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“Trump is pushing to rewrite history in museums”

Deutsche Welle says: Trump signed an executive order directing the Vice President, a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents, to eliminate "improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from Smithsonian museums, education centers and th…

“Trump will Geschichte in Museen umschreiben”

Deutsche Welle says: Trump unterzeichnete ein präsidentielles Dekret, eine "Executive Order", die den Vize-Präsidenten als Vorstandsmitglieds des Smithsonian Board of Regents befähigt, "unangemessene, spaltende oder antiamerikanische Ideolo…

“If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation.”

PolitiFact says: In World War II, both Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally. As the World War I armistice was being negotiated, Germany won small concessions, but the allies generally imposed their will, an approach that streng…

“Every place in the country where you have no cash bail is a disaster.”

FactCheck.org says: The balance of crime data doesn’t support the idea that crime has worsened as a result of the policies.

“We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.”

PolitiFact says: When factoring in that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill extends 2017 tax cuts that otherwise would have expired — which tax experts say is a plausible way of characterizing it — then the tax savings from …

“Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.”

“States are merely an 'agent' for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.”

FactCheck.org says: The Constitution gives states the authority to run elections, with oversight from Congress, and the president has no direct role.

“With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night.”

PolitiFact says: Machines that tabulate votes are faster and more accurate ballot-counters than humans, according to studies and past election experience. Eliminating vote-counting machines and relying solely on humans to count paper ba…

“We are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting.”

“There are no states more gerrymandered than California and Illinois and New York.”

FactCheck.org says: Illinois is among the most skewed states for partisan congressional maps, but California and New York get favorable marks in analyses from nonpartisan organizations.

“You can't sue" vaccine companies, "no matter how negligent they are.”

FactCheck.org says: A person must go through the vaccine court first, but can still sue for claims of negligence, fraud, manufacturing defects or a failure to warn a patient’s doctor.

“In Washington, D.C., “murders in 2023 reached the highest rate probably ever.”

FactCheck.org says: The city’s murder rate did increase in 2023 to the highest rate in 20 years, but it wasn’t the highest ever. (The highest was in 1991.) And murders have decreased since 2023..

“Cloud seeding over parts of Texas two days before the floods caused or contributed to the disaster”

“One mutation, and the vaccine becomes ineffective.”

FactCheck.org says: It’s taken numerous mutations for the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines to decline against a new variant — and even then, the vaccine still provides some protection against severe disease.

“Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting”

“Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers “were rigged” when the agency revised them “down by almost 900,000 jobs” after the 2024 election.”

PolitiFact says: The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced an 818,000-job downward revision as part of a standard, annual review process in 2024. The agency didn’t keep this secret until after the November election. It released the data …

“After firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, Trump claimed: "Last weeks Job’s Report was RIGGED, just like the numbers prior to the Presidential Election were Rigged.”

FactCheck.org says: There's no evidence the commissioner, or others at BLS, manipulated the data, and Trump hasn't provided any.

“You ought to be speaking about Bill Clinton, who went to the island 28 times," referring to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.”

FactCheck.org says: Former President Bill Clinton flew multiple times on airplanes belonging to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Available flight logs show no evidence that Clinton visited Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean.

“Seed oils in infant formula harm the health of infants.”

FactCheck.org says: Seed oils provide needed fatty acids in infant formulas, and there is no evidence they harm infants.

“Images show “Egyptian youth who put some food, baby formula, rice, and flour in bottles and threw them into the sea, hoping it would reach Gaza.”