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“The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan.”

PolitiFact says: The U.S. envoy chosen by President Donald Trump, Zalmay Khalilzad, has publicly confirmed that he secured the release of senior Taliban official Abdul Ghani Baradar from prison in Pakistan ahead of negotiations.

“We trained and equipped an Afghan military force of some 300,000 strong — incredibly well equipped — a force larger in size than the militaries of many of our NATO allies.”

Washington Post says: Biden is including police forces, and even the military is not that functional.

“According to one study, from 2016 to 2020, pharmaceutical companies spent $577 billion in stock buybacks and dividends — $56 billion more than what they spent on all research and development over that same period of time.”

Washington Post says: A common way to measure a company’s investment in research and development is as a percentage of revenue. Drug companies are are at or near the top of industries that invest in research and development.

“Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.”

PolitiFact says: The study of people who received at least one dose of the two-shot vaccines said Pfizer’s effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 dipped to 42% in July. Pfizer and Moderna are highly effective in preventing hospitalization.

“Taliban fighters "are tired of fighting" in Afghanistan.”

FactCheck.org says: The Taliban never stopped fighting even after it signed an agreement with the U.S., and eventually took over Afghanistan less than a year later.

“Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.”

“324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”

“Every time outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “says the firearm industry ‘is immune from lawsuits,’ it's false.”

PolitiFact says: The gun industry doesn’t have blanket immunity from lawsuits. They can be sued under certain circumstances.

“It’s not healthy for these students to be sitting there all day, 6-year-old kids in kindergarten covered in masks.”

FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence of adverse health effects from mask-wearing. “For many years, health care providers have worn masks for extended periods of time with no adverse health reactions,” the Mayo Clinic Health System notes

“The CDC actually put together a document to discuss putting high risk people into camps to 'shield' low risk people from them. ... [E]very single person who has made a reference to 1930’s Germany is vindicated.”

FactCheck.org says: The CDC document reviewed the challenges of using a “shielding” approach to protect high-risk people living in places such as refugee camps from COVID-19. The agency does not endorse the strategy.

“This isn’t going to be anything like my predecessor, whose unpaid tax cuts and other spending added nearly $8 trillion in his four years to the national debt.”

FactCheck.org says: The total debt figure is correct, but trillions of that were due to bipartisan coronavirus relief packages.

“Forecasters on Wall Street project that over the next 10 years our economy will expand by trillions of dollars, and it [the infrastructure bill] will create an additional 2 million jobs a year beyond what was already projected.”

FactCheck.org says: Biden is likely citing instead an economic forecast that includes the much larger and partisan "human infrastructure" bill.

“If an employer mandates COVID-19 vaccination, don't quit. "Make them fire you. That way, you get unemployment benefits.”

FactCheck.org says: In most states, workers fired for violating company policy aimed at workplace safety are not entitled to unemployment benefits.

“It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.”

PolitiFact says: Experts say that it’s not unusual for a hospital to operate close to its capacity since hospitals continually adjust their available beds and staffing levels to meet patient needs. But COVID-19 adds unusual burdens.

“The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car.”

PolitiFact says: It’s unknown whether such a fee, if one is created, would replace or be in addition to federal gasoline taxes, or whether it would be set at a rate that would make driving a car too costly.

“The White House plans to call for lockdowns due to the delta variant and is “aiming for late 2nd week of August, per WH official.”

PolitiFact says: The White House and Democratic governors say they’re focusing on promoting masks and vaccinations to avoid the need for a shutdown.

“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was photographed holding a shirt reading, "Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.”

FactCheck.org says: Image has been manipulated.

“Most of the masks you get over the counter don’t work. They don’t prevent infection.”

“Ron DeSantis was photographed holding up a T-shirt with an anti-mask message”

“Says the surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from the COVID-19 vaccines.”

PolitiFact says: If his claim were accurate, many more vaccinated people would be seriously ill. In fact, the opposite is occuring: The vast majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are among people who are not vaccinated.