Mollie Bryant, Author at Streetlight

We don’t know how often people use guns for self-defense, no matter what this study says

Conservatives often cite a discredited study to claim the use of guns for self-defense far outweighs their use in crimes. One of the study's authors is back with new problematic research.

By Mollie Bryant April 25, 2018

Why Pompeo clearing the next hurdle to secretary of state matters

Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee need one Democrat, Sen. Christopher Coons, to join them to give Pompeo majority support.

By Mollie Bryant April 19, 2018

Stand by your man: Hannity has ‘full support’ of Fox News

After Fox News host Sean Hannity was named as a Michael Cohen client, the network walks the line between coverage and support

By Mollie Bryant April 17, 2018

A dark money group wants to turn a man you’ve never heard of into a villain

Tom Steyer, the left's answer to the Koch brothers, is the subject of a site that claims his environmental philanthropy destroys communities.

By Mollie Bryant April 16, 2018

Conservative news orgs want to factcheck the factcheckers

Now we need factcheckers to check the factcheckers who are checking factcheckers

By Mollie Bryant April 11, 2018