Tag: Fact Checks
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Detroit Economic Club Speech
This analysis examines major claims made by President Donald Trump during his address to the Detroit Economic Club on January 13, 2026, using government data, academic sources, and investigative journalism. The pattern shows consistent exaggeration of positive economic claims and dramatic framing of immigration/fraud issues beyond what evidence supports.
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Fact-Check: December 2025 Jobs Report – What the Data Really Shows vs. Administration Claims
The December 2025 jobs report shows 50,000 jobs added and 4.4% unemployment, but administration claims of “blockbuster growth” contradict economist consensus. Our analysis examines five major news sources to separate fact from spin on employment data.
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Fact-Checking Trump’s GOP Retreat Claims: Venezuela, Tariffs, Drug Prices, DC Crime & Stock Market
A comprehensive fact-check of major claims from President Trump’s January 6, 2026 GOP House retreat speech, examining assertions about the Venezuela military operation, tariff revenue collections, prescription drug pricing, Washington DC crime statistics, insurance company profits, and stock market records using authoritative sources and official data.
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Fact-Check: Air Force One Press Gaggle Claims
This fact-checking analysis reveals a pattern of significant exaggerations, unverifiable claims, and some outright falsehoods mixed with occasional accurate statements. This mixture of accurate observations, misleading characterizations, and false claims makes it essential for readers to verify specific factual assertions independently rather than accepting statements at face value.
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Did Trump Stop Eight Wars? Fact-Checking Presidential Claims About Health and Achievements
Detailed fact-check of Donald Trump’s social media post claiming unprecedented presidential achievements. Analysis reveals multiple false or exaggerated statements about stopping wars, economic records, border security, and cognitive testing. Examination identifies logical fallacies, hubris, conspiratorial thinking, and lack of self-awareness in characterizing media criticism as seditious.
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Evaluation of Donald Trump’s Statement on Inflation and Prices (December 12, 2025)
The statement by Trump is economically incorrect. It demonstrates a misunderstanding of inflation as a level rather than a rate, and it incorrectly equates disinflation with falling prices.
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Critical Evaluation: Economic Claims About Mass Deportation and Their Impact on Food Prices, Healthcare, Housing, and Property Taxes
A recent social media image claims that mass deportation of undocumented immigrants would increase strawberry prices while decreasing healthcare, housing, and property tax costs. This analysis examines each claim against peer-reviewed research, government data, and economic analyses to evaluate their accuracy. The evidence reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of how immigrant labor and tax contributions function…
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Updated: CDC Autism and Vaccines Webpage
The CDC webpage makes claims about the relationship between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder. The original version of this page stated that vaccines do not cause autism. However, as of November 19, 2025, the page was modified to claim that the statement “vaccines do not cause autism” is “not an evidence-based claim” and that “studies…
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Fact-Check: Trump’s Claim About Eliminating Social Security Taxes
The claim contains a sweeping overgeneralization by stating “NO TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY” when the actual effect is far more limited and nuanced. The new senior deduction will benefit some seniors but not all, and even for those who benefit, the mechanism is not an elimination of Social Security taxation but rather a general deduction…
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Why don’t you make the vaccine safe?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated that during a 1980s meeting between Wyeth (now Pfizer) and the Reagan administration, pharmaceutical executives demanded immunity from vaccine injury lawsuits, claiming vaccines are “unavoidably unsafe,” which led to the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.
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Did King Trump shut down your church?
Claims that Democrats — not Donald Trump — were responsible for (1) church shutdowns, (2) hospital visitation restrictions, (3) vaccine mandates, and (4) fines for not buying health insurance.