GOP Megadonor Leonard Leo Is Bankrolling a Website on the Warpath Against Somalis ^44.5%

The Intercept - By Noah Hurowitz - 4/8/2026, 4:14 PM

Negativity Bias 33.5% - Biased Writer Voice 30.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.1%

As the deadly federal immigration crackdown fueled by a racist obsession with Somali people kicked into high gear in Minnesota, a right-wing local news site in Maine had a clear message: Bring the chaos here. The Maine Wire launched in 2011, and for the next decade most of its output was standard libertarian fare. But as the U.S. right... more