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WEBSep 9, 2009 · 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fact-checking false claims about the 2020 election - PolitiFact
WEBNov 20, 2020 · Since Election Day, PolitiFact has fact-checked more than 80 misleading or false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election. Federal agencies, state election officials and technology experts ...
What is a MAGA Republican? - PolitiFact
WEBJan 6, 2021 · MAGA is the Trump brand, from campaign slogan, to red hats emblazoned with the letters, to the closing line of his stump speeches. "A MAGA Republican is first and foremost a Trump supporter, no ...
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 | 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 ...
Central America and the root causes of migration to the US
WEBJun 7, 2021 · People in Central America who lead anti-corruption efforts and U.S.-based experts who study migration and Central America describe countries where crisis conditions caused by wars, displacement ...