Daily Kos⁠85%

GOP buckles over Iran, and Democrats need to buck convention ⁠91%

By Daily Kos Staff⁠97%

6/25/2026, 11:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 26 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Ad Hominem, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 83.9% saturation with 125 hits. Analysis detected 761 faulty-reasoning hits from 149 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 85.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠91% (1,919 of 21,198 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 91.00% of the article peer group.

Yes, there is plenty that Democrats can smash 
We need Democrats who are willing to dismantle systems that concentrate wealth and power. 
Trump’s pathetic rally shows just how washed he is 
Trump held what he expected to be a big rally last night. 
You probably missed it. 
Real estate mogul Trump doesn’t want affordable houses 
He needs to read the (rented) room. 
GOP senators buckle after Trump bullies them over Iran vote 
Republicans almost, just almost, had a spine. 
Trump wants to waste nearly $90B more of your tax dollars 
Imagine if we spent on education what we spend on pointless wars. 
How Taylor Swift made Trump the smallest man who ever lived 
“All you are is mean. 
And a liar. 
And pathetic. 
And alone in life. 
And mean.” — T. 
Swift, “Mean” 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 5.1%Daily Kos: 5.7%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.1%Daily Kos: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 7.4%Daily Kos Staff: 3.4%Daily Kos: 3.3%Availability Heuristic7.4%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.3%Daily Kos: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.6%Daily Kos: 0.9%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.3%Daily Kos: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 36.2%Daily Kos Staff: 20.8%Daily Kos: 9.0%Framing Effect36.2%This article: 15.4%Daily Kos Staff: 2.5%Daily Kos: 0.6%Loss Aversion15.4%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.4%Daily Kos: 0.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.6%Daily Kos: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 8.1%Daily Kos Staff: 1.1%Daily Kos: 1.4%Optimism Bias8.1%This article: 16.1%Daily Kos Staff: 3.8%Daily Kos: 2.0%Pessimism Bias16.1%This article: 68.5%Daily Kos Staff: 36.1%Daily Kos: 15.5%Negativity Bias68.5%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.5%Daily Kos: 1.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 12.8%Daily Kos Staff: 3.5%Daily Kos: 2.6%Fundamental Attribution Error12.8%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.1%Daily Kos: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 6.7%Daily Kos Staff: 3.9%Daily Kos: 2.2%In-Group Bias6.7%This article: 12.8%Daily Kos Staff: 2.2%Daily Kos: 1.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias12.8%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 1.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 2.9%Daily Kos: 0.8%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 1.1%Daily Kos: 1.5%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 11.4%Daily Kos Staff: 0.6%Daily Kos: 0.4%Primacy Effect11.4%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 36.9%Daily Kos Staff: 16.4%Daily Kos: 5.9%Ad Hominem36.9%This article: 6.7%Daily Kos Staff: 2.1%Daily Kos: 1.4%Straw Man6.7%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.5%Daily Kos: 3.1%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 22.1%Daily Kos Staff: 3.1%Daily Kos: 2.4%False Dilemma22.1%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.7%Daily Kos: 1.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.2%Daily Kos: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 15.1%Daily Kos: 9.7%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.6%Daily Kos: 0.5%Red Herring0.0%This article: 5.4%Daily Kos Staff: 1.8%Daily Kos: 0.7%Bandwagon5.4%This article: 36.9%Daily Kos Staff: 19.3%Daily Kos: 7.3%Appeal to Emotion36.9%This article: 9.4%Daily Kos Staff: 4.4%Daily Kos: 1.9%Begging the Question9.4%This article: 14.1%Daily Kos Staff: 2.8%Daily Kos: 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)14.1%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.3%Daily Kos: 0.5%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 7.4%Daily Kos Staff: 1.1%Daily Kos: 0.8%Burden of Proof7.4%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 7.4%Daily Kos Staff: 1.7%Daily Kos: 2.1%Anecdotal7.4%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 4.7%Daily Kos Staff: 3.0%Daily Kos: 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)4.7%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.3%Daily Kos: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.1%Daily Kos: 0.4%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 28.9%Daily Kos Staff: 3.3%Daily Kos: 2.8%Unattributed Quote28.9%This article: 19.5%Daily Kos Staff: 2.7%Daily Kos: 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection19.5%This article: 83.9%Daily Kos Staff: 49.7%Daily Kos: 23.2%Biased Writer Voice83.9%This article: 18.8%Daily Kos Staff: 5.5%Daily Kos: 2.1%Indoctrination18.8%This article: 9.4%Daily Kos Staff: 32.3%Daily Kos: 10.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias9.4%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.1%Daily Kos: 0.4%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 4.0%Daily Kos Staff: 11.5%Daily Kos: 2.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…4.0%

149 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker13%attributed speech129writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageTaylor Swift • 5 words • 100.0% coverageTaylor Swift • 3 words • 100.0% coverageTaylor Swift • 2 words • 100.0% coverageTaylor Swift • 4 words • 100.0% coverageTaylor Swift • 4 words • 100.0% coverageTaylor Swift • 2 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Taylor Swift

100%flagged-word coverage
20 attributed words100% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-85.3 ptsWriter: 95.3%Taylor Swift: 10.0%10.0%Quote-first Misdirection+81.5 ptsWriter: 8.5%Taylor Swift: 90.0%90.0%Unattributed Quote-4.5 ptsWriter: 29.5%Taylor Swift: 25.0%25.0%Indoctrination-21.7 ptsWriter: 21.7%Taylor Swift: 0.0%0.0%Politically Left Leaning B-10.9 ptsWriter: 10.9%Taylor Swift: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -4.7 ptsWriter: 4.7%Taylor Swift: 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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