Assessment of U.S. Politics USPolitics@hub.polari.us
Dallas, TX, USA
This account rebroadcasts content created by organizations who assess claims made by current or aspiring U.S. politicians. The creators of that original content are the owners; this account merely allows that content to be followed on an open, federated, social network, making it available to a wider audience than the closed social networks. Avatar is from OpenClipArt.org, https://openclipart.org/detail/212654/usa-map-and-flag.
Eric Trump’s Four-Pinocchio claim that the Obamacare website cost more than Trump’s border barrier
2019-09-16T07:16:34Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Eric Trump’s Four-Pinocchio claim that the Obamacare website cost more than Trump’s border barrier"
The president's son also claimed he was quoting the actor Tim Allen, but that's wrong too.
( Feed URL: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/rss/rss_fact-checker?noredirect=on )Yang’s Top-Gun Tale
2019-09-13T22:18:13Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Yang’s Top-Gun Tale"
Making a point about Defense Department waste, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang related a secondhand story about a Navy fighter pilot who said that airmen routinely dumped fuel into the Pacific Ocean at the end of the fiscal year as a way to preserve the following year's fuel budget. But the story doesn't add up.The post Yang’s Top-Gun Tale appeared first on FactCheck.org.
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/yangs-top-gun-tale/
( Feed URL: http://www.factcheck.org/feed/ )Donald Trump - Donald Trump exaggerates US energy independence
2019-09-13T19:18:31Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Donald Trump - Donald Trump exaggerates US energy independence"
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Donald Trump exaggerates US energy independence
President Donald Trump, eager to make good on a campaign promise to end the United States’ reliance on foreign energy, claimed a premature victory. "We are ending decades of foreign energy reliance to unleash the blessings of American energy independence," Trump said Sept. 12 at a dinner with the House Republican Conference in Baltimore. Moments later, Trump declared: "We are very energy independent." While it’s not accurate to say the United States has already kicked its reliance on foreign sources of energy, the country is moving in this direction. Production versus consumption The White House did not define ...
>> More ( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/statements/truth-o-meter/ )The cost of Medicare for All: Sticker shock or bill relief?
2019-09-13T19:18:31Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"The cost of Medicare for All: Sticker shock or bill relief?"
Despite its central role on the Democratic debate stage in Houston, Medicare for All remains fuzzy in one key respect: The price tag. At one point, former Vice President Joe Biden said it would cost $30 trillion. And Sen. Bernie Sanders, author of the bill, didn’t argue. "Joe said that Medicare for All would cost over $30 trillion," Sanders said. "Status quo, over 10 years, will be $50 trillion." Sanders said the net savings would be "substantial." The reality is that predicting the cost of Medicare for All is a tricky business. There is no debate that federal spending on ... >>More
( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/articles/truth-o-meter/ )Despite repeated calls for unity, Democrats throw some debate punches on health plans
2019-09-13T18:17:56Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Despite repeated calls for unity, Democrats throw some debate punches on health plans"
Unity was in the air on Thursday, as a trimmed-down cast of 10 Democratic presidential candidates met on the debate stage again and nodded to the stakes: another four years of President Donald Trump. And then the opening statements concluded. The first question plunged the candidates into another debate about the merits and missteps of a "Medicare for All" plan. It was a fitting set-up for the marquee match-up of this third Democratic presidential debate, between former Vice President Joe Biden — whose health care proposal includes a government-run public option insurance plan — and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, ... >>More
( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/articles/truth-o-meter/ )Marx, Engels Quote Falsely Attributed to Reagan
2019-09-13T16:18:13Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Marx, Engels Quote Falsely Attributed to Reagan"
A meme circulating on Facebook wrongly attributes a statement about guns to former President Ronald Reagan. The quote is actually from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, co-authors of The Communist Manifesto.The post Marx, Engels Quote Falsely Attributed to Reagan appeared first on FactCheck.org.
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/marx-engels-quote-falsely-attributed-to-reagan/
( Feed URL: http://www.factcheck.org/feed/ )Cory Booker’s claim that 17,000 people are ‘unjustly incarcerated,’ explained
2019-09-13T16:18:13Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Cory Booker’s claim that 17,000 people are ‘unjustly incarcerated,’ explained"
During the third Democratic primary debate, Sen. Cory Booker challenged other candidates to join him in promising clemency for people who have been "unjustly incarcerated." Booker took aim at what he described as racial inequalities in the criminal justice system, noting that the war on drugs has unfairly targeted minority populations. "We can specifically and demonstrably now show that there are 17,000 people unjustly incarcerated in America," Booker said. "All of us should come forward and say when we are president of the United States, when I am president of the United States, we will release them." See Figure 1 ... >>More
( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/articles/truth-o-meter/ )FactChecking the September Democratic Debate
2019-09-13T09:18:51Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"FactChecking the September Democratic Debate"
A narrowed field of 10 Democratic candidates debated health care, immigration and gun control, but not all of their claims squared with the facts.The post FactChecking the September Democratic Debate appeared first on FactCheck.org.
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/factchecking-the-september-democratic-debate/
( Feed URL: http://www.factcheck.org/feed/ )Joe Biden - Fact-checking Biden on use of cages for immigrants during Obama administration
2019-09-13T06:18:50Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Joe Biden - Fact-checking Biden on use of cages for immigrants during Obama administration"
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Fact-checking Biden on use of cages for immigrants during Obama administration
Joe Biden claimed that a key difference between the administrations of Barack Obama and Donald Trump is that Obama didn’t "lock people up in cages." During the Sept. 12 Democratic presidential debate in Houston, Univision anchor and debate co-moderator asked Biden why Latinos should trust him given the millions of deportations under Obama’s presidency, when Biden served as vice president. "What Latinos should look at is, comparing this president to the president we have is outrageous, number one," Biden said. "We didn't lock people up in cages. We didn't separate families. We didn't do all of those things, number one." ...
>> More ( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/statements/truth-o-meter/ )Fact-checking the third Democratic presidential debate
2019-09-13T05:20:18Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Fact-checking the third Democratic presidential debate"
Here's a roundup of eight claims from the third Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 campaign.
( Feed URL: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/rss/rss_fact-checker?noredirect=on )Elizabeth Warren - Sen. Elizabeth Warren conflated votes on assault weapons, background checks
2019-09-13T05:20:18Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Elizabeth Warren - Sen. Elizabeth Warren conflated votes on assault weapons, background checks"
The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Sen. Elizabeth Warren conflated votes on assault weapons, background checks
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said that while the majority of Americans want tighter gun control laws related to registration or banning assault weapons, that doesn’t happen because Congress is beholden to the gun industry. "And unless we're willing to address that head on and roll back the filibuster we're not going to get anything done on guns," Warren said during the Democratic debate in Houston. "I was in the United States Senate when 54 senators said let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster." Not all of those points ...
>> More ( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/statements/truth-o-meter/ )Julián Castro - Julian Castro’s attack on Joe Biden for forgetting his health care plan falls flat
2019-09-13T04:20:07Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Julián Castro - Julian Castro’s attack on Joe Biden for forgetting his health care plan falls flat"
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Julian Castro’s attack on Joe Biden for forgetting his health care plan falls flat
One of the most explosive moments of the Democratic debate in Houston was the face-off between former cabinet secretary Julian Castro and former Vice President Joe Biden over health care. Castro accused Biden of changing his position in short order about the contours of his health care plan. "Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?" Castro asked Biden — a line that drew criticism from some commentators for suggesting that Biden, at 76, is having memory problems. A look at the exchange and at Biden’s health care plan suggest that Castro is exaggerating any differences between Biden’s plan ...
>> More ( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/statements/truth-o-meter/ )Fact-checking the Democratic presidential debate in Houston
2019-09-13T04:20:07Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Fact-checking the Democratic presidential debate in Houston"
This story will be updated. The showdown between the moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic Party — and frontrunners Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — never really reached a boil, as the Democratic candidates for president trained their harshest jabs for President Donald Trump. But policy differences at the third Democratic presidential debate did become more clear, particularly on the issue of health care. PolitiFact analyzed several statements made by the candidates on the debate stage at Houston’s Texas Southern University. See Figure 1 on PolitiFact.com Beto O'Rourke and Julian Castro on Sept. 12, 2019, during a Democratic ... >>More
( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/articles/truth-o-meter/ )Joe Biden - Biden exaggerated the percentage of Americans who favor an assault weapons ban
2019-09-13T03:18:18Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Joe Biden - Biden exaggerated the percentage of Americans who favor an assault weapons ban"
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Biden exaggerated the percentage of Americans who favor an assault weapons ban
Former Vice President Joe Biden exaggerated the percentage of Americans who support banning assault rifles. "Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street — period," Biden said during the Democratic presidential debate in Houston Sept. 12. Biden was responding to a moderator’s question about his failure to get an expanded background check bill passed after the Sandy Hook school mass shooting in 2012. The recent polls we found showed that a majority of Americans support banning assault weapons, but by a much smaller margin than Biden cited. A 1994 law barred ...
>> More ( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/statements/truth-o-meter/ )Revisions to jobs data: What you need to know
2019-09-12T15:19:12Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Revisions to jobs data: What you need to know"
During the dog days of August — as commentators were already wondering whether the nearly decade-long economic recovery was on its last legs — government number-crunchers made an announcement that jolted economists. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that, according to preliminary data, 501,000 fewer jobs had been created between March 2018 to March 2019 than officials had initially estimated. No one lost their job over it, because adjusting the numbers isn’t unusual — in fact, the government does it routinely. Sometimes the numbers go up, and sometimes they go down. In this case, the government realized that it had been ... >>More
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/sep/12/revisions-jobs-data-what-you-need-know/
( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/articles/truth-o-meter/ )Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren: A short guide to big differences
2019-09-12T12:19:18Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren: A short guide to big differences"
The third Democratic presidential debate puts former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the same stage for the first time since these debates began. Based on what we’ve seen so far, if the candidates don’t mix it up, the panelists will do their best to draw out the sharpest contrasts. Biden and Warren capture a fundamental choice facing Democratic primary voters. Biden offers "steady, stable leadership," while Warren promises "big, structural change." Biden tells voters he has the best chance of denying President Donald Trump a second term. Warren tells them, "When we dream big and fight ... >>More
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/sep/12/biden-warren-guide-big-differences/
( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/articles/truth-o-meter/ )Trump’s fuzzy vision on the Sept. 11 attacks
2019-09-12T07:19:47Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Trump’s fuzzy vision on the Sept. 11 attacks"
The president has told many tall tales related to the 2001 terrorist attacks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/12/trumps-fuzzy-vision-sept-attacks/?noredirect=on
( Feed URL: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/rss/rss_fact-checker?noredirect=on )Sheldon Whitehouse - It’s true: millions in dark money has been spent to tilt courts right
2019-09-11T20:19:14Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Sheldon Whitehouse - It’s true: millions in dark money has been spent to tilt courts right"
The Truth-o-Meter says: True | It’s true: millions in dark money has been spent to tilt courts right
After the Supreme Court agreed this term to hear a Second Amendment case brought by an NRA affiliate, several Senate Democrats cried foul. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and four other Democratic senators took the unusual step of filing a friend-of-the-court brief imploring the court’s conservative justices to resist right-wing activist pressure. These groups aim to reshape the judiciary to reflect their undisclosed financiers’ interests, the Democrats argued, on everything from expanding the Second Amendment to weakening unions and eroding voting rights. To influence the court’s composition, Whitehouse said, a combined $34 million in "dark money" went ...
>> More ( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/statements/truth-o-meter/ )Meme Misleads on Walmart Gun Sales
2019-09-11T19:19:01Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"Meme Misleads on Walmart Gun Sales"
A social media meme inaccurately claims that Walmart will no longer sell rifles. Walmart stopped selling “military-style rifles such as the AR-15,” in 2015, and has announced it will no longer sell ammunition for "military-style weapons." It still sells “long guns for hunting and sport shooting.”The post Meme Misleads on Walmart Gun Sales appeared first on FactCheck.org.
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/meme-misleads-on-walmart-gun-sales/
( Feed URL: http://www.factcheck.org/feed/ )The latest on US health insurance coverage, income and poverty
2019-09-11T14:19:11Z via NavierStokesApp To: Public
"The latest on US health insurance coverage, income and poverty"
New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show an uptick in Americans who are uninsured but modest progress on poverty and income — handing Democrats and Republicans data for talking points. Overall, the percentage of Americans lacking health coverage at any point in the year rose from 7.9% in 2017 to 8.5% in 2018. That’s according to annual numbers released Sept. 10. The rise in the uninsured spanned demographic groups. Uninsured rates rose between 2017 and 2018 for whites, African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, native-born Americans, foreign-born Americans, people with disabilities, people without high school degrees, and those under 18. See ... >>More
( Feed URL: http://www.politifact.com/feeds/articles/truth-o-meter/ )