Latest Fact-Checks By Louis Jacobson

Showing 13-24 of 2176 items
Rick Scott in Capitol in March 2025

Sen. Rick Scott wrong that full-time jobs dropped under former President Joe Biden

March 11, 2025

“The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”

DO NOT USE iframe test

End Wokeness post overstates government jobs’ role in Biden-era job creation

March 11, 2025

During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs.

Elon Musk in hallways of Congress March 2025

Is Elon Musk’s DOGE ‘very popular’? That’s not what the polls say

March 6, 2025

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”

Kevin O'Leary testifying to Congress

No US government audits for the last 100 years? Here’s why ‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary is wrong

February 26, 2025

“We've never audited government for 100 years.”

Patty Murray for tax cut fact check 2025

Is Sen. Patty Murray right that Republican tax cuts are the biggest federal debt driver since 2001?

February 25, 2025

“The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.”

Soldier in crossfire in Kyiv in Feb 2022

Did Ukraine start its war with Russia, as President Donald Trump said? No, Russia invaded

February 19, 2025

Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.

California fire damage in Pacific Palisades, 1-13-25

Does California give more than it gets on federal disaster aid? Fact-checking Sen. Adam Schiff

January 31, 2025

“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at the Capitol, 12-17-2024

Fact-check: Past government shutdowns cost the U.S. economy billions

December 19, 2024

Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”

Office of Personnel Management headquarters in Washington in 2024

Mike Johnson’s Pants on Fire claim that 1% of federal employees are ‘actually working in the office’

December 11, 2024

About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.”

Joe Biden and Hunter Biden in Nantucket before pardon announced

Joe Biden’s Full Flop on pardoning Hunter Biden after saying for months he wouldn’t

December 2, 2024

On pardoning his son Hunter Biden

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., raising hand in committee in Washington, 9-24-2024

Are inflation-adjusted wages lower now than 50 years ago? That data is cherry-picked

November 11, 2024

Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.”

Showing 13-24 of 2176 items