- What PolitiFact learned in 1,000 fact-checks of Donald Trump https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/feb/01/what-politifact-learned-in-1000-fact-checks-of-don/ 218 comments politics
- Ad targeting Manchin, AARP misses on Medicare drug price negotiations https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/25/american-commitment/ad-targeting-manchin-aarp-misses-medicare-drug-pri/ 2 comments politics
- In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.” https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/mandela-barnes/yes-over-100-billion-was-spent-military-contracts-/ 44 comments politics
- Facebook post invents false Warren quote on immigration and Tibbetts murder https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/14/blog-posting/facebook-post-invents-false-warren-quote-immigrati/ 14 comments politics
- Iranian missiles aimed at U.S. troops were not funded by American taxpayers https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2020/jan/10/facebook-posts/iranian-missiles-aimed-us-troops-were-not-funded-a/ 19 comments politics
- Universal health care diagnosis is on the mark http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2019/jun/21/mark-pocan/universal-health-care-diagnosis-mark/ 15 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders: ‘Exploitative’ payday loans in Wisconsin average 574% annual rate https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2019/may/14/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-payday-loans-wisconsin/ 69 comments politics
- How unusual is the turnover among top Trump administration officials? https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/apr/12/how-unusual-turnover-among-top-trump-administratio/ 5 comments politics
- Florida Democrat says medical pot use keeps patients off organ transplant list https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2019/mar/27/gary-farmer/florida-democrat-says-medical-pot-use-keeps-patien/ 64 comments politics
- No, Ronald Reagan didn't say meeting Trump felt like “shaking hands with the president” https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2019/feb/04/viral-image/no-ronald-reagan-didnt-say-meeting-trump-felt-shak/ 95 comments politics
- We are PolitiFact, the largest political fact-checking newsroom in the United States. Ask us anything! http://www.politifact.com/ 658 comments politics
- Arizona Rep: The cost of 2 National Guard border arrests would help a homeless vet for a year http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/apr/05/ruben-gallego/arizona-rep-cost-2-national-guard-border-arrests-w/ 145 comments politics
- NRA says violent radicals are behind the March For Our Lives http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/mar/23/national-rifle-association/nra-says-violent-radicals-are-behind-march-our-liv/ 1087 comments politics
- NRA's Loesch cherry-picks terrorism deaths in France to argue against assault weapon ban http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/feb/27/dana-loesch/nras-loesch-cherry-picks-terrorism-deaths-france-a/ 6 comments politics
- Florida Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for doctors to talk to patients about guns, TV ad says http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2018/feb/22/giffords/florida-gov-rick-scott-made-it-illegal-doctors-tal/ 5 comments politics
- House tax plan: Permanent tax cuts for the rich, eventually tax hikes for all middle-class families? http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2017/dec/15/gwen-moore/house-tax-plan-permanent-tax-cuts-rich-eventually-/ 5 comments politics
- What is a 'dotard'? http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/sep/22/what-dotard/ 21 comments politics
- Fact-checking President Trump's interview with Pat Robertson http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jul/13/fact-checking-president-donald-trumps-interview-ch/ 9 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders' projection of 'thousands' of deaths from lost health coverage is well-supported http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jun/27/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-projection-thousands-added-deaths-g/ 24 comments politics
- City of Austin appointee says Arabic third most-common language in Texas capital http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2017/jun/05/maram-museitif/city-austin-appointee-says-arabic-third-most-commo/ 15 comments politics
- While mentioning Keystone XL, Donald Trump errs in saying pipelines must use only American steel http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2017/apr/20/donald-trump/while-mentioning-keystone-xl-donald-trump-errs-say/ 58 comments politics
- Bogus claim: Soros money went to women's march protesters http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/25/blog-posting/pants-fire-george-soros-money-womens-march-protest/ 172 comments politics
- Kellyanne Conway's back and forth with Chuck Todd on 'alternative facts,' annotated http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jan/23/kellyanne-conways-back-and-forth-chuck-todd-alter/ 4 comments politics
- 2016 Lie of the Year: Fake news http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/dec/13/2016-lie-year-fake-news/ 47 comments politics
- Donald Trump and the Truth-O-Meter. http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2016/dec/13/donald-trump-and-truth-o-meter/ 12 comments politics
- In Wisconsin, have health care premiums doubled and tripled? http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2016/dec/13/ron-johnson/testing-ron-johnson-claim-under-obamacare-premiums/ 3 comments politics
- Donald Trump's Electoral College victory was not a 'massive landslide' http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/12/donald-trump/donald-trumps-electoral-college-victory-was-not-ma/ 495 comments politics
- Reince Priebus falsely claims no conclusive report whether Russia tried to influence election http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/11/reince-priebus/priebus-falsely-claims-no-conclusive-report-whethe/ 389 comments politics
- At New York debate, Clinton says US has higher accountability standards for toy guns than real guns http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/apr/14/hillary-clinton/new-york-debate-clinton-says-us-has-higher-account/ 20 comments politics
- NHGOP says superdelegates have the power to wipe out the results of the NH Democratic primary http://www.politifact.com/new-hampshire/statements/2016/mar/18/new-hampshire-republican-party/nhgop-says-superdelegates-have-power-wipe-out-resu/ 5 comments politics
- Jeb Bush says Barack Obama will add more debt than all 43 previous presidents combined http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/feb/18/jeb-bush/jeb-bush-says-barack-obama-will-add-more-debt-all-/ 14 comments politics
- Cruz falsely claims U.S. law requires double fencing on border http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2015/dec/29/ted-cruz/cruz-falsely-claims-us-law-requires-double-fencing/ 94 comments politics
- Ben Carson said raising the minimum wage will increase joblessness http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/10/ben-carson/ben-carson-said-raising-minimum-wage-will-increase/ 738 comments politics
- "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular." Politifact Rating: TRUE http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/sep/29/chuck-todd/nbcs-chuck-todd-bernie-sanders-there-same-sex-marr/ 620 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders says income inequality is widest since the 1920s http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/18/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-says-income-inequality-widest-1920s/#occupywallstreet%7C1hobo 370 comments politics
- "The labor participation rate is at an all-time low." — Lindsey Graham on Sunday, March 8th, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press" -- Mostly False http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/mar/08/lindsey-graham/lindsey-graham-has-it-wrong-meet-press-labor-parti/ 120 comments politics
- "Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "unemployment's up" from 4.8% to 6.2%." --PANTS ON FIRE. | PolitiFact http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/mar/07/mary-burke/democratic-challenger-mary-burke-says-wisconsin-un/ 11 comments politics
- "The CBO now says the president's health care law will cut the number of full-time jobs in the United States by 2.3 million by 2021." - Politifact: Mostly False http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/feb/05/gretchen-carlson/carlson-cbo-says-obamcare-will-cut-full-time-jobs-/ 226 comments politics
- Property taxes have increased 20 percent under four years of Chris Christie. Politifact rating: Mostly True http://www.politifact.com/new-jersey/statements/2013/oct/20/milly-silva/milly-silva-claims-property-taxes-have-climbed-20-/ 7 comments politics
- What I realize with r/Politics... http://www.politifact.com/ 13 comments politics
- PolitiFact | Do Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan want to turn Medicare into a voucher program? http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/aug/16/barack-obama/does-paul-ryan-want-turn-medicare-voucher-program/ 3 comments politics
- More Republican Lies about the Health Care Law http://www.politifact.com/florida/article/2012/jul/02/fact-checking-rick-scott-health-care-law/ 4 comments politics
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- Jon Stewart Reads Off Laundry List of False Statements by 'Lying Dynasty' Fox News http://gawker.com/5814309/jon-stewart-reads-off-laundry-list-of-false-statements-by-lying-dynasty-fox-news 1215 comments
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- Trump Denounced "Leakers" After Sharing Classified Information With Russians | Teen Vogue http://www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-denounced-leakers-after-sharing-classified-information-with-russians 307 comments
- Trump ads on Facebook about Biden and police are false, fact-checkers find - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/05/trump-facebook-ads-false/ 209 comments
- True stories can win out on social media, study finds https://news.osu.edu/true-stories-can-win-out-on-social-media-study-finds/ 204 comments
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- Hunter Biden: Everything you need to know to help you discuss the president’s son with your right-wing loved ones. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/hunter-biden-twitter-nypost-ukraine-china-conspiracy-theories.html 110 comments
- Many Politicians Lie. But Trump Has Elevated the Art of Fabrication. - The New York Times https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/us/politics/lies-trump-obama-mislead.html 89 comments
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- Why is politics filled with so many pants-on-fire lies these days? - Vox http://www.vox.com/2016/6/28/12046126/brexit-donald-trump-facts-politics 68 comments
- Opinion | The Real Reason Biden Is Ahead of Trump? He’s a Man - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/opinion/trump-biden-popularity.html 67 comments
- Fact Checkers Threaten To Boycott Next Presidential Debate Unless Trump Agrees To Use At Least One Fact | HuffPost Entertainment http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-lamb/fact-checkers-threaten-to_b_12253166.html 67 comments
- Trump And Clinton Clash In Nasty Second Presidential Debate https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/second-presidential-debate-live-updates?amp%3Butm_term=.kx40dvqrk&bftwnews=#.rux8d0yb1 65 comments
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