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2.3
out of 5.0
Moderately Left-Leaning

Based on analysis of recent Mother Jones articles using Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, and Grok. Scores reflect framing and presentation, not factual accuracy.

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Is Mother Jones Biased?

According to Daily Composite AI analysis of recent Mother Jones articles, the outlet scores 2.3/5 — placing it in the Moderately Left-Leaning category.

This rating is generated by four independent AI models (Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, and Grok) analyzing word choice, framing, sources cited, and emotional language in recent articles. The consensus score reduces single-model bias.

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Interior Secretary Claims Ignorance of Trump’s July 4 “Vanity Projects”

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has taken a lead role in promoting President Donald Trump’s particular plans to mark America’s 250th anniversary. That includes helping fund Freedom250, an opaque, public-private partnership set up within Burgum’s department. But how Freedom250 came about apparently is a mystery to the secretary—or so he said in congressional testimony on Wednesday. […]

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Should Trump Get $10 Billion in Apology Money? Mike Johnson Hasn’t Thought About It.

Apparently House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t believe that Congress needs any oversight of President Trump’s actions. During a Tuesday press conference honoring law enforcement officers as part of Police Week, Johnson dismissed a question about the Justice Department potentially settling Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service—essentially the federal government handing a $10 billion ransom […]

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The President May Settle His Own Lawsuit With Your Money

The DOJ is considering settling Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, which could send about $10 billion taxpayer dollars directly into the President’s pockets, the New York Times reported Tuesday, citing three sources familiar with the matter. In January, Trump and two of his sons sued the IRS, alleging that it failed to […]

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Mergers, Choking Hazards, Energy Prices—Does the Roberts Court Really Want Trump in Charge of All That?

In his second term, President Donald Trump demands a loyal bureaucracy that will defend his political well-being. No one better represents this reimagining of the work of government experts than Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Created by Congress in 1934 to oversee radio licensing and telecommunications, Carr has turned the FCC […]

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The Solution to Urban Heat Is Actually Amazingly Simple

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Johnny Appleseed was ahead of his time. Not because he fed so many people by planting apple trees (really, he got them drunk instead, as his real goal was encouraging the production of cider) but because he created so much shade to enjoy […]

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Abortion Providers Are Racing to Stay Ahead of the Courts

On Friday, May 1, Chicago Abortion Fund executive director Megan Jeyifo was getting ready for a fundraising event when she heard the breaking news about a court decision that severely curtailed nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone. She immediately sent a staff-wide message on Slack.  “Mifepristone by telehealth is no longer accessible for anyone […]

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Trump Admin. Has Up to 120,000 Pages of Documents on Ghislaine Maxwell’s Prison Transfer

One easy-to-resolve mystery of the Jeffrey Epstein case remains unanswered: Why was Ghislaine Maxwell transferred last year to a minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas, that houses mainly nonviolent offenders and white-collar crooks? This puzzling relocation occurred after Todd Blanche, then the deputy attorney general (and formerly Donald Trump’s personal attorney), traveled to Tallahassee, Florida, to interview […]

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How Redistricting Is Upending America’s Midterms

Voters are heading to the polls for this year’s midterms, but the electoral maps are shifting under their feet in real time. Last month, the Supreme Court narrowed a provision in the Voting Rights Act that allowed states to consider race when redrawing maps. That decision set off a mad scramble by GOP state legislatures […]

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Trump’s Golden Dome Would Cost $1.2 Trillion

Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense dream might seem like something out of science fiction, but it would cost real dollars, the Congressional Budget Office says—about $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, according to a report the federal agency released today. Trump has held the idea dear since his 2024 campaign, when he made […]

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Marty Makary Wasn’t Anti-Abortion or Pro-Vape Enough for Trump

President Donald Trump’s Food and Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary resigned on Tuesday following political battles over health policy that angered anti-abortion activists and industry executives.  Makary, who led the agency in charge of promoting public health through regulating food safety, medications, tobacco, vaccines, and more, stepped down after Trump pushed him to approve fruit-flavored […]

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Trump Thought He’d Escaped the Abortion Trap

By all accounts, President Donald Trump really, really did not want abortion to become a major issue this election year. But here we are, six months before the midterms, and abortion pills are back at the Supreme Court, as the state of Louisiana and abortion drug manufacturers ask to fast-track oral arguments in what is […]

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New York Hospital Faces Criminal Subpoena in Texas Over Trans Youth Care

The Trump administration has sent subpoenas to dozens of hospitals across the nation over the past year, demanding access to information about children receiving gender-affirming care and the doctors treating them. Those efforts have mostly failed. At least eight separate Trump administration administrative subpoenas, which would force hospitals to release trans kids’ medical records, have […]

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