How to make sense of Michael Flynn's contradictions? He was one of the most distinguished military intelligence officers in a generation. Now he’s the shortest-lived national security adviser in American history after loose-lipped talk with t
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Snopes→ Did a Retired Army General Call President Trump a ‘Serious Threat to U.S. National Security’?
Gen. Barry McCaffrey also asserted that the president was "under the sway" of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Snopes→ Cohen Confesses to Lying About Trump Tower Moscow Deal
The surprise plea agreement with President Donald Trump's former lawyer made clear that prosecutors believe Michael Cohen was continuing to pursue the Trump Tower Moscow project weeks after his boss had clinched the Republican nomination for president
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Sketchy Cohen Claims
President Donald Trump went on the attack against Michael Cohen, saying his former personal attorney is a “weak person” trying to avoid jail time by “lying” about negotiations with Russian officials about a possible Trump Tower
Snopes→ Trump Team Turns Over Written Answers to Mueller’s Questions
President Donald Trump has provided the special counsel with written answers to questions about his knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Lead Stories→ The Ultimate Christopher Blair and America’s Last Line of Defense Reading List
Yesterday Eli Saslow at the Washington Post wrote a fantastic article about Christopher Blair, a man from Maine who has been trolling conservatives and Trump supporters online for years and occasionally even made a living out of it. Blair's ma
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Voter Fraud Claims
With votes continuing to be counted in very close elections in Florida, Georgia and Arizona, President Donald Trump and some other Republicans have been crying foul, making false and misleading claims of supposed election fraud perpetrated by Democrats
FactCheck.org→ FBI Didn’t Clear Michael Flynn
Q: Was former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn recently cleared by the FBI in the Russia probe? A: No. A website makes that claim based on an outdated news story that was published prior to Flynn pleading guilty to making false statements t
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a CNN Reporter Assault a White House Employee?
The morning after a hotly-contested midterm election resulted in Republicans resoundingly losing control of the House, United States President Donald Trump held a rambling, bizarre press conference in which he alternately took credit for Republicans ma
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Twitter ‘Truth’
President Donald Trump says social media is “my form of telling the truth.” In fact, there are many well documented examples of Trump — as a candidate and as president — spreading false information on Twitter. Trump made his rem
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump Did NOT Strip Citizenship from Children of Immigrants (Yet), Did NOT Disqualify Himself from Presidency
Did Donald Trump legally disqualify himself from being eligible for the office of President of the United States after stripping citizenship from children of immigrants because his own mother was Scottish? No, that's not true: a satirical arti
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Singer Maître Gims NOT Dead After Road Accident In Paris
Did French rapper Maître Gims die after a road accident in Paris? No, that's not true: a Russian fake news website specializing in death hoaxes about French celebrities struck again. The news is not real. The story originated from an articl
Makeshift Bombs Sent to Subjects of Major Conspiracy Theories
In the final weeks of October 2018, following months of increasingly shrill, increasingly baroque conspiracy theories pushed by official after elected official, someone began sending mail bombs out to their favorite subjects. The first person to receive a mail bomb was philanthropist billionaire George Soros, who has been the American far right’s favorite bugbear at least […]
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Truth or Fiction?→ Makeshift Bombs Sent to Subjects of Major Conspiracy Theories
In the final weeks of October 2018, following months of increasingly shrill, increasingly baroque conspiracy theories pushed by official after elected official, someone began sending mail bombs out to their favorite subjects. The first person to recei
Snopes→ Trump Adviser Says No Clarity on Further Sanctions on Russia
The U.S. imposed the latest Russian sanctions earlier this year in reaction to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain.
Snopes→ Kremlin Calls Treaty Exit Without New Deal Offer ‘Dangerous’
As Trump's national security adviser prepared to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Putin's spokesman acknowledged the 1987 arms control deal had "weak spots."
Did Vladimir Putin Say the United States’ Influence in the World Is ‘Waning’?
Russian president Vladimir Putin criticized the United States in his annual address to the nation in October 2018, saying that American influence in the world has irrevocably waned. Left-leaning political news site AmericanIndependent.com reported on his comments in a story that was later picked up by Shareblue.com: Speaking about the position of the U.S. on […]
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