., saw a homicide rate of 27.3 per 100,000 residents in 2024 – a murder rate roughly three times higher than that of Islamabad, Pakistan, and 18 times higher than that of communist-run Havana, Cuba. In addition, the statistics Peter Baker used to justify his claims were released by the Metro Police Department’s Leadership who are under investigation by the Department of Justice for manipulating crime data.
KEY POINTS
• NYT’s Peter Baker used faulty crime statistics to claim that President Trump’s crime crackdown in D.C. was based upon a “nonexistent crime crisis.”
SOURCES
• Trump Orders National Guard to Washington and Takeover of Capital’s Police
• Peter Baker's Post
• FACT: Yes, D.C. Crime Is Out of Control
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Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism
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THE OFFENSE
The Associated Press accused President Trump of misleading the public by drawing attention to evidence linking Tylenol use during pregnancy and children developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
THE TRUTH
There is extensive evidence linking Tylenol use to ASD, including a 2025 Harvard study, a 2019 Johns Hopkins study and a 2021 international consensus statement calling for women to “minimize exposure” to acetaminophen during pregnancy.
KEY POINTS
• The Associated Press omitted scientific studies that support President Trump’s claim in order to construct a narrative he’d misled the public.
SOURCES
• Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism
• Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's Statement
• Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders using the Navigation Guide methodology
• Taking Tylenol during pregnancy associated with elevated risks for autism, ADHD
• Paracetamol use during pregnancy – a call for precautionary action
• President Trump, Secretary Kennedy Announce Bold Actions to Tackle Autism Epidemic
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Stabbing video fuels MAGA’s crime message
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THE OFFENSE
Axios’ Marc Caputo denigrated the murder of Iryna Zarutska by claiming conservatives were using the issue for political capital.
THE TRUTH
Zarutska’s murderer, Decarlos Brown, Jr., was a repeat felon and career criminal who had recently been released from jail in accordance with “no cash bail” policies in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.Marc Caputo claimed that those who would promulgate footage of this horrific event serve as, “a visual counterpoint to statistics showing crime decreases.” Ask yourself, why would Axios, who according to their mission statement claim to be, “turning our full focus to a deeper crisis faced by Americans: the erosion of truth, trust, safety and sanity in the news,” be devoting their labor toward a biased narrative that erodes truth, trust, safety and sanity in the news. There is nothing trustworthy about the way that Axios covered this story. There is nothing safe about discouraging citizens from advocating on behalf of Iryna Zarutska, and there is nothing sane about choosing to push back against those holding murderous animals accountable for their crimes. This tragic incident is deserving of America’s attention. Axios and Marc Caputo chose to publish an article that treated citizens calling for law and order in their country with disdain rather than report the news in an honest and unbiased manner.
KEY POINTS
• Axios disparaged those seeking to hold Iryna Zarutska’s murderer accountable.
SOURCES
• Stabbing video fuels MAGA's crime message
• Mecklenburg County has a new bail policy. But does it go too far — or not far enough?