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Presidential campaign politics put the Truth-O-Meter on overdrive.

Two of Georgia’s sons are angling for the 2012 Republican nomination for president, and they  gave us plenty of fodder last week. We took on statements by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich on government waste and right-to-work states, and former radio host and Godfather’s  Pizza CEO Herman Cain on Islamic law.

We also marked a milestone. The Deal-O-Meter handed Gov. Nathan Deal his first "Promise Broken." Deal accepted a perk from Delta airline, which broke his policy on accepting gifts.

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It's been one year since we joined the growing PolitiFact family. Since then, we've revved up the Truth-O-Meter 121 times. But the fibs, half truths, exaggerations and, yes,  the ridiculous Pants on Fire claims keep coming.

When concealed carry passed the Wisconsin Legislature on June 21, 2011, one aspect of the legislation was cited by both supporters and critics of the measure as a reason for their votes: Safeguards.

We give the Truth-O-Meter a day off as we look at how Wisconsin's safeguards compare to others around the nation.

PolitiFact introduces the first fact-checking app for iPhones and other devices. It has several features not available on the PolitiFact website.

We emptied some of our mailbag last week, saving blasts touching on obesity, Barack Obama and Ron Paul until now...

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich keeps on calling President Barack Obama the "food stamp president."

Never mind that the Truth-O-Meter rated this label Half True in May.

President Barack Obama's controversial decision to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help replace oil production lost due to unrest in Libya also fulfills a campaign promise.

State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, recently wrote that the map of 36 Texas U.S. House districts advanced to Gov. Rick Perry by the Republican-controlled Legislature "diminishes the voting strength of the growing Hispanic electorate." Republican colleagues charged her with race-baiting.

We rated Mostly True an earlier claim like Van de Putte’s...

The Obama administration says actions in Libya don't constitute 'hostilities.'

PolitiFact Georgia kept our Truth-O-Meter handy for Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s appearance at the Atlanta Press Club Wednesday.

It served us well. The former U.S. House speaker made claims during the breakfast talk that the Truth-O-Meter previously checked.

Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, fresh off having a statement about viewers of the Fox News Channel rated False, ascended Mount Fib (his words) in a segment of his Tuesday show.

Last night, Jon Stewart took an extended shot at Fox News' credibility while relying on, um, PolitiFact. Here's a handy guide to the 21 items he culled from our archive.