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On August 5, the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC of Senate Republicans, announced a new television ad attacking Ro...
09/03/2026

On August 5, the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC of Senate Republicans, announced a new television ad attacking Roy Cooper, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.

The ad features Ronald Hayes, whose son Shemar was murdered in 2024. In just 30 seconds, it ties Shemar’s murder to Cooper, who served as governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025.

But in an interview with Popular Information, Hayes says that he was manipulated into appearing in the ad. According to Hayes, the SLF operatives who recorded the footage misrepresented the purpose of the interview, never revealed their political affiliation, and coached Hayes into providing the soundbites that appear in the ad.

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In an interview with Popular Information, Ronald Hayes described how he was deceived, manipulated, and exploited.

On Monday, State Farm’s 2026 Super Bowl ad was cited in a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles County on behalf of the people of...
09/03/2026

On Monday, State Farm’s 2026 Super Bowl ad was cited in a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles County on behalf of the people of California seeking at least $160 million in restitution plus civil penalties of up to $2,500 per violation.

The lawsuit alleges that State Farm failed to pay benefits due to victims of the 2025 LA wildfires. Some State Farm policyholders, the complaint claims, now “face eviction or homelessness.”

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Jake from State Farm, call your office.

Last year, Popular Information broke the news that on October 3, 2025, ICE abruptly stopped paying third parties for med...
09/01/2026

Last year, Popular Information broke the news that on October 3, 2025, ICE abruptly stopped paying third parties for medical care provided to detainees.

Eleven months later, ICE still has no system to pay for outside medical care. Hospitals and other providers who continue to treat ICE detainees are not receiving payment.

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital has provided medical care for ICE detainees since last fall. It hasn’t been paid for any of these services, racking up over $4 million in unpaid bills.

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Last year, Popular Information broke the news that on October 3, 2025, U.S.

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling is a member of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. In that role, Sond...
08/31/2026

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling is a member of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. In that role, Sonderling has pledged to “root out waste, fraud, and abuse” in safety net programs like unemployment insurance.

Prior to joining the Trump administration, however, as an attorney at the Florida law firm Gunster, Sonderling had a much different relationship with these programs.

During two trips to China in 2015, Sonderling made numerous speeches and presentations pitching Chinese nationals on investments in Florida. At a July 2015 presentation Sonderling delivered with the Premier Capital Group, a Chinese language banner in the room emphasized that investors who received green cards would have access to “America’s Comprehensive Welfare.”

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Keith Sonderling traveled to China to encourage investment in a Florida real estate development. Prospects were promised a green card and access government benefits.

On August 6, Popular Information exposed a network of fake news websites surreptitiously controlled by Senate Republican...
08/27/2026

On August 6, Popular Information exposed a network of fake news websites surreptitiously controlled by Senate Republicans.

One of these sites is now being used to legitimize a specious attack against former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.

On August 6, Popular Information exposed a network of fake news websites surreptitiously controlled by Senate Republicans.

“PIED-A-TERROR,” the New York Post cover blared on July 28. The paper claimed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani put “pe...
08/26/2026

“PIED-A-TERROR,” the New York Post cover blared on July 28. The paper claimed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani put “people in danger by posting a ‘rich to be taxed’ list publicly.”

In an article published online on July 27, the Post claimed that the Mamdani administration “published a searchable database of Big Apple properties that could fall under the state’s new pied-à-terre tax, effectively doxxing thousands of wealthy New Yorkers.”

But Mamdani did not “doxx” any residents. The same information has been public — and searchable online — for decades.

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“PIED-A-TERROR,” the New York Post cover blared on July 28.

In November, California voters will consider a one-time 5% tax on the assets of a few hundred of the state’s billionaire...
08/25/2026

In November, California voters will consider a one-time 5% tax on the assets of a few hundred of the state’s billionaires. Opponents of the measure have a big problem: taxing billionaires is quite popular.

A new AI-slop ad being run extensively on Meta platforms navigates around this issue by claiming it is not a “billionaire tax” but an “everyone tax.” This may be an effective message but it is not true.

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In November, California voters will consider a one-time 5% tax on the assets of a few hundred of the state’s billionaires.

Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, launched an ad that emphasized he was traveli...
08/24/2026

Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, launched an ad that emphasized he was traveling the state in a GMC truck. “Whatley’s driven thousands of miles across North Carolina trying to fix our country and help working families,” the narrator says.

Whatley has spent more than $1.5 million airing the ad statewide, according to estimates by AdImpact.

A more accurate account of Whatley’s travel habits, however, is found amid thousands of pages of campaign finance filings. Those documents reveal that Whatley’s campaign committees have spent over $100,000 since last September on travel in a $2 million private jet.

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North Carolina Senate nominee Michael Whatley’s committees have spent over $100,000 for use of a private jet linked to a convicted felon

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was hospitalized on June 14 after suffering a fall that left him unconscious. Two months ...
08/13/2026

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was hospitalized on June 14 after suffering a fall that left him unconscious. Two months later, McConnell has not returned to work in the Senate. Nevertheless, McConnell has continued to receive his Senate salary of $174,000 per year.

McConnell is fortunate to be employed in a job with excellent benefits. There is no federal law, however, that provides guaranteed paid sick leave.

One reason: Mitch McConnell.

Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.

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Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was hospitalized on June 14 after suffering a fall that left him unconscious.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan says his company is a “global truth machine.” Coplan has argued that Polymarket is “the mos...
08/13/2026

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan says his company is a “global truth machine.” Coplan has argued that Polymarket is “the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now.“

On August 10, an official Polymarket account on X posted a graphic falsely claiming that, in the U.S., babies receive 72 injections. Trump, according to the Polymarket post, was ending this practice. This graphic, which was previously posted by the White House in January, is false, according to multiple independent fact checkers.

This is not an isolated incident. Popular Information identified numerous other occasions where Polymarket has spread misinformation on social media platforms.

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Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan says his company is a “global truth machine.” Coplan has argued that Polymarket is “the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now“ and creates “an information landscape with less sensationalism and more truth.” In June 2025, Coplan announced a partners...

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