Covering for court-packing, Trump ordering a Cuba Libre and other commentary

Nypost · May 13, 2026 · 658 words · By Post Editorial Board

Education Reform and Vouchers U.S.-Cuba Relations Democratic Party Competence Judicial Independence and Court Packing

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Media watch: Covering for Court-Packing “Politico’s Josh Gerstein illustrated precisely” this week how, if Democrats “try to pack the Supreme Court, the media would run cover for the enterprise,” flags National Review’s Charles C.W.

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Topics 4

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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Why it matters

Gerstein noted Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s advice to Americans to “defend the judicial system against salvos that jeopardize its independence,” but then cited only President Trump’s attacks on the court.

Common ground

Dems’ threats the past week “to pack the United States Supreme Court, abolish the Virginia Supreme Court, and interfere with any other court that gets in their way” barely left room for any other news, but Gerstein “can’t — or he won’t — see it.” That he…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Cuba’s Independence Day — a historic event in which the U.S. played a pivotal role”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of United Airlines flight and ticket search results, which are completely irrelevant to Cuba's Independence Day.

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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest travel deals on flights, hotels and rental cars. Book airline tickets and MileagePlus award tickets to worldwide destinations.
https://united.com/ual/en/us

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web search NEUTRAL — Check in for your United or United Express-operated flight, depending on where you are in your travel experience.
https://www.united.com/en/us/checkin

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web search NEUTRAL — Check the status of your United Airlines flight by searching by route or flight number. Stay up to date with our flight status tools.
https://www.united.com/en/us/flightstatus

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Claim 2: “the Democrat-appointed justices “delayed the release of the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling reversing Roe v. Wade” by stalling on finalizing their dissent”

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The claim that justices 'slow-walked' the ruling is reported by a single source (The Federalist/Hemingway). The other results are a general Wikipedia page and a YouTube video of oral arguments, which do not confirm the 'stalling' allegation.

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web search NEUTRAL — “Alito asked the dissenters to make the completion of their dissents their priority because delay of the decision was a security threat,” Hemingway, The Federalist’s editor-in-chief writes in Alito: T…
https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/11/scotus-liberals-caught-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. Supreme Court hears the oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case concerning the constitutionality of Mississippi law th...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRe4mYcEqBM

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web search NEUTRAL — Roe v. Wade (1973) Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the court h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women's_Healt…

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Claim 3: “they just “slow-walked” the 6-3 Louisiana v. Callais ruling”

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Claim 4: “about “$42,000 per child, per year””

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The figure of $42,000 per child per year is mentioned in the same single news alert source as claim 3. Other results are general education Wikipedia entries or non-specific reports.

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web search NEUTRAL — Education is compulsory for all children, but the age at which one can discontinue schooling varies by state and is from 14 to 18 years old.[129]. Free public education is typically provided from Kind…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States

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web search NEUTRAL — That's over $42,000 per child per year.That's over $42,000 per child per year. And the results are abysmal. Two-thirds of fourth graders can't do math properly and almost three-quarters can't read at …
https://nalert.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-york-city-spends-rou…

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web search NEUTRAL — New figures released Tuesday show that New York City spends more than twice the national average to educate its public-school students — but recent test scores reveal a sorry return on that investment…
https://nypost.com/2019/05/21/nyc-spends-double-the-national…

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Claim 5: “Virginia now-Gov. Abigail Spanberger”

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Five independent cross-references (NY Post, Al Jazeera, NBC Washington, Flipboard) all identify Abigail Spanberger as the Governor of Virginia.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Abigail Spanberger is the Virginia Governor
https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/media/obama-says-bar-has-chang…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Democratic leaders, including Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/22/virginia-redistrict…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — You have people like (Virginia Governor) Abigail Spanberger and (New Jersey Governor) Mikie Sherrill
https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/media/obama-colbert-praise-mam…

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Claim 6: “Team Trump has “declared that Cuba constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to national security””

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Multiple sources, including EL PAÍS and an ISSE explainer, confirm that the Trump administration declared the situation in Cuba to be an 'unusual and extraordinary threat' to national security.

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web search NEUTRAL — In the declaration itself, the Trump administration articulates a wide range of national security concerns attributed to the Cuban government: Cuba’s alliances with Russia, China, Iran, and some non-s…
https://www.statesofexception.org/content/isse-explainer-the…

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web search NEUTRAL — An executive order declares that ‘the situation with respect to Cuba constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat’. Donald Trump at an event this Thursday at the White House. Aaron schwartz / pool …
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-30/trump-declares-nat…

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web search NEUTRAL — For example, Cuba blatantly hosts dangerous adversaries of the United States, inviting them to base sophisticated military and intelligence capabilities in Cuba that directly threaten the national sec…
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addr…

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Claim 7: “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s advice to Americans to “defend the judicial system against salvos that jeopardize its independence,””

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Three independent web search results confirm that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson urged Americans to defend the judicial system's independence.

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web search NEUTRAL — DALLAS — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson urged Americans on Tuesday to defend the judicial system against salvos that jeopardize its independence, warning that such threats have the potential to do seri…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/12/justice-ketanji-bro…

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web search NEUTRAL — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, pictured in 2023, called on Americans Tuesday to defend the judiciary, whose independence has been threatened. (Photo by Butch Dill - Pool/Getty Images).
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/report-su…

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web search NEUTRAL — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson appealed to the American public to defend the judicial system’s independence amid an onslaught of personal attacks and demands for personal fealty from President Donald T…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-justice-ketanji-…

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Claim 8: “A “would-be assassin was breathtakingly close to competing his deadly errand at Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home.””

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The provided evidence consists solely of dictionary definitions for the word 'attempted' and does not contain any factual information regarding an assassin targeting Justice Kavanaugh's home.

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web search NEUTRAL — ATTEMPTED meaning: 1. (of a crime) that someone has tried to commit without success: 2. (of a crime) that someone has…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/attem…

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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of ATTEMPTED is having been tried without success; especially, law : characterized by an intent to commit and effort taken to commit a specified crime that fails or is prevented.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attempted

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web search NEUTRAL — Definition of attempted adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/ame…

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Claim 9: “the 6-3 Louisiana v. Callais ruling, “which effectively put an end to Democrats’ nakedly race-based gerrymandering””

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Claim 10: “The city spends roughly $37 billion a year to educate about 850,000 children”

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The specific figures ($37 billion for 850,000 children) appear in only one news alert source. The other results are a general Wikipedia page for NYC and a Biogen press release.

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web search NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City

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web search NEUTRAL — That's over $42,000 per child per year. And the results are abysmal. Two-thirds of fourth graders can't do math properly and almost three-quarters can't read at grade level...
https://nalert.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-york-city-spends-rou…

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web search NEUTRAL — Biogen Idec Prices $1.0 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes Offering.
https://investors.biogen.com/news/news-releases

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Claim 11: “she immediately joined the “nakedly unconstitutional, highly partisan, and shockingly incompetent” effort to gerrymander the state’s House districts.”

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The provided evidence consists of Wikipedia pages and official sites for Ron DeSantis (Governor of Florida), which have no relevance to Abigail Spanberger or Virginia's redistricting.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ron DeSantis ... Ronald Dion DeSantis (/ dɪˈsæntɪs, diː -/; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician, attorney, and former naval officer serving as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis

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web search NEUTRAL — The Florida Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee, Florida. The official residence of the governor of Florida is the Florida Governor's Mansion, in Tallahassee. The mansion was built in 1956, was designed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Florida

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web search NEUTRAL — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 559 and SB 1004, strengthening Florida’s animal cruelty laws, increasing protections for vulnerable animals, expanding accountability for abusers, and enhancing …
https://www.flgov.com/eog/home

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