Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

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

By Louis Jacobson

March 11, 2025

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

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

By Louis Jacobson

March 11, 2025

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

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

By Louis Jacobson

March 6, 2025

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

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

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

February 26, 2025

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

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

By Louis Jacobson

February 25, 2025

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

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

By Claire Cranford , Louis Jacobson

February 19, 2025

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

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Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, he backs gutting it.

By Amy Sherman , Claire Cranford , Louis Jacobson

February 7, 2025

On support for U.S. Agency for International Development

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

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

January 31, 2025

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

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

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

December 19, 2024

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

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

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

December 11, 2024

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

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

By Louis Jacobson

December 2, 2024

On pardoning his son Hunter Biden

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

By Louis Jacobson

November 11, 2024

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

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