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Graham Warned Us. Then Became The Warning. 71%
By Sam Stein96% Will Saletan95%
7/13/2026, 1:13:26 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 1 faulty reasoning type, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 29.2% saturation with 79 hits. Analysis detected 79 faulty-reasoning hits from 271 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 64.8% and a BS Rank of 71% (4,616 of 15,669 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 70.50% of the article peer group.
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Sam Stein and Will Saletan reflect on Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden death at 71, tracing his shift from Trump's fiercest critic to loyal ally, and critiquing Trump's self-centered, tone-deaf response to the news.
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