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True (4%) — 15 of 350 Researched Statements

Mostly True (12%) — 41 of 350 Researched Statements

Half True (15%) — 51 of 350 Researched Statements

Mostly False (19%) — 66 of 350 Researched Statements

False (33%) — 115 of 350 Researched Statements

Pants on Fire (18%) — 62 of 350 Researched Statements

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Trump, for first time, signals regret China trade war has escalated
Asked about economic battle with China, Trump says he has “second thoughts about everything” ... read more
The Washington Post2019-08-25
2 hours ago
Wall Street Journal To ‘Chairman’ Trump: ‘This Isn’t The People’s Republic of America’
Editorial slams Trump's imperious order to U.S. businesses, "blowing a gasket" and tanking stocks in no-win trade war with China. ... read more
The Huffington Post2019-08-25
2 hours ago
Trump: The media wants a recession in order to get me out
During a G7 summit breakfast, President Trump made remarks to the media about the US-China trade war and the US economy. ... read more
CNN2019-08-25
3 hours ago
Twitter Wits Go Bonkers Over ‘Trump Gibberish’ That ‘Media Is Destroying The Free Press’
"The president is destroying the presidency," one critic snaps back. ... read more
The Huffington Post2019-08-24
4 hours ago
After international criticism, Bolsonaro deploys military to fight Amazon fires
Amid ashes, tress smolder in the Amazon basin in Brazil’s Rondonia state on August 24, 2019. | Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Last week, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said the country lacked the resources to fight the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest. Now, he has sent 44,000 troops to battle the flames. The Brazilian military began an operation on Saturday to fight the fires that have both ravaged huge swathes of the Amazon rainforest for two weeks and threatened to ignite global political disputes. Military aircraft and about 44,000 troops are being deployed across six Brazilian states struggling with the ... read more
Vox2019-08-24
13 hours ago
How Trump Fits Into the Long, Fraught History of the Relationship Between Israel and American Jews
President Donald Trump’s tweeted claim on Aug. 20 that American Jews who vote for Democrats show “great disloyalty” provoked disgust and dismay among many Jewish commenters in the U.S. and Israel, who accused him of invoking a centuries old anti-Semitic trope. Trump’s tweet came just days after he urged Israel to prevent Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from visiting the country, claiming the progressive lawmakers hate Israel and “all Jewish people.” On Aug. 21 he doubled down on his assertion that voting for Democrats was disloyal to “Jewish people and … very disloyal to Israel,” in a speech ... read more
TIME Magazine2019-08-24
16 hours ago
Trump and Johnson look to use G-7 summit to fortify their relationship amid skepticism of both leaders
Their first formal meeting marks a chance, officials said, to forge stronger ties between the two nations after years of tense relations and Twitter insults during the tenure of Theresa May. ... read more
The Washington Post2019-08-24
19 hours ago
UK PM Johnson to tell Trump to de-escalate trade tensions
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he would tell President Donald Trump at this weekend's G7 summit to pull back from a trade war that is already destabilizing economic growth around the world. ... read more
Reuters2019-08-24
19 hours ago
Trump “ordered” US companies out of China. Despite claiming otherwise, he can’t do that.
A ship in Tangshan, China being loaded with goods in August 2019. | Yang Shiyao/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Trump says the International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows him to order companies to leave China. But the act doesn’t work that way. In a late-night tweet on Friday, President Donald Trump defended a series of tweets from earlier in the day in which he “ordered” US companies to leave China and to manufacture their products in the US instead. Experts pointed out that no US president can order companies to abandon a country, but shortly before midnight, Trump argued that the ... read more
Vox2019-08-24
19 hours ago
Why 2020 Campaign Workers Are Suddenly Unionizing
A key part of the playbook for most successful Democratic presidential campaigns is courting the union vote. For candidates, that means touring union halls, trumpeting your solidarity with the labor movement, and making sure that the overpriced swag peddled by your campaign has an insignia certifying that it was made by American union workers.But what goes unmentioned on the campaign trail is that most of the staffers ferrying their bosses to union events and writing speeches reaffirming the candidates’ support for labor aren’t members of a union themselves. Or rather, that used to be the case. Since the spring, campaign ... read more
The Atlantic2019-08-24
1 day ago
‘Search For & Refuse All Deliveries.’ Amid Trade War, Trump Urges USPS Crackdown on Fentanyl Trafficking From China
With tensions over trade with China escalating, President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is “ordering” the U.S. postal service and express shipping companies to “SEARCH FOR & REFUSE all deliveries of fentanyl,” a deadly synthetic opioid. American officials have long blamed China for the influx of fentanyl and related drugs reaching U.S. borders — sent directly and trafficked via other countries — while federal efforts to limit (if not stop outright) their import have long been underway. ….your companies HOME and making your products in the USA. I will be responding to China’s Tariffs this ... read more
TIME Magazine2019-08-23
1 day ago
Grupos pró-Bolsonaro no WhatsApp não se desmobilizaram com a vitória. Pelo contrário, estão mais radicais.
Desde março de 2018, venho observando grupos pró-Bolsonaro no WhatsApp que foram fundamentais na disseminação de desinformação durante as eleições de 2018. Desde o final do pleito, muitos usuários saíram desses grupos porque sentiram que cumpriram seu objetivo principal: eleger Jair Bolsonaro. Porém, vários grupos seguem ativos – e pior, ainda mais radicais. Bolsonaro empoderou sujeitos que se sentiam reprimidos devido às políticas progressistas dos governos passados. Seu discurso legitimou sentimentos radicais e abriu espaço não apenas para a sua expressão, mas também para uma ação – é o que está acontecendo agora. Por quase ... read more
The Intercept2019-08-23
1 day ago
Trump campaign seeks to mobilize women in 2020 battleground states
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign hosted events in 2020 battleground states on Thursday to mobilize and train suburban women, an important voting bloc that defected from Republicans during last year's congressional contests. ... read more
Reuters2019-08-23
1 day ago
‘In the Spirit of Achieving Fair Trade,’ Trump Raises Tariffs on Hundreds of Billions of Chinese Imports
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he’s raising tariffs further on Chinese imports in response to Beijing’s retaliation earlier in the day, deepening the impasse over the two nations’ trade policies. Duties on $250 billion of imports already in effect will rise to 30% from 25% on Oct. 1, Trump said in a series of tweets Friday after U.S. markets closed. He also said that the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports will be taxed at 15% instead of 10% starting Sept. 1. Friday’s events marked a dramatic escalation in tensions between the U.S. and China after months of failed ... read more
TIME Magazine2019-08-23
2 days ago
Trump Administration Plans to Open U.S. Consulate in Greenland
(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is planning to open a U.S. consulate in Greenland for the first time in decades amid increased strategic and economic interest in the Danish territory. The State Department says in a letter to Congress that re-establishing a consulate in Nuuk is part of a broader plan to increase the U.S. presence in the arctic. A copy of the letter was obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The U.S. has a “strategic interest in enhancing political, economic, and commercial relationships across the Arctic region,” said the letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. President Donald Trump ... read more
TIME Magazine2019-08-23
2 days ago
The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Tariffraff
Were you forwarded this email? Sign yourself up here. We have many other free email newsletters on a variety of other topics. Browse the full list.What We’re Following TodayIt’s Friday, August 23. ‣ China said it plans to slap retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion worth of American products, and restart tariffs on U.S. cars and parts. President Donald Trump escalated Friday evening:‣ David Koch, the billionaire donor who, along with his brother Charles, helped fund and fuel libertarian movements that reshaped American politics, has died at 79.Here’s what else we’re watching.(Eman Mohammed)The Forgotten American Hostages: President Trump likes to trumpet ... read more
The Atlantic2019-08-23
2 days ago
Right Wing Round-Up: Bronze Age Pervert
Tarini Parti @ BuzzFeed: Billionaire David Koch, Who Shaped Modern Conservative Politics, Has Died. Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: A Preacher Spoke in Tongues… Then His Wife Translated It to English. Will Sommer @ The Daily Beast: Meet the GOP State Rep Plotting With Extremists and Preparing for a Christian Apocalypse. Ben Schreckinger @ Politico: The alt-right manifesto that has Trumpworld talking. Megan Farokhmanesh @ The Verge: Gamergate Comes to the Classroom. Oliver Willis @ Shareblue: Susan Collins wins glowing endorsement from Maine’s extremely racist former governor. Sam Fullwood III @ Think Progress: Michigan council candidate wants to keep her ... read more
Right Wing Watch2019-08-23
2 days ago
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Sedition and Treason
John Guandolo cannot understand how Reps. Ilan Omar and Rashida Tlaib haven’t been arrested for “sedition and treason and conspiring to overthrow the United States government.” Eric Bolling calls Omar and Tlaib “nothing but fame hustlers.” On a related note, Larry Klayman and Laura Loomer are suing Tlaib for $2 million. Stefan Molyneux says that women who pursue attractive men are enforcing patriarchy in America and creating “involuntarily celibate” men. Jonathan Cahn believes that Mark Twain’s “The Innocents Abroad” was prophesied by Moses in Deuteronomy. Janet Mefferd says that President Trump’s sharing of a Wayne Allyn Root quote, which claimed ... read more
Right Wing Watch2019-08-23
2 days ago
It Could Be A Movie
We’ve heard some wild stories about former Trump business associate Felix Sater over the years. Not only did he try to help Trump build a tower in Moscow; not only did he promise to “get Putin on this program” in order to “get Donald elected” — he also was an FBI informant? And also, supposedly, helped track down Osama bin Laden? And imprison mafiosos? It strained credulity. A newly surfaced government document confirms that many of these stories are, in fact, true. Matt Shuham writes up the highlights for TPM members. ... read more
Talking Points Memo2019-08-23
2 days ago
For growth and well-being, climate crisis overshadows all else
By Vinod ThomasAs the G-7 members meet in Biarritz, France this weekend, the top concern for economic growth and people’s well-being—in developed and emerging countries alike—must be runaway climate change. CO2 emissions, the main source of human contributions to global warming, continue to rise among the top emitters, China, the U.S., and India (in that order)—largely driven by emissions from fossil fuels. And in Brazil, under the direction of President Jair Bolsonaro, there has been unprecedented deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, and an “international crisis” of devastating wildfires. The crucial question is what the G-7 can do to arrest and reverse ... read more
The Brookings Institution2019-08-23
2 days ago
Trump heads to G7 summit in France as recession fears grow
The annual G7 summit is convening in France this weekend. World leaders from Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the US will tackle global problems, ranging from the economy to climate. Andrea Linares has the details. ... read more
Fusion2019-08-23
2 days ago
Trump urges U.S. court to shield Deutsche Bank records from House Democrats
Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp from handing the financial records of the president's family and the Trump Organization to Democratic lawmakers. ... read more
Reuters2019-08-23
2 days ago
A disturbance in the Force: President Trump, DOD’s JEDI procurement, and the Old Post Office
By Dorothy RobynPresident Trump’s animus toward Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos appears to have led the Department of Defense (DoD) to delay its $10 billion cloud computing procurement, in which Mr. Bezos’s Amazon is the front-runner. Before the president upends the competition altogether, he should motorcade five blocks east on Pennsylvania Avenue to the Old Post Office-turned-Trump International Hotel. This historic landmark bears his name precisely because of the insulation of federal procurement decisions from politics—a bedrock principle of U.S. governance and one that has helped us to combat cronyism and corruption around the world. The Pentagon’s potentially massive contract ... read more
The Brookings Institution2019-08-23
2 days ago
Trolling Trump, Joe Walsh Tries to Recruit George Conway for Nascent Challenge
In a signal that he intends to bait Mr. Trump into engagement with him, Mr. Walsh, a conservative radio show host, is wooing the husband of Kellyanne Conway. ... read more
The New York Times2019-08-23
2 days ago
The Justice Department sent immigration judges a white nationalist blog post
Department of Justice employees were stunned this week when the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) sent court employees a morning briefing that contained a link to a "news" item on VDare, a white nationalist website.According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, VDare is an "anti-immigration hate website" that "regularly publishes articles by prominent white nationalists, race scientists and anti-Semites." The website was established in 1999 by its editor Peter Brimelow.The morning briefing is distributed to all EOIR employees on a daily basis, including all 440 immigration judges across the U.S.RELATED: He photographed Nazi atrocities and buried the negatives. The ... read more
GOOD2019-08-23
2 days ago
Ex-Gay ‘Freedom March’ Organizer: Trump’s Jehu Anointing Opens Door for ‘Trapped’ LGBTQ Eunuchs to Defeat Jezebel
Jeffrey McCall, who has organized a series of “ex-gay” events under the “Freedom March” banner, wrote in Charisma on Thursday about a “prophetic word” he received from God: “Eunuchs trapped in LGBT community will overthrow Jezebel.” OK, there’s a lot to unpack there. As RWW has noted, Pentecostal authors write a lot about defeating “the spirit of Jezebel.” The biblical character of Jezebel was married to the Israelite king, Ahab, and was eventually killed for having convinced her husband to persecute God’s prophets and promote the worship of false gods. In the Bible, God sends the warrior Jehu to kill Jezebel, and when Jehu arrives, a couple of ... read more
Right Wing Watch2019-08-23
2 days ago
Market Tumbles After Donald Trump Calls Fed Chair ‘Enemy,’ Compares Him To Chinese Leader
The Dow Jones fell more than 500 points after the president attacked Jerome Powell and "ordered" U.S. companies to cease relations with China. ... read more
The Huffington Post2019-08-23
2 days ago
Trump’s angry tweets about China betray his political rhetoric in two significant ways
By "ordering" business to aid his trade war, Trump reveals his priorities. ... read more
The Washington Post2019-08-23
2 days ago
Donald Trump’s shifts on gun background checks after mass shootings
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden accused President Donald Trump of backtracking on expanding gun background checks after mass shootings in Parkland, Fla., and more recently in Texas and Ohio. In a video released Aug. 21 about Trump’s "broken promises," the Biden campaign lines up clip after clip of Trump speaking about background checks following attacks, with broadcasters and news headlines showing his reversal. The video ends with this statement: "Joe Biden has beaten the NRA twice and will do it again," a reference to a 1994 bill he moved in the Senate to ban assault weapons, which has since expired, ... read more
PolitiFact2019-08-23
2 days ago
The One Way Trump Has Changed America That Democrats Cannot Fix
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.WASHINGTON — Even if both President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are booted out of office next November, you’ll still be feeling their presence in your daily life for decades and decades to come. The two Republicans teamed up and with the assistance of outside groups overhauled the makeup the nation’s judiciary for generations. Through upending some Senate rules, the duo has overseen the appointment of 59 judges so far in 2019 alone. That brings their grand total — since Trump moved into the ... read more
VICE News2019-08-23
2 days ago
Tell the Labor Department that Gutting LGBTQ Job Protections is Unacceptable
On Day 11 of his presidency, Donald Trump promised that President Obama’s Executive Order, which protects 1 in 4 workers, would “remain intact.” Last week, he broke that promise. The latest proposal out of the Department of Labor attempts to gut protections for LGBTQ people, women and religious minorities by adding unprecedented religious exemptions to a historic executive order prohibiting discrimination against the employees of federal contractors and subcontractors. Join HRC in flooding the Department of Labor with comments reminding them that everyone deserves a workplace free from discrimination — no matter who they are. Here are a few points ... read more
Human Rights Campaign2019-08-23
2 days ago
The Buck Stops There
A number of indicators are suggesting a recession is on the horizon. That, of course, could have a huge impact on the presidential election — especially if the slowdown arrives during or close to autumn 2020. Usually, when the economic outlook gets ominous, the White House begins taking steps to ward off a recession. In the Washington Post today, economist and former Biden advisor Jared Bernstein outlines how this would normally work. Trump appears to be going in a different direction. The White House is playing down concerns about the economy, while casting about for a scapegoat other than Trump ... read more
Talking Points Memo2019-08-23
2 days ago
The 2020 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet
Prepare for the Demaspora.The deadline to qualify for the next Democratic primary debate is August 28, and as more candidates recognize they’re not going to make the cut, the field is clearing out.On August 15, it was former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who now intends to run for Senate. On Wednesday, it was Governor Jay Inslee of Washington, who will run for a third term. Friday’s dropout is Seth Moulton, the representative from Massachusetts. His House colleague Eric Swalwell got in on the action early by dropping out in July. There are now a mere 21 Democrats running—but look for ... read more
The Atlantic2019-08-23
2 days ago
Hank Kunneman and the Prophetic Thumb Drive
During his appearance on “The Jim Bakker Show” yesterday, right-wing pro-Trump pastor Hank Kunneman suddenly received a prophetic word from God that the appearance of a thumb drive would be a signal that America will undergo a “season of restoration” in which prayer is returned to public schools and abortion is outlawed. “There has been a yoke that they have tried to put upon the shoulders of this president,” Kunneman declared. “They have tried to yoke him and weigh him down and even now seek to use words and proverbs of impeachment and obstruction of justice, but this shall not happen, ... read more
Right Wing Watch2019-08-23
2 days ago
‘The Fed = The Deep State’ Says Trump Ally Ed Martin
With the U.S. and world economies showing signs of potential trouble ahead, President Donald Trump has returned to his attacks on the Federal Reserve and the chairman he appointed for not aligning monetary policy more closely with Trump’s demands. On Friday, right-wing political operative Ed Martin, who leads one wing of the late Phyllis Schlafly’s splintered political organization, took things a step further by declaring, “The Fed = The Deep State.” For right-wing activists and conspiracy theorists, the “deep state” usually refers to people within federal government agencies—the FBI, Department of Justice, State Department, intelligence agencies—who are supposedly secretly working ... read more
Right Wing Watch2019-08-23
2 days ago
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: August 23, 2019
HRC DENOUNCES TRUMP’S NOMINEE’S ANTI-LGBTQ REMARKS ON MATTHEW SHEPARD: Said HRC President Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid): “At at time when violence and discrimination against LGBTQ people other marginalized communities is on the rise in this country, the last thing we need is another judicial nominee who does not recognize LGBTQ people as people worthy of basic respect and protection under the law. Steven Menashi is not fit to serve on any judicial bench, much less a court one step down from the Supreme Court. He should withdraw, and if he doesn’t, he should be rejected by the Senate.” More from HRC. ... read more
Human Rights Campaign2019-08-23
2 days ago
Today’s Agenda: Tax Cut Confusion
Happy Friday, August 23. President Donald Trump and his aides are wildly out of step on the economic messaging coming from the White House. Here’s more on that and the other story we’re following. Two Things We’re Watching Taking Different Tax Trump and White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow are saying different things on tax cuts. Trump said that the administration is not considering them, to ward off talk of a coming recession. Hours later, Kudlow said that the President may propose a middle class tax cut as he campaigns. DOJ Sends Out White Nationalist Blog Post ... read more
Talking Points Memo2019-08-23
2 days ago
There’s No Such Thing as a “Populist”
When I read mainstream political commentary, I often think of the awkward gyrating Elaine used to do on Seinfeld, flapping her limbs in all directions in an incompetent, and yet totally confident, imitation of what dancing is supposed to look like. Political pundits are engaged in a similar dance. Convinced of their abilities, they mimic certain words and phrases they associate with skillful political commentary, all without realizing how clumsy they must appear.One word journalists frequently stumble over is “populist.” It was coined in the 1890s, when Kansas Democrat David Overmyer needed a convenient noun to identify members of the new People’s ... read more
The New Republic2019-08-23
2 days ago
The Junk Food President Aims to Ruin American Nutrition
Susan Walsh/Associated Press President Trump welcomed the college football national champion Clemson Tigers to the White House in January with a fast-food feast served buffet style in the State Dining Room. Presidents do not directly write the nation’s dietary guidelines for Americans, which are updated every five years by federal law. Still, you wonder what the 2020 version will advise, given how President Trump serves lunch dripping in saturated fat, grease, and salt to top athletes. When Trump hosted Clemson University’s national collegiate football title team ... read more
The American Prospect2019-08-23
2 days ago
Trump Retreats, Again, on Guns
Where is the president’s vaunted independence? ... read more
The New York Times2019-08-22
2 days ago
Trump’s Attack on the Loyalty of American Jews
The president’s claim that Jews who vote for Democrats are not patriotic raised the ire of many readers. What “chutzpah,” one writes. ... read more
The New York Times2019-08-22
2 days ago
HRC Denounces Trump Nominee’s Anti-LGBTQ Remarks on Matthew Shepard
HRC responded to news that Steven Menashi, Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, has a history of hateful, disturbing writings that render him unfit to be an impartial federal judge tasked with protecting the rights and civil liberties of all. In one piece, Menashi explicitly diminishes the hate that led to the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard. “Nominating a person who has exploited and downplayed the murder of Matthew Shepard to a lifetime seat as a federal judge is offensive and appalling and yet another low point for the Trump-Pence White House,” said HRC ... read more
Human Rights Campaign2019-08-22
2 days ago
Trump’s Greenland Gambit Might Be Crazy—But It Could Also Be the Future
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POLITICO2019-08-22
3 days ago
Instagram Hoax Nabs Rick Perry
Quick Take A thoroughly debunked hoax claiming that Instagram users can stop the platform from using their pictures if they post a statement rescinding permission has been circulating again. This time, it ensnared a member of the Trump administration. Full Story Some hoaxes are built to last. And one such monument to digital deception has had a resurgence recently, duping several high-profile figures including Energy Secretary Rick Perry. The hoax dates back to at least 2012, when the myth-busting site Snopes first debunked it. Then there was a comeback in 2015 and 2016, when the Los Angeles Times and the ... read more
FactCheck.org2019-08-22
3 days ago
Trump’s Dubious Michigan ‘Man of the Year’ Boast
President Donald Trump has claimed no fewer than seven times over the past three years — including at a recent rally in New Hampshire — that he won Michigan’s “man of the year” award. But there’s no evidence that he did. We scoured news archives and searched the internet, and came up empty. Other media outlets have looked into it too, with a similar lack of results. And Trump’s campaign isn’t commenting. This is what we did find: It appears that Trump is referring to a 2013 dinner hosted by a county Republican Party organization, which presented him with token ... read more
FactCheck.org2019-08-22
3 days ago
Viral Quote Falsely Attributed to McCarthy
Quick Take Social media posts erroneously attribute a quote to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. He didn’t say that “there are no mass shootings in Japan because there are no video games there.” Full Story In the days after the back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, some politicians returned attention to the idea that violent video games may contribute to such attacks — which has not been established by research. Notably, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy appeared on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo” on Aug. 4 and discussed what he called “video ... read more
FactCheck.org2019-08-22
3 days ago
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: August 22, 2019
NEW WASHINGTON POST ANALYSIS FINDS THAT PROSECUTIONS OF HATE CRIMES IN D.C. HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY: “Of the 178 suspected hate crimes in 2017, police closed 54 cases involving adults by arrest. Prosecutors charged two cases as hate crimes, and both were later dropped as part of plea deals,” write Michael E. Miller (@MikeMillerDC‏) and Steven Rich (@dataeditor). “The Post’s months-long analysis of more than 200,000 D.C. police and court records found that hate-crime prosecutions and convictions are at their lowest point in at least a decade.” Read the full story here. TRUMP-PENCE ADMINISTRATION REFUSES TO USE CORRECT PRONOUNS TO REFER ... read more
Human Rights Campaign2019-08-22
3 days ago
Today’s Agenda: The Winnowing
Happy Thursday, August 22. There has been some movement in the massive 2020 Democratic field. Here’s more on that and the other stories we’re watching. Three Things We’re Watching Today 2020 movement After dropping his presidential bid last week, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is jumping into the race for the seat of Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), one of the most vulnerable members of the chamber. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee dropped his presidential bid Wednesday to pursue a third term as governor. Debate watch ABC News confirmed that one more qualifying candidate will stretch the third round of debates ... read more
Talking Points Memo2019-08-22
3 days ago
O’Rourke on Jobs ‘No One Else Will Do’
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said workers living in the U.S. illegally who were swept up in immigration raids at chicken processing plants in Mississippi are “doing a job that no one else will do.” The jobs are hard and don’t pay well, but — at least at one of the plants that was raided — they are in demand. Dianne Bell, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, told us that 349 people used the agency over a three-day period after the raids to apply for approximately 240 job openings at Koch Foods. A chicken processing plant ... read more
FactCheck.org2019-08-21
3 days ago
Kudlow’s Unsupported USMCA Jobs Claim
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow claimed without evidence that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement would add “180,000 new jobs per year” in the U.S. Kudlow may have been referencing an April analysis done by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which estimated that the USMCA trade deal, if fully implemented, would increase U.S. employment by 176,000 in its sixth year. It didn’t project job increases on a yearly basis, an ITC spokeswoman told us. Kudlow made the claim during a “Fox News Sunday” interview on Aug. 18. When asked about reports that the U.S. may soon experience an economic recession, Kudlow ... read more
FactCheck.org2019-08-21
4 days ago
Why the Democratic National Committee Must Change the Rules and Hold a Climate Debate
A girl holds a sign that reads “pull the emergency brake” at a ceremony to commemorate the Okjökull glacier in Iceland, on Aug. 18, 2019. Photo: Felipe Dana/AP Dear Members of the DNC: Your meeting in San Francisco this weekend takes place against a backdrop that is literally on fire. You are gathering one month after the hottest month ever recorded in human history. You are meeting on the same week that smoke from a record number of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest turned day into night in the Brazilian megapolis ... read more
The Intercept2019-08-21
4 days ago
Trump’s Phone Calls With Wayne LaPierre Reveal NRA’s Influence
Three days after a pair of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas that left 31 people dead, President Donald Trump was preoccupied with visions of a Rose Garden ceremony.His daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump, had proposed the idea of a televised Rose Garden appearance as a way to nudge her father toward supporting universal background checks. The president had recently suggested he was open to the gun-control measure, tweeting, “Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform.” To be sure, this was similar to how he’d responded ... read more
The Atlantic2019-08-20
5 days ago
The Obamas’ First Big Anti-Trump Statement of 2020
The former first couple’s Netflix documentary offers a quiet response to Trump’s promises to reinvigorate the industrial heartland. ... read more
POLITICO2019-08-20
5 days ago
Os detalhes do processo contra ativistas paraguaios que Bolsonaro e Moro querem expulsar do Brasil
No fim de julho, Jair Bolsonaro e seu ministro da Justiça, o ex-juiz Sergio Moro, foram ao Twitter comemorar que três paraguaios radicados no Brasil desde 2003 haviam perdido oficialmente a condição de refugiados, abrindo caminho para o trio ser extraditado. Juan Arrom, Anuncio Martí e Victor Colmán são acusados pelo governo do Paraguai de serem guerrilheiros de esquerda – perfil ideal para serem exibidos como “troféus” do bolsonarismo no combate a imigrantes, refugiados e esquerdistas. Para o governo, eles são terroristas. A versão dos paraguaios, no entanto, é a de que eles são perseguidos políticos ... read more
The Intercept2019-08-19
6 days ago
Stacey Abrams Is Playing the Long Game
Stacey Abrams was catapulted into the national spotlight in 2018, when the former state representative came within 54,000 votes of winning the Georgia governor’s race, in an election marred by extensive reports of voter suppression. But despite the wave of calls urging her to parlay that political stardom into a presidential (or Senate) bid, Abrams will instead focus on fighting voter suppression through a new initiative called Fair Fight 2020, which, as she put it, aims to “make certain that no one has to go through in 2020 what we went through in 2018.”But Abrams didn’t entirely close the door ... read more
The Atlantic2019-08-16
1 week ago
Ilhan Omar Is Already Changing Washington
This week, Donald Trump opened a new front in his war against women of color in Congress. “It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib to visit,” the president tweeted Thursday morning, referring to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, two young Muslim Democrats who make up half of the progressive congressional “squad” that Trump last month wished would “go back” to “the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” This time, Trump was even less nuanced in assailing Omar and Tlaib: “They hate Israel & all Jewish people, & there is nothing ... read more
The New Republic2019-08-16
1 week ago
Do Democrats Have a Plan for the Next Recession?
The recession alarm bells are sounding. Anxiety about the direction of the global economy has been growing for some time, amid concern about President Trump’s trade war with China, economic slowdowns in major economies like China and Germany, and Brexit. On Wednesday, the country received perhaps the strongest signal yet of an upcoming recession when the yield curve briefly inverted and the returns for short-term U.S. bonds eclipsed those of long-term investments. Though the sample size is limited, an inverted yield curve has preceded recessions for the past half-century, most recently in 2006 and 2007. Most of the speculation about ... read more
The New Republic2019-08-16
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The Supreme Court’s First Major Gun Case in a Decade
It’s been nearly a decade since the Supreme Court has issued a ruling on the Second Amendment’s scope. But the court may have to resolve a dispute over New York City’s strict restrictions on handgun ownership before its upcoming term begins in October—this, despite the fact that state lawmakers went to great lengths to change the laws and render such a hearing unnecessary.The case, New York State Rifle and Gun Association v. City of New York, could be a major ruling on how far cities and states can go to restrict handguns in their jurisdictions. But it stands to reveal ... read more
The New Republic2019-08-14
2 weeks ago
Donald Trump Has Used A Secretive Justice System To Keep Lawsuits Against Him Out Of Court
Trump, his campaign, and his companies have used arbitration to try to move potentially damaging and embarrassing claims out of the public court process.View Entire Post › ... read more
Buzzfeed Politics2019-08-13
2 weeks ago
Justice finally served in the case of a Nazi who unleashed a troll army on a Jewish woman
Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin, founder and editor of The Daily Stormer, must pay $14 million to Tanya Gersh, a Jewish woman he organized a troll army against. The Daily Stormer is an American neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and Holocaust denial commentary website and message board that advocates for the genocide of Jewish people. Five years ago, Anglin encouraged his readers to harass Gersh after he accused her of attempting to extort the mother of white nationalist Richard Spencer. Gersh has denied the allegations. Spencer was famously punched in the face on camera at Donald Trump's Inauguration, prompting the ... read more
GOOD2019-08-09
2 weeks ago
Despite Trump remarks on El Paso and Dayton, it's a weak link between video games, mass shootings
Addressing the nation after mass shootings on consecutive days left at least 31 dead in Texas and Ohio, President Donald Trump suggested that violent video games — despite a lack of much hard evidence — are partly to blame. "We must stop the glorification of violence in our society," Trump said. "This includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace. It is too easy today for troubled youth to surround themselves with a culture that celebrates violence. We must stop or substantially reduce this, and it has to begin immediately." Republican Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made ... read more
PolitiFact2019-08-06
3 weeks ago
FACT CHECK: Foreign Interference And ‘Opposition Research’ Are Not The Same
President Trump says he might be open to taking information from a foreign government in a future election, calling it a part of politics. But the law draws a distinction when foreigners are involved.(Image credit: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) ... read more
NPR2019-06-13
2 months ago
FACT CHECK: Russian Interference Went Far Beyond ‘Facebook Ads’ Kushner Described
President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser said the investigations into Russian interference have been more damaging than the interference itself. But there was more to it than online ads.(Image credit: Brian Ach/Getty Images for Time) ... read more
NPR2019-04-24
4 months ago
FACT CHECK: Trump Wrongly States Obama Administration Had Child Separation Policy
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, President Trump restated an earlier falsehood in which he blamed the Obama administration for a policy the Trump administration in fact started.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP) ... read more
NPR2019-04-09
5 months ago
Why Is It So Fraught to Talk About the Klobuchar Bad Boss Reports?
This article is adapted from a segment on the Waves and has been edited and condensed for clarity. Christina Cauterucci: Last week, HuffPost and BuzzFeed both ran pieces that contained a whole slew of allegations that Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota runs a borderline abusive workplace. There were multiple former staffers who said they and their fellow employees were berated for wrongdoing in front of their peers. Sometimes they’d be CC’d on their emails, saying, “This is the worst press release I’ve ever read in my life.” They were forced to endure emotional outbursts and fits of rage. They were ... read more
Slate2019-02-15
6 months ago
Andrew McCabe: Jeff Sessions Complained That He Missed When the FBI “Only Hired Irishmen”
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s new book, which details his frustrations with President’s Trump administration, has made it clear that his “disdain for Trump is rivaled only by his contempt for [Jeff] Sessions,” according to an assessment from Washington Post reporter Greg Miller. According to Miller’s review of the book, McCabe saw then-Attorney General Sessions as a Trump-like idiot and racist who had “trouble focusing, particularly when topics of conversation strayed from a small number of issues,” failed to read intelligence reports, and jumbled classified material with publicly reported news. The strangest detail from the book, though, had to ... read more
Slate2019-02-15
6 months ago
There Is No New Backpage
Last April, two successive tremors shook the business of sex on the internet. The first was the dramatic FBI shutdown of Backpage, a website for posting online personals that had attained outsize importance among sex workers. Days after that, President Trump signed two new bills into law, the Stop Enabling Online Sex Trafficking Act (SESTA) and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), which together make websites that knowingly allow sex trafficking to happen liable for hosting the illegal activity—thus making it much easier for prosecutors to go after the proprietors of sites like Backpage. Both of these moves were meant ... read more
Slate2019-02-13
6 months ago
Roger Stone’s chance to make a positive impact
The Feb. 10 Retropolis column, “Stone seeks Trump pardon for black nationalist Marcus Garvey” [Metro], provided a well-informed review of Garvey’s role advancing a back-to-Africa movement in the ear ... read more
The Washington Post2019-02-13
6 months ago
FACT CHECK: Democratic Response To Trump’s State Of The Union Address
Stacey Abrams, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, delivered the remarks Tuesday night. Read a transcript of the speech with NPR reporters' annotations.(Image credit: Pool video image via AP) ... read more
NPR2019-02-05
7 months ago
FACT CHECK: Trump’s State Of The Union Address
President Trump delivered the annual speech, which had been delayed because of the government shutdown, on Tuesday night. NPR reporters provided context and analysis in real time. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik/AP) ... read more
NPR2019-02-05
7 months ago
The Feminist Future of Modesty
“I get it,” is Gretchen Carlson’s message to all the American women who wince at the thought of parading around in a swimsuit. Carlson, who is the new Chairwoman of the Miss America pageant and who also won the competition in 1989, announced last week that the swimsuit portion of the spectacle would be axed. The #MeToo-friendly, revamped Miss American “Competition” (the word “pageant” is also no more) would focus on substance instead of appearance; it would promote neither ogling at various female parts nor the premise that a willingness to bare almost all is necessary to winning.It’s a timely ... read more
The Feminist Future of Modesty2018-06-12
1 year ago
Giuliani’s media blitz defending Trump is off to rough start
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's new attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is off to a rough start in his media blitz defending Trump's stance toward the special counsel's Russian investigation and a $130,000 porn star hush payment. ... read more
Associated Press2018-05-07
1 year ago
Trump defends CIA nominee, says she is ‘tough on terror’
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday defended Gina Haspel, his nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, dismissing debate over her involvement in a harsh interrogation program and arguing Democrats want her out because she "is too tough on terror." ... read more
Associated Press2018-05-07
1 year ago
Trump: ’13 angry Democrats’ on Mueller team should be wary
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is striking a combative tone against the Russia probe. He's talking about "Fighting Back" and telling Democrats on the special counsel's team, "wait 'till the Courts get to see your unrevealed Conflicts of Interest!" ... read more
Associated Press2018-05-07
1 year ago
Trump urges West Virginia voters to reject Blankenship
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is urging West Virginia voters to reject a former federal convict and coal baron running in the Republican Senate primary, arguing that Don Blankenship he would lose the general election. ... read more
Associated Press2018-05-07
1 year ago
Trump’s Tweets Threaten His Travel Ban’s Chances in Court
President Donald Trump began the week with a barrage of early-morning tweets blasting the courts for blocking his travel ban executive order. But in doing so, he may have just made it more likely that the courts will keep blocking the ban. People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017 The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted ... read more
Mother Jones2017-06-05
2 years ago
The Fox Primary For March: Trump Widens His Airtime Lead
As the Republican presidential field shrunk to three candidates in March, front-runner Donald Trump again led his competitors in interview airtime on Fox News. Fox News hosted the businessman for 6 hours and 15 minutes, compared to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's 5 hours and 18 minutes and Ohio Gov. John Kasich's 3 hours and 44 minutes. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson both ended their campaigns in March -- their airtime totals from before they dropped out are listed, but they will not be included in future editions. Trump's lead in Fox interview time comes amid ongoing tension ... read more
Media Matters for America2016-04-07
3 years ago
Morning Joe Panel: Hillary Clinton “Clearly Did Not Say Bernie Sanders Was Not Qualified To Be President”
From the April 7 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe: MIKA BRZEZINSKI (CO-HOST): Late last night, Clinton's press secretary Brian Fallon responded to [Sanders'] remarks on Twitter saying quote "Hillary Clinton did not say Bernie Sanders was 'not qualified.' But he has now - absurdly - said it about her. This is a new low." He added "Bernie Sanders, take back your words about Hillary Clinton." Sanders did no such thing. His campaign released a statement that began quote "Responding to Hillary Clinton's attempt to portray him as unqualified for the White House, Senator Sanders linked her to a trade pact exploited by wealthy individuals and profitable corporations to ... read more
Media Matters for America2016-04-07
3 years ago

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