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These companies advertised on X as Grok produced sexualized images of kids

At least 37 major companies were advertising on the platform this week, a Popular Information investigation reveals.

20 hrs ago • Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims

UPDATE: The Saudi payback

On November 18, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) visited President Trump at the White House.

Jan 14 • Judd Legum

The truth about being a white man in America

In an interview last week with reporters from the New York Times, President Trump claimed that the civil rights movement resulted in discrimination…

Jan 13 • Judd Legum

Kill, smear, cover-up

Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother and U.S. citizen, was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. After her death, Good was subjected to a…

Jan 12 • Judd Legum

UPDATE: Trump relaxes Venezuelan oil embargo, benefiting MAGA billionaire

On Monday, Popular Information reported that the U.S.

Jan 8 • Judd Legum

Independent accountability journalism.

Investigations

2025's Willie Horton ad

Virginia's Republican gubernatorial candidate dishonestly links her opponent to a notorious sex offender

Sep 4, 2025 • Judd Legum

Your favorite brands are funding anti-abortion legal campaigns

Big-name companies are donating to a powerful political group using the legal system to expand abortion restrictions nationwide.

Aug 13, 2025 • Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims

Days after $5 million donation to MAGA Inc., Trump freezes Medicare waste crackdown

Trump pledged to root out "waste, fraud and abuse." Then a big contribution to his Super PAC came in.

Aug 4, 2025 • Judd Legum

Does Trump's alleged letter to Epstein "sound like" Trump? An investigation.

On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published a bombshell report about President Trump's relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Jul 21, 2025 • Judd Legum

Musk’s Neuralink falsified federal forms, claims to qualify for racial diversity program

The company, owned by the world's wealthiest man, says it is a "small disadvantaged business"

Jul 19, 2025 • Caleb Ecarma

Corporate Power

Billionaire surveillance enthusiast set to acquire TikTok's US operations

In the near future, Larry Ellison, an 81-year-old tech oligarch, could be in control of one of the world's most powerful media empires.

Sep 23, 2025 • Caleb Ecarma

How airlines lobbied away your flight compensation

After a $62 billion federal bailout, the airline industry secures the repeal of a key consumer protection.

Sep 8, 2025 • Judd Legum

Your favorite brands are funding anti-abortion legal campaigns

Big-name companies are donating to a powerful political group using the legal system to expand abortion restrictions nationwide.

Aug 13, 2025 • Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims

Musk’s Neuralink falsified federal forms, claims to qualify for racial diversity program

The company, owned by the world's wealthiest man, says it is a "small disadvantaged business"

Jul 19, 2025 • Caleb Ecarma

Prime Day is a scam

Amazon Prime Day is a four-day sale promoted by the mega-retailer as a rare opportunity to secure "deep discounts" on a variety of consumer items.

Jul 8, 2025 • Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims

Media

UPDATE: Kimmel returns — but not on Sinclair or Nexstar affiliates

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show returned last night, less than a week after ABC indefinitely suspended production in response to Kimmel’s comments about…

Sep 24, 2025 • Judd Legum

Sinclair "Special Report" depicts Kirk as prophet

"Many Americans are standing shoulder-to-shoulder, believing God is still working and opening the hearts of a new generation."

Sep 22, 2025 • Judd Legum

A New York Times editor on Trump's new $15 billion lawsuit

Popular Information talks to David Enrich, who wrote the book on how powerful people exploit the legal system to silence journalists.

Sep 17, 2025 • Judd Legum

CBS News hires Trump loyalist to review news coverage

CBS News has hired Kenneth R.

Sep 10, 2025 • Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims

How Axios rebranded conservative ideology as objectivity

The biggest lie in media is the one that it tells about itself.

Jul 28, 2025 • Judd Legum

Crime

Criminal propaganda

On Tuesday, President Trump pledged to deploy the military in Chicago and Baltimore.

Sep 3, 2025 • Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby

Calling crime data "fake news," Trump seizes DC police

Lies, manipulated data, unsubstantiated allegations, and an unprecedented federal takeover.

Aug 12, 2025 • Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims

Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s

An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late…

Aug 7, 2025 • Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby

Cash bail myths debunked by plummeting city crime data

According to President Trump, large American cities are crime-infested hellholes.

Jul 24, 2025 • Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims

The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year

This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

Jul 16, 2025 • Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims

Social

Resources

The January 6 corporate accountability index

Recent posts

DOJ admits it has still not released 99% of Epstein files, violating law

The DOJ said it is still reviewing millions of Epstein files, after previously claiming it completed the review in July

Jan 7 • Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby

Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers

Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.

Jan 6 • Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims

Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire

The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.

Jan 5 • Judd Legum

The year in Popular Information

The biggest and most impactful stories we unearthed over the last year.

Dec 30, 2025 • Judd Legum

Breaking precedent, networks interrupt prime time for Trump political diatribe

On Wednesday night at 9 PM Eastern, President Trump delivered a prime time address to the nation that was aired by all major broadcast networks.

Dec 18, 2025 • Rebecca Crosby, Noel Sims, and Judd Legum

Kushner’s Serbian boondoggle collapses amid corruption scandal

This week, Jared Kushner abruptly canceled his plans to build Trump Tower Belgrade after the project became enmeshed in a criminal corruption scandal…

Dec 17, 2025 • Judd Legum

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