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“Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden.
Publisher’s rating: False
Says the California congressional district he represents "has a higher GDP than Russia."
Publisher’s rating: False
هل تُجنب قوانين الإصلاح المالي لبنان الإنزلاق نحو اللائحة السوداء؟
Publisher’s rating: صحيح جزئياً
The review says financial-reform laws are an important first step, but are not by themselves enough to prevent Lebanon from moving to the blacklist. It says their effectiveness depends on clear implementation frameworks and concrete results, including improvements in banking regulation and anti-money-laundering efforts. The review also identifies political conflict and delays in the judiciary as obstacles to demonstrating that reforms are working.
"If you look pre-COVID" under President Donald Trump, "we didn't import a single barrel of oil from Saudi Arabia.”
Publisher’s rating: False
“#Bidenomics has led to mortgage rates hitting a 21-year high → over 7%.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
“A higher percentage of American workers are working today than ever before.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
Product shortages are manufactured; goods are stuck in warehouses.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
"The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family."
Publisher’s rating: True
Elon Musk is offering people the opportunity to make $1 million “in 90 days while sleeping in.”
Publisher’s rating: False
The child tax credit passed under President Joe Biden “has helped 97% of the families with children who are living in poverty.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
"Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
"In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
“Go to 2020census.gov and fill out this census form so you can get your stimulus check.”
Publisher’s rating: False
"No one should work 40 hours a week and live below the poverty wage. And if you’re making less than $15 an hour, you’re living below the poverty wage.”
Publisher’s rating: Exaggerates
"The country is now in a manufacturing recession."
Publisher’s rating: Half True
“We have more than enough ability in this country to produce enough oil to make up for the percentage that we buy from Russia."
Publisher’s rating: It will take time and money
"We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion."
Publisher’s rating: Half True
“Biden’s plan is a 14 percent tax hike on middle-class families; 82 percent of Americans would pay more.”
Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios