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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ DNC anti-misinformation push doesn’t involve reading private texts CLAIM: The Democratic National Committee…
President Joe Biden speaks during news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on July 15, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo) WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week’s assassination of that country’s president, but sending…
Michigan’s Senate on Thursday approved a petition that repeals Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers, with another approval expected by the state’s lower chamber. Whitmer, a Democrat, cannot veto the petition. The Michigan Senate’s 20-15 vote came two days after the Board of State Canvassers certified the petition, which was started by a group called Unlock…
FIRST ON FOX: GOP lawmakers from California are urging the state’s Board of Education to reject a controversial “equity in math” program currently under consideration. Rep. Young Kim and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy led the 11-member delegation in sending a letter to Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the board, Friday expressing major concerns with…
People accused of participating in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol are facing treatment akin to that seen in third-world countries, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) says. “They’re being treated like third world country political prisoners,” Gohmert told The Epoch Times in a recent interview. “Some of them were violent, and I would have…
EXCLUSIVE: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is calling on President Biden to “immediately” pull Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) director over her link to an eco-terrorist plot and her apparently misleading answers to senators about it. Every Republican on the Senate Energy Committee already signed a letter Wednesday urging Biden to…
Back to Videos Posted By Tim Hains On Date July 16, 2021 Related Topics: Jen Psaki, White House Briefing, Biden Administration Log In with your RCMG Account Register Video Archives Originally found on Real Clear Politics Read More
Missouri Rep. Cori Bush spent nearly $70,000 on private security over the past three months as she advocated for defunding the police, campaign filings show. Bush’s campaign sent $54,120.92 in payments between April 15 and June 28 for “security services” to RS&T Security Consulting, a New York-based firm with a mysterious online presence, Federal Election…
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, health care workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to address an “urgent threat” to public health. In a 22-page advisory, his first as President Joe Biden’s surgeon general, Murthy wrote that…
