LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS, A LEADING GROUP FOR GAY CONSERVATIVES, ABANDONS TRANSGENDER ADVOCACY - KTVZ — Hypocrisy Democracy, Saturday, August 22, 2026

LIBERAL NEWS
the BLUE PILL

Experts question new Trump admin analysis claiming noncitizens voted in 2020 [Strong Left] — Salon

Leavitt to join Trump's super PAC after leaving White House [Lean Left] — Washington Times

Trump’s New Bank Is His Most Naked Scandal Yet [Strong Left] — New Republic

Californians are more concerned about Trump interference in midterm than fraud, poll finds [Lean Left] — LA Times

Trump Just Made up a New, Crazier National Mall Vandalism Incident [Strong Left] — New Republic

Judge Rips Trump Team for Caring More About Pronouns Than Wildfires [Strong Left] — New Republic

Carney Stands Up to Trump in U.S.-Canada Trade War [Lean Left] — NY Times

Florida’s GOP Has a Very Short Playbook: Call Everyone a Socialist [Strong Left] — Mother Jones

Protester ejected from Trump rally was wearing 'Kill Your Local Pedophile' shirt [Lean Left] — Washington Times

How Trump Is Trying to Weaken Migrant Children’s Legal Defense [Lean Left] — New Yorker

McCarthy slams Biden in handling of US debt [Lean Left] — CNN

Trump aide Natalie Harp nurses his decline [Strong Left] — Salon

Transcript: Trump Aides Unnerved by Natalie Harp as Ossoff Barb Lands [Strong Left] — New Republic

Polls Show Broad Dissatisfaction With Trump’s D.C. Renovation Projects [Strong Left] — Daily Beast

Supreme Court allows Trump to keep building his ballroom -- for now [Lean Left] — Washington Times

Trump's treatment of migrant kids prompts judge to appoint watchdogs to enforce rules [Lean Left] — LA Times

Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew. [Strong Left] — New Republic

MAHA and the Midterms [Strong Left] — Mother Jones

HYPOCRITICAL NEWS

Rosie O’Donnell’s return shows ABC is done capitulating to Trump [Strong Left] — Salon

Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to go to mainland in immigration U-turn [Lean Left] — Guardian World

California backtracks on good-government policies in divided Trump era [Lean Left] — LA Times

Log Cabin Republicans, a leading group for gay conservatives, abandons transgender advocacy - KTVZ [Center] — Google News US Politics

Arellano: Why Catholics must take the lead to rebuke MAGA in the midterms [Center] — LA Times

At China's robot Olympics, the finish line comes with a padded wall and a stretcher [Center] — Business Insider

America's largest association of cattle ranchers says Trump's plan to lower beef prices is 'undermining' farmers [Center] — Business Insider

Here are your favorite products hit by Trump’s new 50% tariffs on Canada [Center] — Business Insider

Inside Germany's roughly $14 billion plan to deter Russia with a new arsenal of deep-strike missiles [Center] — Business Insider

Breaking down my $159,000 salary in Brooklyn, New York [Center] — Business Insider

Tattooed Nancy Mace Gives Darline Graham A Big Fat Thumbs Down on Taiwan Answer: ‘Jesus…’ [Center] — Mediaite

‘I’ve Seen You with Your D*ck Out!’: Bill Maher Asks Hunter Biden If He’s Running for President [Center] — Mediaite

Canadian Prime Minister Declares ‘We Got Attacked’ After U.S. Levies 50% Tariffs [Center] — Mediaite

CNN’s Abby Phillip Declares Trump ‘Is Not Living in the Real World’ as She Nukes His Response to Low Polling [Center] — Mediaite

Bill Maher Defends Trump’s ‘Emotional Support Employee’ Natalie Harp: ‘Why Can’t I Get a Millennial to Work Like That?’ [Center] — Mediaite

Trump Boasts About ‘Magnificent’ Ballroom After Supreme Court Greenlights Work [Center] — Mediaite

‘Just Admit It!’: Bill Maher Presses Hunter Biden on Profiting Off His Dad’s Political Office [Center] — Mediaite

Iran Reportedly Crows Over Self-Professed ‘Victory’ and Declares ‘the U.S. Is Hated’ as War Nears Six Months [Center] — Mediaite

CONSERVATIVE NEWS
the RED PILL

Joe Concha rips Hasan Piker: ‘Democrats actually campaign with this maniac’ [Lean Right] — Washington Examiner

Who Are the Israeli Hostages Released by Hamas? [Lean Right] — Wall Street Journal

Trump Once Promised International Students Green Cards. Now The Government Might Charge Them $100,000 To Work. [Lean Right] — Reason

DNC Pivots To Tactical Thirst Traps To Make Socialism Look Sexy [Strong Right] — Daily Wire

Teacher who battled union fears she’s being targeted after shirt complaint: 'I'm afraid' [Lean Right] — Fox News Politics

Tech Giants Scramble to Calm Public Anger over AI Data Centers [Strong Right] — Breitbart

Where Is the AI Jobs Apocalypse? [Lean Right] — The Free Press

Senator launches assault on illegal immigration gaps as GOP races midterm clock to lock in key wins [Lean Right] — Fox News Politics

Biden-Era Law That Created Medicare Drug Price Controls Could Hike Up Prices, Analysts Warn [Strong Right] — Daily Caller

Angie Nixon: 'People Are Taking Their Lives Each and Every Day' Because of Donald Trump [Strong Right] — Breitbart

Nolte: Nepo-Senator Lisa Murkowski’s Office Responds to James O’Keefe Journalism with Legal Threats [Strong Right] — Breitbart

Texas Gov Abbott asks the Justice Department to investigate 'discriminatory' Islamic washing stations [Lean Right] — Fox News Politics

Trump fires back after protester interrupts Myrtle Beach rally for Graham: 'Mom is voting for us' [Lean Right] — Fox News Politics

Texas Requires the Ten Commandments Be Posted in Every Classroom. SCOTUS May Decide If That's Constitutional. [Lean Right] — Reason

NYT's Peters: House Dems I Talk to 'Really Worried' About Being 'Beholden' to Democratic Socialists if Dems Narrowly Take House [Strong Right] — Breitbart

Leavitt will return to Trump-aligned super PAC to spend more time with children [Lean Right] — Washington Examiner

"Yes, I'm with … Hamas and Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad but up to a Point" Visiting Prof's Suit Against Columbia Dismissed [Lean Right] — Reason

Freed Israeli Hostages Still Had Shrapnel in Their Bodies From Oct. 7 Attack [Lean Right] — Wall Street Journal

Market Correlation

U.S. equities are trading higher: the S&P 500 +0.43% at 7,674, the Nasdaq +0.43% at 26,180, the Dow +0.98% at 53,277. The VIX sits at 15.1 (-5.5% today), inside its normal range.

The 10-year Treasury yield is climbing at 4.74% — the number behind mortgage rates and Washington's interest bill. The dollar index is at 98.8 (-0.1%). Elsewhere: gold up 2.4% at $4,624/oz; WTI crude down 0.9% at $87.06/bbl; Bitcoin at $77,434 (-1.1%).

Among big names, COIN leads gainers at +8.20%, while INTC lags at -2.24%. Rate moves and energy prices feed straight into the political fight over inflation — match this against the headlines above.

S&P 500 7,674.37 +0.43%

Nasdaq 26,180.46 +0.43%

Dow 53,277.01 +0.98%

VIX 15.13 -5.50%

10Y Yield 4.74% +0.89%

Dollar Index 98.8 -0.10%

Bitcoin 77,434.21 -1.15%

Gold 4,624.1 +2.39%

Oil WTI 87.06 -0.88%