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politifact_397 | politifact_397 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/brian-fitzpatrick/gop-congressman-oversimplifies-claim-classified-do/ | “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” | Brian Fitzpatrick | 2023-01-22 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/brian-fitzpatrick/gop-congressman-oversimplifies-claim-classified-do/ | There are scenarios in which classified documents can be removed from a sensitive compartmented information facility, also known as a SCIF. It’s a physical space that meets intelligence community protocols that allows officials with the proper security clearance to study classified documents. Sensitive compartmented information facilities are used typically for materials categorized as "top secret/sensitive compartmented information." There are differing levels of classified documents, with escalating levels of security clearances required to view them. Not all classified documents must be viewed in a SCIF. | 2023-01-22 | Half True | true | true | refutes |
politifact_397_ret_b0_gn | politifact_397 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/brian-fitzpatrick/gop-congressman-oversimplifies-claim-classified-do/ | “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” | Brian Fitzpatrick | 2023-01-22 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/brian-fitzpatrick/gop-congressman-oversimplifies-claim-classified-do/ | There are scenarios in which classified documents can be removed from a sensitive compartmented information facility, also known as a SCIF. It’s a physical space that meets intelligence community protocols that allows officials with the proper security clearance to study classified documents. [...] Referring to Biden’s handling of materials with classified markings, Fitzpatrick cited his experience as an FBI special agent and a federal prosecutor, and said: "Classified documents can never be taken out of a SCIF, ever." [...] This is exaggerated. SCIFs must be used when documents with the highest-level classifications have to be reviewed. But even the most highly classified documents can be taken out of a SCIF, as long as specific precautions are taken that ensure similar levels of security. | 2023-01-22 | Half True | false | true | refutes |
politifact_397_ret_bn_g1 | politifact_397 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/brian-fitzpatrick/gop-congressman-oversimplifies-claim-classified-do/ | “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” | Brian Fitzpatrick | 2023-01-22 | https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/scif-skiff-classified-documents-removal-biden-trump-pence/ | Referring to Biden’s handling of materials with classified markings, Fitzpatrick cited his experience as an FBI special agent and a federal prosecutor, and said: "Classified documents can never be taken out of a SCIF, ever." [...] Moss said classified documents, no matter their level, "cannot simply be removed and taken outside of any secured space without complying with security protocols." However, he called Fitzpatrick’s characterization of the process an "oversimplification." [...] This is exaggerated. SCIFs must be used when documents with the highest-level classifications have to be reviewed. But even the most highly classified documents can be taken out of a SCIF, as long as specific precautions are taken that ensure similar levels of security. | 2023-01-24 | Half True | false | true | refutes |
politifact_397_ret_bn_g17 | politifact_397 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/brian-fitzpatrick/gop-congressman-oversimplifies-claim-classified-do/ | “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” | Brian Fitzpatrick | 2023-01-22 | https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-fbis-mar-a-lago-papers-search/ | Federal officials do not secure TS/SCI information in this way. First, TS/SCI documents are so sensitive that only officials meeting a very high need-to-know bar are allowed to read them. TS/SCI-cleared officials must also follow standard procedures to conduct their TS/SCI "read." They must do so only in a government-approved sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF), which is specially constructed and hardened to prevent unauthorized entry and electronic eavesdropping. For certain highly sensitive information, readers must sign their names on the document they read. They may discuss the TS/SCI content while in the SCIF but not when outside a SCIF. They read the TS/SCI documents in the presence of an intelligence officer, who later collects all TS/SCI documents, returns them to a TS/SCI-designated safe located within a SCIF, and logs in their return. No one may take a TS/SCI document out of the SCIF to their office or their home, even if there is a strong padlock on their office or personal safe. When an official leaves government service, they are "read out" of the TS/SCI program and cut off from further access to TS/SCI material. If an official loses a TS/SCI document, they can lose their TS/SCI clearance—or go to prison if they do something more damaging. These safeguards exist because the sensitivity of TS/SCI information is so grave. | 2022-08-22 | Half True | false | true | supports |
politifact_399 | politifact_399 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/joe-manchin/how-far-has-us-cut-its-reliance-coal-compared-othe/ | The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy." | Joe Manchin | 2021-12-16 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/joe-manchin/how-far-has-us-cut-its-reliance-coal-compared-othe/ | Manchin is broadly right to note that the U.S. has decreased its reliance on coal for generating electricity over the past decade, although he incorrectly labeled the units of measurement that went along with his figures. He also has a point that the U.S. has led the world in the number of retirements of coal-fired assets. However, other countries have also made significant cuts in coal-fired power over the same period. | 2021-12-16 | Half True | true | true | insufficient-contradictory |
politifact_399_ret_bn_g3 | politifact_399 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/joe-manchin/how-far-has-us-cut-its-reliance-coal-compared-othe/ | The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy." | Joe Manchin | 2021-12-16 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=west-virginia&ruling=half-true | Joe Manchin stated on November 16, 2021 in a Senate hearing: The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and "we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy." Carol Miller stated on July 28, 2021 in an article in RealClearEnergy: "We became a net exporter of natural gas in 2017, and until recently, our exports have exceeded our imports." Jennifer Granholm stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN: "West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed." Richard Ojeda stated on August 15, 2021 in a tweet: The United States spent "2 trillion dollars to train and equip the Afghan military over the past 20 years. They fell in a week." X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media: "Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over." [...] Joe Manchin stated on November 16, 2021 in a Senate hearing: The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and "we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy." | 2023-10-23 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_399_ret_bn_g7 | politifact_399 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/joe-manchin/how-far-has-us-cut-its-reliance-coal-compared-othe/ | The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy." | Joe Manchin | 2021-12-16 | https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/chapter/chapter-6/ | Reductions in coal consumption have been driven in large part by non-climate factors, most notably environmental regulations to address air pollution, rapidly declining costs of renewables, and lower natural gas prices, especially inexpensive unconventional gas in the USA. (Culver and Hong 2016; Diluiso et al.2021; Vinichenko et al. 2021). Older coal-fired power plants that cannot meet new environmental regulations, or have become unprofitable or uncompetitive, have been closed in many regions. Moreover, coal power expansion has slowed down in Asia, as countries have suspended and cancelled new projects for reasons such as overcapacity, environmental constraints, and the development of renewables (Box 6.2). | 2019-03-01 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_4 | politifact_4 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/28/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-falsely-said-harris-voted-to-hire/ | “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” | Donald Trump | 2024-08-23 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/28/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-falsely-said-harris-voted-to-hire/ | Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tiebreaking vote in the Senate in 2022 to pass the Inflation Reduction Act. That bill gave an additional $80 billion to the Internal Revenue Service. A 2021 Treasury Department report said that the IRS would use money to hire about 87,000 new workers over a decade. But they were not all for enforcement. And it did not plan to increase audits for households earning less than $400,000. In 2023, the IRS proposed a new tip reporting program for service industry employers to report tips voluntarily to aid tax compliance. It was structured to replace preexisting programs but was never adopted. | 2024-08-23 | False | true | true | supports |
politifact_4_ret_b0_gn | politifact_4 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/28/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-falsely-said-harris-voted-to-hire/ | “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” | Donald Trump | 2024-08-23 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/28/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-falsely-said-harris-voted-to-hire/ | Fact-check: Trump falsely said Harris voted to hire 87,000 IRS agents to go after tipped income [...] On Aug. 23 at a Las Vegas restaurant, Trump said: "Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income." [...] Trump said Harris "cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income." | 2024-08-23 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_4_ret_b17_gn | politifact_4 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/28/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-falsely-said-harris-voted-to-hire/ | “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” | Donald Trump | 2024-08-23 | https://time.com/6260075/irs-87000-agents-republican-lie/ | Throughout the fall, for instance, Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker sent multiple fundraising emails promising to vote to repeal the fictitious 87,000 new IRS agents if he were elected. (He lost.) In September, Nikki Haley, now a GOP presidential candidate, emailed Walker’s supporters asking for donations by appealing to the same sense of grievance over the IRS funding. "Senator Warnock, votes 96% of the time with Biden, including for open borders, less energy independence, 87,000 new IRS agents, and higher taxes," she wrote. [...] But that hasn’t stopped the conspiracy theories. The 87,000 new IRS agents claim appears to emanate from a May 2021 Treasury Department report that said such an investment is estimated to enable the agency to hire roughly 87,000 employees by 2031. But most of those wouldn’t be agents or necessarily even new positions. The increased funding was designed to cover a range of positions, including IT technicians and taxpayer services support staff, as well as experienced auditors who would be largely tasked with cracking down on corporate and high-income tax evaders. [...] Yet there are few signs that Republicans intend to relent on the misleading claim of Biden hiring 87,000 new IRS agents any time soon. Republican insiders say that it’s expected to be a recurring theme at this weekend’s CPAC conference and beyond. | 2023-03-03 | False | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_4_ret_b4_gn | politifact_4 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/28/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-falsely-said-harris-voted-to-hire/ | “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” | Donald Trump | 2024-08-23 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/mike-palicz/check-please-are-irs-agents-coming-for-servers-tip/ | Mike Palicz, director of tax policy at the conservative advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform, tweeted Feb. 7: "Those 87,000 new IRS agents that you were promised would only target the rich… They’re coming after waitresses’ tips now: ‘monitoring of employer compliance based on actual annual tip revenue and charge tip data from an employer’s point-of-sale system.’" [...] PolitiFact previously fact-checked claims citing the "87,000 IRS agents" figure, which stems from a 2021 assessment from the Treasury Department on how it would use $80 billion in new funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. The report said the funding could pay for 86,852 new full-time equivalent positions and that the hiring would take place over a 10-year period. [...] Mike Palicz claimed that 87,000 IRS agents will now be "coming after waitresses’ tips," after the IRS announced a new service industry tip reporting program. | 2023-02-07 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_4_ret_bn_g1 | politifact_4 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/aug/28/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-falsely-said-harris-voted-to-hire/ | “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” | Donald Trump | 2024-08-23 | https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2024/08/28/did-harris-vote-hire-87000-irs-agents-go-after-tipped-income-trump-says-fact-check/ | On Aug. 23 at a Las Vegas restaurant, Trump said: "Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income." [...] In August, we debunked a similar viral statement on Instagram about Harris and tipped income. Harris cast the tiebreaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022, but the law did not lay out a plan to send 87,000 agents after tipped workers. And a 2023 IRS proposal to replace programs for taxed tip compliance was never implemented. [...] Trump said Harris "cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income." | 2024-08-28 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_403_ret_b10_gn | politifact_403 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/instagram-posts/phoenix-tv-station-did-not-call-election-katie-hob/ | A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. | Instagram posts | 2022-10-27 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/early-returns/ | Claim: Two television stations aired 2012 election "results" early. [...] Even so, it will be interesting to compare the "results" broadcast over two weeks earlier with the actual 2012 returns. [...] Schortgen, Kenneth Jr. "Television Stations in Ohio and Arizona Announce Obama Victory Before Election." Examiner.com. 22 October 2012. The Daily Caller. "CBS News Affiliate Calls 2012 Presidential Race For Obama Weeks Ahead of Election." 21 October 2012. | 2012-11-05 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_403_ret_b11_gn | politifact_403 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/instagram-posts/phoenix-tv-station-did-not-call-election-katie-hob/ | A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early. | Instagram posts | 2022-10-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/29/youtube-videos/detroit-tv-station-accidentally-airs-fake-election/ | A Detroit TV station’s airing of "The Bachelorette" featured a sidebar that appeared to be showing results from the 2020 election a week before Election Day. [...] And, for some watchers in the Detroit area, the Oct. 27 episode also appeared to preview the results for the 2020 presidential election and other contests in Michigan. "2020 election results air a week early!" said the caption on one YouTube video viewed more than 95,000 times. [...] A YouTube video said a broadcast of ABC’s "The Bachelorette" showed the 2020 election results a week early. | 2020-10-27 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_408 | politifact_408 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/david-mckinley/did-west-virginia-see-45-increase-overdose-deaths-/ | “Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.” | David McKinley | 2021-08-10 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/david-mckinley/did-west-virginia-see-45-increase-overdose-deaths-/ | Overdose deaths in West Virginia have increased by about 45% between calendar year 2019 and calendar year 2020, according to state data. Preliminary data covering a portion of 2021 shows that the increase has recently accelerated further. | 2021-08-10 | True | true | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_408_ret_b14_gn | politifact_408 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/david-mckinley/did-west-virginia-see-45-increase-overdose-deaths-/ | “Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.” | David McKinley | 2021-08-10 | https://api.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/david-mckinley/did-west-virginia-see-45-increase-overdose-deaths-/ | If Your Time is short • Overdose deaths in West Virginia have increased by about 45% between calendar year 2019 and calendar year 2020, according to state data. [...] Between February 2020 and February 2021, the most recent period for which the CDC data is available, the number of cumulative overdose deaths in West Virginia in the previous 12-month period rose from 889 to 1,395. That’s an increase of 506, or almost 57%. The trend is not new: The number of overdoses in West Virginia has been rising since at least 2015. The same CDC data shows that in the 12-month period ending in February 2015, there were 653 overdose deaths in the state. So between 2015 and 2021, the number of overdoses in West Virginia rose by 114%. | 2021-08-10 | True | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
politifact_408_ret_bn_g1 | politifact_408 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/david-mckinley/did-west-virginia-see-45-increase-overdose-deaths-/ | “Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.” | David McKinley | 2021-08-10 | https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2021/04/21/west-virginia-overdose-deaths-set-new-record-amid-pandemic/ | More West Virginians died of drug overdoses in 2020 than in any previous year on record, according to new data showing the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on the addiction crisis. At least 1,275 West Virginians died of an overdose in 2020 — a 45% increase from the 878 deaths in 2019, according to the preliminary data. And because the data could still be updated, the actual number of deaths is likely higher. [...] Overdose death rates have risen nationally, largely due to the pandemic that has left people isolated and cut off from support services. But from 2019 to 2020, West Virginia saw one of the largest increases in overdose deaths in the country. | 2021-04-21 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_411 | politifact_411 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/greg-abbott/recovery-data-coronavirus-lacking/ | “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. | Greg Abbott | 2020-05-03 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/greg-abbott/recovery-data-coronavirus-lacking/ | Looking just at the cumulative recovery statistics from the available states — 14 states have not published current data on recoveries — Texas ranks third. But it is important to note that there are many different definitions of what constitutes a recovery. For example, the Texas figure is an estimate based on hospitalizations and recovery times. Given the size of Texas' population, it makes sense to compare recovery statistics as a rate, as opposed to looking at the cumulative recoveries. Looking at the percentage of recoveries per positive coronavirus test, Texas ranks 16th among the states that have published data. | 2020-05-03 | Half True | true | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_411_ret_b0_gn | politifact_411 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/greg-abbott/recovery-data-coronavirus-lacking/ | “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. | Greg Abbott | 2020-05-03 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/greg-abbott/recovery-data-coronavirus-lacking/ | Ahead of his this announcement, Abbott shared the statement we’re checking and said Texas is the third highest in the nation for the number of people who have recovered from the coronavirus. [...] The raw counts of recovered cases available show that Texas does rank third, but there is a lot to unpack with this data. Abbott’s office did not return a request for comment seeking information about the data behind his statement. [...] The available figures on cumulative COVID-19 recoveries by state show that Texas ranks third — but that data has limitations. For one, just 37 states and Washington D.C. have been recording data on recoveries. Also, different standards are in place for determining whether a patient has recovered. | 2020-05-03 | Half True | false | true | supports |
politifact_411_ret_bn_g10 | politifact_411 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/greg-abbott/recovery-data-coronavirus-lacking/ | “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. | Greg Abbott | 2020-05-03 | https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/report-texas-moves-no-39-list-most-aggressive-states-combating-covid-19-update | The updated rankings, released today, are based on data available as of 1 p.m. CT on March 23, so they don’t reflect the stay-at-home order issued this morning for Houston and Harris County. That order goes into effect at 11:59 p.m. tonight and will expire on April 3. [...] These were the rankings for Texas based on the March 16 data: [...] On March 16, there were 69 cases in Texas but Gov. Greg Abbott said the state should expect an "exponential" increase soon. As of March 24, there are 728 cases in the state and seven have died. | 2020-03-17 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_411_ret_bn_g3 | politifact_411 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/greg-abbott/recovery-data-coronavirus-lacking/ | “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. | Greg Abbott | 2020-05-03 | https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/how-many-people-have-recovered-from-coronavirus-in-mass/2120909/?os=vbkn42_&ref=app | There, public health officials count as recovered any COVID-19 patient who is still alive 30 days after testing positive for the virus. On Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted that more people in his state had recovered from COVID-19 than had been newly diagnosed with it over the last two days. [...] In Abbott's state, the Department of State Health Services reports daily on the number of cumulative COVID-19 cases in the state, and estimated numbers of active cases and of patients who have recovered from the virus. | 2020-05-08 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_412 | politifact_412 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/19/bernie-sanders/sanders-claim-buttigieg-favorite-health-care-indus/ | “Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.” | Bernie Sanders | 2020-02-07 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/19/bernie-sanders/sanders-claim-buttigieg-favorite-health-care-indus/ | If the health care sector is broadly defined, Bernie Sanders leads the Democratic presidential primary field in terms of donations. Buttigieg leads in terms of campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies as well as health services and HMOs, a classification that includes large insurance companies. When contributions to leadership political action committees are considered, Biden has the highest donation total from the pharmaceutical and health products sector. | 2020-02-07 | Half True | true | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_412_ret_b12_gn | politifact_412 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/19/bernie-sanders/sanders-claim-buttigieg-favorite-health-care-indus/ | “Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.” | Bernie Sanders | 2020-02-07 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-finance-202/2019/12/10/the-finance-202-pete-buttigieg-is-poised-to-rake-in-even-more-wall-street-money/5deed828602ff1440b4deb69/ | That’s in part because Wall Street loves a winner, and Buttigieg — who is kicking off a two-day swing through New York City that includes three fundraisers — has been climbing in the polls and leads the pack both in Iowa and New Hampshire. [...] And hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, who has predicted the stock market will tank if Warren wins, has called Buttigieg "my man." A review by Forbes found Buttigieg has drawn contributions from 39 billionaires, the third-highest total of active candidates. Buttigieg’s fundraising from Wall Street’s top bank officials is hardly lagging. He’s drawn more than 300 contributions from employees of the top five firms. By contrast, former vice president Joe Biden, another industry favorite, has pulled in roughly 100 donations from employees of the same banks, according to federal campaign records. | 2019-12-10 | Half True | false | true | supports |
politifact_412_ret_b1_gn | politifact_412 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/19/bernie-sanders/sanders-claim-buttigieg-favorite-health-care-indus/ | “Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.” | Bernie Sanders | 2020-02-07 | https://kffhealthnews.org/news/sanders-claim-that-buttigieg-is-favorite-of-the-health-care-industry-is-broad-and-needs-context/ | The campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), for instance, distributed talking points that zeroed in on fundraising, saying that "Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry." [...] Sanders’ comments led us to wonder if Buttigieg really is the sweetheart of the health care industry. We asked the Sanders campaign for its evidence. Staffers pointed us to data from the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit group that operates the website OpenSecrets.org and tracks money from individuals and political action committees donated to political candidates and members of Congress. The center analyzes Federal Election Commission data and sorts contributions by categories based on the economic sector from which they come. [...] We asked Weber if Sanders’ talking point about Buttigieg is true. That "depends on what you mean by ‘health care industry,’" Weber wrote in an email. OpenSecrets defines its health sector by contributions from PACs and individuals working in various health industries, he said, and "for our data, that’s our broadest definition of health care." | 2020-02-20 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_412_ret_b3_gn | politifact_412 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/19/bernie-sanders/sanders-claim-buttigieg-favorite-health-care-indus/ | “Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.” | Bernie Sanders | 2020-02-07 | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200219/Sanders-claim-that-Buttigieg-is-favorite-of-the-health-care-industry-is-broad-and-needs-context.aspx | The campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), for instance, distributed talking points that zeroed in on fundraising, saying "Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry." [...] Sanders' comments led us to wonder if Buttigieg really is the sweetheart of the health care industry. We asked the Sanders campaign for its evidence. Staffers pointed us to data from the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit group that operates the website OpenSecrets.org and tracks money from individuals and political action committees donated to political candidates and members of Congress. The center analyzes Federal Election Commission data and sorts contributions by categories based on the economic sector from which they come. [...] We asked Weber if Sanders' talking point about Buttigieg is true. That "depends on what you mean by 'health care industry,'" Weber wrote in an email. OpenSecrets defines its health sector by contributions from PACs and individuals working in various health industries, he said, and "for our data, that’s our broadest definition of health care." | 2020-03-31 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
politifact_42 | politifact_42 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/31/facebook-posts/claim-netflix-lost-subscribers-over-co-founders-ca/ | “Netflix loses 6 million subscribers within hours of donation announcement.” | Facebook posts | 2024-07-26 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/31/facebook-posts/claim-netflix-lost-subscribers-over-co-founders-ca/ | This claim originated on a self-described satire site. | 2024-07-26 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_42_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_42 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/31/facebook-posts/claim-netflix-lost-subscribers-over-co-founders-ca/ | “Netflix loses 6 million subscribers within hours of donation announcement.” | Facebook posts | 2024-07-26 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/31/facebook-posts/claim-netflix-lost-subscribers-over-co-founders-ca/ | "Netflix loses 6 million subscribers within hours of donation announcement: ‘The people have spoken,’" text in an image featuring Harris said in a July 26 Facebook post. The misspelled caption said, "NETFLIX Lost 6 million subscribes within HOURS of political donation $$$$$ to Kamal Harris' platform." [...] We found no evidence to support the claim that Netflix has lost 6 million subscribers as a result of Hasting’s donation. As of April, the company has nearly 270 million subscribers worldwide. | 2024-07-26 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_42_ret_bn_g10 | politifact_42 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/31/facebook-posts/claim-netflix-lost-subscribers-over-co-founders-ca/ | “Netflix loses 6 million subscribers within hours of donation announcement.” | Facebook posts | 2024-07-26 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62226912 | Netflix loses almost a million subscribers [...] "Netflix's subscriber loss was expected but it remains a sore point for a company that is wholly dependent on subscription revenue from consumers," said Insider Intelligence analyst Ross Benes. [...] Shares climbed more than 7% in after-hours trade on relief that the losses were not larger. The firm had warned it could lose as many as two million subscribers. | 2022-07-20 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_42_ret_bn_g4 | politifact_42 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/31/facebook-posts/claim-netflix-lost-subscribers-over-co-founders-ca/ | “Netflix loses 6 million subscribers within hours of donation announcement.” | Facebook posts | 2024-07-26 | https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/netflix-kamala-harris-controversy-explained-2839533/ | Social media users spread disinformation following Hastings’ donation to Harris’ campaign. Netflix did not lose 6 million subscribers in the hours after the news broke. A "satirical" X account posted a graphic that read, "Netflix loses more than 6 million subscribers within hours of its big donation announcement." No reports have substantiated this, and the account self-describes its page as fake news. [...] The same satire account said, "Netflix stock tumbles almost 40% after big campaign donation announcement." A fabricated quote accompanied the graphic, "It was a huge mistake." This is false. | 2024-07-31 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_42_ret_bn_g5 | politifact_42 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/31/facebook-posts/claim-netflix-lost-subscribers-over-co-founders-ca/ | “Netflix loses 6 million subscribers within hours of donation announcement.” | Facebook posts | 2024-07-26 | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/netflix-loses-200000-subscribers-projects-even-deeper-losses-this-spring | SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25 percent in extended trading amid concerns that the pioneering streaming service may have already seen its best days. The company’s customer base fell by 200,000 subscribers during the January-March period, according to its quarterly earnings report released Tuesday. It’s the first time that Netflix’s subscribers have fallen since the streaming service became available throughout most of the world outside of China six years ago. The drop this year stemmed in part from Netflix’s decision to withdraw from Russia to protest the war against Ukraine, resulting in a loss of 700,000 subscribers. READ MORE: Netflix tests a possible password-sharing crackdown Netflix acknowledged its problems are deep rooted by projecting a loss of another 2 million subscribers during the April-June period. If the stock drop extends into Wednesday’s regular trading session, Netflix shares will have lost more than half of their value so far this year — wiping out about $150 billion in shareholder wealth in less than four months. | 2022-04-20 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_421_ret_b11_gn | politifact_421 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/michael-bloomberg/fact-checking-mike-bloombergs-claim-95-decline-sto/ | “When we discovered, I discovered, that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks, we cut 95% of it out.” | Michael Bloomberg | 2020-02-20 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8023581/Mike-Bloomberg-declared-loser-Democratic-debate.html | Biden called the stop and frisks 'abhorrent' and the former mayor admitted that it 'got out of control'. 'When we discovered – I discovered – that we were doing many, many – too many – stop and frisks, we cut 95 per cent of it out,' Bloomberg asserted. [...] 'Let's get something straight. The reason that stop and frisk changed is because Barack Obama sent moderators to see what was going on. When we sent them there to say "this practice has to stop," the mayor thought it was a terrible idea we send them there – a terrible idea,' Biden said, invoking the name of one of the most famous Democrats. | 2020-02-20 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_421_ret_bn_g13 | politifact_421 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/michael-bloomberg/fact-checking-mike-bloombergs-claim-95-decline-sto/ | “When we discovered, I discovered, that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks, we cut 95% of it out.” | Michael Bloomberg | 2020-02-20 | https://reggieshuford.medium.com/what-we-know-about-mass-incarceration-7cdf7f9cbcaf | The criminalization of youth of color starts young, with the school to prison — or cradle to grave, according to some — pipeline, through stop and frisk and racial profiling. This society sees black boys as older and more threatening than they are. [...] Ending stop and frisk and other police practices that disproportionately channel poor people and people of color into the city’s jails. Holding officers involved in the shooting deaths of our brothers and sisters fully accountable. | 2018-04-23 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_421_ret_bn_g14 | politifact_421 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/michael-bloomberg/fact-checking-mike-bloombergs-claim-95-decline-sto/ | “When we discovered, I discovered, that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks, we cut 95% of it out.” | Michael Bloomberg | 2020-02-20 | https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/it-takes-a-lot-of-stop-and-frisks-to-find-one-gun/ | Shootings are on the rise this year in New York City, and the trends are raising questions about whether Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to cut down on stop-and-frisk tactics has made it easier to carry guns in New York. The best data available on stop-and-frisk makes it clear that the search tactic turned up relatively few guns in terms of number of stops conducted. [...] That figure casts doubt on whether stop-and-frisks are useful in finding weapons and taking them off the street, but it is also the least generous way of judging the NYPD’s program. Officers might stop passers-by for a variety of reasons (matching the description of someone involved in a crime, appearing to be involved in a drug deal, etc.), and, in many of these cases, the goal is not to find weapons. [...] De Blasio claims that pulling cops off of stop-and-frisk work will allow them to focus more on community policing, building ties that will pay off in the long term in reducing crime. His critics, including former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, argue that the mere possibility of being searched is a psychological deterrent to carrying a gun in the city. The numbers available aren’t convincing enough to win the argument for either side. | 2015-06-03 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-contradictory |
politifact_421_ret_bn_g2 | politifact_421 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/michael-bloomberg/fact-checking-mike-bloombergs-claim-95-decline-sto/ | “When we discovered, I discovered, that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks, we cut 95% of it out.” | Michael Bloomberg | 2020-02-20 | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-and-the-audacity-of-hype | Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters. ___ STOP AND FRISK DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MIKE BLOOMBERG, on the stop-and-frisk policing policy when he was New York mayor: "What happened, however, was it got out of control and when we discovered — I discovered — that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks, we cut 95% of them out." — Democratic debate Wednesday. THE FACTS: He’s misrepresenting how stop and frisk declined. That happened because of a court order, not because Bloomberg learned that it was being overused. In Bloomberg’s first 10 years in office, the number of stop-and-frisk actions increased nearly 600% from when he took office in 2002, reaching a peak of nearly 686,000 stops in 2011. That declined to about 192,000 documented stops in 2013, his final year as mayor. Bloomberg achieved his claim of a 95% cut by cherry-picking the quarterly high point of 203,500 stops in the first quarter of 2012 and comparing that with the 12,485 stops in the last quarter of 2013. | 2020-02-22 | Half True | false | true | refutes |
politifact_425_ret_b0_gn | politifact_425 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/jon-erpenbach/wisconsin-ranks-near-last-federal-money-received-p/ | “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” | Jon Erpenbach | 2021-06-15 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/jon-erpenbach/wisconsin-ranks-near-last-federal-money-received-p/ | Wisconsin did rank 49th in the nation in the amount of federal funds spent on public health during the previous fiscal year, receiving $18.65 per resident for U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs. [...] "(Wisconsin) is 49th in public health spending," Erpenbach tweeted. "We just had a pandemic and will be vulnerable to the next one because Republicans are not investing in public health." [...] In a retort about the state budget, Erpenbach said Wisconsin ranks 49th in the nation in public health spending. | 2021-06-15 | Half True | false | true | supports |
politifact_425_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_425 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/jon-erpenbach/wisconsin-ranks-near-last-federal-money-received-p/ | “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” | Jon Erpenbach | 2021-06-15 | https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/06/unhealthy-wisconsin-health-problems-solutions/ | While public health budgets have shriveled across the country, Wisconsin’s seems to stand out. By one measure, Wisconsin in 2022 ranked 49th among the states in per-capita public health funding — $72 per person per year compared to a national average of $116. Department of Health Services spokesperson Jennifer Miller acknowledged that "compared to the rest of the nation, Wisconsin has been significantly underfunding its public health efforts for years." [...] Gov. Tony Evers has proposed an unprecedented level of public health funding, Miller said. But Republicans who run the Legislature have rejected many of Evers’ spending proposals. | 2023-07-06 | Half True | false | true | supports |
politifact_425_ret_bn_g3 | politifact_425 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/jon-erpenbach/wisconsin-ranks-near-last-federal-money-received-p/ | “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.” | Jon Erpenbach | 2021-06-15 | https://publichealth.wustl.edu/oct-blog-3-keeping-the-public-healthy-who-will-pay/ | A review of public health funding in the United States, before and after the release of the 2002 IOM report, does not project confidence in a country committed to reducing preventable deaths. Using the OECD model for public health funding, the U.S. allots approximately three percent of total national health spending for nonclinical health or "public health" improvement efforts. Matters deteriorate further at the state level; according to a 2016 report from the Trust for America’s Health, Missouri ranks 49th out of 50 states, with a per capita public health spending of $5.90 per person. | 2018-10-29 | Half True | false | true | refutes |
politifact_429 | politifact_429 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/20/joe-biden/joe-biden-leaves-out-context-60-minutes-comment-de/ | “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." | Joe Biden | 2022-09-18 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/20/joe-biden/joe-biden-leaves-out-context-60-minutes-comment-de/ | The Congressional Budget Office’s latest projection shows that the deficit is about $1.7 trillion lower now than it was in 2021. However, this large decrease is because of an unusual historical circumstance — the expiration of large, temporary programs related to coronavirus pandemic relief. The federal debt is not lower today than it had been. Instead, it has not gone up as fast as it would have otherwise. | 2022-09-18 | Half True | true | true | insufficient-contradictory |
politifact_429_ret_b5_gn | politifact_429 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/20/joe-biden/joe-biden-leaves-out-context-60-minutes-comment-de/ | “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." | Joe Biden | 2022-09-18 | https://www.politifact.com/deficit/ | Devin LeMahieu stated on January 3, 2023 in Senate address "In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on January 27, 2023 in an interview with reporters "The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts." Occupy Democrats stated on January 12, 2023 in a Facebook post "Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit or the national debt." Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2022 in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" "This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." Janet Yellen stated on July 24, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" "We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year." Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2022 in remarks at the White House "My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor." Lindsey Graham stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday "The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending." [...] Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2022 in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" "This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." | 2024-03-07 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_429_ret_b6_gn | politifact_429 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/20/joe-biden/joe-biden-leaves-out-context-60-minutes-comment-de/ | “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." | Joe Biden | 2022-09-18 | https://checkyourfact.com/2022/09/23/fact-check-joe-biden-debt-60-minutes/ | FACT CHECK: Joe Biden Claims The Debt Was Reduced Under His Presidency [...] President Joe Biden sat down with Scott Pelly, the host of 60 Minutes, where he discussed subjects such as inflation, the economy, COVID-19 and Ukraine. During the interview, Biden claimed that "[his administration] also reduced the debt and reduced the deficit by $350 billion my first year. This year, it’s gonna be over $1.5 trillion reduced the debt." [...] Biden’s claim that his administration reduced the debt is incorrect. When he took office, the total national debt was $27.75 trillion. As of Sept. 16, the national debt is $30.89 trillion, marking an increase of $3 trillion, according to the Treasury Department. | 2022-09-23 | Half True | false | true | refutes |
politifact_429_ret_b9_gn | politifact_429 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/20/joe-biden/joe-biden-leaves-out-context-60-minutes-comment-de/ | “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." | Joe Biden | 2022-09-18 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/28/janet-yellen/white-houses-big-deficit-cut-and-why-it-merits-ast/ | Often, administration officials cite today’s historically low unemployment rate. On occasion, they’ve touted progress on reducing the federal deficit. During an appearance on NBC’s "Meet the Press," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, "We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year." [...] "While I welcome deficit reduction, the $1.5 trillion was off of enormous deficits," Ellis said. "It lacks a certain context." [...] Yellen said, "We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year." | 2022-07-24 | Half True | false | true | supports |
politifact_429_ret_bn_g12 | politifact_429 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/20/joe-biden/joe-biden-leaves-out-context-60-minutes-comment-de/ | “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt." | Joe Biden | 2022-09-18 | https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/08/26/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-at-a-democratic-national-committee-grassroots-rally/ | But we’ve chosen a different path: forward, the future, unity, hope, and optimism. (Applause.) I mean it sincerely. We choose to build a better America. [...] We’ve done all this, but then our critics say "inflation." You mean the global inflation caused by the worldwide pandemic and Putin’s war in Ukraine? [...] Well, guess what we did?. We’ve reduced the deficit. (Applause.) The Inflation Reduction Act lowers the deficit by $300 billion over the next 10 years. (Applause.) And that’s on top of the $350 billion I reduced the deficit last year and the $1.5 trillion dollars reducing it this year. (Applause.) | 2022-08-26 | Half True | false | true | supports |
politifact_431 | politifact_431 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/sherrod-brown/black-lives-matter-protests-faced-more-militarized/ | Black Lives Matter protesters outside the White House faced a more militarized response than rioters who assaulted the Capitol. | Sherrod Brown | 2021-01-08 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/sherrod-brown/black-lives-matter-protests-faced-more-militarized/ | At the earliest encounters between police and Black Lives Matter protesters in D.C., officers were ready with full riot gear, shields and chemical agents. Capitol Police in regular uniforms were the first line of defense when Trump supporters marched on the Capitol. Federal officials were quick to see fires and looting in other cities as signs of pending violence, but ignored evidence of planned attacks by Trump supporters. | 2021-01-08 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_431_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_431 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/sherrod-brown/black-lives-matter-protests-faced-more-militarized/ | Black Lives Matter protesters outside the White House faced a more militarized response than rioters who assaulted the Capitol. | Sherrod Brown | 2021-01-08 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/sherrod-brown/black-lives-matter-protests-faced-more-militarized/ | In remarks to Ohio reporters, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said there was a big difference in police response between what Black Lives Matter protesters faced and what riotous Trump supporters encountered at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. In the summer, "peaceful Black protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response," Brown said Jan. 8. "While this week, white supremacists, rioters were able to breach the Capitol." [...] On the afternoon of May 29, the Black Lives Matter protest movement arrived in Washington, D.C. About 1,000 people gathered in a park across the street from the White House. The confrontation between police and protesters grew more tense. At about 3 a.m., a line of officers in riot gear with shields advanced and deployed chemical irritants to disperse the crowd. | 2021-01-08 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_431_ret_bn_g14 | politifact_431 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/sherrod-brown/black-lives-matter-protests-faced-more-militarized/ | Black Lives Matter protesters outside the White House faced a more militarized response than rioters who assaulted the Capitol. | Sherrod Brown | 2021-01-08 | https://time.com/5847967/george-floyd-protests-trump/ | The rare display of military might outside the seat of American power was only the beginning. "I am your President of law and order," Trump declared in the Rose Garden, just before curfew descended on Washington on the seventh night of national unrest. Trump threatened to deploy "thousands and thousands" of "heavily armed" military personnel to quash the protests. As he spoke, officers fired rubber bullets and sprayed chemicals to disperse demonstrators outside the White House gates. Shortly after, twin-engine UH-60 Black Hawk and UH-72 Lakota helicopters swept just above the tree line over the capital’s streets, buzzing a crowd of protesters with a downwash of air, debris and fuel exhaust in an apparent "show of force," a maneuver used to cow insurgents in combat zones. | 2020-06-04 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_431_ret_bn_g16 | politifact_431 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/sherrod-brown/black-lives-matter-protests-faced-more-militarized/ | Black Lives Matter protesters outside the White House faced a more militarized response than rioters who assaulted the Capitol. | Sherrod Brown | 2021-01-08 | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-was-a-violent-mob-able-to-breach-the-u-s-capitol-activists-see-double-standard-in-police-response | But many have been quick to point out the differences between the police responses to the mostly white mob that stormed the Capitol and Black organizers who have called for the end of police brutality and over-policing in communities of color. Summer protests following the police killing of George Floyd last May were met with aggressive police action, including mass arrests, surveillance, and the use of rubber bullets, batons and flash-bang grenades. On June 1, 2020, during the height of last summer’s protests, D.C. Metropolitan police made more than 300 "unrest-related" arrests, according to police data. "No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesters yesterday that they wouldn’t have been treated very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol yesterday," Biden said in a speech on Thursday. Ronnette Cox, 35, a New York City-based activist, recalled being pepper-sprayed and pushed on several occasions by law enforcement this summer. "I still remember the stinging," she said, noting the frustration she felt seeing police officers escort white rioters out of the Capitol, knowing how they had responded to herself and other Black protesters during largely peaceful gatherings. | 2021-01-12 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_431_ret_bn_g2 | politifact_431 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/sherrod-brown/black-lives-matter-protests-faced-more-militarized/ | Black Lives Matter protesters outside the White House faced a more militarized response than rioters who assaulted the Capitol. | Sherrod Brown | 2021-01-08 | https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/ | The escalating use of force against demonstrators comes amid a wider push to militarize the government’s response to domestic unrest, and particularly demonstrations perceived to be linked to left-wing groups like Antifa, which the administration views as a "terrorist" organization (New York Times, 31 May 2020). In the immediate aftermath of Floyd’s killing, President Trump posted a series of social media messages threatening to deploy the military and National Guard to disperse demonstrations, suggesting that authorities should use lethal force if demonstrators engage in looting (New York Magazine, 1 June 2020). The president called governors "weak" for allowing demonstrations in their states and instructed them to call in the National Guard to "dominate" and "cut through [protesters] like butter" (Vox, 2 June 2020). Senator Tom Cotton from Arkansas, an advisor to the president, recommended that the administration "send in the troops" and give "no quarter for insurrectionists, anarchists, rioters, and looters" (New York Times, 3 June 2020, 23 June 2020). | 2020-09-03 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_434 | politifact_434 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/feb/02/tony-evers/is-gov-evers-right-that-wisconsins-unemployment-ra/ | “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.” | Tony Evers | 2024-01-23 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/feb/02/tony-evers/is-gov-evers-right-that-wisconsins-unemployment-ra/ | Wisconsin hit its lowest unemployment rate of 2.4% in April 2023. That is the lowest unemployment rate from available U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data dating back to 1976. April’s low rate beat the previous record of 2.5% which was set just a month prior in March 2023. | 2024-01-23 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_434_ret_b1_gn | politifact_434 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/feb/02/tony-evers/is-gov-evers-right-that-wisconsins-unemployment-ra/ | “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.” | Tony Evers | 2024-01-23 | https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIGOV/bulletins/3869794 | During Gov. Evers’ tenure, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate has hit record lows, reaching an all-time low of 2.4 percent in April 2023, and Wisconsin continues to have an unemployment rate below the national average and a labor participation rate above the national average. [...] Still, with historically low unemployment and high workforce participation, coupled with a shrinking labor pool caused by several long-term factors, Wisconsin’s small businesses, farmers and producers, hospitals and healthcare sectors, schools, and other critical employers and industries continue to face significant challenges filling available jobs. Throughout the year, Gov. Evers and his administration will continue efforts to reduce barriers to employment, support opportunities for advancement through Wisconsin’s leading apprenticeship programs, and recruit and retain talented workers to support critical industries of Wisconsin’s workforce. In coordination with his declaration of 2024 as the Year of the Worker, Gov. Evers announced several new initiativesto help address recruitment and retention of Wisconsin’s workforce, including targeted initiatives for careers in education and healthcare—two industries that have particularly struggled to recruit and retain talent. | 2020-03-01 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_434_ret_b2_g1 | politifact_434 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/feb/02/tony-evers/is-gov-evers-right-that-wisconsins-unemployment-ra/ | “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.” | Tony Evers | 2024-01-23 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/politifactwisconsin/2024/02/02/evers-claims-wisconsin-hit-record-low-unemployment-in-2023/72397899007/ | "In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%," Evers said during his Jan. 23 address. [...] April’s record low beat Wisconsin’s previous lowest unemployment rate of 2.5% from just the month prior. And before the pandemic, Wisconsin’s lowest unemployment rate on record was 2.9% in March 2020. [...] Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, "BLS Data: Wisconsin Statewide Unemployment Rate Hits New Record Low of 2.4% in April, State Adds 3,800 Total Jobs Over Month," May 18, 2023 | 2024-02-02 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_434_ret_b5_gn | politifact_434 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/feb/02/tony-evers/is-gov-evers-right-that-wisconsins-unemployment-ra/ | “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.” | Tony Evers | 2024-01-23 | https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/press/2023/230518-april-state.htm | MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of April 2023, which showed Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to a record low of 2.4%. The total number of unemployed people dropped by 3,700 over the month of April and 13,300 over the year to a new record low of 72,900. In addition, total seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs increased 3,800 over the month of April and 51,500 year-over-year to hit a new record high of 3,003,600. The total jobs number puts the state 9,600 jobs above the pre-COVID-19 peak in January 2020. Wisconsin's record low unemployment rate of 2.4% for April is down 0.1 percentage points from the March rate of 2.5%, which was the previous record low. The state's labor force participation rate increased by 0.2 percentage point over the month to 64.8%. Nationwide for the month of April, the U.S. unemployment rate was 3.4% with a labor force participation rate of 62.6%. | 2023-05-18 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_438 | politifact_438 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/08/liquid-death/giving-water-voter-within-150-feet-ga-polling-plac/ | In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." | Liquid Death | 2022-10-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/08/liquid-death/giving-water-voter-within-150-feet-ga-polling-plac/ | Georgia passed a law in 2021 that makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 12 months in jail, to give water to voters within 150 feet of a polling place. | 2022-10-27 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_438_ret_b1_gn | politifact_438 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/08/liquid-death/giving-water-voter-within-150-feet-ga-polling-plac/ | In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." | Liquid Death | 2022-10-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/29/josh-holmes/facts-about-georgias-ban-food-water-giveaways-vote/ | The law makes it a misdemeanor to give away food or water within 150 feet of the outer edge of a polling place building or within 25 feet of any voter in line. Violations of this law are punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. While people other than poll workers can give away food or water, they have to adhere to these boundaries to avoid breaking the law. [...] Keith Williams, general counsel to Republican House Speaker David Ralston, told PolitiFact: "Any individual other than a worker at a polling place is prohibited from handing out water, etc., within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of the line." [...] SB 202 makes it a crime for people — and not just people from political organizations — to hand out food or bottles of water within 150 feet of a polling place or 25 feet of any voter standing in line. | 2021-03-28 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_438_ret_b3_gn | politifact_438 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/08/liquid-death/giving-water-voter-within-150-feet-ga-polling-plac/ | In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." | Liquid Death | 2022-10-27 | https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-in-georgia-is-it-illegal-to-give-water-to-people-in-line-to-vote/20616116/ | The commercial’s two-part claim — that it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and doing so is "punishable by up to a year in prison" — is accurate. [...] The Liquid Death beverage company said in an ad that in Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." A 2021 Georgia law does prohibit people from giving water within 150 feet of a polling place, and violators face up to 12 months in jail. | 2022-12-06 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_438_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_438 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/08/liquid-death/giving-water-voter-within-150-feet-ga-polling-plac/ | In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." | Liquid Death | 2022-10-27 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/08/liquid-death/giving-water-voter-within-150-feet-ga-polling-plac/ | Giving water to voter within 150 feet of Georgia polling place is punishable by up to a year in jail [...] The commercial’s two-part claim — that it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and doing so is "punishable by up to a year in prison" — is accurate. [...] The Liquid Death beverage company said in an ad that in Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." | 2022-10-27 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_438_ret_bn_g8 | politifact_438 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/08/liquid-death/giving-water-voter-within-150-feet-ga-polling-plac/ | In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." | Liquid Death | 2022-10-27 | https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2021/10/bill-would-end-ban-on-providing-food-drink-in-election-lines/ | State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, D-Brooklyn, has introduced S.7382 to repeal Section 17-140 of the state Election Law, relating to furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls. Commonly known as the "line warming ban" the legislation prohibits organizations from handing out refreshments, water or other items such as PPE or hand sanitizer while individuals wait in line to vote. Anyone prosecuted under the statute is subject to a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail or three years’ probation and a fine of up to $1,000 if found guilty. [...] Prohibitions on giving food and water to those standing in line to vote became a national issue earlier this year when Georgia officials passed new voting laws that included a prohibition on giving away water or food within a certain distance of voters or polling places. [...] The Georgia law, for example, makes it a crime for anyone but a poll worker to provide food or bottles of water within 150 feet of a polling place or 25 feet of any voter standing in line. | 2021-10-03 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_439 | politifact_439 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/mike-oliverio/has-the-high-school-stadium-in-bluefield-wva-been/ | “A few years back,” Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., “was voted the best high school football field in America.” | Mike Oliverio | 2023-08-29 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/mike-oliverio/has-the-high-school-stadium-in-bluefield-wva-been/ | In a USA Today contest in 2019, Bluefield’s Mitchell Stadium was voted "America's best high school football stadium" based on nearly 6 million votes cast. In a 2023 ranking of the best high school stadiums in each state, the website Stadium Talk chose Mitchell Stadium as the best in West Virginia. | 2023-08-29 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_439_ret_b0_g6 | politifact_439 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/mike-oliverio/has-the-high-school-stadium-in-bluefield-wva-been/ | “A few years back,” Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., “was voted the best high school football field in America.” | Mike Oliverio | 2023-08-29 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Stadium | Mitchell Stadium is a 10,000 seat stadium in Bluefield, West Virginia.[1] It was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1935, and is located in Bluefield's city park that straddles the West Virginia–Virginia state line. [...] America's Best High School Football Stadium [edit]On November 4, 2019, Mitchell Stadium was selected as "America's Best High School Football Stadium" in a poll conducted by USA Today. Mitchell Stadium prevailed in a bracket-type poll which began with a field of sixteen stadiums located throughout the United States. Mitchell Stadium's opponents were: first round - Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, Massillon, Ohio; second round - Round Valley Ensphere, Eagar, Arizona; third round - Stadium Bowl, Tacoma, Washington; and final round - R.R. Jones Stadium, El Paso, Texas. In the final round, Mitchell earned nearly 60% of the final round vote, receiving a total of 2,149,143 votes to R.R. Jones’ 1,515,558 votes.[4] Bluefield, West Virginia Mayor Ron Martin told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that "This victory is a result of hillbilly voodoo." [5] [...] - ^ Telegraph, GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily (November 5, 2019). "Mitchell No. 1 in Nation: Stadium wins USA Today Best High School Stadium poll". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Retrieved November 5, 2019. | 2024-06-13 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_439_ret_b3_gn | politifact_439 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/mike-oliverio/has-the-high-school-stadium-in-bluefield-wva-been/ | “A few years back,” Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., “was voted the best high school football field in America.” | Mike Oliverio | 2023-08-29 | https://www.smokingmusket.com/2019/11/4/20948768/americas-best-high-school-football-stadium-is-in-west-virginia | Mitchell Stadium of Bluefield, West Virginia, is the winner of the America’s Best High School Football Stadiums contest by USA Today High School Sports. The contest seeded the top 16 high school football stadiums in the country, which included Mitchell at the 13th seed, and then allowed fans to vote online to decide the winner of each matchup. Mitchell defeated the fourth seeded Paul Brown Tiger Stadium of Massillon, Ohio, in the first round. In the second round, Mitchell topped the fifth seeded Round Valley Ensphere of Eagar, Arizona. Mitchell beat out the 16th seeded Stadium Bowl of Tacoma, Washington, in the semifinal round. And in the final round, Mitchell received more votes than 10th seeded R.R. Jones Stadium in El Paso, Texas, to be named America’s Best High School Football Stadium. [...] Having Mitchell Stadium named America’s Best High School Stadium is not only an accomplishment for Bluefield, but for the entire state of West Virginia. The contest gave West Virginia high school football a chance to gain national recognition, by having one of its stadiums beat out some of the country’s other top high school football facilities. | 2019-11-04 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_439_ret_b4_gn | politifact_439 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/mike-oliverio/has-the-high-school-stadium-in-bluefield-wva-been/ | “A few years back,” Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., “was voted the best high school football field in America.” | Mike Oliverio | 2023-08-29 | https://www.bluefieldwv.gov/parksrec/page/mitchell-stadium | America’s Best High School Football Stadium is in West Virginia! Mitchell Stadium is home to Bluefield Middle School (Buccaneers), Bluefield High School (Beavers), Graham Middle School (G-Men), Graham High School (G-Men), Bluefield University (Rams), Bluefield State University (Big Blues). Mitchell Stadium of Bluefield, West Virginia, is the winner of America’s Best High School Football Stadiums contest by USA Today High School Sports. Mitchell Stadium was built in 1936. It is located on the border of Bluefield, West Virginia, and Bluefield, Virginia, and overlooks the scenic East River Mountain. Mitchell Stadium is currently home to two middle school teams, two dominant high school football programs, and two college teams. The two middle school teams are the Buccaneers of Bluefield, West Virginia, and the G-Men of Bluefield, Virginia, the two high school teams are the Bluefield Beavers of Bluefield, West Virginia, and the Graham G-Men of Bluefield, Virginia, and the two college teams are the Big Blues of Bluefield, West Virginia, and the Rams of Bluefield, Virginia. Mitchell Stadium is the home field to many teams. Since Graham Middle and Graham High School play in West Virginia, they are the only schools in the country to host their games in another state. The stadium holds 10,000 fans, but the annual Graham-Beaver game between the two high schools typically sees crowds over the stadium’s capacity, at around 12,000 attendees. | 2024-01-01 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_439_ret_bn_g3 | politifact_439 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/mike-oliverio/has-the-high-school-stadium-in-bluefield-wva-been/ | “A few years back,” Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., “was voted the best high school football field in America.” | Mike Oliverio | 2023-08-29 | https://wchstv.com/sports/top-sports/high-school-football-mitchell-stadium-is-tabbed-the-best-by-usa-today-high-school-sports | Nestled in the beautiful mountains on the West Virginia-Virginia border is historic Mitchell Stadium, which won the title of "Best High School Football Stadium" in America by USA Today High School Sports last year. [...] Mitchell Stadium is home to both the Bluefield, West Virginia Beavers and the Bluefield, Virginia-based Graham G-Men. It makes for one of the county's top high school rivalries. [...] That's easy to understand for many reasons, including a chance to coach at the best high school football stadium in America. | 2020-07-01 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_44 | politifact_44 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/30/social-media/project-2025-would-not-end-gay-marriage-but-it-cal/ | Project 2025 would end gay marriage. | Social Media | 2024-07-13 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/30/social-media/project-2025-would-not-end-gay-marriage-but-it-cal/ | As it is outlined in a 900-page document titled "Mandate for Leadership," Project 2025 includes no proposal to eliminate same-sex marriage. The document refers to heterosexual families as "ideal" and calls for the protection of faith-based federal grant recipients who do not support same-sex marriage. Project 2025 is a "presidential transition project" led by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. Its contributors include a number of former Trump administration advisers, but former President Donald Trump has sought to distance himself from the plan. He has not advocated banning same-sex marriage during his 2024 presidential campaign. | 2024-07-13 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_44_ret_bn_g11 | politifact_44 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/30/social-media/project-2025-would-not-end-gay-marriage-but-it-cal/ | Project 2025 would end gay marriage. | Social Media | 2024-07-13 | https://newrepublic.com/article/178848/ban-abortion-trump-lgbtq-project-2025 | In such a lengthy, expansive plan, it can be easy to get lost in the details. This may be intentional, bogging down discussion and complicating reporting on the project’s potential impact. So let’s focus on the vision of society driving the blueprint. That means beginning with Project 2025’s threat to bodily autonomy: how Project 2025’s drafters plan to mandate their narrowly defined and state-enforced patriarchal, heterosexual, married, procreating family and how they plan to confine people within that vision. [...] This is the America envisioned by Project 2025: one in which gender and sexuality are not acknowledged as actually existing outside patriarchal, nuclear families. All that exists here is mothers and babies, children and families. Each family is meant to function as an extension of the state, dedicated to controlling and confining sex, gender, and sexuality, with all the coercive power and violence that would require. Full compliance could only be accomplished through self-policing under intimidation. These groups know they cannot expect people to do that completely. They know they cannot force everyone to be straight, to marry, to deny their gender, to birth a child. They know people will refuse. What they want is to use that inevitable noncompliance as a threat and a tool. | 2024-02-08 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_44_ret_bn_g12 | politifact_44 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/30/social-media/project-2025-would-not-end-gay-marriage-but-it-cal/ | Project 2025 would end gay marriage. | Social Media | 2024-07-13 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/30/social-media/project-2025-would-not-end-gay-marriage-but-it-cal/ | Project 2025 would not end gay marriage, but it calls heterosexual families 'ideal' [...] "Gay and Married? You won’t be under Project 2025," read a July 13 Facebook post that drew a slash through the phrase "Project 2025." Other posts we saw carried similar doomy messages about gay marriage: Project 2025 will "end marriage equality," "overturn" the right to gay marriage or "ban" gay marriage, they said. During an event hosted by the Center for American Progress, a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization, Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, also warned the plan would "ban gay marriage." [...] Social media posts claimed that Project 2025 would "ban" or otherwise end gay marriage. | 2024-07-13 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_44_ret_bn_g15 | politifact_44 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/30/social-media/project-2025-would-not-end-gay-marriage-but-it-cal/ | Project 2025 would end gay marriage. | Social Media | 2024-07-13 | https://capitalbnews.org/project-2025-black-voters/ | This assault on civil rights is one plank of Project 2025, a transition plan spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation — a right-wing think tank — for the next Republican president. Trump hasn’t officially co-signed, but many of his associates are authors. [...] LGBTQ issues: Project 2025 seeks to ramp up the assault on LGBTQ rights and wipe out certain federal protections for queer Americans. This entails, as the policy agenda puts it, ending the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ "foray into woke transgender activism" by scrubbing the acknowledgment of gender and sexual identity from "every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists," criminalizing classroom instruction on LGBTQ experiences, and eroding vital medical coverage for transgender Americans. [...] Civil rights: As mentioned above, Project 2025 calls for shifting the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice to quashing the supposed menace of "anti-white racism" by abolishing affirmative action policies. The policy agenda also calls for the next Republican administration to use the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to "prosecute all state and local governments, institutions of higher education, corporations, and any other private employers" with affirmative action or DEI policies. And it demands that "voter registration fraud and unlawful ballot correction" be investigated by the DOJ’s Criminal Division instead of by its Civil Rights Division. | 2024-04-22 | False | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_442_ret_b5_gn | politifact_442 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/nikki-haley/fact-checking-nikki-haleys-debate-attack-on-ron-de/ | “Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling” | Nikki Haley | 2023-09-27 | https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2023/09/28/desantis-fracking-fact-check-n2629061 | Nikki Haley: "Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He's against drilling. He always talks about what happens on day one. You better watch out because what happens on day two is when you're in trouble. Day two in Florida you banned fracking. You banned offshore drilling." pic.twitter.com/Ga2xsy3VE7 — TheBlaze (@theblaze) September 28, 2023 [...] Ron DeSantis did not ban fracking. A constitutional amendment was passed by the people of Florida prohibiting offshore drilling, and he executed the will of the people as is his obligation as governor. https://t.co/043v5iEOMl — Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) September 28, 2023 [...] RATING: Haley's claim that DeSantis banned fracking and offshore oil drilling is PARTLY FALSE, uses misleading framing, and omits important context. DeSantis's actions against fracking in Florida are more nuanced than Haley's attack purports. | 2023-09-28 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_442_ret_b6_gn | politifact_442 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/nikki-haley/fact-checking-nikki-haleys-debate-attack-on-ron-de/ | “Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling” | Nikki Haley | 2023-09-27 | https://www.pnj.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/09/28/did-desantis-ban-fracking-florida-governors-stance-is-unclear/70993888007/ | 6 takeaways from second GOP debate: Rivals call out Trump's absence, claw each other "Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He’s against drilling," Haley said. "He always talks about what happens on day one, you better watch out because what happens on day two is when you’re in trouble. Day two in Florida, you ban fracking, you ban offshore drilling." [...] DeSantis campaigned on banning fracking, offshore drilling DeSantis pledged to ban fracking and offshore drilling during his 2018 run for Florida governor. | 2023-09-28 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_442_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_442 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/nikki-haley/fact-checking-nikki-haleys-debate-attack-on-ron-de/ | “Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling” | Nikki Haley | 2023-09-27 | https://www.wmnf.org/ron-desantis-florida-dep-oppose-fracking-off-shore-drilling/ | Florida’s new governor, Ron DeSantis, announced several changes to water policy today. In an executive order, DeSantis made moves to ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking), dedicate money to Everglades restoration, fight algae blooms, appoint a Chief Science Officer and create an Office of Environmental Accountability and Transparency. [...] "Today – on Thursday January 10th – Governor Ron DeSantis put out a statement announcing that he is going to direct the state Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] to adamantly oppose and ban fracking statewide in Florida. We are very happy to see the governor fulfilling the promise that he made on the campaign trail to protect Florida’s water by banning fracking statewide." [...] "And so seeing the governor also taking a very strong stance against drilling is incredibly important because we’re seeing the Trump administration making moves to drill in the Gulf of Mexico as well as on our East Coast. So we need to make sure that Governor DeSantis is using his power as governor to not only ensure fracking ever occurs in State waters off of our coasts but also in Federal waters as well. | 2019-01-10 | Half True | false | true | supports |
politifact_442_ret_bn_g7 | politifact_442 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/nikki-haley/fact-checking-nikki-haleys-debate-attack-on-ron-de/ | “Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling” | Nikki Haley | 2023-09-27 | https://www.politifact.com/florida/promises/desant-o-meter/promise/1498/ban-fracking/ | Ron DeSantis "On day one, Ron DeSantis will advocate to the Florida Legislature to pass legislation that bans fracking in the state." [...] Even before he entered office, Gov. Ron DeSantis promised to urge Florida's Legislature to ban hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, statewide. [...] Almost all of the action DeSantis took on fracking occurred shortly after he became governor. Just two days into his term, DeSantis issued an executive order with several water policy reforms and a line directing the Department of Environmental Protection to push to end all fracking in Florida. | 2022-10-21 | Half True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_443 | politifact_443 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/18/mark-born/state-rep-born-claim-unemployment-claims-pandemic-/ | “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” | Mark Born | 2021-06-02 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/18/mark-born/state-rep-born-claim-unemployment-claims-pandemic-/ | Department of Workforce Development datashows that in the week ending on March 7, 2020, there were 41,015 unemployment claims statewide. For the week of May 22, 202, there were 127,745 claims. | 2021-06-02 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_443_ret_b3_gn | politifact_443 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/18/mark-born/state-rep-born-claim-unemployment-claims-pandemic-/ | “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” | Mark Born | 2021-06-02 | https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/why-have-initial-unemployment-claims-stayed-so-high-for-so-long-20120702.html | Other changes in UI policy have also kept claims abnormally elevated deep into the recovery. Supplemental benefits of $300 per week (formerly $600) have given unemployed and underemployed workers unusually strong incentives to apply for UI. In addition, almost every state waived its usual job search requirements early in the pandemic. These waivers, most of which were still in effect earlier this year, have made UI benefits available to many individuals for whom caregiving responsibilities or fears of infection have complicated returning to work. [...] This dramatic shift in the UI claimant pool owes largely to the federal PUA program, which was created in March 2020 to provide benefits to classes of workers not covered by traditional UI.7 Because federal guidelines restrict PUA to those who are ineligible for regular UI, many states instruct benefit-seekers that they must apply (and be denied) for regular UI before they can apply for PUA. As a result, many self-employed workers and other atypical claimants have been counted towards both regular UI and PUA in successive weeks, even though initial claims for these two programs are tallied separately in government statistics. | 2021-02-07 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_443_ret_b5_gn | politifact_443 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/18/mark-born/state-rep-born-claim-unemployment-claims-pandemic-/ | “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” | Mark Born | 2021-06-02 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=workers&ruling=true | Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: "The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs." Tim Kaine stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet.: "Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men." Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: "It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all." Glenn Grothman stated on June 8, 2021 in Twitter: "We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S." Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: "Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: "Since 1978, CEO compensation rose over 1,000% and only 11.9% for average workers." Joe Biden stated on April 15, 2020 in comments at a virtual town hall meeting: "Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. [...] Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: "Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. | 2024-02-16 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_443_ret_bn_g1 | politifact_443 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/18/mark-born/state-rep-born-claim-unemployment-claims-pandemic-/ | “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” | Mark Born | 2021-06-02 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=jobs&ruling=true | Latest True Fact-checks in Jobs Joe Biden stated on February 13, 2024 in a campaign ad: Under Joe Biden, there are "record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs." Tony Evers stated on January 23, 2024 in Speech: "In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history." Tammy Baldwin stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter: "Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men." Tim Kaine stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet.: "Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men." Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: "It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all." Glenn Grothman stated on June 8, 2021 in Twitter: "We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S." Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: "Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. [...] Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: "Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. | 2024-02-13 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_443_ret_bn_g8 | politifact_443 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/18/mark-born/state-rep-born-claim-unemployment-claims-pandemic-/ | “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” | Mark Born | 2021-06-02 | https://www.datacenterresearch.org/reports_analysis/coming-into-focus-early-indicators-of-pandemic-job-loss-in-the-new-orleans-metro-area/ | Since the initial effects of the pandemic on the labor market, many media stories have reported the cumulative number of initial state UI claims as a measure of joblessness. However, this may be misleading since it undercounts claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).3 As a provision of the CARES Act, the PUA program extends UI benefits to jobless workers who are not typically eligible for regular UI. In practice, this means self-employed people, including independent contractors, "gig" workers, and those with insufficient work experience qualify. This group may be more likely to reflect claims by musicians and other cultural economy workers who are more likely to be self-employed, 4 as well as those with non-standard or part-time employment. [...] To provide a common reference point for sectors with different employment levels, total claims can be compared with pre-COVID-19 UI-based employment data from 2019.13 For the week ending June 6, the Louisiana Workforce Commission received three or more UI claims (initial and continued combined) for every 10 pre-COVID-19, UI-eligible employees in three sectors: Accommodation and Food Services; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; and "Other Services."14 Even outside of these extremes, nearly every industry sector has seen an exceptional scale of employment disruption. | 2020-06-25 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_45 | politifact_45 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/29/social-media/no-democrats-have-not-pre-filled-100-million-ballo/ | “100 million ballots (Democrats) prefilled now have the wrong name.” | Social media posts | 2024-07-21 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/29/social-media/no-democrats-have-not-pre-filled-100-million-ballo/ | There are no official ballots for the general election yet. The 2024 Democratic presidential nominee will be determined in a virtual nominating process ahead of the Democratic National Convention in August. State deadlines for receiving the presidential nominee’s name for ballot printing generally fall after that. | 2024-07-21 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_45_ret_b1_gn | politifact_45 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/29/social-media/no-democrats-have-not-pre-filled-100-million-ballo/ | “100 million ballots (Democrats) prefilled now have the wrong name.” | Social media posts | 2024-07-21 | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nyc-premarked-ballots/ | Just days before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Twitter users began circulating a claim that residents of Queens Village, in the New York borough of Queens, were receiving ballots that had been already filled out for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and other Democratic candidates. The rumor appears to have originated with a video shared by freelance journalist Jake Novak: [...] But, it turned out, the ballot hadn't been "pre-filled" at all. As elections officials confirmed, it had been sent to the appropriate absentee voter in California, who indeed filled it in himself. However, that voter mistakenly used the wrong envelope when he placed his ballot in the mail, thereby sending it to his previous address in Queens rather than returning it to elections officials: | 2020-10-30 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_45_ret_bn_g4 | politifact_45 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/29/social-media/no-democrats-have-not-pre-filled-100-million-ballo/ | “100 million ballots (Democrats) prefilled now have the wrong name.” | Social media posts | 2024-07-21 | https://law.wm.edu/faculty/inthenews/2024/ | July 29 - Professor Rebecca Green is quoted in the Poynter Fact-Checking story in PolitiFact, "No, Democrats have not ‘pre-filled’ 100 million ballots with ‘wrong name.’" Read the story. | 2024-09-17 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_452 | politifact_452 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/10/chris-hayes/msnbcs-chris-hayes-right-economic-impact-internati/ | "Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.” | Chris Hayes | 2020-07-07 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/10/chris-hayes/msnbcs-chris-hayes-right-economic-impact-internati/ | A new Trump administration directive would bar foreign college students from staying in the U.S. if they take all their courses online. Hayes’ statistics are accurate. Education was the sixth largest U.S. service export in 2019, the International Trade Administration told PolitiFact. | 2020-07-07 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_452_ret_b3_gn | politifact_452 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/10/chris-hayes/msnbcs-chris-hayes-right-economic-impact-internati/ | "Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.” | Chris Hayes | 2020-07-07 | https://ceoworld.biz/2024/08/14/higher-education-is-americas-10th-top-export-injecting-over-40-billion-into-the-u-s-economy/ | Higher Education is America’s 10th Top Export, Injecting Over $40 Billion into the U.S. Economy [...] These international students make a substantial economic contribution, injecting over $40 billion into the U.S. economy and supporting more than 368,000 jobs. Their spending goes far beyond tuition, encompassing everything from housing rentals to food delivery services, and it’s nearing an all-time high. Higher education has become one of America’s top exports, ranking as the 10th-leading export according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. However, this "export" is, in reality, an import of international students who bring their financial resources into the U.S. economy. | 2024-08-14 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_452_ret_b9_gn | politifact_452 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/10/chris-hayes/msnbcs-chris-hayes-right-economic-impact-internati/ | "Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.” | Chris Hayes | 2020-07-07 | https://www.theedadvocate.org/higher-education-is-americas-10th-top-export-injecting-over-40-billion-into-the-u-s-economy/ | Higher Education is America’s 10th Top Export, Injecting Over $40 Billion into the U.S. Economy Did you know that the United States has a secret weapon in its economic arsenal? It’s not technology, agriculture, or manufacturing – it’s education. Higher education has quietly become America’s 10th largest export, pumping over $40 billion into the U.S. economy annually. [...] However, this educational export faces challenges. Increasing competition from other countries, visa restrictions, and geopolitical tensions threaten to erode America’s market share. To maintain its edge, the U.S. must continue to invest in its educational institutions and create welcoming policies for international students. | 2023-10-06 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_452_ret_bn_g1 | politifact_452 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/10/chris-hayes/msnbcs-chris-hayes-right-economic-impact-internati/ | "Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.” | Chris Hayes | 2020-07-07 | https://www.iie.org/news/number-of-international-students-in-the-united-states-hits-all-time-high/ | WASHINGTON, D.C., November 18, 2019—The number of international students in the United States set an all-time high in the 2018/19 academic year, the fourth consecutive year with more than one million international students. The total number of international students, 1,095,299, is a 0.05 percent increase over last year, according to the 2019 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. International students make up 5.5 percent of the total U.S. higher education population. According to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, international students contributed $44.7 billion to the U.S. economy in 2018, an increase of 5.5 percent from the previous year. [...] For the tenth consecutive year, China remained the largest source of international students in the United States in 2018/19 with 369,548 students in undergraduate, graduate, non-degree, and optional practical training (OPT) programs, a 1.7 percent increase from 2017/18. India (202,014, +2.9 percent), South Korea (52,250, -4.2 percent), Saudi Arabia (37,080, -16.5 percent), and Canada (26,122, +0.8 percent) round out the top five. Emerging market countries showed some of the strongest growth year over year, especially Bangladesh (+10.0 percent), Brazil (+9.8 percent), Nigeria (+5.8 percent), and Pakistan (+5.6 percent). | 2019-11-19 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_46 | politifact_46 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/29/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-misleading-statement-t/ | Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.” | Donald Trump | 2024-07-24 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/29/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-misleading-statement-t/ | As a U.S. senator in 2018, Kamala Harris criticized the Trump administration’s immigration policies, including a policy that led to family separations at the border. In that context, Harris said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s function should be reexamined and that "we need to probably even think about starting from scratch." But Harris didn’t say there shouldn’t be immigration enforcement. In 2018, Harris also said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had a role and should exist. | 2024-07-24 | False | true | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_46_ret_b15_gn | politifact_46 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/29/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-misleading-statement-t/ | Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.” | Donald Trump | 2024-07-24 | https://www.npr.org/2018/07/03/625507824/4-questions-about-the-call-to-abolish-ice | "Abolish ICE" sounds simple and straightforward. It's short enough to fit on a bumper sticker — as does "Build the Wall," or "Abolish the IRS." It symbolizes Democrats' opposition to Trump's immigration policies, particularly the separation of children and parents at the border. It's a shorthand way to remind lawmakers and the public that Democrats don't like how the president has demonized immigrants — whether they entered the U.S. legally or not. It also expresses the fear and outrage among immigrant communities who feel that ICE is terrorizing their neighborhoods. [...] Many Democrats think that turning the debate away from Trump's immigration policies and back to a fight over which party is stronger on border security is a loser for Democrats. It's why so many Democratic lawmakers refuse to jump on the "Abolish ICE" bandwagon. Even Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders dodged the question, saying only that he wanted to "create policies that deal with immigration in a rational way." Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth said abolishing ICE wouldn't accomplish anything, since even without the agency, Trump would still be setting immigration policy. Although Warren and Gillibrand sided with the "Abolish ICE" push, California Sen. Kamala Harris, another possible 2020 contender, did not. Harris said she wanted to "critically re-examine ICE and its role." Many Democratic strategists were asking why — just when the Democrats were winning the immigration debate — they should adopt a slogan that could backfire on them going into the midterm elections. | 2018-07-03 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_46_ret_b4_gn | politifact_46 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/29/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-misleading-statement-t/ | Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.” | Donald Trump | 2024-07-24 | https://www.wusf.org/politics-issues/2024-07-31/politifact-fl-fact-checking-donald-trumps-false-claim-that-kamala-harris-supported-abolishing | "Lyin’ Kamala supported abolishing ICE," Trump said July 24 at a Charlotte, North Carolina, campaign rally. [...] The Trump and Harris campaigns responded to our query about Trump’s rally claim with multiple citations of Harris statements; we found many more through our own research. There is no record of Harris saying she would "abolish ICE," a specific phrase that others like Ocasio-Cortez have used. And in 2019, when asked point-blank if she supports abolishing the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Harris said no. [...] Trump said Harris "supported abolishing ICE." | 2024-07-31 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_46_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_46 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/29/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-misleading-statement-t/ | Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.” | Donald Trump | 2024-07-24 | https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/02/politics/abolish-ice-democrats-list/index.html | The White House tweeted at Harris, writing, ".@SenKamalaHarris, why are you supporting the animals of MS-13? You must not know what ICE really does" with a link to a press release about ICE deporting a Salvadoran MS-13 affiliate, as well as an Irish national. [...] Kamala Harris of California "I think there’s no question that we’ve got to critically re-examine ICE and its role and the way that it is being administered and the work it is doing," she told MSNBC. "And we need to probably think about starting from scratch." Clarification: This story was updated to remove Sen. Kamala Harris from the list of Democrats calling for abolishing ICE and add her stance in a separate category of those calling for changes to the agency. Harris said the agency should be reexamined. | 2018-07-02 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_463_ret_b10_gn | politifact_463 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/11/kelda-helen-roys/yes-democrats-do-need-more-majority-codify-roe-vs-/ | Due to U.S. Senate rules, Democrats need "more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade." | Kelda Roys | 2022-05-08 | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/with-senate-split-50-50-heres-what-democrats-can-and-cant-do | By — Candice Norwood Candice Norwood Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/with-senate-split-50-50-heres-what-democrats-can-and-cant-do Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter With Senate split 50-50, here’s what Democrats can and can’t do Politics Jan 28, 2021 12:05 PM EDT Democrats now have a thin majority control in Congress, but passing sweeping legislation still won’t be easy. A rule requiring votes from 60 of the Senate’s 100 members in order to advance legislation may force President Joe Biden’s administration to modify its priorities on economic relief, climate change, racial equity and immigration in order to gain support from Republicans and moderate Democrats. With just 50 members and a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Democrats will have the power to confirm executive and judicial nominees and launch investigations in a range of areas. While the 60-vote threshold remains the party’s biggest hurdle for change, Democrats have some mechanisms to potentially avoid the rules — or even upend them. Why do Democrats have control in a 50-50 split Senate? | 2021-01-28 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_463_ret_b1_gn | politifact_463 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/11/kelda-helen-roys/yes-democrats-do-need-more-majority-codify-roe-vs-/ | Due to U.S. Senate rules, Democrats need "more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade." | Kelda Roys | 2022-05-08 | https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/may/10/why-democrats-control-white-house-and-congress-isn/ | "If the Court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at all levels of government to protect a woman’s right to choose," Biden said. "And it will fall on voters to elect pro-choice officials this November. At the federal level, we will need more pro-choice Senators and a pro-choice majority in the House to adopt legislation that codifies Roe, which I will work to pass and sign into law." [...] However, under longstanding Senate procedure, Democrats need more than a simple majority to pass legislation that codifies Roe into law. [...] NBC News, "Democrats push to codify Roe after leaked opinion. But they don’t have the votes," May 3, 2022 19th News, "The Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a draft opinion. Here’s what we know," May 2, 2022 19th News, "Why didn’t Congress codify abortion rights?" Jan. 26, 2022 | 2022-05-10 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_463_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_463 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/11/kelda-helen-roys/yes-democrats-do-need-more-majority-codify-roe-vs-/ | Due to U.S. Senate rules, Democrats need "more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade." | Kelda Roys | 2022-05-08 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/11/kelda-helen-roys/yes-democrats-do-need-more-majority-codify-roe-vs-/ | Yes, Democrats do need ‘more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade’ [...] "Because the U.S. Senate is a minority institution, meaning you don't have to get the most votes and still control the chamber, we need to have more than a majority of Democrats in control to codify Roe v. Wade," state Sen. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, said May 8, 2022, on "Capital City Sunday." [...] "So, even if Democrats had 50 or even 59 votes to codify Roe v. Wade, so long as the filibuster rule remains as is, unified Republican opposition can block the bill," Ornstein said. "Right now, all Republicans are opposed. The Democrats could find a way to alter the rule, as was done for confirmations, by majority, but right now at least two of their own won't agree." | 2022-05-08 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_463_ret_bn_g4 | politifact_463 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/11/kelda-helen-roys/yes-democrats-do-need-more-majority-codify-roe-vs-/ | Due to U.S. Senate rules, Democrats need "more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade." | Kelda Roys | 2022-05-08 | https://www.bu.edu/articles/2021/what-would-it-mean-to-codify-roe-v-wade/ | What Would It Mean to Codify Roe v. Wade? [...] Takeaways - Codifying Roe v. Wade would mean passing a law that would affirm a pregnant person’s right to an abortion without undue interference - The most effective way to codify Roe v. Wade would be for Congress to pass a law, such as the Women’s Health Protection Act, that would be binding for all states. This act was passed in the House on September 24, but it is considered unlikely to pass in the Senate - Unless Roe v. Wade is codified, blue states will likely decide to codify Roe, while red states will continue to enact restrictions on abortion rights, like the 2021 Texas Abortion Law [...] Laskowski: Have Democrats proposed codifying Roe v. Wade before and why weren’t they successful? | 2021-12-06 | True | false | true | insufficient-supports |
politifact_47 | politifact_47 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/26/social-media/viral-clip-of-abc-news-reporter-does-not-prove-he/ | ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump. | Social media posts | 2024-07-24 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/26/social-media/viral-clip-of-abc-news-reporter-does-not-prove-he/ | ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas did not say the "government tried to kill former President Trump," as shortened social media videos claim. In a report that aired July 24 on "Good Morning America," he used the word "gunman" several times and named the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, whom the Secret Service killed. FBI Director Christopher Wray said the continuing investigation so far has not found that Crooks had any accomplices in the July 13 assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. | 2024-07-24 | False | true | true | refutes |
politifact_47_ret_b2_gn | politifact_47 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/26/social-media/viral-clip-of-abc-news-reporter-does-not-prove-he/ | ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump. | Social media posts | 2024-07-24 | https://checkyourfact.com/2024/07/26/fact-check-abc-reporter-thomas-government-trump/ | FACT CHECK: No, ABC News Reporter Pierre Thomas Did Not Say The Government Tried To Kill Trump A video shared on X claims ABC News journalist Pierre Thomas said the U.S. government tried to kill 2024 Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump when reporting on the shooting that occurred at Trump’s July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. [...] The X video claims Thomas said the government tried to kill Trump when reporting on the shooting that occurred at the former Republican President’s July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. "NEW: ABC host claims the United States government tried to kill President Trump!" the post’s caption reads. The report is focused on a new video from mere seconds after the shooting, Thomas says during the segment. | 2024-07-26 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_47_ret_bn_g17 | politifact_47 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/26/social-media/viral-clip-of-abc-news-reporter-does-not-prove-he/ | ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump. | Social media posts | 2024-07-24 | https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/1999751/us-forces-kill-isis-founder-leader-baghdadi-in-syria/ | "The United States has been searching for Baghdadi for many years," Trump said from the White House. "Capturing or killing Baghdadi has been the top national security priority of my administration. U.S. special operations forces executed a dangerous and daring nighttime raid in northwestern Syria and accomplished their mission in grand style." [...] "Our military service members and our interagency partners executed brilliantly," the secretary told ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz. "So here we are. Earlier in the year, we defeated the physical caliphate — destroyed the physical caliphate — and now its leader is dead. So it's a great day." [...] Baghdadi was in a compound with a few other men and women and a large number of children. "Our special operators have tactics and techniques and procedures they go through to try and call him out," Esper said. "But at the end of the day, as the president said, he decided to kill himself and took some small children with him, we believe." | 2019-10-27 | False | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_47_ret_bn_g9 | politifact_47 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/26/social-media/viral-clip-of-abc-news-reporter-does-not-prove-he/ | ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump. | Social media posts | 2024-07-24 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/26/social-media/viral-clip-of-abc-news-reporter-does-not-prove-he/ | ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas did not say the "government tried to kill former President Trump," as shortened social media videos claim. [...] "ABC News Reporter Says "The Government Tried To Kill President Trump!" exclaimed one TikTok video, sharing a clip of ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas introducing a report about new body camera video shortly after the shooting at a July 13 Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally. [...] With the context of Thomas’ statement clear, we rate claims that an ABC News reporter said the government tried to kill Trump False. | 2024-07-24 | False | false | true | refutes |
politifact_473 | politifact_473 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/mandela-barnes/yes-over-100-billion-was-spent-military-contracts-/ | In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.” | Mandela Barnes | 2021-08-16 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/mandela-barnes/yes-over-100-billion-was-spent-military-contracts-/ | News reports show the Pentagon spent $107.9 billion on contracted services in Afghanistan. To be sure, not all of the money was spent appropriately, according to a new report from a special inspector general. | 2021-08-16 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_473_ret_b0_gn | politifact_473 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/mandela-barnes/yes-over-100-billion-was-spent-military-contracts-/ | In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.” | Mandela Barnes | 2021-08-16 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/mandela-barnes/yes-over-100-billion-was-spent-military-contracts-/ | News reports show the Pentagon spent $107.9 billion on contracted services in Afghanistan. [...] When asked for back up for the statement, Barnes’ spokesman Christian Slater pointed us to a April 23, 2021 Bloomberg Law report which found that "Since 2002, the Pentagon has spent $107.9 billion on contracted services in Afghanistan, a Bloomberg Government analysis shows." [...] A Bloomberg Law report found that the Pentagon has spent $107.9 billion on contracted services in Afghanistan. Those contracted services include lodging, laundry, food, transportation, equipment maintenance and fuel. | 2021-08-16 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_473_ret_b15_gn | politifact_473 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/mandela-barnes/yes-over-100-billion-was-spent-military-contracts-/ | In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.” | Mandela Barnes | 2021-08-16 | https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2021-07-27/ty-article/a-breakdown-of-u-s-military-spending-in-afghanistan/0000017f-f650-d5bd-a17f-f67abdfd0000 | A Breakdown of U.S. Military Spending in Afghanistan America’s own government watchdog says oversight of the money spent on military efforts in Afghanistan has been poor with hundreds of millions of dollars misspent and corruption rife The U.S. and NATO have promised to pay $4 billion a year until 2024 to finance Afghanistan’s military and security forces, which are struggling to contain an advancing Taliban. Already, the U.S. has spent nearly $89 billion over the past 20 years to build, equip and train Afghan forces. | 2021-07-27 | True | false | true | insufficient-refutes |
politifact_473_ret_b3_gn | politifact_473 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/mandela-barnes/yes-over-100-billion-was-spent-military-contracts-/ | In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.” | Mandela Barnes | 2021-08-16 | https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2022/WartimeContractSpending | Over the 20-year period of the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense paid various companies about $108 billion in contracts for work performed in the country, according to our latest research. This is in addition to the trillions of dollars spent on Department of Defense contracts performed in the U.S. over that period – and does not include other goods and services produced in the U.S. and used in the war in Afghanistan, such as weapons. What’s more, this figure is just a fraction of the over $14 trillion in Pentagon spending since the start of the war in Afghanistan in total, with one-third to one-half of the total going to military contractors. Over one-third of the contract spending went to "undisclosed" recipients – domestic and foreign businesses who are not uniquely identifiable in the publicly available contracting databases – USASpending.gov and the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). Of the $108 billion spent in Afghanistan from fiscal years 2002-2022, over 40 percent went to the 14 largest companies, which each received over one billion dollars in total contract spending, with the largest receiving over $13.5 billion. There were also thousands of smaller contracts. | 2024-01-01 | True | false | true | supports |
politifact_476 | politifact_476 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/27/tim-kaine/police-misconduct-settlements-can-shift-city-budge/ | “New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement." | Tim Kaine | 2021-05-24 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/27/tim-kaine/police-misconduct-settlements-can-shift-city-budge/ | In 2017, New Haven, Conn., had to pay $8.4 million to settle a police misconduct lawsuit. It drew the funds from other city programs, and restored them the next year using proceeds from bond sales. Few municipalities track the total cost of these lawsuits, which total millions nationally each year. | 2021-05-24 | True | true | true | supports |
politifact_476_ret_b15_gn | politifact_476 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/27/tim-kaine/police-misconduct-settlements-can-shift-city-budge/ | “New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement." | Tim Kaine | 2021-05-24 | https://www.officer.com/features/honoring-the-fallen/news/11244995/bridge-named-in-memory-of-fallen-conn-police-officer | NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The bridge that connects West Haven and New Haven at Kimberly Avenue will be known as Officer Robert Vincent Fumiatti Memorial Bridge in honor of the New Haven cop who died in 2007 from complications after being shot in 2002. Police union official Jeffrey Matchett said it's hard to think of a more fitting tribute to Fumiatti since the bridge links his hometown of West Haven with New Haven, which is where he worked. [...] The bridge dedication was in part work of members of the New Haven and West Haven delegations at the state legislature, said state Rep. Stephen Dargan, D-West Haven. Council 15 had approached him and others with the idea. | 2013-11-22 | True | false | true | insufficient-neutral |
politifact_476_ret_bn_g0 | politifact_476 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/27/tim-kaine/police-misconduct-settlements-can-shift-city-budge/ | “New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement." | Tim Kaine | 2021-05-24 | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/27/tim-kaine/police-misconduct-settlements-can-shift-city-budge/ | In 2017, New Haven, Conn., had to pay $8.4 million to settle a police misconduct lawsuit. [...] We wondered about the New Haven example. Was money for a bridge diverted to settle a lawsuit against the police? [...] Kaine said police settlements can defund city services, as when "New Haven, Conn, had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement." | 2021-05-24 | True | false | true | supports |
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