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Sen. Slotkin: Trump Is Desperate to Escape His Iran War | Command Post 54%
By Mark Hertling47% Benjamin Parker89%
7/22/2026, 3:01:12 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Framing Effect, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 29.6% saturation with 47 hits. Analysis detected 167 faulty-reasoning hits from 159 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 52.8% and a BS Rank of 54% (9,162 of 19,794 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 53.70% of the article peer group.
Lt.
Gen.
Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker are joined by Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) for her take on the state of the Iran war, U.S. military strategy, and the health of American democracy heading into the midterms.
Slotkin, a former CIA analyst with three tours in Iraq, pushes back on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's testimony that the U.S. has neutralized Iran's naval threat in the Strait of Hormuz, arguing Iran retains "veto power" over the critical waterway through drones, mines, and fast boats.
Plus, Sen.
Slotkin explains how her "Protect Our Polls Act" is designed to block the military from being deployed to polling sites during the midterms without congressional approval.
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Confirmation Bias
29.6%Confirmation Bias
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29.6%AuthorMark Hertling
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
1.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
1.2%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
2.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
2.5%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Framing Effect
7.5%Framing Effect
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7.5%AuthorMark Hertling
8.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
0.5%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
0.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
0%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
0.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
3.2%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Negativity Bias
7.5%Negativity Bias
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7.5%AuthorMark Hertling
8.8%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
1.5%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
0.7%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
1.8%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
0.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
1.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
0.8%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Ad Hominem
7.5%Ad Hominem
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7.5%AuthorMark Hertling
1.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
0.2%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Appeal to Authority
29.6%Appeal to Authority
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29.6%AuthorMark Hertling
2.2%PublicationThe Bulwark
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
1.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
0.2%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
0.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
6.7%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
3.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%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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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Biased Writer Voice
0%Biased Writer Voice
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorMark Hertling
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
7.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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7.5%AuthorMark Hertling
1.7%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
15.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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15.7%AuthorMark Hertling
5.5%PublicationThe Bulwark
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159 words analyzed.
Analysis
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