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Trump Declines OSCE Election Observers for the First Time in 24 Years

Verdicts: 5 True, 1 Mostly True, 1 Mixed, 1 Misleading

The Trump administration declined OSCE/ODIHR election observers for the first time in 24 years. Six explicit claims rated; the Russia-Belarus comparison assessed.

Does Grindr Spike at Political Conventions?

Verdicts: 2 Mostly True, 2 Unproven, 4 False

The traffic pattern is real and it is not a Republican phenomenon. The 2016 Democratic convention produced the largest spike on record. The word doing the most work is ‘crash.’

Trump’s Election Declassification Posts: Three Truth Social Claims Checked

Verdicts: 3 Misleading

All three posts are Misleading. The declassified documents are authentic and the whitehouse.gov/election-integrity/ page is live, but the ‘covered up’ narrative, the ‘largest compromise in history’…

Did the Supreme Court ‘Take Restrictions Off Political Spending’?

Verdicts: 1 True, 2 Mostly True, 1 Mixed, 1 False

Trump says the Court removed limits on political spending; a critic says it lets billionaires buy elections. It struck one limit, on coordinated party spending. Here’s what fell and what it changes.

Analysis

It’s Not Gender — It’s Sexism: What 97 Studies Reveal About Political Attitudes

A systematic review of 97 studies finds that sexist attitudes predict political behavior more strongly than a voter’s own gender.

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