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Abigail Spanberger Gets Lit Up Over Her Energy Affordability Lies ⁠92%

By Amy Curtis⁠89%

7/14/2026, 8:30:59 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 31 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 65.7% saturation with 136 hits. Analysis detected 926 faulty-reasoning hits from 207 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 85.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (1,902 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 91.30% of the article peer group.

Virginia's Democrat Governor Abigail Spanberger got into office on a promise of affordability, and her first act in office was to push for tax increases on everything from gym memberships to dog walking to energy bills. 
That's why Spanberger is getting absolutely lit up by her constituents for trying to brag about addressing the high energy costs that Democrat policies caused. 
"By using the power of the free market, leveraging the Commonwealth’s buying power, and cutting out middlemen, we are creating significant discounts for families and businesses," she wrote. 
It's not. 
And everyone knows it. 
Even Spanberger. 
Affordability! 
Yes, she is. 
So much affordability! 
Destroying the grid is the point. 
They don't want cheap, reliable energy. 
They want green nonsense that lowers our quality of life. 
She's panicking. 
Who doesn't have an extra $25,000 lying around? 
She also bragged about passing taxes on data centers, as if that'll make a difference. 
Stop making videos like this. 
She's doing great. 
All she does is lie. 
She looks in our faces and lies. 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 28.0%Amy Curtis: 8.6%Townhall: 5.3%Confirmation Bias28.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.9%Townhall: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 5.8%Amy Curtis: 3.8%Townhall: 2.8%Availability Heuristic5.8%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.7%Townhall: 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.5%Townhall: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 1.4%Amy Curtis: 2.1%Townhall: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias1.4%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 10.8%Townhall: 11.2%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.4%Townhall: 0.4%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.2%Townhall: 0.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.1%Townhall: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 1.0%Townhall: 1.4%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 2.8%Townhall: 1.9%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 49.8%Amy Curtis: 15.5%Townhall: 13.5%Negativity Bias49.8%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.6%Townhall: 1.8%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 4.3%Amy Curtis: 3.8%Townhall: 1.8%Fundamental Attribution Error4.3%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.1%Townhall: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 4.8%Amy Curtis: 4.7%Townhall: 4.6%In-Group Bias4.8%This article: 2.9%Amy Curtis: 6.0%Townhall: 3.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias2.9%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.8%Townhall: 1.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.7%Townhall: 0.9%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.1%Townhall: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 1.2%Townhall: 1.3%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 17.4%Amy Curtis: 0.8%Townhall: 0.6%Primacy Effect17.4%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.0%Townhall: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 18.8%Amy Curtis: 8.3%Townhall: 5.0%Ad Hominem18.8%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 4.3%Townhall: 2.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 5.8%Amy Curtis: 4.2%Townhall: 4.4%Appeal to Authority5.8%This article: 2.9%Amy Curtis: 2.6%Townhall: 1.9%False Dilemma2.9%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 2.5%Townhall: 1.6%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 1.4%Amy Curtis: 0.2%Townhall: 0.2%Circular Reasoning1.4%This article: 26.6%Amy Curtis: 16.6%Townhall: 9.1%Hasty Generalization26.6%This article: 2.4%Amy Curtis: 0.9%Townhall: 0.6%Red Herring2.4%This article: 5.8%Amy Curtis: 1.6%Townhall: 1.3%Bandwagon5.8%This article: 30.4%Amy Curtis: 9.9%Townhall: 11.1%Appeal to Emotion30.4%This article: 4.8%Amy Curtis: 2.9%Townhall: 2.2%Begging the Question4.8%This article: 17.4%Amy Curtis: 2.9%Townhall: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)17.4%This article: 2.4%Amy Curtis: 1.5%Townhall: 0.6%Tu Quoque2.4%This article: 20.8%Amy Curtis: 2.5%Townhall: 1.5%Burden of Proof20.8%This article: 13.5%Amy Curtis: 0.2%Townhall: 0.1%Appeal to Nature13.5%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.2%Townhall: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 2.7%Townhall: 1.4%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 1.0%Amy Curtis: 0.1%Townhall: 0.1%No True Scotsman1.0%This article: 8.2%Amy Curtis: 2.3%Townhall: 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)8.2%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.0%Townhall: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.0%Townhall: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.1%Townhall: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 2.9%Amy Curtis: 0.4%Townhall: 0.2%Special Pleading2.9%This article: 4.8%Amy Curtis: 0.6%Townhall: 0.4%Genetic Fallacy4.8%This article: 13.5%Amy Curtis: 4.4%Townhall: 3.4%Unattributed Quote13.5%This article: 13.5%Amy Curtis: 2.5%Townhall: 3.0%Quote-first Misdirection13.5%This article: 65.7%Amy Curtis: 24.5%Townhall: 16.1%Biased Writer Voice65.7%This article: 8.2%Amy Curtis: 8.1%Townhall: 5.6%Indoctrination8.2%This article: 0.0%Amy Curtis: 0.2%Townhall: 0.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 49.3%Amy Curtis: 22.0%Townhall: 13.8%Politically Right Leaning Bias49.3%This article: 12.6%Amy Curtis: 6.1%Townhall: 5.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…12.6%

207 words analyzed.

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0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +93.8 ptsWriter: 6.2%Townhall VIP: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-70.5 ptsWriter: 70.5%Townhall VIP: 0.0%0.0%Politically Right Leaning -52.8 ptsWriter: 52.8%Townhall VIP: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-14.5 ptsWriter: 14.5%Townhall VIP: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-14.5 ptsWriter: 14.5%Townhall VIP: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-8.8 ptsWriter: 8.8%Townhall VIP: 0.0%0.0%

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Analysis

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