The Bulwark73%
Trump Voters Say JD Vance Gives Them the Willies 99%
By Sarah Longwell92%
7/17/2026, 8:16:32 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 72.7% saturation with 72 hits. Analysis detected 369 faulty-reasoning hits from 99 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 99% and a BS Rank of 99% (310 of 19,892 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 98.40% of the article peer group.
Sarah Longwell and Sam Stein (filling in for JVL) discuss Trump’s tedious (and still scary!)
election speech, the documents that undercut his election claims, JD Vance’s cringe appearance on Joe Rogan, Trump voters’ brutal reactions to Vance, and Democrats’ missed opportunities at the Todd Blanche hearing.
Finally: There are more tickets to see Sarah and JVL on September 8 in NYC!
We are about to sell out the orchestra section—but we want to sell out the balcony, too.
It’s a point of pride.
Come hang with us.
Tickets are here.
Confirmation Bias
15.2%Confirmation Bias
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15.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
11.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Availability Heuristic
9.1%Availability Heuristic
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9.1%AuthorSarah Longwell
3.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.7%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Framing Effect
24.2%Framing Effect
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24.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
16%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Loss Aversion
19.2%Loss Aversion
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19.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
1.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.7%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Sunk Cost Effect
15.2%Sunk Cost Effect
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15.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Optimism Bias
36.4%Optimism Bias
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36.4%AuthorSarah Longwell
1.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Pessimism Bias
15.2%Pessimism Bias
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15.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
1.2%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Negativity Bias
24.2%Negativity Bias
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24.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
26.8%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Self-Serving Bias
17.2%Self-Serving Bias
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17.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.8%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0%PublicationThe Bulwark
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
3.5%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
1.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
4.2%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Primacy Effect
15.2%Primacy Effect
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15.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
9.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
1.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
13.8%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
2.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Bandwagon
15.2%Bandwagon
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15.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
1.5%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Appeal to Emotion
30.3%Appeal to Emotion
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30.3%AuthorSarah Longwell
14.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
2.2%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
3.8%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
1.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
2%PublicationThe Bulwark
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
15.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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15.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
2.7%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.5%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
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Unattributed Quote
9.1%Unattributed Quote
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9.1%AuthorSarah Longwell
0.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Quote-first Misdirection
15.2%Quote-first Misdirection
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15.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
1.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Biased Writer Voice
24.2%Biased Writer Voice
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24.2%AuthorSarah Longwell
28.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
6.8%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
15.8%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorSarah Longwell
2.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
72.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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72.7%AuthorSarah Longwell
27.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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99 words analyzed.
Analysis
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