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Ballot Brouhaha: How Basic Voting Rules Became 'Evidence' of Fraud Ballot Brouhaha: How Basic Voting Rules Became 'Evidence' of Fraud When social media magnates and election skeptics scrutinized New York City's ballots, they mistook voting laws for conspiracy—and exposed a dangerous pattern of disinformation. On November 4, 2025, as New Yorkers lined up to vote in their mayoral election, billionaire X owner Elon Musk took to his platform with an alarming declaration: "The New York City ballot form is a scam!" He pointed to candidates appearing twice on ballots and former Governor Andrew Cuomo's placement at the bottom as undeniable proof of election rigging. The New York City ballot form is a scam! - No ID is required - Other mayoral candidates appear twice - Cuomo's name is last in bottom right pic.twitter.com/676VODWFRI — Elon Musk (@elonmus...

Trump’s Thanksgiving Lie? Is the 25% ‘Savings’ Built on Smoke and Mirrors? Trump’s Thanksgiving Lie? Is the 25% ‘Savings’ Built on Smoke and Mirrors? Three days after the original claim—and just in time for holiday prep—here’s what’s really on the menu. On November 7 and 8, 2025, Donald Trump repeated a rosy economic promise to voters: “Thanksgiving this year will cost 25% less than last year,” he declared, pointing to Walmart’s promotional meal basket as proof. It sounds like good news. But it’s not true—not in any meaningful way. Yes, Walmart’s 2025 basket is priced about 25% lower than its 2024 version. But that’s only because the 2025 basket contains fewer items, smaller portions, and cheaper substitutes. In short: it’s not the same meal. It’s a bait-and-switch dressed up as generosity—as the Associated Press fact check confirms. The Walmart Supercenter on Richmond Ave...

Debunking the Myths: Zohran Mamdani and the Fog of New York Setting the record straight on NYC's new mayor Zohran Mamdani at the Resist Fascism Rally in Bryant Park, October 27, 2024 Photo by Bingjiefu He – CC BY-SA 4.0 On November 4, 2025, New York City made history. Zohran Kwame Mamdani—a 34-year-old democratic socialist, state assemblyman, and the son of Ugandan and Indian parents—was elected as the 111th mayor of the nation's largest city. He is its first Muslim, first South Asian, and youngest mayor in over a century. His campaign, powered by a grassroots movement and a platform focused on radical affordability, successfully toppled the political establishment, first in the Democratic primary against former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and then in the general election. Naturally, such a seismic shift was met not with sober analysis, but with a tidal wave of bad-faith attacks, Islamophobic conspiracy theories, and outright lies. The fog o...

The Emperor’s New Magnets Trump’s wet physics and the theater of power Aboard the USS George Washington this week, Donald Trump—rambling incoherently—revived a claim he first made at an Iowa rally in January 2024: that water disables magnets. “Give me a glass of water,” he said then, “drop it on the magnets—that’s the end of the magnets.” Now, he’s using that same myth to argue that U.S. aircraft carriers should abandon electromagnetic catapults and elevators in favor of steam and hydraulics. Never mind that the Navy’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) operates flawlessly in rain, salt spray, and full oceanic conditions. Never mind that magnets do not stop working when wet —a fact confirmed by centuries of physics and every refrigerator on Earth. This isn’t a gaffe. It’s a worldview. Desi Lydic eviscerates Trump’s “wet magnets” claim on The Daily Show (November 2025). “Do You F–k With Magnets?” On Tuesday’s Daily Show , hos...