Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

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SPR facility

Donald Trump wrong that Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been ‘mostly empty’ for decades

April 1, 2022

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades.

Bill O’Reilly’s misleading statement on Biden and fossil-fuel subsidies

March 17, 2022

“As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”

Biden speaks to National League of Cities

How much blame does Putin deserve for high gasoline prices?

March 16, 2022

“Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.”

Russian vehicle destroyed

Russia’s Pants on Fire claim that it is not occupying Ukrainian territory

March 3, 2022

"The Russian army does not occupy Ukrainian territory."

Biden SOTU for jobs claim

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s State of the Union claim on scale of job gains in 2021

March 2, 2022

“Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United…

Peskov

Russian spokesman’s statement ignores centuries of Russian attacks

February 21, 2022

“Russia has never attacked anyone throughout its history.”

Money printing

U.S. economic growth exceeds rivals’ and has contributed to inflation

February 16, 2022

"Inflation has been caused by the global economies shutting down all at once, reopening all at once. And … the U.S. economy is recovering at…

person using a crack pipe

No, The White House isn’t spending $30 million on crack pipes. Here’s what’s really going on

February 10, 2022

The Biden administration “is spending $30 million on crack pipes.”

Biden and Scholz

Kayleigh McEnany spins comparison of Trump, Biden on Russian gas pipeline

February 9, 2022

“President Trump sanctioned Russia. President Biden gave them a pipeline.”

Biden for ACA

Joe Biden overstates statistics on Affordable Care Act signups

February 2, 2022

Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a…

Biden and Breyer

Supreme Court nominees confirmed by opposite party in Senate are rare

January 31, 2022

“Clarence Thomas is about to become the only member of the current Supreme Court who was nominated by a president of one party and confirmed…

Mitt Romney at senate hearing

Mitt Romney jab over 7% inflation ignores rising wages

January 20, 2022

“People are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation.”

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