Jon Greenberg
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PolitiFact - No, Maricopa vote tabulators didn’t lead to ballots with ‘no chain of custody’
Soon after polls opened in Arizona’s Maricopa County, a number of automatic vote counting machines, called tabulators, s → Read More
PolitiFact | Fact-checking Mark Kelly and Blake Masters in Arizona Senate race
Count Arizona as another state where Republicans could pick up a Senate seat and flip the chamber. Polls show a statisti → Read More
PolitiFact - Ohio’s Tim Ryan said J.D. Vance was silent on Pelosi attack
At a Fox News town hall-style event in Ohio, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan fielded a question about the → Read More
PolitiFact | AZ GOP governor hopeful Lake called a near-total abortion ban law ‘great’
With abortion as a driving issue in the midterm elections, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Arizona, Katie Hobb → Read More
PolitiFact - 40% of student borrowers lack a four-year degree
As Republicans see it, President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan is a gift to the well-off. But Sen. Elizabeth Warr → Read More
Democrats’ climate, health care bill fulfills some Biden promises, not others
PolitiFact | Climate change goals get a major boost under the bill, with about $369 billion over 10 years. → Read More
Biden Promise Tracker:
In mid-July, President Joe Biden's vow to put the country on the path to net-zero emissions by 2050 looked to be beyond reach. Congress held the key to funding the steps needed to stave off the worst effects of climate change, and every legislative effort had stalled. In a 50-50 Senate, West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin was the most prominent holdout, and without him, nothing could move. That… → Read More
PolitiFact - Fact-checking Blake Masters: Mark Kelly voted to legalize abortion ‘up until the moment of birth’
In the abortion debate, Republicans have long claimed that Democrats support abortion without limit. During a Trump rall → Read More
PolitiFact - Mailbag: The stolen election myth, abortion laws, defending fact-checkers
In the last month, the Jan. 6 hearings kept the Capitol assault and the underlying belief of a flawed election in the ne → Read More
Trump pressured states to reverse votes. They pushed back.
PolitiFact | Three top Trump campaign lawyers backed away from creating fake alternative slates of electors in certain states. → Read More
In Jan. 6 hearing, former AG Barr discredits ‘2,000 Mules’ voter fraud film
PolitiFact | A documentary alleged massive voter fraud in the 2020 election. Barr said the documentary does not prove its claims. → Read More
Most Republicans think the 2020 election was stolen. Why?
PolitiFact | In poll after poll, about 70% of Republicans say they don’t think Joe Biden is the legitimate winner of the 2020 election. → Read More
PolitiFact - Russia, China and Tucker Carlson lack evidence on Ukraine bioweapons labs
Russia, China and right-wing American media have been spreading false stories about U.S.-backed bioweapon labs in Ukrain → Read More
PolitiFact - Ohio’s Josh Mandel repeats false claim of stolen 2020 election
Josh Mandel faces at least five competitors for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Ohio. He aims to win by being t → Read More
PolitiFact - Ohio’s Josh Mandel repeats false claim of stolen 2020 election
Josh Mandel faces at least five competitors for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Ohio. He aims to win by being t → Read More
PolitiFact - Vladimir Putin repeats false claim of genocide in Ukraine
Russia has given several reasons for launching a war against Ukraine. In a televised address announcing the military ass → Read More
PolitiFact - Biden’s boast about rising wages ignores effect of inflation
During his long session with reporters to mark his first year in office, President Joe Biden said he’d had both setbacks → Read More
PolitiFact | Fauci said all you have to do is ask for his financial disclosure. Yes, but it could take a while.
Critics of Dr. Anthony Fauci — the government’s top infectious-disease adviser — hint that he profited → Read More
Biden Promise Tracker:
Fracking revolutionized the oil and gas industry, creating a torrent of new supply that drove down the price of natural gas. The process, which injects water, sand and chemicals far beneath the surface to extract oil and gas, has threatened water supplies and been linked to earthquakes. Many Democratic voters, especially younger ones, oppose fracking, and President Joe Biden adopted a targeted… → Read More
Biden Promise Tracker:
Soon after he took office, President Joe Biden told the Environmental Protection Agency to set new fuel efficiency standards, and by the end of 2021, it did. The agency's final rule set higher targets for new cars and light trucks from model year 2023 to 2026. The Trump administration scrapped aggressive targets set under President Barack Obama. Under Trump's rules, the goals rose about 1.5%… → Read More