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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walmart Did NOT Donate $3.5 Million To Trump, Republicans While Ignoring Democrats
Did Walmart donate $3.5 million to President-elect Donald Trump and Republican campaigns while giving nothing to Democrats ahead of the 2024 election? No, that's not true: Walmart's political donations come from an employee-funded politic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marjorie Taylor Greene Did NOT Say ‘Democrats Would Have A Supermajority’ If Others In Congress Resigned For Things Matt Gaetz Is Alleged To Have Done
Did Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly say that if members of Congress resigned over the same allegations leveled against former Rep. Matt Gaetz, "Democrats would have a supermajority"? No, that's not true: A satirical social media acco
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on Why the Democrats Lost
Plus, Donald Trump is bringing Florida to Washington.
The Dispatch→ Reality Check for Democrats
Earlier this week, Jonah took a visit to a sacred temple in India, where he ...
The Dispatch→ Democrats Air Their Post-Election Grievances
Progressives, moderates, Harris loyalists, and Biden stalwarts grapple with last week’s drubbing.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, it’s not suspicious that Democrats won Senate races in states Donald Trump won
“Something stinks” that Donald Trump won in several battleground states while Democrats won Senate or governor races in those states.
The Dispatch→ Why the Abortion Issue Didn’t Save Democrats
A misreading of the 2022 midterm elections led some to believe abortion would propel Democrats to victory in 2024.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Post Video Warning That Democrats Had Rigged Voting In Prisons In Swing States
Did the FBI post a video warning that Democrats had rigged voting by prisoners in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona ahead of the 2024 presidential election? No, that's not true: The FBI put out a bulletin calling this a "false narrative."
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Progress 2028, the pro-Trump super PAC impersonating Democrats
Online ads from a group called Progress 2028 appear to promote Vice President Kamala Harris’ policies. In reality, the group is a pro-Trump super PAC that distorts Harris’ agenda.
The Dispatch→ House Elections Preview: Can the Democrats’ Money Lead Overcome the GOP’s Structural Advantage?
Republicans are well-situated to keep the lower chamber, but the Democrats have hope.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Tim Walz did not promise AOC House speakership if Democrats win election
Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz “says that if Democrats win they’ll make (U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) speaker of the house.”
The Dispatch→ Bill Clinton Hasn’t Lost His Zeal for Boosting Democrats on the Trail
Plus: Wisconsin women exemplify why there’s a gender gap in the presidential race.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump said North Carolina Gov. Cooper, Democrats blocked aid. That’s not what their actions show
“It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.”
PolitiFact→ Terence Everitt – Democrats falsely claim Ashlee Adams 'campaigned for Mark Robinson and his radical agenda'
Republican state Senate candidate Ashlee Adams “campaigned for Mark Robinson and his radical agenda.”
FactCheck.org→ Republican Farmers Featured in Harris Ad Are Not Actors, Not Democrats
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take An ad from Vice President Kamala Harris features a Pennsylvania farming couple who say they are “lifelong Republicans” but are voting for Harris. Social me
The Dispatch→ Pennsylvania Democrats Hope to Press Their Ground Game Advantage
In Erie, the Republican presence appeared to lag behind the Harris campaign’s get-out-the-vote efforts.
PolitiFact→ New Hampshire Democratic Party – New Hampshire Democrats’ ad omits context about Kelly Ayotte, corporate boards
When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Republicans In Pro-Harris Spots Are NOT ‘Trained Actors,’ NOT ‘Prolific Regular Donors To Democrats’
Are two Pennsylvania Republicans who appeared in pro-Kamala Harris campaign spots really "trained actors" who donated to Democratic causes for years? No, that's not true: The Democratic donations came from people with similar names but wh
Full Fact→ CNN headline claiming Democrats need Covid vaccine to vote is fake
A screenshot of a fabricated article has been circulating on social media.
AllSides→ The ‘Fact-Checkers’ Don’t Even Know What Democrats Stand For Anymore
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/09/the-fact-checkers-dont-even-know-what-democrats-stand-for-anymore/
The Dispatch→ Democrats See A Chance in Texas, Florida, But Could Get Beto-ed
And things look dire in Montana, Ohio.
AllSides→ Democrats warn of Project 2025 dangers in Green Bay town hall; we fact-checked their assertions
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/05/fact-check-of-democrats-warning-of-project-2025-in-green-bay-town-hall/75061369007/
The Dispatch→ Why Democrats Are Rejoicing About Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Trump Turn
Plus: Josh Shapiro made the most of his time at the Democratic National Convention.
The Dispatch→ Democrats Still Hope to Remake the Supreme Court in 2025
Plus: How Kamala Harris’ big fundraising month could shape the rest of the presidential race.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week the Democrats Got Patriotic
The DNC in Chicago was heavy on flag-waving and short on protests.
AllSides→ Fact Check: Republicans and Democrats Opposed Kamala Harris-Backed Deal to Expand Immigration
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/21/fact-check-democrats-republicans-opposed-pro-migration-deal/
The Dispatch→ Democrats Stress Positivity and Patriotism at Convention
Plus: The disruptive pro-Palestinian protests expected in Chicago haven’t materialized.
The Dispatch→ Walz Accepts Democrats’ Vice Presidential Nomination
Plus: What are Western states doing about their homelessness crisis?
The Dispatch→ Pro-Life Democrats Feel Shut Out of Party Influence
With their numbers dwindling, they hope to push for pro-family policies amid efforts to codify Roe v. Wade.
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Are Democrats offering ‘free abortions and vasectomies’ at their Chicago convention?
Some conservative social media users claimed that Democrats are offering free abortions at their national convention in Chicago. Planned Parenthood is providing reproductive health services nearby, but this isn’t sponsored by the DNC.
PolitiFact→ X posts – The Chicago River isn’t a red river; Democrats didn’t dye it to celebrate abortion
Democrats dyed the “Chicago River red to celebrate abortion.”
AllSides→ Fact Check: Democrats Claim Kamala Harris Is from ‘Middle Class’ and ‘Working Class’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/19/fact-check-democrats-claim-kamala-harris-is-from-middle-class-and-working-class/
The Dispatch→ Democrats Honor Joe Biden Even as They Celebrate Kamala Harris
Plus: Would-be VP Tim Walz morphs from attack dog to happy warrior.
PolitiFact→ How accurate are warnings by Democrats, Kamala Harris about Donald Trump’s ‘Project 2025 agenda?’
Vice President Kamala Harris has framed Project 2025 as Donald Trump’s “extreme” agenda for a second term, even though it’s not his campaign’s document. Here’s where the proposal from conservative groups overlaps with Trump’s agenda, and
The Dispatch→ Arizona Raising Hopes for Democrats
Kamala Harris’ entrance into the race has upended polling in the state.
The Dispatch→ Cori Bush’s Defeat Highlights Democrats’ Cognitive Dissonance
Progressives got a win when Kamala Harris nominated Tim Walz, but they are losing big across the country.
The Dispatch→ Shapiro Exposes Democrats’ Antisemitism Problem
It’s a big issue with a long history.
The Dispatch→ Kamala Harris Energizes Weary Democrats
Plus: The vice president’s campaign subtly shifts messaging on Donald Trump.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – No, Democrats have not ‘pre-filled’ 100 million ballots with ‘wrong name’
“100 million ballots (Democrats) prefilled now have the wrong name.”