PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE 1,628 FALSE OR MISLEADING CLAIMS OVER 298 DAYS By Glenn Kessler, Meg Kelly and Nicole Lewis, November 14 at 3:00 AM
For some reason, our year-long project analyzing, categorizing and tracking every false or misleading claim by President Trump had seemed like quite a burden in the past month. Well, the numbers are in and now we know why: In the past 35 days, Trump has averaged an astonishing nine claims a day.
The total now stands at 1,628 claims in 298 days, or an average of 5.5 claims a day. That puts the president on track to reach 1,999 claims by the end of his first year in office, though he obviously would easily exceed 2,000 if he maintained the pace of the past month.
As regular readers know, the president has a tendency to repeat himself — often. There are now at least 50 claims that he has repeated three or more times.
Trump’s most repeated claim, uttered 60 times, was some variation of the statement that the Affordable Care Act is dying and “essentially dead.” The Congressional Budget Office has said that the Obamacare exchanges, despite well-documented issues, are not imploding and are expected to remain stable for the foreseeable future. Indeed, healthy enrollment for the coming year has surprised health-care experts.
Trump also repeatedly takes credit for events or business decisions that happened before he took the oath of office — or had even been elected. Fifty-five times, he has touted that he secured business investments and job announcements that had been previously announced and could easily be found with a Google search.
But with the push in Congress to pass a tax plan, two of Trump’s favorite talking points about taxes — that the tax plan will be the biggest tax cut in U.S. history and that the United States is one of the highest-taxed nations — have been moving up the list.
Trump repeated the falsehood about having the biggest tax cut 40 times, even though Treasury Department data shows it would only rank eighth. And 50 times Trump has claimed that the United States pays the highest corporate taxes (19 times) or that it is one of the highest-taxed nations (31 times). The latter is false; the former is misleading, as the effective U.S. corporate tax rate (what companies end up paying after deductions and benefits) ends up being lower than the statutory tax rate.
We also track the president’s flip-flops on our list, as they are so glaring. He spent the 2016 campaign telling supporters that the unemployment rate was really 42 percent and the official statistics were phony; now, on 33 occasions he has hailed the lowest unemployment rate in 17 years. It was already very low when he was elected — 4.6 percent, the lowest in a decade — so his failure to acknowledge that is misleading.
Fifty-seven times, Trump has celebrated a rise in the stock market — even though in the campaign he repeatedly said it was a “bubble” that was ready to crash as soon as the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates. Well, the Fed did raise rates three times since the election — and yet it has not plunged as Trump predicted. It has continued a rise in stock prices that began under Barack Obama in 2009.
Again, the president has never explained his shift in position on the stock market. But he couldn’t stop talking about it during his trip to Asia.
We maintain the database by closely reading or watching Trump’s myriad public appearances and television and radio interviews. The interviews are especially hard to keep up with, in part because the White House does not routinely post on them on its website. Moreover, Trump tends to seek out right-leaning interviewers who rarely challenge him or question him when he repeats false claims that have already been fact-checked. The interviews thus often contain a torrent of misleading claims, and we despair that supposed journalists are not confronting the president about his rhetoric.
So we were amused to see a foreign leader fact-check the president on his Asian trip. On Nov. 13, Trump met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when he started to repeat one of his favorite false claims that the United States has “deficits with almost everybody.”
“Except us,” interjected Turnbull.
“Except with you,” Trump agreed, adding: “You’re the only one.” He then suggested he should check the figures, but Turnbull assured him, “It’s real.”
Indeed, the United States has a goods trade surplus of $13 billion and services trade surpluses of $15 billion with Australia, largely because of a Free Trade Agreement, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
We assume Trump was joking when he said Australia was the “only one.” But for the record, the United States also has trade surpluses with the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Belgium, Singapore, Hong Kong, Chile, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, among other countries, according to the International Trade Commission. -WASH POST, November 14, 2017
Full Broadcast 30Oct17 Real News with David Knight GUESTS: • Kurt Haskell — exposes the false flag of Vegas by exposed the underwear bomber false flag TOPICS: • Robert Mueller should be the SUBJECT of investigation, not the investigator. He has been one of the Usual Suspects of the establishment since becoming FBI Director ONE WEEK before 9/11. • Kevin Spacey uses diversion as if he were “The King of Davos” (which he has been called) when accused of sexual assault on a 14 year old.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other GOP leaders discuss a federal judge, may take questions regarding the charges against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort.
Monday, Oct. 30th 2017[, with Jack Posobiec hosting the fourth hour]: Kevin Spacey comes out -- as a pedophile! - Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort is indicted in the DoJ's Trump-Russia probe concerning alleged crimes that took place in 2006. And the media helps actor Kevin Spacey downplay his molestation of a 14-year-old boy as the actor deflects with a gay announcement. On today's show former Trump campaign manager Roger Stone breaks down his successor's indictment and his own decision to sue Twitter after they banned him. Marine Corps veteran Steven Gern discusses his support of President Trump's travel ban, and former UFC fighter and Special Forces Operator Tim Kennedy also talks about the revelations in the newly-released JFK files.
WATCH: Sarah Sanders reacts to charges against Paul Manafort at White House news briefing
Streamed live on Oct 30, 2017 by PBS NewsHour
President Donald Trump's press secretary Sarah Sanders reacts to the news that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been charged with conspiracy against the United States as well as takes questions from reporters.
WATCH: Paul Manafort's attorney speaks to reporters
Published on Oct 30, 2017 by PBS NewsHour
Paul Manafort's attorney spoke to reporters outside the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Monday [and lied outrageously re the nature of Manafort's work re Ukraine, proclaiming with empty bluster the precise opposite of the truth], after his client appeared in court to face charges brought by Russia investigation Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Couldn't not talk about my man Mueller goin in. Also my wife wasn't home so yes my boys heads pop in from time to time and yes I still be cussin don't worry about it it's a big day y'all.
Today's War Room show is loaded with special guests, ranging from Steve Gern and Criag Sawyer to Jack Posobiec. We discuss the reason why the NFL continues to lose fan support, why Steve has been censored from social media, the latest updates in Craig Sawyer's mission to stop child trafficking, and the latest lies of the left with Jack Posobiec. Roger Stone breaks down the latest in the Russian collusion narrative, and why Tony Podesta is stepping down.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Special Counsel Mueller heats up Trump Russia investigation
The Beat With Ari Melber 10/30/17
MSBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber breaks down Mueller’s detailed account of Kremlin outreach before Trump was even the nominee. Duration: 13:06
Trump points the finger at Hillary Clinton after Mueller indictments; Top Clinton aide On Manafort indictment: "Justice will be served"
The Beat With Ari Melber 10/30/17
Following Mueller’s indictments of Trump campaign staffers, Trump tries to shift the attention to Hillary Clinton. Philippe Reines, advisor to Hillary Clinton, and former Obama adviser, Ron Klain join. Duration: 6:57
Ari Melber breaks down what's next for Mueller's Russia investigation
The Beat With Ari Melber 10/30/17
Trump tries to distance himself from Russia investigation downplaying roles of Paul Manafort and foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos. Duration: 5:04
Chris Hayes explains the Mueller investigation latest
All In with Chris Hayes 10/30/17
Paul Manafort and Rick Gates were indicted on the same day we learned that a third Trump advisor, George Papadopolous, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about efforts to collude with Russia during the campaign – and he’s been actively cooperating with the Mueller investigation for months. Duration: 4:00
Carter Page reacts to indictments, Papadopoulos plea
All In with Chris Hayes 10/30/17
Carter Page, former foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, speaks frankly with Chris Hayes about what he knew and when he knew it. Duration: 10:00
Fox News, White House try to distract from Mueller news
All In with Chris Hayes 10/30/17
Thing 1/Thing 2: Fox News reported on an "emoji cheesburger crisis at Google" while the White House made an even worse attempt at distracting from the news about Robert Mueller's investigation. Duration: 2:24
Mueller flipped Trump camp adviser who relayed offers from Russia
The Rachel Maddow Show 10/30/17
Rachel Maddow reports on what has been learned from the unsealing of indictments against Donald Trump campaign staffers Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, and George Papadopoulos, the latter having agreed to cut a deal to work with special counsel Mueller. Duration: 16:34
Mueller follows the money to charge Trump campaign staffers
The Rachel Maddow Show 10/30/17
Greg Farrell, investigative reporter for Bloomberg News, talks with Rachel Maddow about the thoroughness and detail of special counsel Robert Mueller's charges against Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and adviser Rick Gates. Duration: 12:15
Papadopoulos may have worn wire as part of Mueller deal
The Rachel Maddow Show 10/30/17
Paul Fishman, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about what it means that Donald Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos was a proactive cooperator and how special counsel Robert Mueller might have used his help in investigating Trump. Duration: 5:51
Chris Matthews joins Rachel Maddow to talk about his new book, Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit, and about how Donald Trump is struggling to deal with a fact-based scandal that doesn't bend to his manipulations. Duration: 6:41
Papadopoulos, in many ways, not unique in history of US scandals
The Rachel Maddow Show 10/30/17
Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Rachel Maddow about how major scandals often begin with a relatively unknown figure like Donald Trump adviser George Papadopoulos, and even points out a previous, literal George Papadopoulos. Duration: 2:31
Lawrence: Mueller gets his 1st 'guilty'—and it's about collusion
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 10/30/17
The special counsel reveals a secret guilty plea—fmr. Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos has plead guilty to lying to FBI agents weeks ago about his contacts with Russians. Lawrence O'Donnell explains how this extraordinary development relates to Watergate. Duration: 7:22
Ex-US attorney: 'Absolutely incredible' Trump adviser lied to FBI
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 10/30/17
George Papadopoulos lied to the FBI about his contacts with Russia, but is now cooperating. Fmr. U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance says nothing angers FBI agents more than being lied to—and those lies could have a major impact. Vance & David Frum join Lawrence O'Donnell. Duration: 7:53
Trump 'fuming' over Mueller probe indictments, report says
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 10/30/17
President Donald Trump is reportedly fuming over the developments in the Mueller investigation and spoke to his lawyers multiple times today. Lawrence O'Donnell discusses with Ron Klain and Steve Schmidt. Duration: 7:39
Guilty plea & two indictments from Mueller's Trump-Russia probe
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 10/30/17
Robert Mueller's Russia probe yielded its first indictments: fmr. Trump campaign boss Paul Manafort and a Manafort associate Rick Gates. A former Trump campaign adviser also pleaded guilty. Duration: 12:45
Trump-Russia indictments show Mueller is 'ruthlessly efficient'
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 10/30/17
Peter Zeidenberg who was Dep. Special Counsel in the Scooter Libby case & Sol Wisenberg, Dep. Independent Counsel for the Whitewater-Lewinsky investigation, react to the Russia probe indictments. Duration: 7:22
Special counsel Robert Mueller indicts former Trump campaign staffers Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, and ex-adviser George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to the FBI.
Jordan invites Citizen Journalists Kobi Libii, Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson to have an honest discussion about the effects sexual harassment allegations have on powerful men.
"Day 284" The day the Donald Trump Zionist Regime began to Crumble. FBI-Mueller-Russia-Israeli-Mafia-American-Empire-Collapses. As the American Bundy Rancher Family sits in Jail for OVER a Year with no Bail, Criminals like Manafort are on House Arrest. TWO SETS OF LAWS, one for us and one for THEM !!
Former House Speaker John Boehner describes how Obama struggled with smoking and was 'scared to death' of Michelle Former House Speaker John Boehner says former President Barack Obama is "scared to death" of his wife, Michelle. Citing that reason, Obama maintains that he has not smoked a cigarette in years. But maybe he did though. http://www.businessinsider.com/boehner-obama-smoking-scared-to-death-of-michelle-2017-10
Virginia GOP Candidate Calls Democrats ‘Criminals, Communists, Crackheads’ Corey Stewart also made a homophobic attack on a Democratic candidate for the House. On Sunday night, Trump-style populist Corey Stewart blasted Democrats, saying every one of them fits into one of four basic categories: “Criminals, communists, crackheads and weirdos.” Stewart then lashed out at Danica Roem, a Democratic transgender candidate for the House, whom he referred to as a “weirdo.” In remarks reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Stewart said Roem wants to “teach ‘transgenderism’ in kindergarten — kindergartners! Folks, this is what’s coming. This is the war on our culture.” He also called Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, a Democrat up for re-election, a “schmuck” and a “scumbag.” Stewart made these comments at a Bikers for Trump rally as part of an effort to get out the vote and support the ticket for the Virginia governor’s race on Nov. 7. He lost the primary in June to GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie and is now running for the state’s Senate seat. Gillespie is trying to present himself as a moderate without alienating the extreme right wing or President Donald Trump. Gillespie did not appear at the rally; he was campaigning elsewhere in the state. However, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, Jill Holtzman Vogel, did participate. Like Trump, Stewart has railed against the removal of Confederate monuments. He complained that Washington, D.C., was considering a statue to honor the late mayor Marion Barry, who was once arrested on cocaine charges. “So that’s who the Democrats honor: crackheads,” Stewart told the crowd in an auditorium that was decorated with signs saying “Hillary Clinton for prison in 2018.” “Who do we honor?” Stewart asked. “Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B. Stuart, James Madison, George Washington ? all the great heroes. The weirdos are taking down those monuments.” "Before we know it the #ViolentLeft will ban the names "Robert" and "Lee".#Antifa and #BLM will punch anyone with those names. 9:03 AM - Aug 19, 2017" Stewart was the Trump campaign point man in Virginia during the 2016 presidential election. The campaign fired him last October after he participated in a protest outside of the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/corey-stewart-dem-crackheads_us_59f692e9e4b07fdc5fbf09ea
Supreme Court May Hear Free Speech Challenge To California Abortion Counseling Faith-based pregnancy centers don’t want to talk about contraception, abortion. An anti-abortion group has asked the Supreme Court to hear its claim that a California law requiring abortion and contraceptive information at faith-based pregnancy centers violates the constitutional right to free speech. Hundreds of faith-based “pregnancy centers” in California serve to convince women to continue their pregnancies, even if they do not want to. California’s two-year-old Reproductive FACT Act requires the centers to disclose whether they actually have medical professionals on staff, and to inform patients that the state offers subsidized contraception and abortion. The National Institute for Family and Life Advocates, which brought the appeal, claims the state law amounts to illegal “compelled speech,” the Los Angeles Times notes. Abortion rights activists and state politicians who backed the law say they were concerned that women were being misled and tricked into having babies at these centers, which present themselves as medical clinics. The case pits womens’ rights to abortion, contraception and medical information against religious beliefs. The group bringing the challenge is represented by one of President Donald Trump’s personal attorneys, Jay Alan Sekulow. This month, the Trump administration decided to allow employers to refuse to pay for health insurance covering female workers’ contraception if they have a religious or “moral” objection to it. Sekulow said the issue is whether the state can “compel nonprofit, faith-based, pro-life licensed medical facilities, against their religious convictions .... to advertise a government program that provides free or low-cost abortions. Last year, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges to the law that argued the disclosures were compelled speech that violated the First Amendment. The judges ruled that the law served to protect the welfare of patients by “fully informing Californians” of available health services. [...] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-california-abortion-counseling_us_59f6a966e4b03cd20b827d3e
'I had sewage in the sink and maggots in the carpet': Maryland AG probes Kushner real estate company over 'terrible' state of properties and 'aggressive debt collection' Kushner Companies owns almost 20,000 low-income housing units in 3 states But earlier this year, some Baltimore tenants complained about the condition of their homes, and the aggressive way the firm chased outstanding debt Stories include collapsed ceilings, holes in walls and mouse infestations One woman's sink oozed raw sewage while her carpet crawled with maggots Another woman was hounded for rent while dying of cancer in a hospice Kushner Companies says that it sticks to industry standards for maintenance But Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh is now investigating the claims The inquiry does not mean charges will be filed http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5032081/Maryland-AG-investigating-Kushner-real-estate-company.html
Record surge in atmospheric CO2 seen in 2016 Concentrations of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere surged to a record high in 2016, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41778089
A New Way to Measure How Fast the Universe Is Expanding Colliding neutron stars could settle the biggest debate in cosmology. To many cosmologists, the best thing about neutron-star mergers is that these events scream into space an otherwise close-kept secret of the universe. Scientists combined the gravitational and electromagnetic signals from the recently detected collision of two of these stars to determine, in a cleaner way than with other approaches, how fast the fabric of the universe is expanding—a much-contested number called the Hubble constant. In the days since the neutron-star collision was announced, Hubble experts have been surprised to find themselves discussing not whether events like it could settle the controversy, but how soon they might do so. [...] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/10/hubble-constant-neutron-stars/544080/
Coral developing a taste for plastic: scientists CORALS are under threat from pollution in our seas because they enjoy the taste of plastic, scientists believe. There are fears for the future of the marine organisms which form ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. While seagulls, turtles and fish may mistake plastic for prey, a study suggests corals deliberately eat it instead of nutritious alternatives because it tastes good to them. The findings, by Duke University in North Carolina, raise concerns because plastic poses a risk of choking or intestinal blockages that could kill off areas of coral reef. [...] http://www.ntnews.com.au/lifestyle/fishing/coral-developing-a-taste-for-plastic-scientists/news-story/e60e41c481e465d576c6537ad0d8f630
Oldest recorded solar eclipse in 1207 [BC] rewrites history: Biblical mention of when the 'sun stood still and the moon stopped' gives new dates for Egypt's pharaohs A solar eclipse is mentioned in the Old Testament book of Joshua The researchers also studied the Merneptah Stele, an ancient Egyptian text By comparing the two texts, the researchers developed a 'solar eclipse code' The code suggests that an eclipse occurred on 30 October 1,207 BC If this is right, it could be used to date ancient Pharaohs including Rameses II http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5024509/Solar-eclipse-mentioned-Bible-DID-occur-3-224-years-ago.html
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