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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Gingrich No Fan of Czars
Posted on May 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich referenced an old claim spread by conservative commentator Glenn Beck about supposed White House "czars," saying he would "abolish all the White House czars" his first day in office if he were elected president. In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, the Republican presidential candidate said he …
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Tagged Barack Obama, czars, George W. Bush, Glenn Beck, Newt Gingrich
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Is Obama Going to Tax Drivers?
Posted on May 10, 2011
Q: Does President Barack Obama support taxing motorists based on the number of miles they drive? A: No. But it is one idea being studied as a way to replace the federal gasoline tax.
Ryan’s Budget Spin
Posted on May 6, 2011
Rep. Paul Ryan spreads some false and misleading information in a series of “Setting The Record Straight” web posts, in which he criticizes the president’s proposed budget and promotes …
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Tagged Barack Obama, debt, deficit, George W. Bush, health care reform, medicaid, medicare, Paul Ryan
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Trump 100 Percent Wrong on Egyptian ‘Vote’
Posted on April 29, 2011
Donald Trump falsely claimed that 99 percent of Egyptians voted to end the peace treaty with Israel. There was no such vote, although a recent poll found that 54 percent do support ending the treaty. What a week for Donald Trump. It started with Trump claiming victory in forcing President …
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Obama and the ‘Pigford’ Cases
Posted on April 29, 2011
Q: Did then-Sen. Barack Obama get a law "passed in dead silence" that allowed black farmers to file "unlawful" discrimination claims against the USDA totaling $1.25 billion? A: No. Obama supported the 2008 bill, but did not sponsor it or vote on it. It was not "passed in dead silence"; …
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Tagged Barack Obama, Pigford, racial discrimination, shirley sherrod
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Indeed, Born in the U.S.A.
Posted on April 27, 2011
President Barack Obama released the long-form version of his birth certificate today, yet another piece of concrete evidence that shows he was born in the United States. The White House said he received a special exemption from the Hawaii Department of Health, which keeps the long-form documents confidential. The pdf …
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Obama Misrepresents Ryan Plan
Posted on April 22, 2011
President Barack Obama has been hammering away at Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare proposal, misrepresenting what it would mean for seniors. Since his deficit speech April 13, Obama has continued to claim that the Republican plan would throw Medicare beneficiaries to the open insurance market. But, as we said last week, …
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FactChecking Obama’s Budget Speech
Posted on April 15, 2011 , Updated on April 18, 2011
President Barack Obama misrepresented the House Republicans’ budget plan at times and exaggerated its impact on U.S. residents during an April 13 speech on deficit reduction. Obama claimed …
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Biggest Budget Cut in U.S. History?
Posted on April 13, 2011
Democrats and Republicans alike are making grandiose — and unsupportable — claims that the budget deal contains the biggest spending cut in U.S. history. Under the bipartisan agreement, the proposed budget for this fiscal year would be $38.5 billion less than last year’s budget. The federal government spent nearly $3.5 trillion …
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Tagged Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, Hal Rogers, Paul Ryan, spending cuts
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Donald, You’re Fired!
Posted on April 9, 2011
If Donald Trump worked for us, we’d have to say: “Donald, you’re fired — for incompetence.” The successful developer and TV celebrity says he’d make a good president, and maybe he would — we take no stand either way about that. But when it comes to getting facts straight …
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Tagged Barack Obama, birth certificate, conspiracy theories, donald trump, Neil Abercrombie
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