#Fact-checking the fact-checkers: ‘Pants on Fire’ partisans

#Fact-checking the fact-checkers: ‘Pants on Fire’ partisans

“#Fact-checking the fact-checkers: ‘Pants on Fire’ partisans” Snopes.com describes itself as the “definitive fact-checking site,” yet turns out to be a big source of misinformation: Its cofounder has written dozens of plagiarized pieces — many of them attacks on Republican politicos. It’s just the latest example of “fact-checking” serving as a cover for partisan, left-wing opinion….

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#Special-needs settlement shows how little de Blasio cared about ‘equity’

#Special-needs settlement shows how little de Blasio cared about ‘equity’

“#Special-needs settlement shows how little de Blasio cared about ‘equity’” For proof that Mayor Bill de Blasio’s talk of “equity” in education was always hollow, consider the city’s humiliating settlement this month resolving a 2017 lawsuit over the Department of Education’s failure to provide federally mandated services to special-needs Bronx kids. The class-action lawsuit exposed…

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#Democrats headed for a shellacking and other commentary

#Democrats headed for a shellacking and other commentary

“#Democrats headed for a shellacking and other commentary” From the right: Dems Headed for a Shellacking Democrats’ control of the House is “in serious jeopardy,” declares David Bossie at The Washington Times. “Not only is history working against them” — a new president’s party almost always loses seats in its first midterm — but Dems…

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#Biden’s ‘economic cold start,’ Axios’ snooze-worthy ‘wake-up call’ and more

#Biden’s ‘economic cold start,’ Axios’ snooze-worthy ‘wake-up call’ and more

“#Biden’s ‘economic cold start,’ Axios’ snooze-worthy ‘wake-up call’ and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This statement: “We’ve brought this economy back from a cold start.” — President Joe Biden, Aug. 11 We say: The president thinks Americans were born yesterday. In fact, the economy grew red hot under President Donald Trump after…

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#Kneecap US oil but beg OPEC to pump more

#Kneecap US oil but beg OPEC to pump more

“#Kneecap US oil but beg OPEC to pump more” President Joe Biden’s latest policy push has us doing not just a double take but a triple take: The man who’s put roadblock after roadblock in the way of North American energy companies in pursuit of his vow to decarbonize the US economy is . ….

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#Biden’s border disaster is key to Texas’ COVID crisis

#Biden’s border disaster is key to Texas’ COVID crisis

“#Biden’s border disaster is key to Texas’ COVID crisis” Most media are giving ample coverage to Texas’ COVID woes, as the Delta variant has hospitals running out of ICU beds. But few reports note how President Joe Biden’s border disaster is helping drive the crisis. US border agents encountered nearly 189,000 migrants in June alone,…

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#NSA’s Tucker Carlson targeting was no joke and other commentary

#NSA’s Tucker Carlson targeting was no joke and other commentary

“#NSA’s Tucker Carlson targeting was no joke and other commentary” Leftist: NSA’s Carlson Targeting Was No Joke The National Security Agency’s inspector general announced a probe into allegations that the NSA wrongly intercepted the communications of Fox News host Tucker Carlson — which, argues Glenn Greenwald at his Substack, shows that Carlson’s claim is far…

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