Kyra Haas
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Phoenix, AZ, United States
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Trump-O-Meter: Take no salary
"If I'm elected president, I'm accepting no salary." → Read More
Is the Betsy Ross flag a symbol for hate groups? Depends on who you ask
The Betsy Ross flag has emerged as a flash point after Nike decided not to release shoes featuring the flag. Here's the history behind it. → Read More
Is Saudi Arabia to thank for lower oil prices, as Donald Trump said?
President Donald Trump touted a reduction in oil prices ahead of Thanksgiving and thanked Saudi Arabia for making it possible. → Read More
Sorting out fact from fiction in the Florida recounts
Florida’s midterm recount has both parties furiously filing litigation, making the rounds on national TV, firing off attacks on Twitter and pleading for donations to fund their fights for U.S. Senate and the governor’s mansion. Practically everyone seems mad at Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes, who has been accused of corruption or incompetence as her county tabulated ballots slower… → Read More
McCaskill said she decided her Kavanaugh vote before allegations surfaced. She didn’t
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill has said repeatedly that she didn’t decide to vote → Read More
Karin Housley twists Tina Smith’s finances to allege profits from big pharma
In a recent Minnesota Republican ad for U.S. Senate, a man and woman clink flutes of champagne on the beach as text rolls across the screen: → Read More
The facts on Ohio steel mill reopenings under Donald Trump
President Donald Trump said in his 2017 inaugural address that rusted-out factories were "scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation." Recently, the president claimed some of Ohio’s industrial jobs had since been resurrected. He said the United States was now "taxing the hell out of the dumpers" that were "hurting your steel industry." "All across Ohio, steel mills are… → Read More
The facts on Ohio steel mill reopenings under Donald Trump
President Donald Trump said in his 2017 inaugural address that rusted-out factories were "scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation." Recently, the president claimed some of Ohio’s industrial jobs had since been resurrected. He said the United States was now "taxing the hell out of the dumpers" that were "hurting your steel industry." "All across Ohio, steel mills are… → Read More
Fact-checking the CNN Florida governor's debate between Ron DeSantis, Andrew Gillum
Florida voters got their first side-by-side look at the state’s top two candidates for governor Sunday. The differences between Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum were abundant and stark. The political attacks during the hour-long CNN debate, however, were not always accurate. Florida’s race for governor is, in many ways, a stand-in for the partisan battle playing out in… → Read More
Is Florida's economy propped up by low-wage jobs? Gillum says yes
Florida has experienced job growth during Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s two terms, but the Democratic candidate looking to replace him questions the quality of those new positions. In an interview on CBS Miami’s → Read More
Fact-checking the California governor's debate with John Cox and Gavin Newsom
Republican John Cox and Democrat Gavin Newsom met for their only debate in the California governor’s race, with the two candidates agreeing that they hold very different positions on a number of topics, including regulation and immigration. In other cases, they agreed on the problems California faces -- a housing shortage, affordability for the middle class -- but they had very different policy… → Read More
Fact-checking internet rumors about Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford
As Christine Blasey Ford prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ford's authenticity is under attack across social media. Ford, a California psychology professor, accused President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexually assaulting her at a party while the two were in high school in 1982. Kavanaugh has denied the allegation. Internet rumors casting… → Read More
No, Christine Blasey Ford's brother isn't linked to Fusion GPS, Russia investigation
Christine Blasey Ford’s brother’s job history from 14 years ago has been pulled into widespread internet speculation about Ford’s accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Ford, a California professor, went public with her accusations against Kavanaugh earlier this week, saying he sexually assaulted her at a party while the two were in high school in the early 1980s. → Read More
New York Times anonymous op-ed author isn’t a liberal troll
We still don’t know who wrote the anonymous New York Times op-ed, but we do know it wasn’t Art Tubolls — an anagram for → Read More
The facts on Beto O'Rourke and flags in the Texas Senate race
Two people asked to take down the American and Texas flags before a campaign rally in Navasota, Texas, but whether they were with the candidate’s campaign is unclear. Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke held a town hall at the Navasota Veterans of Foreign Wars post on Aug. 25. O’Rourke is looking to unseat one-term incumbent and 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2018 midterm election.… → Read More
Black business ownership didn’t increase 400 percent this year
Conservative bloggers are championing a survey that they say indicates a 400 percent jump in the number of black-owned businesses in the United States in the past year — and they’re attributing that supposed increase to President Donald Trump. Trump has pointed to low African-American unemployment rates throughout his presidency, calling them → Read More