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This article is built on a bunch of half truths. First, the article claims Governor Hochul broke her promise to not raise taxes. She has supported tax increases on the wealthy her entire career, which are the only new taxes in New York. There's no evidence to suggest she increased taxes on people making under 500,000, which is the group she promised not to raise taxes for. Also, the article mentions how Mamdani "barely" broke 50 percent, and how that doesn't give him a mandate to lead. First, over 50 percent quite literally is a majority, no matter how close. second, he was in a unique race where there were three legitimate candidates instead of two and third, he won by a higher percentage than President Trump did, who won 49.8 percent of the vote, but you don't see NewsMax say that Trump doesn't have a mandate. Lastly, although this is just about labels, Governor Hochul has never identified as a socialist, and doesn't support many Democratic Socialist policies that Mamdani does. They're likely callinger her socialist as a form of criticism, but it's still wrong.

This article really misrepresents what Mayor Mamdani said. He said that he holds the final decision in all matters, not just the police department. He is actively working WITH the police department on finding ways to make reforms while keeping everyone safe. Mamdani will only override the police department if there's a deadline, citing his "responsibility" to keep the city running. The article title makes him sound like he wants to be a dictator, but in reality he just wants to avoid deadlocks.

Trump wasn't slurring his speech. Slurring is speaking words indistinctly so that sounds run into one another. Trump misspoke some words, but he wasn't slurring at all in the clip by definition, so this is misinformation through misrepresentation.

This article provides a fundamentally flawed view of the Supreme Court's decision. They act as if every justice is just ok with conversion therapy. The decision doesn't even "end" bans on conversion therapy. The decision sends the case back down to the lower courts. The Supreme Court determined that the wrong level of scrutiny was used by lower courts, making it effectively impossible to rule on the case. The article pressed the panic button without actually considering what the decision means.

They bring up the idea that Druski got a cease-and-desist from Erika Kirk by mentioning Twitter users but say it's unsubstantiated. That being said, even mentioning that it's unsubstantiated could still spread the false news that it did happen, even though there hasn't been any direct proof of it.