DIThe Distraction Index

Smokescreen Map — Week 81

Jul 12 – Jul 18, 2026 · 🔒 FROZEN

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Distraction → Damage pairings with displacement evidence.

SIGNIFICANT SI:32.1Disp:MED
HYPE
Trump Threatens Canada with Tariffs Over Wildfire Smoke
Damage
1.0
Hype
63.2
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
SIGNIFICANT SI:29.7Disp:MED
HYPE
Vance Says Epstein Had Connections to Highest Levels of US and Israeli Intelligence
Damage
1.4
Hype
58.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
SIGNIFICANT SI:29.2Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Administration Chum Cycle Tactic Applied to Election Denial
Damage
12.0
Hype
62.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
SIGNIFICANT SI:29.2Disp:LOW
HYPE
R. Kelly Requests Trump Commutation of 30-Year Sentence
Damage
5.0
Hype
62.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
SIGNIFICANT SI:27.4Disp:LOW
HYPE
Conspiracy Theories Emerge About Graham Death
Damage
0.0
Hype
58.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
SIGNIFICANT SI:25.7Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Claims Fraud in Minnesota After Endorsing GOP Governor Candidate
Damage
21.4
Hype
54.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:24.7Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Plans Primetime Address on Elections Pushing Debunked Conspiracy Theories
Damage
5.7
Hype
52.3
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:24.7Disp:LOW
HYPE
Hegseth Announces Testosterone Testing Policy for Military
Damage
0.1
Hype
52.3
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:24.1Disp:MED
HYPE
Iran Crosses Trump Red Line as Fighting Escalates with No End in Sight
Damage
8.1
Hype
47.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:23.2Disp:MED
HYPE
Trump Declassifies Documents on Election Interference to Support False Claims
Damage
12.1
Hype
45.7
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:22.6Disp:LOW
HYPE
Elon Musk Likely Broke Law by Giving Voters $1 Million, Wisconsin Board Says
Damage
11.5
Hype
48.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:21.5Disp:MED
HYPE
Trump Threatens Canada with Tariffs Over Wildfire Smoke
Damage
1.0
Hype
63.2
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:21.3Disp:MED
HYPE
Trump Administration Replaces Slavery Memorial Panels Under Cover of Darkness
Damage
5.0
Hype
42.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:20.0Disp:LOW
HYPE
John Rich Named Special Envoy for American Landowners in USDA Role
Damage
1.3
Hype
42.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:19.9Disp:MED
HYPE
Vance Says Epstein Had Connections to Highest Levels of US and Israeli Intelligence
Damage
1.4
Hype
58.5
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:19.8Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Makes Threats to Canada and Greenland with Provocative Photo
Damage
1.5
Hype
42.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:19.6Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Administration Chum Cycle Tactic Applied to Election Denial
Damage
12.0
Hype
62.0
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:19.6Disp:LOW
HYPE
R. Kelly Requests Trump Commutation of 30-Year Sentence
Damage
5.0
Hype
62.0
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:19.6Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Threatens to Destroy Iranian Infrastructure
Damage
6.7
Hype
41.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:19.5Disp:MED
HYPE
Trump Won't Rule Out ISIS-Style Campaign Against IRGC
Damage
2.7
Hype
38.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:19.4Disp:MED
HYPE
Hegseth Announces New Policy to Test Troops for Low Testosterone
Damage
1.4
Hype
38.2
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:19.3Disp:MED
HYPE
Tim Walz Questions Deportation of Convicted Sex Offender He Pardoned
Damage
0.8
Hype
38.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:18.3Disp:LOW
HYPE
Conspiracy Theories Emerge About Graham Death
Damage
0.0
Hype
58.0
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:18.2Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Embraces Australian Retirement System Backed by Larry Fink
Damage
0.4
Hype
38.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:18.2Disp:LOW
HYPE
Democratic Candidate Bobby Pulido's Past Tweets Include Homophobic and Racist Slurs
Damage
0.9
Hype
38.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:18.2Disp:LOW
HYPE
Canadian Woman Charged with Assaulting Jersey Shore Teen
Damage
1.4
Hype
38.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:18.2Disp:LOW
HYPE
Netanyahu Reveals Final Exchange with Graham Before Death
Damage
0.0
Hype
38.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:17.9Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Criticizes Kamala Harris While Teasing 2028 Role
Damage
0.0
Hype
38.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:17.6Disp:MED
HYPE
Trump Administration Claims 16,000 Noncitizens Illegally Registered to Vote in Nevada
Damage
3.2
Hype
34.7
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:17.5Disp:MED
HYPE
Trump Endorses Lindsey Graham's Sister for South Carolina Senate Seat
Damage
2.2
Hype
34.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:17.2Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Claims Fraud in Minnesota After Endorsing GOP Governor Candidate
Damage
21.4
Hype
54.5
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:17.0Disp:LOW
HYPE
Vance Admits Trump Admin 'Screwed Up' on Epstein Files
Damage
2.4
Hype
36.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:16.5Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Plans Primetime Address on Elections Pushing Debunked Conspiracy Theories
Damage
5.7
Hype
52.3
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:16.5Disp:LOW
HYPE
Hegseth Announces Testosterone Testing Policy for Military
Damage
0.1
Hype
52.3
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:16.2Disp:MED
HYPE
Iran Crosses Trump Red Line as Fighting Escalates with No End in Sight
Damage
8.1
Hype
47.5
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:16.2Disp:MED
HYPE
Trump Blasts Hochul and New York Over Data Center Freeze
Damage
1.3
Hype
32.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:16.1Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Drops Strait of Hormuz Reimbursement Fee, Announces Gulf Investment Plans
Damage
2.4
Hype
34.2
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:16.0Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Administration Replaces Slavery Memorial Panels at Washington Home
Damage
1.0
Hype
34.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:16.0Disp:MED
HYPE
Paying for Early Access to Trump Truth Social Raises Ethical Issues
Damage
2.4
Hype
31.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:16.0Disp:LOW
HYPE
U.S. Deportation Policy Contradiction: Blockade on Haiti Travel While Preparing Mass Deportations
Damage
8.5
Hype
34.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:15.6Disp:LOW
HYPE
MAGA Paid Influencer Scandal Exploding Into Full View
Damage
3.3
Hype
33.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:15.6Disp:LOW
HYPE
Kamala Harris Mocked Over WNBA Speech
Damage
0.0
Hype
33.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:15.6Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Administration Escalates Military Operations Against Iran
Damage
11.3
Hype
33.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:15.5Disp:MED
HYPE
Trump Declassifies Documents on Election Interference to Support False Claims
Damage
12.1
Hype
45.7
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:15.3Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Says U.S. Ready to Protect Iraq
Damage
0.5
Hype
32.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:15.3Disp:LOW
HYPE
US Mint Produces Trump $1 Coin for America 250th
Damage
3.1
Hype
32.5
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:15.3Disp:LOW
HYPE
Yale Faces Backlash for Talks with Justice Department Regarding Admissions
Damage
7.3
Hype
32.4
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:15.2Disp:LOW
HYPE
Elon Musk Likely Broke Law by Giving Voters $1 Million, Wisconsin Board Says
Damage
11.5
Hype
48.0
→
DAMAGE
ICE Shared Medicaid Data with Palantir Without Authorization
Damage
40.0
Hype
18.0
LOW SI:15.1Disp:LOW
HYPE
Trump Biographer Claims Trump Trapped by Enemy Who Knows How to Play Him
Damage
0.0
Hype
32.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:15.1Disp:LOW
HYPE
House Democrats Vote to Block Israel Military Aid
Damage
1.4
Hype
32.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:15.1Disp:LOW
HYPE
GOP Candidate Promotes Absurd Threat Narrative
Damage
0.0
Hype
32.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8
LOW SI:15.1Disp:LOW
HYPE
White House Subpoenas New York Times Reporters Over Air Force One Coverage
Damage
9.3
Hype
32.0
→
DAMAGE
Trump Administration Demands Oversight of State Voter Rolls
Damage
59.7
Hype
38.8