Ask PolitiFact: What is antifa, and why is it all over my timeline?
WEBJul 2, 2020 · Antifa stands for “anti-fascist.”. It’s a broad, loosely affiliated coalition of left-wing activists that’s been around for decades, but has had a resurgence since the election of ...
PolitiFact | No, Trump wasn’t inaugurated president in 2021
WEBDec 8, 2021 · Trump, who lost the 2020 U.S. presidential election to President Joe Biden, has not been secretly inaugurated as commander in chief. There is no credible evidence to support this claim. There are ...
Terrorism in the United States: key facts, patterns and trends
WEBDec 5, 2019 · The group reports that in the period post-9/11 to Aug. 3, 2019, jihadists killed 104 people. Far-right terrorists killed at least 109 people. The latest example cited by New America of a far-right ...
PolitiFact | A look at Kamala Harris’ multi-ethnic background and ...
WEBAug 14, 2020 · A little bit on her background. Harris was born in Oakland, Calif., in 1964, to parents Shyamala and Donald Harris. The daughter of two immigrants — her father came from Jamaica, her mother from ...
PolitiFact | How Donald Trump performed on 11 key promises
WEBJan 19, 2021 · Since Trump’s inauguration in 2017, PolitiFact has tracked 102 pledges Trump made to voters during the 2016 campaign. As he leaves office, our final report on the Trump-O-Meter shows he kept 25 ...
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WEBSep 10, 2024 · Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens ...
Hangings, guillotines and Gitmo: Going behind Real Raw News ...
WEBSep 24, 2021 · Real Raw News was created in April 2020, according to domain registration records.It started publishing in late December, with stories alleging that FEMA had purchased assault rifles from China ...
PolitiFact | Yes, prices are higher under Biden, but recovery from …
WEBMay 27, 2021 · Prices for lumber, gas, wheat, coal and corn were sharply higher in April 2021, about three months after Joe Biden became president, than they were in April 2020. The main reason is the nation’s ...
PolitiFact | What does it mean to be ‘woke’?
WEBMar 7, 2023 · British lexicographer and linguist Tony Thorne said he construes "woke" to mean "alert to and aware of issues of social justice." Since the 2000s, he told PolitiFact, it’s meant something like ...
Do states verify citizenship of voters in federal elections?
WEBDec 7, 2020 · Trump said, "No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections." The kernel of truth here is that the federal form to register to vote doesn ...