Republicans Just Bucked Trump by Accident...and Nothing Happened ⁠77%

By Tim Miller⁠91%

7/10/2026, 4:37:03 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 41.8% saturation with 107 hits. Analysis detected 759 faulty-reasoning hits from 256 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 68.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠77% (5,105 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 76.70% of the article peer group.

Tim Miller joined the Deadline: White House panel to discuss Trump’s failed attempt to stop the bipartisan housing bill, the Republican cowardice it exposed, Trump's Qatar jet fiasco, and Graham Platner’s withdrawal from the Maine Senate race. 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 21.1%Tim Miller: 4.2%The Bulwark: 5.8%Confirmation Bias21.1%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 3.9%Tim Miller: 2.6%The Bulwark: 2.9%Availability Heuristic3.9%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 3.1%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Hindsight Bias3.1%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 34.8%Tim Miller: 9.4%The Bulwark: 6.8%Framing Effect34.8%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 3.9%Tim Miller: 1.0%The Bulwark: 1.5%Optimism Bias3.9%This article: 3.9%Tim Miller: 0.6%The Bulwark: 2.2%Pessimism Bias3.9%This article: 41.8%Tim Miller: 16.3%The Bulwark: 11.2%Negativity Bias41.8%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.5%The Bulwark: 0.6%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 2.7%Tim Miller: 0.5%The Bulwark: 1.2%Fundamental Attribution Error2.7%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 7.8%The Bulwark: 3.0%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.4%The Bulwark: 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.1%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 2.7%The Bulwark: 0.4%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.4%Tim Miller: 1.7%The Bulwark: 1.5%Recency Bias0.4%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.4%The Bulwark: 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 20.7%Tim Miller: 4.1%The Bulwark: 3.3%Ad Hominem20.7%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.8%The Bulwark: 0.7%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 3.4%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 2.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.4%Tim Miller: 8.1%The Bulwark: 8.2%Hasty Generalization0.4%This article: 2.7%Tim Miller: 1.0%The Bulwark: 0.5%Red Herring2.7%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 32.8%Tim Miller: 6.1%The Bulwark: 5.8%Appeal to Emotion32.8%This article: 5.5%Tim Miller: 3.1%The Bulwark: 1.4%Begging the Question5.5%This article: 3.1%Tim Miller: 0.3%The Bulwark: 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)3.1%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 1.6%The Bulwark: 0.8%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.3%The Bulwark: 2.4%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.3%The Bulwark: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 3.1%Tim Miller: 0.6%The Bulwark: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)3.1%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 22.7%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 2.2%Unattributed Quote22.7%This article: 12.1%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection12.1%This article: 38.7%Tim Miller: 22.9%The Bulwark: 15.3%Biased Writer Voice38.7%This article: 3.1%Tim Miller: 1.0%The Bulwark: 2.8%Indoctrination3.1%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 17.5%The Bulwark: 5.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 3.1%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias3.1%This article: 32.8%Tim Miller: 16.4%The Bulwark: 4.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…32.8%

256 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers31%attributed speech177writer words
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Writer's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageTim Miller • 37 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Tim Miller

100%flagged-word coverage
37 attributed words47% of attributed speech68% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+88.1 ptsWriter: 11.9%Tim Miller: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+65.0 ptsWriter: 35.0%Tim Miller: 100.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -23.7 ptsWriter: 23.7%Tim Miller: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-17.5 ptsWriter: 17.5%Tim Miller: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-4.5 ptsWriter: 4.5%Tim Miller: 0.0%0.0%Politically Right Leaning -4.5 ptsWriter: 4.5%Tim Miller: 0.0%0.0%

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

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Analysis

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