Furious Trump doxes Sen. Tom Cotton, releases personal cell number, over bill to end daylight savings
Cotton defended his opposition to permanent daylight saving time after Trump posted his personal cellphone number.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYThe New York Post is an established national outlet with a named reporter and a track record of publishing original reporting, though its tabloid style warrants some caution. The article attributes the competing positions to statements from Trump and Cotton and includes basic legislative context.
- Source type — Established national news outlet; a reasonable institutional-credibility prior.
- Editorial standards — The outlet has a recognizable newsroom, though its tabloid presentation calls for caution.
- Author attribution — A named reporter is credited.
- Transparency — The article attributes key claims to public statements and provides basic bill context.
The article gives statements from both Trump and Cotton, a House tally, and context on the Senate’s filibuster threshold and prior daylight-saving-time history. It offers limited independent sourcing and little detail on the measure’s broader arguments or possible effects.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article gives readers both Trump’s case for the bill and Cotton’s reasons for opposing it, alongside basic legislative context. It does not include outside experts or a detailed account of the policy’s competing effects.
- Counterarguments presented — Both Trump’s support for the bill and Cotton’s objections are presented.
- Source diversity — The article relies primarily on the two politicians’ public statements and limited historical context.
- Omitted context — The policy debate and the bill’s potential consequences receive little independent explanation.
The report uses some forceful language to describe Trump’s action, but it presents the dispute through both men’s statements and does not show a discernible partisan policy lean.
- Language tone — Some emphatic wording appears, but the article remains primarily descriptive.
- Source selection — Trump’s and Cotton’s statements are both included.
- Framing — The story centers on the public dispute and the release of Cotton’s number without sustained ideological argument.
President Donald Trump posted Sen. Tom Cotton’s personal cellphone number while pressuring him to stop holding up the Sunshine Protection Act. Cotton defended his opposition, citing concerns about dark winter mornings for children going to school.
The article reports that Trump posted Cotton’s personal number and urged people in Arkansas to call him over his opposition to making daylight saving time permanent. Trump argued the measure should pass with bipartisan support. The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act 308-117 in July, while it remained stalled in the Senate, where 60 votes would be needed to break a filibuster.
Cotton said earlier attempts at year-round daylight saving time were repealed after people experienced very late winter sunrises. He argued that Arkansas children should not have to go to school in the dark. The article also notes that Trump previously released Sen. Lindsey Graham’s cellphone number during the 2015 Republican presidential primary.
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SWIPE →Senator opposing the Sunshine Protection Act and the target of Trump’s public pressure
President who posted Cotton’s personal cellphone number to pressure him over the bill
Trump's version of this story ↗Part of a bigger story
50 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Trump urged people to contact Sen. Tom Cotton and posted a number he said belonged to Cotton as he pushed for permanent daylight saving time. Cotton opposes the change, citing dark winter mornings. Left-leaning outlets focus on Trump's public pressure and phone-number post, often presenting the disclosure as an inappropriate or ineffective tactic. Center outlets largely describe both sides' policy arguments and the phone-number episode. Right-leaning outlets often pair Trump's push with Cotton's winter-morning objection, though some portray Cotton as delaying action.
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