All these years later, and Daniel Dale is still fact checking Trump, who lies often enough to make fact-checking him a full time job.
> Fact check: Trump makes numerous false claims at Cabinet meeting
"Trump repeated his false claim that the European Union 'was formed in order to screw the United States'..
"'The President’s claims are preposterous,' said Desmond Dinan, a public policy professor at George Mason University who is an expert in the history of European integration... 'The European Communities (forerunner of the EU) were formed in the 1950s as part of a joint US-Western European plan to stabilize and secure Western Europe and promote prosperity, by means of trade liberalization and economic growth, throughout the shared transatlantic space.'"
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/politics/fact-check-trump-cabinet-meeting/index.html
President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in remarks at the first Cabinet meeting of his new administration. The falsehoods spanned a wide variety of topics, including aid to Ukraine, trade with the European Union, the history of the EU, inflation, mail-in voting, drug overdose deaths, and where the US stands in international education rankings.
Aaaaand the days of fact checking every-blooming-thing come roaring back. Trump's miasma of misinformation is just so draining.
The last time Trump actually heard a crime statistic was thirty years ago.
Fact check: Trump, repeating old lies on ‘Meet the Press,’ falsely claims US is the only country with birthright citizenship | CNN Politics @CNNPolitics
#DanielDale #TrumpLies #MeetThePress #uspol
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/12/08/politics/fact-check-trump-meet-the-press
President-elect Donald Trump repeated numerous false claims during an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” – including his old lie that the US is the world’s only country with birthright citizenship.
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203) I feel sorry for #DanielDale of CNN he frequently writes and reports on l #Trump’s tormented grasp on reality.
Given the velocity of #BigOrange’s lies and falsehood, Mr Dale’s task is ultimately impossible. Here’s his take on yesterday’s #Ashville speech
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/14/politics/fact-check-insulin-trump-biden-harris/index.html
#biden #JoeBiden #trump #TrumpLies #debate #debate2024 #cnn #cnndebate #factcheck #danieldale
Daniel Dale fact checks Trump
If the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) is such an important step forward for Canada’s relationship with China, why has it been shrouded in secrecy and why has there been no attempt to answer questions with anything much beyond breezy assurances that it is a good thing, writes Patrick Brown.
Love Daniel Dale's fact checking.
203) I feel sorry for #DanielDale of CNN he frequently writes and reports on l #Trump’s tormented grasp on reality.
Given the velocity of #BigOrange’s lies and falsehood, Mr Dale’s task is ultimately impossible. Here’s his take on yesterday’s #Ashville speech
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/14/politics/fact-check-insulin-trump-biden-harris/index.html
204) Speaking of lie velocity ⬆️, #NPR gives some sense of just how challenging it is to keep up with #Trump fact free zone
Here’s their take on 162 lies and distortions floating out of. #BigOrange’s mouth at #MarALago last week. Can anybody say #GishGallop?
Each assertion presents an opportunity for the #NewsMedia to call BS on #DonaldTrump, but how often do you see that?
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-5070566/trump-news-conference
205) Sometimes the best laid plans have unpredictable outcomes 😜
https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/study-people-exposed-to-jd-vance
#Borowitz #JDVance #Election2024 #USPol #USPolitics #Politics
206) Some believe #pharmaceutical companies have the right to gouge vulnerable Americans - #GOP anyone?
Other’s believe that government should negotiate a better deal using the heft of #Medicare and #Medicaid networks.
That’s what good government does and why #KamalaHarris will make a great #POTUS.
The United States has negotiated down the prices of 10 top-selling prescription drugs used by Medicare by as much as 79%, hoping to save $6 billion in the first year as part of a plan hailed on Thursday by President Joe Biden with the aim to ease anger about high prices ahead of November elections.
207) #PeteButtigieg explains how this election is about putting our fellow citizens first.
That notion breaks #Trump’s brain. He is sadly a man so consumed by his own selfishness that he cannot conceive of bringing happiness, joy, kindnesss or support to others
#KamalaHarris is bringing back joy, compassion and the strength of shared purpose back to #USPolitics
208) When Americans vote on Nov 5, they get to decide if the want to vote for #KamalaHarris who wants corporations to pay a tax rate of 28%, a 7% increase, or for #Trump who wants to reduce the rate so his billionaire buddies have more money to corrupt democracy
#USPol #USPolitics #Politics #VoteBlue #Election2024 #WealthConcentration
209) Hmmmm changing the name of #PA???
Yup, that’s high on the list of priorities for the #DemocraticParty 🙄
Really!! How freaking #Weird
File this one under stoking division and anger. That’s all #Trump has to offer to #Pennsylvania voters
#USPol #USPolitics #Politics #VoteBlue #Election2024 #WealthConcentration
210) Take 20 minutes to listen to an extraordinary speech from the wonderful #MichelleObama
#Election2024 affords the opportunity to #GoBig with #KamalaHarris or descend into the chaos and #GoSmall with #DonaldTrump
211) Pretty interesting comparison between
Team Sane vs. Team Delusional
Team Empath vs. Team Narcissist
Team Reality vs Team Delusion
212) #Trump folks are excited about endorsement from #RFKJr and his shrinking campaign. #DonaldTrump has had little to cheer about since #KamalaHarris replaced #JoeBiden
While Trump folks might be excited about this development, adding an #AntiVax conspiracy theorist imprimatur is hardly going to improve a plummeting campaign
Team #Weird just got weirder
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/nx-s1-5086838/robert-kennedy-future-plans-trump
213) Interesting to see what #RFKJr had to say about #Trump in times past
#Forbes with the story ⬇️
Will the #DeadBear guy move the needle for #TeamWeird?
Maybe #JDVance’s tagging #DonaldTrump as #AmericasHitler is looking a little bit better now?
LOL what a mess
214) #AbortionRights are on the ballot in 10 states in this election cycle. I expect many voters will turnout specifically to affirm the #BodilyAutonomy of women
Like many, I expect that the presence of these measures should be helpful to the #KamalaHarris campaign since this important right can transcend red/blue state divides
Here’s a good breakdown of the ballot measures in each state ⬇️
https://19thnews.org/2023/12/abortion-states-election-2024-ballot-measures/
#Election2024 #USPolitics #USPol #ReproductiveRights #Abortion
215) I expect some mirrors will soon be classed as fake reflectors by the #Trump campaign
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/24/2264520/-Cartoon-Fairest-of-them-all
216) I’ve not been shy about calling #DonaldTrump a #fascist. I think that is a fair description but is labeling the man as such helpful in defeating him in #Election2024?
Mike Tomasky at the @newrepublic
Makes the case that #Trump likes being labeled a fascist. It reinforces his self image as an #authoritarian. Ridiculing him however, is far more effective in persuading swing voters
A good read ⬇️
https://newrepublic.com/article/185270/democrats-harris-trump-achilles-heel-ridicule
217) This cartoon grasps the essential truth of many #NewsMedia outlets and their willingness to give #Trump a freebie.
Many news businesses in our click-addled media sphere love the clickbaityness of #DonaldTrump. He is a gift that has given much to the bottom line of news corporations, and they would rather not give him up
#Election2024 #USPol #USPolitics
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/26/2265249/-Cartoon-The-fact-checkers
218) Excellent piece from @rbreich on the #oligarchs who are opting to support #Trump despite past protestations of his #autocracy
A reminder that for many of these types money and NOT #democracy is paramount .
Fortunately, the unbejeweled have a lot more votes, the job is to ignore #billionaire financed ads and get normies to the polls.
219) #Georgia is in play and every vote will count whether it comes from traditional #democraticparty urban strongholds or more rural parts of #GA
Great to see #HarrisWalz2024 campaigning outside big cities - see #WashingtonPost article ⬇️
#Election2024 #USPol #USPolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/28/harris-bus-tour-georgia-rally-savannah
220) I'm enjoying a little #LincolnProject satire this morning
221) For over a week, stories on #DonaldTrump's visit to #Arlington have flooded the #NewsMedia.
The question we need to ask is whether rules and laws apply only to some or all?
222) #TrumpMedia is a dreadful business with an astonishingly high stock price for a company that is barely a business. #WarrenBuffet would shudder at the absence of investable fundamentals
What is interesting though are the gyrations of the price. The stock is a proxy for the probability of #Trump electoral success. It has not been performing well of late
#DonaldTrump #StockMarket #USPolitics #Politics #Election2024
223) So after four years of destabilizing democracy, election denialism and stoking the #Jan6 coup, #Trump has decided that to acknowledge he lost the 2020 election.
No apology will be given, no explanation for his shift is forthcoming, and no doubt he will say the opposite tomorrow if it fits his purpose.
Vote #KamalaHarris, #VoteBlue for a truth based presidency
@mnutty Wilhoit’s Law comprehensively explains all conservatism anywhere ever:
“The law must bind but not protect *them*, and must protect but not bind *us*.”
I don’t think we’re really talking about conservatism here, but autocracy, as manifested by one man in the throes of toxic narcissism
#JoshMarshall of @tpm_rss_bot provides a good background on the #Arlington story.
Clearly #Trump wanted to use the tragic deaths of USMilitary personnel during the #Afghanistan withdrawal for political purposes
It’s typical #DonaldTrump and emblematic of his disregard for those who lost their lives in the service of our country. These deaths and the lives they represented are simply pawns to be used, driven by his bottomless narcissism
I agree with that but bear in mind that while #Trump's labeling antics are getting old and stale, he is highly reactive to labels being attached to him. Triggering him so he appears increasingly erratic serves the purpose of undermining his supposed strength and credibility
@mnutty @newrepublic I remember when President Obama roasted him at the correspondents dinner. That seemed to motivate him to seek out revenge on the Democratic Party. Of course he deserved it having harassed President Obama with the birtherism conspiracy.
Yeah, that might have been the tipping point that brought him into politics. He has sped the #GOP much faster along the curve it has pursued for decades. In some ways, he has done us a favor by revealing the GOP for what it is: a corrupt front for billionaire types bent on passing # oligarch-friendly legislation.
Absolutely the notion of sacrifice for others on the battlefield is something far beyond #Trump’s understanding. He is a man to be pitied, all consumed by his toxic narcissism and unable to connect in a meaningful way with another human being.
Defeating #DonalTrump in #Election2024, May enable us to begin to put behind us those who believe #WealthConcentration is the highest purpose in life
The challenge is the absence of a prevalent counterpoint, a recognition of the hedonic effect, that after we’ve achieved material comfort, additional acquisition delivers vary little additional happiness.
Wealth needs to be redefined not simply as the material that we personally possess, but also the extent of our social networks and the shared spaces that enable us to come together.
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