Washington Post→ How not to fix Social Security, by a GOP group and Biden
President Biden bashed a plan he says would cut benefits, but the timeline for adopting a House GOP plan would do little to solve Social Security’s fiscal woes.
The Dispatch→ Help Us SCOTUS
Interesting elements in Hunter Biden indictment.
Logically→ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಶಾಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಬಕ್ರೀದ್ ಆಚರಣೆಯ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪು ಕೋಮು ಸ್ಪಿನ್ ಜೊತೆ ವೈರಲ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ
The Dispatch→ Israel’s Looming Constitutional Crisis
Debates over the Supreme Court’s role expose deep societal fissures, including between the religious and secular.
The Dispatch→ Politics by the Numbers Is Not Enough
Neither polls nor demography can really tell candidates or journalists what will end up working.
The Dispatch→ For Glenn Youngkin, Home Is Where the Heart Appears to Be
The Virginia governor is managing endless chatter about 2024 but seems laser-focused on flipping the state Senate.
Logically→ 2022 video from Mauritania passed off as footage of Egyptian Army’s rescue effort in Libya
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Humans Are NOT ‘Biologically’ Incapable Of Digesting Meat
Is the human body "designed" for a plant-based diet and incapable of ingesting and breaking down meat? No, that's not true: Two nutrition experts confirmed that to Lead Stories. The claim in a social media post is largely based on the inc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Florida Has NOT Officially Classified COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines As Bioweapons As Of September 18, 2023
Has the state of Florida officially classified COVID-19 mRNA vaccines as bioweapons? No, that's not true: There is no legislation in Florida that has classified mRNA vaccines as bioweapons as of September 18, 2023. One county Republican o
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ England isn’t ‘giving up’ on 15-minute cities, despite social media claims
CLAIM: England is giving up on efforts to create 15-minute cities because people have destroyed all the cameras and refused to pay tens of thousands of fines.
The Dispatch→ The End of the Pro-Life Movement
As we know it, anyway.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Walmart isn’t refunding $500 to anyone who shopped there last year, despite online claims
“Walmart must pay $500 to U.S. families who made purchases in 2022.”
The Dispatch→ Cotton to Biden: Send More Support to Ukraine
Plus: Cotton speaks on McConnell's aptitude
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ falsehoods about abortion, Jan. 6 security and bacon prices
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s false and misleading claims on “Meet the Press” about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, abortion and the 2020 election. He also said bacon’s price is up five times. That’s False.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Sizzle, fizzle. Donald Trump off on bacon price increase under Joe Biden
The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Call Child ‘Sexy’ — It’s Edited Audio
Did President Biden whisper "You're one sexy kid" in the ear of a child? No, that's not true: The audio had been edited. Lead Stories found the original video on TikTok and in it, Biden did not call the child "sexy." We also could not fin
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Viral video shows flamethrower-wielding Missouri state senators burning empty boxes, not books
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, former President Barack Obama didn’t reveal how his personal chef died
“Obama finally reveals how personal chef drowned in mysterious pond accident.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, there aren’t COVID-19 monitoring drones in Connecticut. Pilot program was scrapped in 2020
In Westport, Connecticut, drones are “scanning (people) for COVID-19 symptoms.”
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Largest share of foreign payments went to Biden associates, not kin, Biden memos show
“We know the bank records show that nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies.”
PolitiFact→ Benny Johnson – Fact-check: Was Trump ‘marching into a war zone of fire and ashes’ on 9/11 to ‘save Americans’?
“Donald Trump spent 9/11 marching into a war zone of fire and ashes with an army of his own men to save Americans.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eglin Air Force Base Is NOT Making COVID-19 Testing, Boosters or Masking Mandatory After Labor Day 2023
Did Eglin Air Force Base make masks, COVID-19 testing, and booster shots mandatory after Labor Day 2023? No, that's not true: In a brief statement, the deputy chief of media operations with the Department of the Air Force at the Pentagon
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Widespread video of a parent ripping down a Pride flag in classroom is a skit, not real
CLAIM: Video shows an angry parent tearing down a Pride flag draped over a U.S. map in a classroom. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
The Dispatch→ Checking the Record on Trump’s Statements About Ron DeSantis and COVID Lockdowns
The former president is criticizing the Florida governor for decisions he once praised.
AllSides→ Have ‘Alien’ Bodies Shown in Mexico Already Been Debunked? What to Know
https://www.newsweek.com/alien-bodies-mexico-debunked-ufo-jaime-maussan-nasa-1827093 In an unusual pres
The Dispatch→ How Joe Biden Plans to Use MAGA Against Republicans
Plus: Trump’s abortion comments reflect his third way. Will pro-lifers acquiesce?
AllSides→ Is CNN Serious About This Piece on the Biden Bribery Allegations?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/09/15/did-cnns-fact-check-of-the-biden-bribery-allegations-produced-an-epic-self-own-n2628515
AllSides→ Another Ad Attacking Beshear’s Pandemic Commutations in Kentucky Distorts Facts
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/09/another-ad-attacking-beshears-pandemic-commutations-in-kentucky-distorts-facts/
Full Fact→ The number of prison escapes has been falling since the 1990s
We looked into the figures after the PM claimed prison escapes were 10 times higher under the last Labour government.
The Dispatch→ ‘Dispossessed of Their Pathetic Livelihoods’
On Sen. Josh Hawley’s plan to ‘save’ low-wage jobs from artificial intelligence.
Logically→ No, there is no white genocide or great replacement in Ireland
PolitiFact→ On the road in Iowa with PolitiFact and GOP candidates, 4 months before the caucuses
Dispatches and fact-checks from the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition banquet in Des Moines, Iowa, as 10 GOP candidates make their case on a stage without Donald Trump..
Logically→ Old image of the former Ukraine Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov on a yacht shared as recent
Full Fact→ NHS in England not paying out £8 billion a year in maternity negligence compensation
A Times column claimed the NHS in England paid more than double its £3 billion maternity budget in maternity clinical negligence payments. But last year these payments totalled just £1.1 billion.
The Dispatch→ House Republicans Remain at an Impasse
A potential compromise brokered over the weekend appears dead on arrival due to hardliner objections.
Logically→ WEF-grundlægger krævede ikke ‘fuld kontrol over landes regeringer’ ved ASEAN-topmøde
The Dispatch→ Three Key Questions in the Google Antitrust Case
The answers may well determine the outcome of the trial.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on Hunter’s Indictment and Romney’s Retirement
Plus, Kevin McCarthy opens an impeachment inquiry.
The Dispatch→ Members Only: The GOP Flirts With Civil War
Dispatch Live teaser.