Publication: Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly
has 27.6% among publications.
BS Score: 1.6%.
Articles analyzed: 29.
Words analyzed: 204,487.
Analyzed articles
Washington Monthly
- By Bill Scher
- 7/3/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 35.4% - Negativity Bias 22.3% - Appeal to Emotion 14.2%
The history of semicentennial American presidential oratory is limited, but Donald Trump’s Saturday semiquincentennial remarks are destined to mark a low point in the canon. He is slated to speak in the late evening during the “Salute to America Celebration & Fireworks” on the National Mall, which Trump has advertised as “the most... more
Washington Monthly
- By Alison Gash
- 7/3/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 28.2% - Appeal to Emotion 16.5% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 14.7%
The Supreme Court has delivered another blow to LGBTQ rights, upholding legislation that bars trans girls and women from participating in women’s sports. The Court’s 6–3 decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J. (consolidated with Little v. Hecox) addressed laws in West Virginia and Idaho but, in effect, affirmed 27 state-level bans on trans... more
Washington Monthly
- By David Atkins
- 7/3/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 97.9% - Negativity Bias 61.5% - Hasty Generalization 48.7%
The wrath of Democratic voters has reached a boiling point. Anti-establishment fury within the party’s base has been rising for some time. It announced itself with a startling overture in Maine, reached a crescendo in New York, and returned this week with a deafening fanfare in Colorado. In Maine’s Senate primary, heterodox outsider... more
Washington Monthly
- By James D. Zirin
- 7/2/2026, 8:46 PM
Negativity Bias 39.1% - Biased Writer Voice 34.7% - Appeal to Emotion 25.4%
The National Park System, which will be flooded with visitors this summer, has a bipartisan pedigree. Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service law that established our system, but Teddy Roosevelt’s setting aside millions of acres of public lands gave it substance. Ulysses Grant signed the law creating the first national park,... more
Washington Monthly
- By Claire Kelloway
- 7/2/2026, 5:58 PM
Negativity Bias 31.5% - Appeal to Authority 29.3% - Biased Writer Voice 21.8%
When egg prices soared between 2022 and 2025, the Washington Monthly reported that something seemed afoot. Yes, the bird flu was wiping out egg-laying hens, but egg prices rose much more than economists would predict given the decrease in supply. We reported that dominant egg corporations may be manipulating a price index tied to most... more
Washington Monthly
- By Bill Scher
- 7/2/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 34% - Appeal to Emotion 20.2% - Biased Writer Voice 18%
After 15-term Denver-area U.S. Representative Diana DeGette lost her Democratic primary to the 29-year-old Democratic Socialists of America member Melat Kiros, the socialist streamer Hasan Piker, drink in hand, crowed, “Thank you for not retiring Diana DeGette ... and hand select[ing] your replacement, which would’ve been a cookie-cutter... more
Washington Monthly
- By Garrett Epps
- 7/1/2026, 1:42 PM
Biased Writer Voice 18.7% - Ad Hominem 8.3% - Straw Man 5.3%
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the majority opinion in Barbara v. Trump, the “birthright citizenship” case announced Tuesday, is how surprising it isn’t. Chief Justice John Roberts, a history major at Harvard, broke no new ground; his majority opinion offered a summary of the historical and legal literature dealing with... more
Washington Monthly
- By Anne Kim
- 7/1/2026, 9:00 AM
Framing Effect 22.8% - Biased Writer Voice 8.4% - Indoctrination 8.1%
In 2023, the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation released “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise”—otherwise known as Project 2025. Already, more than half of the recommendations included in this blueprint have been implemented by the Trump administration, with profound and destructive impacts on public health, governmental... more
Washington Monthly
- By Peter M. Shane
- 7/1/2026, 1:39 AM
Biased Writer Voice 37.4% - Negativity Bias 25.5% - Appeal to Authority 13.2%
The Supreme Court’s June 29 decision upholding President Donald Trump’s firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter is being widely and accurately reported as portending a huge expansion of presidential control over the administrative state. For once, Trump’s social media post calling Trump v. Slaughter the Supreme Court’s... more
Washington Monthly
- By Joshua A. Douglas
- 6/30/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 54.3% - Negativity Bias 38.9% - Ad Hominem 18.2%
The Supreme Court’s decision yesterday—especially the dissent from four justices—still raises serious concerns about the Court’s fidelity to voters and their rights. Here’s what happened: The RNC challenged the State of Mississippi’s rule allowing it to count ballots postmarked by Election Day, even if it receives them up to five days... more