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Snopes→ Pelosi Appoints 2nd GOP Critic of Trump to Jan. 6 Committee
Rep. Adam Kinzinger joins Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, as the two committee's Republicans, both selected by the leader of the opposition party.
Snopes→ Pelosi Says ‘Deadly Serious’ Jan. 6 Probe to Go on Without GOP
The Republicans' House leader, Kevin McCarthy, called the committee a “sham process” and suggested that GOP lawmakers who take part could face consequences.
Snopes→ 3 GOP House Members Lose Appeals Over $500 Mask Fines
Three Republican U.S. House members have lost appeals challenging fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor earlier this year.
Snopes→ Biden Wants Spending to Boost Economy, GOP to Block Vote
President Joe Biden said that his infrastructure and families agenda must be passed to sustain the economic momentum of his first six months in office, aiming to set the tone for a crucial week of congressional negotiations on the two bills.
WaPo Fact Checker→ The bogus GOP claim that Biden is responsible for higher gasoline prices
Gasoline prices are at a seven-year peak, but you can’t blame presidential policies.
Snopes→ Texas Democrats Plan to Leave State to Stop GOP Voting Bill
Democrats in the Texas Legislature were planning to leave the state for Washington, D.C., in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, creating another dramatic showdown over voting rights in America.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ House GOP’s Misplaced Blame for Rising Homicides
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/07/house-gops-misplaced-blame-for-rising-homicides/ On Twitter, the Hous
FactCheck.org→ House GOP’s Misplaced Blame for Rising Homicides
On Twitter, the House Republican Conference posted an image of rising homicide rates in seven cities with this bit of misleading commentary: “Welcome to President Biden’s America.” Homicides are on the rise, but the increase started last year whe
Snopes→ Pelosi Names GOP’s Cheney to Panel Investigating Jan. 6 Riot
Pelosi named Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to a new select committee on the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, elevating the most unyielding GOP critic of former President Donald Trump to work alongside seven Democrats on the high-profile investi
TruthOrFiction→ ‘White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Blames GOP for Defunding Police’
On July 1 2021, the right-wing blog DailyWire.com published a story with the headline, “Psaki Blames GOP For Defunding Police, But She Can’t Name 1 Republican Who Called For Defunding Police,” which claimed that White House Press Secreta
Snopes→ GOP Donor Pays $1M to Deploy South Dakota National Guard
Willis Johnson said he just wanted to help.
WaPo Fact Checker→ The continuing GOP fiction that President Biden supports defunding police
The Trump campaign kept falsely saying that Biden wanted to defund police. Now that he's proposed to boost funding, GOP lawmakers keep repeating this falsehood.
Snopes→ Michigan Senate GOP Probe: No Systemic Fraud in Election
State Senate Republicans who investigated Michigan's 2020 presidential election for months concluded there was no widespread or systemic fraud.
Snopes→ Amid Reform Movement, Some GOP States Give Police More Power
States where lawmakers pushed back against the police-reform movement included Arizona, Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wyoming, according to an Associated Press review of legislation.
Snopes→ FACT CHECK: Putin’s Twisted Tale on Rival; Biden GOP Jab
A look at the veracity of some statements from U.S. President Joe Biden’s week of diplomacy and his return to the domestic fray.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ How a GOP Senate resolution condemning critical race theory distorts the facts
In America’s fraught debate over race and justice, a blend of Republicans, libertarians and conservatives have focused their ire on critical race theory. It’s not a well-defined target. Supporters describe critical race theory as a collection of id
Snopes→ GOP Ramps Up Misleading Attack on Democrats’ Policing Policy
As rising murder rates gain attention in American cities, Republicans have ramped up a misleading campaign to cast Democrats as anti-police and lax on public safety.
Snopes→ Oregon GOP Legislator Mike Nearman Ousted Over State Capitol Breach
Republican lawmakers voted with majority Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives to take the historic step of expelling a Republican member who let violent, far-right protesters into the state Capitol on Dec. 21.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Major GOP Members Trump, Pence, Manafort, McConnell Were NOT Born 9 Months After Purported UFO Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico
Were Republican Party leaders Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Paul Manafort and Mitch McConnell born nine months after a purported UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947? No, that's not true: Although some of the four Republican Party memb
Snopes→ GOP Aims To Revive Fauci Attacks After Email Trove Released
There’s no evidence of wrongdoing, but Republican calls for Dr. Anthony Fauci's resignation have grown louder, as have demands for new investigations into the origins of the virus.
Snopes→ Texas GOP to Revive Voting Bill, Democrats Plot Next Move
Texas Republicans pressed ahead with their push for tougher election laws, vowing to ensure Democrats' victory over one of the most restrictive voting measures in the country would only be temporary.
Snopes→ House GOP Falsely Blames Biden for Gas Prices
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and other members of his party are falsely blaming President Joe Biden for higher gasoline and lumber costs.
Snopes→ Texas GOP’S New Voting Restrictions on Verge of Approval
The sweeping measure, known as Senate Bill 7, passed along party lines around 6 a.m. after eight hours of questioning by Democrats.
Snopes→ GOP Blocks Capitol Riot Probe, Displaying Loyalty to Trump
Senate Republicans have blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, displaying continuing party loyalty to former President Donald Trump.
Snopes→ GOP Blocks Bipartisan Probe of Deadly Jan. 6 Riot at Capitol
Former President Donald Trump, who still has a firm hold on the Republican party, has called the commission a “Democrat trap.”
Snopes→ GOP Poised to Block Bipartisan Probe of Jan. 6 Insurrection
Broad Republican opposition was expected in what would be their first successful Senate filibuster of the Biden presidency.
Snopes→ GOP Set to Block 1/6 Panel, Stoking Senate Filibuster Fight
Most Republicans oppose the bill that would establish a commission to investigate the attack by Donald Trump supporters over the election.
Snopes→ House GOP Leaders Condemn Greene over Holocaust Comments
House Republican leaders forcefully condemned GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her comments comparing COVID-19 safety measures like mask-wearing to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany “appalling.”
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Ballot drop boxes were popular in 2020. Then they became a GOP target.
As the U.S. Postal Service struggled and COVID-19 raged, millions of 2020 voters chose to return their mail ballots using official ballot drop boxes rather than risk unreliable mail delivery or crowded spaces. These drop boxes — often big, sturdy, sl
WaPo Fact Checker→ Republican leaders’ claim that the Jan. 6 commission bill would not allow GOP staff hires
The bill includes language requiring some deference to Republicans on staff hiring decisions.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Removal of Liz Cheney from House leadership is only one piece of GOP coalescing around the ‘Big Lie’
The Republican Party’s crusade to enforce allegiance to former President Donald Trump claimed its most high-profile victim this week when Rep. Liz Cheney, Wyoming’s reliably conservative congresswoman and its sole representative in the House, was s
Snopes→ As GOP Restricts Voting, Democrats Move to Expand Access
More than 800 bills have been filed in 47 states this year with provisions that would expand voting rights, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a public policy group that advocates for voting access.
Snopes→ House GOP Elects Trump Defender Elise Stefanik to No. 3 Post
Rep. Elise Stefanik, a moderate turned Trump loyalist who's given voice to many of his false claims about election fraud, was elected as expected to the No. 3 post that Rep. Liz Cheney held for over two years.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Deflect, minimize, deny: Unraveling the GOP Capitol riot spin
Rep. Liz Cheney’s ouster from GOP leadership shows how far we’ve come in the whitewashing of Jan. 6. These three videos tell the story.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking claims made in support of Michigan’s GOP-backed election bills
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/may/12/fact-checking-claims-made-support-republican-elect/ Mich
Snopes→ House GOP Ousts Trump Critic Liz Cheney from Top Post
Rep. Liz Cheney has told Republicans she intends to remain in Congress and seek reelection next year in Wyoming, a solidly pro-Trump state.
Snopes→ Democrats Press for Broader Voting Access As GOP Resists
Republicans in the U.S. Senate mounted an aggressive case against sweeping election and voting-access legislation from Democrats.
Snopes→ DeSantis Signs GOP-Drafted Florida Voting Bill, Legal Fight Begins
“Right now I have what we think is the strongest election integrity measures in the country,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said as he signed it.
Snopes→ Despite Business Warnings, GOP Moves Ahead with Voting Bills
The statement stopped short of stating opposition to the specific legislation proposed in Texas. Nonetheless, it amounts to a cautious rebuke of lawmakers using former President Donald Trump’s false claims about a stolen election to make it harder to