Straw Man
Category: Logical FallaciesMisrepresenting an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.
Articles Using This Technique
285 articles detected- Hey, Zohran: Your ‘new’ magic housing plan has been failing for decades
- Justice is (race-)blind — and the Supreme Court leads the way
- San Francisco’s ready for change — but Pelosi’s successors aren’t
- California Democrats bored their own voters into submission
- Sacramento created California’s budget problem — billionaire tax won’t fix it
- Feral horse numbers in Australia’s alps are on the rise again. It’s time to act
- Exclusive | Far-left warriors paint him as a ‘racist puppet master.’ Now top ‘90210’ producer Charles Rosin is fighting back
- How Western policy reframed Israel’s right to victory | The Jerusalem Post
- Haredi conscription: Selective obligation or equality of burden? | The Jerusalem Post
- In California, public safety loses to open-border theater
- Q&A with minister of health Aaron Motsoaledi
- Jewish world cannot afford to leave AI education to Silicon Valley | The Jerusalem Post
- Ukrainian drones entered various countries, with reports claiming 'Russian attack' — Putin
- How California and its unions have reached peak absurdity
- Park Slope’s anti-Israel coop: Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2026
- How many must die before NYC gets real on policing e-bikes?
- Hong Kong — sanctions-buster, grade inflation tricks parents and other commentary
- Caroline Glick correct choice for Israel’s New York Consul General | The Jerusalem Post
- The reminder Jaxson Dart and the Giants got about politics mixing with sports
- Israel faces worldwide double standard amid Gaza flotilla fiasco | The Jerusalem Post
- SAMKELO MOKHINE | Does the xenophobia label sometimes shut down honest debate?
- Shady immigration attorneys laughed off the law — now they’ll have to pay for their asylum games
- New discipline policy for Denver sheriff's deputies sparks debate over oversight and accountability
- By the numbers: Real crimes send paroled offenders back to prison — not ‘over-criminalization’
- Rediscover American pride and gratitude on the 250th anniversary
- The Giants’ Jaxson Dart doesn’t need to face an inquisition over his respect for Trump — he just needs to win
- LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt’s epic put down to hecklers who surround him in LA
- DAN GAINOR: Gen Z is right to be angry, but Boomers are not the real enemy | Flipboard
- AOC’s ‘dirty water’ trick feeds the left’s delusional data-center panic
- Why Mikie Sherrill embraced the obviously bogus Newark ICE protests
- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Dems slammed for demanding ‘five-star accommodations’ for illegal immigrants at ICE facility | Flipboard
- Anti-ICE ‘rioters’ allegedly blasted feds with chemical substance during violent protest outside Newark immigration facility
- Behind tech layoff headlines lies a more complex reality | The Jerusalem Post
- Mamdani’s plan to squash private landlords will be nothing but a disaster for tenants
- Littwin: Trump’s problem isn’t just his Iran blunder, but that he somehow thinks he won
- Cou(r)turier controversy: French Open fashion choice divides internet
- Paul Anka tells Bill Maher crime has gone ‘through the roof’ in Canada amid recent immigration
- Fox News reporter’s searing response to foul-mouthed anti-ICE protester who interrupts live shot
- Mauricio Pochettino pushes back on ‘bulls–t’ narrative around USMNT World Cup snubs
- A single policy action could destabilise the Rupee | Daily FT
- Dyson’s bestselling blow dryer is $100 off on Amazon to fight summer humidity
- Sustainability, style, and savings: Get this 7th Gen iPad for 47% off
- America is still the greatest country in the world — even if we don’t always get along
- Abraham Accords must move from normalization to strategic coalition | The Jerusalem Post
- More proof that progressives are pro-crime
- Jeff Bezos gets taxes right — and very, very wrong
- Leftist climate zealotry means never having to say you’re sorry
- Pope calls idea of 'just war' put forward by U.S. 'outdated' in first manifesto
- American Jews vote for New York priorities, not Israeli government agenda | The Jerusalem Post
- DPP’s WHO participation attempt will fail | The Jerusalem Post
- Is South Africa sacrificing growth and jobs at the altar of inflation targeting?
- October 7 exposed the gap between Israelis and their government | The Jerusalem Post
- Hundreds of parents ‘love this formula’ for their babies — here’s why
- Mai Vang, who disdains Pledge of Allegiance, has no place in Congress
- INTERVIEW: Time to update Rabat Plan of Action to combat racial hatred — UN deputy chief
- Exclusive | NYC DSA-backed Assembly candidate supports keeping child molesters, murderers out of prison
- Nebenzya responds to doubts about attack on Starobelsk voiced by Denmark’s envoy
- Clarence Thomas triumphs — and his legal vision, too
- Russia disagrees with claims multipolarity leads to confrontation, chaos — Lavrov
- IN MY VIEW | SA’s youth are not unskilled — they are locked out of opportunity
- The ‘America-worst’ crowd cheers for China — but here’s what they forget
- Albany angles to free Gilgo Beach killer early — and keep torturing his victims
- Rising rents and ‘death taxes’: why wild claims after the budget don’t actually make sense
- Cape Town ratepayers’ tariff case was not ‘irresponsible’ — here’s why we did it, with an offer to the City
- A draft African charter on ‘family values’ is on the cards: why it’s flawed and dangerous
- DC hosts teen night to combat fights as council clashes over future of curfews
- Transgender youth and their families struggle to find gender-affirming care – even in states where it’s still legal
- Moscow, Beijing want to prevent multipolarity from turning into chaos — Lavrov
- NAACP’s moronic ‘voting rights’ boycott will only hurt black teen athletes
- Massie changed, his voters didn’t, mosque attack’s hidden lesson and other commentary
- Crazed ‘Mangionistas’: Letters to the Editor — May 21, 2026
- Future president Spencer Pratt is in trouble for saying LA should be ‘beautiful’ again
- Sustainable use of wildlife is a conditional promise — and SA is failing this biodiversity test
- Exclusive | NY Business Council bashes AG Tish James’ ban on ‘surveillance pricing’ as anti-consumer
- Why inaction on elephant overpopulation may cause greater animal suffering
- Reckless accusations against Israel undermine real accountability | The Jerusalem Post
- Italy and its Jewish community suffer from the Islamist-far left unholy alliance | The Jerusalem Post
- Michael Goodwin: Trump’s steadfast approach to ‘no nukes’ for Iran shows his unwavering resolve
- Vance defends stock-trading spree in Trump financial filings: 'Come on, man'
- How the Strait of Hormuz saves the world’s poor from starvation
- Voter fraud is real — and voter ID is the answer
- Can we all get a refund? Now UN climate experts admit climate change won’t destroy Earth tomorrow
- Tradwives want to 'make patriarchy great again.' A sociologist explains what they're all about
- Billions have been wasted on UN’s climate change lies
- The last zoo elephants: Why Johannesburg can no longer justify their captivity
- ‘Settler violence’: A buzzword that singles out Israel | The Jerusalem Post
- Dems’ idiotic rhetoric on courts reveals what they’re really after
- CORNELIUS MONAMA | Of Phala Phala, hypocrisy and the politics of selective outrage
- PALI LEHOHLA | Corruption is a design, not implementation, feature
- Right of reply: Governance, integrity are central to Wilgengof reckoning, so council chair had to go
- Justice, in ICC Prosecutor Khan’s case, resides in the reasoning of judges
- Michael Goodwin: Socialist boy wonder Mamdani has learned next to nothing in his first 100 days as mayor of NYC
- Thousands converge on National Mall for massive religious fest heralded by Trump
- Ending US military aid to Israel will cause a domestic fallout | The Jerusalem Post
- Gotham’s tyrannical ‘bike kings’ are taking over the city
- Kashrut in Israel: coercion myth vs market reality | The Jerusalem Post
- US Senate rejects another war powers resolution to limit Trump on Iran
- Labour leadership talk ‘froth and nonsense’, says senior minister – UK politics live
- Antisemitism has returned after October 7, despite decades of remembrance | The Jerusalem Post
- Democrat states are desperate to tax the rich — even after they leave
- Elizabeth Banks is shocked not all ‘white ladies’ align with her views — probably because they live in real America
- All New Yorkers must stand up against the antisemites — including the mayor
- Psychotherapist reveals why therapy might be doing you more harm than good
- Mamdani’s ‘bonkers’ DEI scheme is divisive — and could be deadly
- MICHAEL BEAUMONT | SA can survive without Ramaphosa as president
- Why does Jerusalem belongs to the Jews? Because history says so | The Jerusalem Post
- Larry Fink’s take on the Middle East crisis is at odds with doom-and-gloom mainstream media
- White House vs the pope: What is behind the clash and Catholic just war doctrine?
- UK joins European deal to send rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs
- Dem policymakers plan to exploit AI job fears to push the ‘perfect recipe for fraud’
- My Word: The sounds that drown out the music | The Jerusalem Post
- Pi by MTN: a smarter way for you to stay connected at home and on mobile
- FIA's Extreme H: A Breakthrough in Hydrogen EV Mobility
- How liberal voices in the press distort Israel’s reality | The Jerusalem Post
- Dem Sen. Chris Murphy supports Iran with ‘shameful’ X post about blockade
- Trump derangement syndrome: San Francisco can’t let baseball be baseball
- Trump’s Medicaid-fraud crackdown aims to protect those who truly need help
- Spencer Pratt attacked for not living in a trailer because he’s exposing LA’s political elite for what they really are
- Billionaires aren’t villains — they’re the engine of American innovation
- The week in whoppers: AOC reimagines history, Karen Bass’ ‘smiles for junkies’ brainstorm and more
- Gavin Newsom’s myths and figures budget just a campaign ad for 2028
- Conspiracy against the Central Bank independence: Don’t kill the golden goose | Daily FT
- Miranda Devine: The Trump admin is going after violent leftists and their twisted ideology
- Why 2026 could be a ‘change’ election in California — but might not be
- Offer solutions for LA, not ‘fascist’ name-calling
- Ross Falzone died because the system is designed to let the Rhamell Burkes of the world walk free
- Covering for court-packing, Trump ordering a Cuba Libre and other commentary
- Socialist AOC targets billionaires — and aims to make us all poorer
- Europe Tries a Trumpian Tactic With Trump: No Apologies | Flipboard
- Film of the Week: 'Michael' - It's bad. It's really, really bad
- Coupa: Raft of New Products Unveiled at Inspire 2026
- The Treasury cannot criticise an audit regime built on its own regulations
- Jewish self-critique from Nicholas Donin to contemporary politics | The Jerusalem Post
- Russia’s cooperation with Central Asia above board — Foreign Ministry
- We studied what happened when financially struggling artists received $1,000 a month, no strings attached, for 18 months
- Writing for well-being: How it could be a new way to teach the essay and resist AI
- Hollywood should have more protests says deluded director who claims US is ‘totalitarian regime’
- Mamdani’s running out of ‘magical thinking’ room — time to actually do his job
- Trump shows Gavin Newsom how it’s done with call to suspend gas tax
- Democrats defend democracy — until they might lose
- What threat model did the UAE confront, and why should we care? | The Jerusalem Post
- Here’s why May 14 is a date that matters | The Jerusalem Post
- A new, experimental The Glass Menagerie marks a bold turn for Australian theatre
- Trump scolds Germany’s Merz for criticism of Iran war
- Routine: Boredom to uninitiated, liberation to achiever and deterrent to fraudster | Daily FT
- California school’s America 250 event receives backlash for all the wrong reasons
- Toxic media treats kids as luxury goods — and it’s destroying us
- Iran war: What’s happening on day 61 as UAE exits OPEC?
- New AI office leases stoking hot Manhattan market
- Exclusive | NYPD’s second-in-command Tania Kinsella offers inspirational Mother’s Day message as she juggles intense job with parenting
- We must stop suicidal empathy from destroying the US
- Rachel Campos-Duffy’s wisdom of motherhood and how bringing back road trips can Make America Great Again
- How the left is fueling the violent war against England’s Jews
- Mamdani’s participation-trophy politics are gutting New York
- US-Iran analysis becomes narrative illusion | The Jerusalem Post
- Swinney keen to work with fellow nationalist devolved leaders in UK
- Parliament’s smoking gun: Why new evidence demands immediate action on firearm oversight
- Trump-Pope clash rehashes old gripes, casts cloud over Rubio's Vatican visit
- Rubio defends Trump remarks on Pope Leo amid Iran war
- Save George Washington from woke smears in time for America 250
- ‘Clueless’ socialist Mayor Katie Wilson in hot seat after video of 77-year-old beaten in downtown Seattle goes viral
- Trump says the pontiff's words help Iran, make world 'less safe'
- LA City Council sides with criminals over cops in brainless traffic stop ban
- Welfare fraud has blue states rushing — to shield the fraudsters
- Russian ambassador to Germany points to Europe’s growing militarization
- American Jews, Israel, and the shifting Democratic Party consensus | The Jerusalem Post
- US action on Iran shows strength, not escalation | The Jerusalem Post
- Colorado lawmakers race to counter “right to natural gas” ballot measure
- Christian persecution in Middle East, genocide debate | The Jerusalem Post
- EU country ‘punishing’ the elderly with crazy meat restriction of just 2.8 ounces per day — because they ‘screwed up’ the climate
- Why Ketanji Brown Jackson is hell-bent on destroying the Supreme Court
- Why batteries are changing the renewables debate
- Douglas Murray: Taxing the rich could lead NYC into financial turmoil
- Mamdani’s out to leverage anger at ICE to undermine the NYPD — with Israel next
- Kudos to future lawyer Kim Kardashian
- I’ve been branded for life and no amount of evidence can change it
- Forget the naysayers — earnings surge means a ‘resilient’ Trump economy
- The $ 2.5 m disconnect: Systems transition, national confusion, and future of debt management | Daily FT
- AOC’s data-center freakout is wrong on every level
- Obama’s bogus voting-rights gripe, look who fears ‘politics’ at the Fed and other commentary
- Republicans have a winning midterm message within their grasp
- America’s debt disaster is a five-alarm fire — and there’s only one fix
- CHRIS KANYANE | SA cannot be sacrificed on the altar of Pan-African fantasy
- ‘Disturbing': Judge apologizes to correspondents' dinner suspect over treatment
- Luxurious Gaza cafes poke quite the hole in the ‘genocide’ narrative
- Democrats suddenly aren’t so welcome to the ‘jungle’ primary system
- How the IDF maintains ethics under extreme combat stress | The Jerusalem Post
- Beyond the headlines: Not who we are | The Jerusalem Post
- Miranda Devine: Dems seek a blue-collar MAGA man to win back Trump voters — but better look in the mirror
- A lack of cooperation with ICE to deport an illegal immigrant resulted in a family tragedy
- Proof NYC’s education leaders put kids last
- Big Tech earnings show how big, smart spending can be rewarded by the market
- Here’s why Canada needs to ditch age-based immigration points
- Graduates, freedom and the real cost of unemployment in SA
- This isn’t pro-Israel: Cutting US aid to Israel rewards its enemies | The Jerusalem Post
- Malema accuses March and March protesters of fighting the wrong fight
- Epic Fury is highlighting the utter brilliance of ‘Drill, baby, drill’
- James Carville warns Democrats that ‘abolish ICE’ slogan is new ‘defund the police’ — electoral poison
- Democrats’ leftist takeover is complete with Graham Platner’s rise in Maine US Senate race
- IN PICS | Inside the luxury lifestyle of Calvin Mathibeli and his celebrity wife
- Would-be assassin lived in town represented by anti-Trump ‘Mad Max’
- A.E. Goonesinha: Father of the Labour Movement and a democrat at heart - Opinion | Daily Mirror
- ASANDA GCOYI | Why harm reduction in smoking matters in policymaking
- Hegseth blasts ‘feckless and defeatist’ Iran war critics — as multi-billion-dollar price tag revealed
- Equal playing field is ‘discrimination’ to Dem exploiters after SCOTUS strikes down Louisiana congressional map
- Mamdani’s rude ‘welcome’ to King Charles shows exactly how illiberal he really is
- How Congress must and can unchain US energy — and power America’s future
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: A sovereign pluralistic state, misrepresented by fear | The Jerusalem Post
- Former Attorney General Bondi to testify about Epstein on May 29 before House panel
- Straight thinking about Lebanon: Will Hezbollah be disarmed? | The Jerusalem Post
- Wannabe gov Katie Porter adds to questions about her temperament
- California celebs, politicians should tone down the Trump hate
- White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting: Letters to the Editor — April 28, 2026
- Why Trump’s sanctions strategy on Iran is different | The Jerusalem Post
- How the delusional Democrats are creating an alternate left-wing universe
- Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman must BOTH stand up to the union thugs threatening an LIRR strike
- Dems must heed Trump’s call for unity in the wake of frightening WHCD shooting: ‘Resolve our differences’
- Charlottesville smear’s twist, the wonders of crime-fighting and other commentary
- Exclusive | Read White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen’s full anti-Trump manifesto
- A US-Israeli win the critics hate to admit | The Jerusalem Post
- Michael Goodwin: Trump and Netanyahu have a shared goal for Iran — but the media pits them against each other
- The moral eclipse of politics in the modern age
- Settlement in Ukraine based on coalition’s proposals nothing more than fantasy — MFA
- West declares 'open war' against Russia, using Ukraine as 'arrowhead' — Lavrov
- Israel must teach IDF soldiers harmony as fundamental value | The Jerusalem Post
- Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift, source says
- Dems’ favorite podcaster, Hasan Piker, says stealing and murder are OK
- Mamdani & Chi Ossé’s performances this week prove they’re in the wrong field
- Safeguarding Jaffna College and Uduvil Girls’ College | Daily FT
- The week in whoppers: Sen. Murphy cheers for Iran, NY Times goes to bat for . . . SHOPLIFTING, and more
- Mamdani’s $30M, NYC-run grocery store would compete with nearby supermarkets that are ALREADY affordable
- Aliyah must reflect an inclusive Zionist vision, not narrow ideology | The Jerusalem Post
- SPLC paid to fuel Ku Klux Klan’s hate, then raised money to put it out
- Democrats embrace extremism, Iran will be Trump’s legacy and other commentary
- Confirm Kevin Warsh to head the Fed ASAP
- ‘Something sinister’: What we know about the FBI probe into dead and missing scientists linked to space and military industries | Flipboard
- How a Supreme Court hit job reinforces a dangerous leftist trend
- Littwin: Supreme Court just can’t stay away from Colorado when it comes to LGBTQ rights
- Michael Goodwin: Sen. Chris Murphy is cheering for America’s enemies as Dems spew lies about Trump, Israel
- Luka Doncic carried the Lakers, led the league in scoring and still wasn’t named an MVP finalist… why?
- UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes: ‘It will save lives’
- Dems’ dangerous anti-war stance: Letters to the Editor — April 21, 2026
- Paid big bucks for Padres? You might get Dodgers wins — or Mets losses
- Mamdani’s right on at least this one — Democrats lack a vision
- Exclusive | Potty-mouthed progressive Dem makes vile slur — and it’s caught on camera
- The Debate - What exit strategy? Trump, Iranians send mixed signals as truce deadline looms
- Navigating turbulence — outgoing SAA chief John Lamola defends his legacy
- Rethinking the West Bank after the October 7 massacre | The Jerusalem Post
- Mamdani still plans to unravel the NYPD — and with it, public safety
- Hey, NYC Comptroller Mark Levine: Pension funds belong to taxpayers — not YOU
- OLIVER METH | The ANC keeps walking into the DA’s narrative trap
- I’m a lowly Santa Barbara County judge — but I’m more powerful than the president
- The RBA’s policy deliberately creates unemployment. So why do we treat the jobless so badly?
- Archaeologists have discovered 12,000‑year‑old dice. Here's what they reveal about the history of play
- Exclusive | Bruce Blakeman’s 100-day plan to ‘fix’ New York if elected governor: Lower taxes and a return to law and order
- The mistake of calling Diaspora Jews traitors | The Jerusalem Post
- ANC must not seek candidates for president from outside: Mpumalanga chair Mandla Ndlovu
- US policy on Bosnia raises warnings of Turkish, Islamist influence | The Jerusalem Post
- Will Mamdani only offer four years of ‘Potemkin socialism’ like his grocery fiasco?
- If anti-Trump judges don’t get the message soon, the country’s in big trouble
- Why Dems are opposing Operation Epic Fury against Iran — despite its successes
- ITSHOKENG KEKANA | Exodus from townships to suburbs unintentionally weakens local economies
- Karen Bass wants to save the planet. Saving LA? Never mind
- Retail-theft drop again shows we KNOW how to drive down crime
- Mamdani’s folly: capitalists have already solved the grocery problem
- The three clocks of the Iran war
- The week in whoppers: NY Times covers its ears on Iran, Sen. Mark Kelly wants race-based astronauts and more
- Why Iran’s appointment to UN human rights body is a dangerous precedent | The Jerusalem Post
- Trump administration calls on other nations to sign ‘trade over aid’ declaration to ‘promote America First values’: report
- Hochul dragged for flip-flopping on taxes pledge as Mamdani, DSA cronies take credit for pied-à-terre hike on rich NYC homeowners
- NHI is not the distraction — piecemeal solutions cannot resolve urgent health system issues
- Critics roast Zohran Mamdani’s cringey ‘100 days’ bash, complete with mayor’s phony Taco Bell trash
- I-RAN: Targeting Tehran's bullies | The Jerusalem Post
- Junkie who stole ex-police chief’s sex toys tried to visit Gilgo Beach serial killer for bizarre sitdown: sheriff
- NYC Council push to crush package-delivery contractors is another progressive bid to turn back the clock
- Dems’ Medicare denialism, red states rising and other commentary
- Web series Chiraiya puts spotlight on marital rape in India
- Appeals court rules Trump's White House ballroom construction can temporarily move forward
- French far-right leader romantically linked to Italian princess | Flipboard
- Big Tech censors are back, ensuring that workers want unions, and other commentary
- Trump claims Starmer is weak as he mocks PM and UK aircraft carriers
- Black mayor faces abuse as France confronts racism in public life
- ICE announces death of another Mexican detainee in US immigration custody
- ‘No kings, just vaccines!’: demonstrators gather at NIH headquarters to protest against cuts to medical research
- Iranian military mocks Trump's claim of U.S.-Iran negotiations