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Collins says Democrats want ICE reforms they rejected ⁠90%

By Burgess Everett⁠57%

7/15/2026, 8:57:43 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 46% saturation with 97 hits. Analysis detected 740 faulty-reasoning hits from 211 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 82.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (2,368 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 89.20% of the article peer group.

Maine Democratic Gov. 
Janet Mills wrote to the state’s congressional delegation on Wednesday, pushing for ICE “to be fundamentally reformed,” after federal agents shot and killed a man in Biddeford on Monday. 
Sen. 
Susan Collins, R-Maine, told Semafor the letter was “strange” because the White House already offered those reforms to Democrats in talks to end the shutdown earlier this year. 
“The irony is that it is the Democrats who walked away from additional safeguards,” Collins said, including $100 million more for body cameras, requirements for visible identification numbers for officers, and bans on ICE action in sensitive locations. 
“It’s unfortunate that they wouldn’t take yes for an answer. 
But that was the Democrats’ choice.” 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called Collins’s comments “shameless” on Thursday morning and said “these killings could have been prevented” if Democratic proposals had been implemented. 
“Yesterday, Senator Collins of Maine tried pinning the blame on Democrats even though she voted against an amendment requiring ICE to wear body cameras just last month,” Schumer said. 
What’s more, President Donald Trump overturned the department’s decision to pause ICE traffic stops just 24 hours after an internal memo advised agents of the change, according to a White House official. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 35.5%Burgess Everett: 6.0%Semafor: 4.7%Confirmation Bias35.5%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.8%Semafor: 1.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 13.7%Burgess Everett: 1.9%Semafor: 5.5%Availability Heuristic13.7%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.3%Semafor: 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 2.2%Semafor: 1.1%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 1.6%Semafor: 2.3%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 3.8%Burgess Everett: 8.3%Semafor: 15.9%Framing Effect3.8%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 1.1%Semafor: 0.8%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.6%Semafor: 0.8%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.2%Semafor: 0.5%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 1.2%Semafor: 4.9%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 17.5%Burgess Everett: 1.7%Semafor: 4.0%Pessimism Bias17.5%This article: 46.0%Burgess Everett: 5.3%Semafor: 12.8%Negativity Bias46.0%This article: 13.3%Burgess Everett: 3.8%Semafor: 1.3%Self-Serving Bias13.3%This article: 2.8%Burgess Everett: 1.1%Semafor: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error2.8%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 18.0%Burgess Everett: 3.0%Semafor: 1.6%In-Group Bias18.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 3.4%Semafor: 2.1%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.4%Semafor: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 15.2%Burgess Everett: 3.3%Semafor: 3.3%Recency Bias15.2%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 1.3%Semafor: 0.7%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.2%Semafor: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 13.7%Burgess Everett: 1.1%Semafor: 0.5%Ad Hominem13.7%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.9%Semafor: 0.4%Straw Man0.0%This article: 15.2%Burgess Everett: 5.7%Semafor: 7.0%Appeal to Authority15.2%This article: 6.6%Burgess Everett: 1.1%Semafor: 2.5%False Dilemma6.6%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 1.3%Semafor: 2.2%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 12.8%Burgess Everett: 4.7%Semafor: 8.3%Hasty Generalization12.8%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 1.4%Semafor: 1.1%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 4.7%Burgess Everett: 9.9%Semafor: 6.3%Appeal to Emotion4.7%This article: 18.0%Burgess Everett: 1.6%Semafor: 1.2%Begging the Question18.0%This article: 26.5%Burgess Everett: 3.3%Semafor: 4.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)26.5%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.8%Semafor: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.3%Semafor: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.1%Semafor: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.6%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 1.9%Semafor: 2.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.4%Semafor: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 28.4%Burgess Everett: 1.8%Semafor: 2.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)28.4%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.2%Semafor: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 15.2%Burgess Everett: 2.3%Semafor: 5.1%Unattributed Quote15.2%This article: 12.8%Burgess Everett: 2.4%Semafor: 3.9%Quote-first Misdirection12.8%This article: 3.8%Burgess Everett: 8.9%Semafor: 9.4%Biased Writer Voice3.8%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.3%Semafor: 1.7%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 13.7%Burgess Everett: 1.7%Semafor: 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias13.7%This article: 13.3%Burgess Everett: 1.5%Semafor: 0.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias13.3%This article: 0.0%Burgess Everett: 0.0%Semafor: 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

211 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers65%attributed speech73writer words
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Writer's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageSusan Collins • 28 words • 100.0% coverageSusan Collins • 38 words • 0.0% coverageSusan Collins • 10 words • 0.0% coverageSusan Collins • 6 words • 0.0% coverageChuck Schumer • 27 words • 100.0% coverageChuck Schumer • 29 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 32 words • 100.0% coverage
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Chuck Schumer

100%flagged-word coverage
56 attributed words41% of attributed speech95% writer coverage
0%27.5%55.0%Politically Left Leaning B+51.8 ptsWriter: 0.0%Chuck Schumer: 51.8%51.8%Quote-first Misdirection+48.2 ptsWriter: 0.0%Chuck Schumer: 48.2%48.2%Unattributed Quote-43.8 ptsWriter: 43.8%Chuck Schumer: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-11.0 ptsWriter: 11.0%Chuck Schumer: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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