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Democrats have begun winning the messaging battle, shifting attention from military deployments intended to rile up protests in blue-state cities to highlight the White House’s made-up narrative that the country is going to hell.

Freelance writers are turning in stories to weekly newspapers composed in the dulcet tones and smooth rhythms of ChatGPT-generated text. Here are some tips to detecting it.