Latest Fact Checks By Louis Jacobson

Did Donald Trump sign the first military pay raise in 10 years?

By Louis Jacobson

May 10, 2018

Says the 2018 defense authorization bill includes raises for the military "for the first time in 10 years."

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Will interest on the debt exceed defense spending by 2022?

By Louis Jacobson

May 10, 2018

"By 2022, just the interest payment on our debt will be greater than the defense of our country."

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Madeleine Albright compares Mussolini, Trump on use of ‘drain the swamp’

By Louis Jacobson

May 9, 2018

Says Benito Mussolini "initiated a campaign to 'drenare la palude' ('drain the swamp') by firing more than 35,000 civil servants."

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Fact-checking Don Blankenship on Mitch McConnell and China

By Louis Jacobson

May 3, 2018

"Mitch McConnell was one of the few senators that voted after Tiananmen Square not to have punitive actions against China for human rights violations."

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Did Evan Jenkins once say his philosophy was ‘progressive mainstream’?

By Louis Jacobson

May 2, 2018

"You (Evan Jenkins) said your philosophy was ‘progressive mainstream’ back in 2003."

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Did Evan Jenkins correctly cite past PolitiFact rulings in a debate?

By Louis Jacobson

May 2, 2018

"All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every…

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Is Michelle Wolf right that Flint still doesn’t have clean water?

By Louis Jacobson

May 1, 2018

"Flint still doesn’t have clean water."

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Fact-checking the Donald Trump, Kanye bromance

By Louis Jacobson

April 26, 2018

"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the…

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How much have Republicans cut EPA budget, staff in two years?

By Louis Jacobson

April 26, 2018

"I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA."

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Are most of our taxes spent on the war on terror? No

By Louis Jacobson

April 24, 2018

"Most of our taxes are spent on the so-called ‘War on Terror.’"

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No, British Intelligence didn’t seize $400 million from Clinton Foundation

By Louis Jacobson

April 20, 2018

"British Intelligence Seizes Clinton Foundation Warehouse, $400 Million In Cash."

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Is Donald Trump correct about the size of the U.S. trade deficit with Japan?

By Louis Jacobson

April 19, 2018

"The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."

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