The Bulwark69%
Rep. Jim Himes: Tuberville is "participating in a coup d'etat" 92%
By Sam Stein94%
7/17/2026, 10:42:41 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 57.1% saturation with 52 hits. Analysis detected 259 faulty-reasoning hits from 91 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 87.5% and a BS Rank of 92% (1,410 of 17,127 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 91.80% of the article peer group.
Sam Stein speaks with Rep.
Jim Himes about Trump’s election speech, his attacks on voting systems, and the danger of declaring sitting senators illegitimate.
They also examine how Trump’s own foreign-interference files document Russia’s efforts to help him, spread the Burisma story, and create chaos in American politics.
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Confirmation Bias
26.4%Confirmation Bias
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26.4%AuthorSam Stein
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
9.9%Framing Effect
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9.9%AuthorSam Stein
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorSam Stein
0.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Pessimism Bias
20.9%Pessimism Bias
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20.9%AuthorSam Stein
0.5%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Negativity Bias
57.1%Negativity Bias
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57.1%AuthorSam Stein
25%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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1.5%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
30.8%Appeal to Emotion
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30.8%AuthorSam Stein
2.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
26.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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26.4%AuthorSam Stein
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
20.9%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
26.4%Anecdotal
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26.4%AuthorSam Stein
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
9.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
9.9%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
9.9%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
36.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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36.3%AuthorSam Stein
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91 words analyzed.
Analysis
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