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Trump has plans to desecrate DC but not to end his Iran war 90%
By Daily Kos Staff97%
7/30/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Topics: US Politics
BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 64.5% saturation with 100 hits. Analysis detected 576 faulty-reasoning hits from 155 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 83.1% and a BS Rank of 90% (2,295 of 22,405 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 89.80% of the article peer group.
Trump’s approval rating plummets near George W.
Bush levels
Two war criminals in a pod.
‘Head for an eye’: Trump team has no plan to end Iran war
It’s just empty threat after empty threat.
Trump demands you pay even more for his dumb Freedom 250 flop
What, did you think you were done having to hear about that shitshow?
Another day, another Trump desecration of DC
It’s getting exhausting.
Unreal effects
Cyclops and Mitch McConnell have more in common than you might’ve thought.
North Carolina is the latest state to turn on the GOP
Things keep getting worse and worse for Republicans …
Susan Collins’ reelection bid reeks of desperation
She’s in for an uphill battle, that’s for sure.
61 years ago: Medicare became law
And it’s been the bane of Republicans’ existence ever since.
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Confirmation Bias
11.6%Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
7.7%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
16.8%Framing Effect
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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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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
24.5%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
64.5%Negativity Bias
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64.5%AuthorDaily Kos Staff
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
4.5%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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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
4.5%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
11.6%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
4.5%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
16.8%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
35.5%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
14.2%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
6.5%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
36.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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155 words analyzed.
Analysis
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