GOVERNMENT LAYS OUT HOUSING PLANS BUT BURNHAM BACKTRACKS ON SOCIAL RENTING PLEDGE – AS IT HAPPENED — Hypocrisy Democracy, Tuesday, August 25, 2026

LIBERAL NEWS
the BLUE PILL

Trump Is Losing Touch With the Public [Lean Left] — The Atlantic

Even some progressives are happy about Hong’s loss [Lean Left] — Politico

Billionaires ready to spend big to fight California wealth tax [Lean Left] — LA Times

Trump Threatens to Sue Over National Guard Report He Doesn’t Like [Strong Left] — New Republic

Trump Threatens to Rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ Amid New Canadian Trade War [Strong Left] — Rolling Stone Politics

Trump Threatens to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America as U.S.-Canada Trade War Heats Up [Lean Left] — NYT Politics

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

Trump Officials Propose Charging More Than $100,000 for Skilled Worker Visas [Lean Left] — NYT Politics

Trump’s pick for Wyoming governor is the latest endorsee to lose primary [Lean Left] — Politico

Pentagon Spokesperson Admits There’s a Secret Blacklist of Journalists [Strong Left] — The Intercept

How Trump’s Crazed Fury at Canada Is Already Backfiring Badly for Him [Strong Left] — New Republic

US deports 20 people to Liberia, the first of 1,200 migrants under Trump deal [Lean Left] — Guardian World

U.S. Airman Arrested Over Call to Impeach Trump Is Detained Again [Strong Left] — New Republic

Man on dirt bike leads police on chase through downtown L.A., makes phone call, stops for gas [Lean Left] — LA Times

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran [Lean Left] — NPR Politics

How I Became a Subaru Socialist [Lean Left] — New Yorker

Take a First Look at Sharon Horgan’s New Series, ‘Youth’ [Lean Left] — Vanity Fair

Missouri Judge Blocks Voters From Challenging Republicans’ Rigged Map [Strong Left] — New Republic

HYPOCRITICAL NEWS

Deal/No Deal, Trump’s Iran Contradictions [Strong Left] — Mother Jones

Government lays out housing plans but Burnham backtracks on social renting pledge – as it happened [Lean Left] — Guardian World

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

Seattle residents petition to recall socialist Mayor Katie Wilson over crime woes [Center] — Washington Times

MAGA Inc. spends $827,000 to back Darline Graham on final day of South Carolina GOP Senate runoff [Center] — Washington Times

What smart people are saying about Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada [Center] — Business Insider

Vegas hotels are panicking about losing Canadian tourism amid Trump's trade wars: 'We want to welcome them back' [Center] — Business Insider

What is a 'meat proxy'? The new term for coworkers who blindly share AI output [Center] — Business Insider

Learning from Ukraine, US Air Force medics are throwing up nets and pushing underground to survive drone attacks [Center] — Business Insider

Sam Altman says the economy is adapting to AI slower than he expected [Center] — Business Insider

Google is taking on Anthropic and OpenAI in the legal AI race [Center] — Business Insider

U.S. Cattlemen’s Association President Says Trump’s Reputation With Ranchers Has ‘Taken a Hit’ [Center] — Mediaite

Trump Mourns Dolly Parton’s Death, Orders Flags Lowered: ‘There Has Never Been Anyone Like Her, And Never Will’ [Center] — Mediaite

‘You’re Like a Little Puppy!’ Chris Cuomo Erupts on Bill O’Reilly for Depicting Himself as Trump Critic [Center] — Mediaite

Business Titan Cops to Using AI to Pen Blockbuster WSJ Op-Ed Criticizing His Protégé Scott Bessent: ‘Of Course I Did’ [Center] — Mediaite

DOJ Reportedly Weighs Charges Against ICE Agent in Minnesota Shooting [Center] — Mediaite

‘Pathetic!’ Democrat Rep Slams Abdul El-Sayed on Fox for Not Condemning Hasan Piker [Center] — Mediaite

Ukrainian Women’s Basketball Player Leaves LSU Just Days After Team Signed Russian Player [Center] — Mediaite

CONSERVATIVE NEWS
the RED PILL

Trump Officials Remove, Plan to Sell 'Very Woke' Painting by Artist Behind Obama Portrait [Strong Right] — Breitbart

Beijing Signals Readiness to Talk to Trump's Team, Even Old Foes [Lean Right] — Wall Street Journal

Supreme Court Rules in Trump's Favor on Mail Ballot Rules [Strong Right] — Breitbart

Defending the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy [Lean Right] — National Review

The Folly of Negotiating with Hamas [Lean Right] — National Review

Exclusive: 'Stars and Stripes' Publisher Fired by Pentagon for Insubordination [Strong Right] — Breitbart

Egyptian Convicted For Supporting Muslim Brotherhood Is Funding El-Sayed’s Campaign [Strong Right] — Daily Wire

"Signs of AI Authorship in Federal Appellate Opinions" [Lean Right] — Reason

Gavin Newsom Offers Rare Praise to Trump Admin for Trump Accounts, First Lady's Foster Youth Efforts [Strong Right] — Breitbart

This Mamdani-Backed Bill Would Kill Jobs, Boost Unions, and Make Deliveries More Expensive [Lean Right] — Reason

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

Palestinians Stream Back to Northern Gaza on Foot [Lean Right] — Wall Street Journal

Could Late-Term Abortion Be The Key To A Republican Midterm Sweep? One Group Thinks So. [Strong Right] — Daily Wire

Israeli PM Netanyahu Reveals Iran Tried to ‘Murder’ One of His Sons [Strong Right] — Breitbart

China, Iran’s largest oil purchaser, dismisses US ‘economic warfare’ [Lean Right] — Washington Examiner

Eight Reasons Why Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal Is Still a Fraud [Lean Right] — National Review

Trump Is Coming For Another Name On America’s Map [Strong Right] — Daily Wire

Blue State’s Green Energy Push Threatens Iconic ‘Sacred’ Food Source [Strong Right] — Daily Caller

Market Correlation

U.S. equities are trading higher: the S&P 500 +0.32% at 7,677, the Nasdaq +0.66% at 26,151, the Dow +0.30% at 53,577. The VIX sits at 15.4 (-2.5% today), inside its normal range.

The 10-year Treasury yield is easing at 4.64% — the number behind mortgage rates and Washington's interest bill. The dollar index is at 98.9 (-0.1%). Elsewhere: gold up 1.7% at $4,720/oz; WTI crude down 3.9% at $81.69/bbl; Bitcoin at $78,922 (-0.1%).

Among big names, SMCI leads gainers at +9.35%, while XOM lags at -2.09%. Rate moves and energy prices feed straight into the political fight over inflation — match this against the headlines above.

S&P 500 7,677.2 +0.32%

Nasdaq 26,151.3 +0.66%

Dow 53,577.17 +0.30%

VIX 15.45 -2.52%

10Y Yield 4.64% -1.38%

Dollar Index 98.91 -0.09%

Bitcoin 78,922.48 -0.05%

Gold 4,720.2 +1.71%

Oil WTI 81.69 -3.91%