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Texas allows rifles to be toted publicly, but not in manner ‘calculated to alarm’

July 8, 2016

The sniper attacks in Dallas reminded us we'd confirmed Texas allows residents to openly carry rifles in public.

 

However, no one may legally display any gun in a "manner calculated to alarm."

 

See the 2014 fact check.

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George Will dropped Republican voter registration–like 5,000 fellow Maryland voters

July 7, 2016

George Will indeed shifted his voter registration from Republican to unaffiliated in June, we confirmed, like about 5,000 other Maryland residents.

 

The from-the-right commentator, clarion clear about opposing Donald Trump for president, declared his GOP abandonment in a June speech. We sought factual backup.

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Julián Castro, vice presidential prospect, and the Truth-O-Meter

June 22, 2016

Texan Julián Castro is reportedly among Democrats being vetted to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate.

 

To date, the HUD secretary and former San Antonio mayor has a Half True through True PolitiFact record. We’ve checked nearly a dozen Castro claims.

Donald Trump in Dallas gets Hillary Clinton/Syria claim right, other facts wrong

June 17, 2016

Firing up supporters in a Dallas ballroom, Donald Trump correctly recapped Hillary Clinton’s desire to drive up Syrian refugees admitted to the United States.

 

But his accuracy was off in statements about Clinton and the Second Amendment, his past public opposition to war in Iraq and the U.S. having the world’s highest taxes.

 

See Donald Trump’s Truth-O-Meter report card. See Hillary Clinton’s PolitiFact record.

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Documents support Dan Patrick claim he didn’t post tweet to blame Orlando shooting victims

June 16, 2016

Newly revealed documents support Dan Patrick’s declaration that the "reaps what you sow" Biblical verse he posted online the morning of the Orlando tragedy wasn’t calculated to blame victims at the gay night club.

 

It looks like Patrick’s campaign-funded social media team created and scheduled the tweet three days before.

 

Read Austin American-Statesman reporter Jonathan Tilove’s extensive update here.

 

See Dan Patrick's Truth-O-Meter report card.

Analysis: Dan Patrick ‘reaps what you sow’ tweet wasn’t posted to blame Orlando shooting victims

June 13, 2016

Did Dan Patrick quote a Biblical verse as the Orlando tragedy came to light? Yes.

 

Did Patrick say a man "reaps what you sow" to blame the victims at the gay night club? Not so, a reporter concludes.

Do up to 80 percent of Texas high school graduates (still) flail afterward?

June 8, 2016

To a reader's yowl, we looked afresh at how many Texas students prove ready for college.

 

Grim: An analysis of results through 2015 suggests 80 percent of Texas high school graduates (still) fall short of earning college degrees or other postsecondary certificates within six years of graduation.

Steve Adler correct about Austin’s No. 1 ranks, wrong about first tweet coming from Texas

May 24, 2016

Austin Mayor Steve Adler, talking up the capital, laid claim to Austin leading Texas by three metrics.

 

Later, Adler declared that the world's first tweet was sent in the city.

 

That’s one True rating for Adler and a Pants on Fire.

 

What’s catching your ear?

Whole Foods didn’t write anti-gay slur on Austin cake, pastor reveals

May 17, 2016

An Austin pastor, dropping his lawsuit, concedes he got it wrong when he said a Whole Foods worker put a slur on a cake.


That admission came a month after Jordan Brown filed suit charging otherwise.

 

 

Ted Cruz’s ‘Pants on Fire’ claim about U.N. shredding First Amendment

May 10, 2016

Ted Cruz had seven Pants on Fire ratings on his Truth-O-Meter record before he suspended his presidential campaign.


He just landed "Pants" No. 8 for a flawed claim about a U.N. resolution shredding the First Amendment.

Julián Castro, Bernie Sanders and the Minutemen ‘hate group’

May 7, 2016

Julián Castro charged Bernie Sanders with voting to protect the Minutemen "hate group."

 

HALF TRUE.

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