Jun 23, 2025 | DEBUNKED, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
Arms Control Center Fact Checking the Iran Deal
Jun 18, 2025 | CRIME WATCH, DEBUNKED, MISCELLANEOUS, QUOTES, SECOND REICH
We are not at all surprised at the number of lies that continue to come from Trump, and now his administration. But it’s disturbing that Republicans will repeat these lies even in the face of the truth that is staring them in the face. Gas is not $1.98/gallon as...
Jun 12, 2025 | DEBUNKED, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
A former employee of the Department of Government Efficiency says that he found that the federal waste, fraud and abuse that his agency was supposed to uncover were “relatively nonexistent” during his short time embedded within the Department of Veterans...
May 15, 2025 | CRIME WATCH, DEBUNKED, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW. NextGov
May 7, 2025 | CRIME WATCH, DEBUNKED, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
from Gene Trevino (@GenoVeno73) on X 1) If the “deep state” was behind the January 6th insurrection, then why did @realDonaldTrump pardon all of the “deep state insurrectionists?” 2) If the “deep state” was behind January 6th, then...
Apr 22, 2025 | DEBUNKED, QUOTES, SECOND REICH
They’re screaming that “Biden gave 4 million illegals Social Security Numbers.” That’s not true. Here’s how it actually works — step-by-step, backed by facts: 1. Social Security Numbers (SSNs): Not handed out. Ever. — Nobody gets an SSN automatically. Not migrants,...
Apr 19, 2025 | DEBUNKED, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
The reality is that of 238 migrants — mostly Venezuelan — that officials accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang and expelled to the Central American country in mid-March, just a small fraction had ever been charged with serious crimes in the U.S. LA...
Apr 19, 2025 | DEBUNKED, QUOTES, SECOND REICH
That’s not true. No state had an average gas price even close to $1.98 per gallon on Wednesday. The two states that were tied with the lowest average gas price on Wednesday, Mississippi and Tennessee, were both at $2.70 per gallon, according to data provided by AAA....
Apr 11, 2025 | DEBUNKED, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
The DOGE staffers repeated unfounded claims that Social Security is riddled with fraud; that in some cases, 40% of calls to the Social Security Administration phone center are fraudulent; and that millions of people aged 120 and older are registered with SSA....
Apr 10, 2025 | DEBUNKED, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
n a court filing Wednesday in Alexandria, Virginia, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia asked a judge “to dismiss without prejudice the criminal complaint presently pending against the defendant.” When asked why the government was moving...
Apr 6, 2025 | DEBUNKED, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
President Trump on Saturday denied reports alleging he urged auto CEOs not to raise costs amid tariffs on foreign-made cars, instead doubling down on his decision to increase levies in an effort to create an American manufacturing boom. “I couldn’t care less if they...
Apr 6, 2025 | DEBUNKED, ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
Do non-citizens get social security numbers? 2.1 million SSNs were issued to non-citizens in FY2024 because they’re authorized to WORK here either via TPS or H-1B work visas. Immigrants pay about $96B in taxes and social security contributions for which they cannot...
