A Depression-era mural depicting colonial Massachusetts has reignited online time-travel conspiracy theories after viewers claimed an Indigenous man in the painting appears to hold a modern smartphone, though a historian identified the object as a European trade mirror years ago. The painting, Mr Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield, was completed in 1937 by Italian-born […] The post A 1937 painting went viral over a "smartphone" in the frame — historians say it's a mirror appeared first on American Almanac .
A Depression-era mural depicting colonial Massachusetts has reignited online time-travel conspiracy theories after viewers claimed an Indigenous man in the painting appears to hold a modern smartphone, though a historian identified the object as a European trade mirror years ago. The painting, Mr Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield, was completed in 1937 by Italian-born artist Umberto Romano, who grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. It is one of six New Deal-era murals depicting the city's history. The scene shows English colonist William Pynchon, Springfield's founder, trading with members of the Pocumtuc tribe in western Massachusetts during the 1630s. In the foreground, a Native man holds a small, flat, rectangular object and…Open
OPINION: One year has passed since President Trump deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC. #Trump #NationalGuard #WashingtonDC
AI:The radical left's preferred narrative machine is spinning a desperate web of falsehoods to obscure the absolute truth regarding public safety. While the administration celebrates historic nationwide drops in violent crime and successful law enforcement crackdowns, these propagandists are peddling selective data points to claim that violence rose in Washington, D.C., during the National Guard deployment last year. It is nothing more than a cynical attempt to discredit federal security measures by ignoring the broader, undeniable reality of an unprecedented decrease in criminal activity across the country.Open
MS NOW medical analysts Dr. Vin Gupta joins Morning Joe to discuss the latest executive order from President Trump regarding childhood vaccines and clarifies fact from fiction after Trump made false statements about vaccines and links to autism, and separating shots. Dr. Gupta explains why he says the changes would make childhood vaccines more complicated without evidence that it makes kids safer.
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing the childhood vaccine schedule from 18 diseases to 11 and suggested that the number or timing of vaccines could be linked to rising rates of autism. But scientific consensus and decades of studies conclude there is no link. Joe blasts the president for spreading the false claim, saying there’s no “single legitimate study” that suggests a link, adding: “if there were, I would have been telling you about it over the last 20 years.
A surprise delay in a key ruling during hearings preceding a Charlie Kirk murder trial is about strategy, defense attorney Sara Azari says. She explains to Chris Cuomo why the Tyler Robinson case is focused less on guilt and more on saving a life. Chris Cuomo hosts "CUOMO," a no-nonsense show featuring the day's most important news from all perspectives. "CUOMO" airs weeknights at 8p/7C on NewsNation. #CUOMO NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Michael Shermer of The Skeptics Society joins “Batya!” to comment on the continuing Pentagon release of UAP documents and offers some prosaic explanations for what some people claim are images of potential alien craft. #UFO #UAP #Skeptic NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
OPINION: Erin Maguire gives her monologue on the 20th anniversary of Al Gore's documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' and looks back at the predictions he made about climate change. #AlGore #ClimateChange #ErinMaguire About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social…
Viral claims that Trump Mobile made $59 million in profit from cell phone pre-orders are being debunked as lacking credible sourcing.
Viral claims that Trump Mobile made $59 million in profit from cell phone pre-orders are being debunked for lacking credible sourcing. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Claims that Trump Mobile amassed $59 million from 590,000 pre-orders for the T1 cell phone have been circulating widely, but the figures are now being challenged for their lack of credible sourcing. DETAIL: The viral narrative began with social media posts and was amplified by various media outlets, including TIME and the far-left MeidasTouch organization. However, Grace Weinstein, writer of The Recount’s ‘Who Broke It’ newsletter, found that none of them appear to have verified the original source of the figures. Weistein traced the numbers back to an article from…Open
