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This 'Wall Of Lies' In Manhattan Features Over 20,000 Of Trump's False Claims. On October 4th, around one month before the Presidential election, radio station Radio Free Brooklyn displayed a massive mural titled “Wall of Lies” outside Pine Box Rock Shop at 12 Grattan St. in Bushwick.

This 'Wall Of Lies' In Manhattan Features Over 20,000 Of Trump's False Claims

The wall has been created to highlight more than 20,000 false or misleading claims by President Donald Trump since he has been in office. Apparently, all the quotes featured on this wall have been fact-checked by The Washington Post. Turns out, all of the President’s claims featured on the “Wall of Lies” are in chronological order and color-coded by categories. According to The Washington Post, Donald Trump has made 20,055 false or misleading claims in 1,267 days Image credits: lover_obi “Seen from a distance, it looks like chaos—perhaps an apt metaphor for this presidency, but when you step closer, you can read the individual lies, which are in chronological order color-coded by categories like coronavirus, Russia, immigration, the environment, and jobs.

Trump flails when cornered about what crime he thinks Obama committed. Donald Trump's 10 interactions with indicted Giuliani associates. Prosecutors allege Parnas and his business partner Fruman illegally funded Republican politicians and campaigns with money from foreign nationals in attempts to buy influence.

Donald Trump's 10 interactions with indicted Giuliani associates

That pair are also said to have aided Giuliani, the President's personal attorney, in efforts to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden related to Ukraine. Since their indictment, Trump has stated publicly that he doesn't know Parnas and Fruman. The interactions, of which many new details are being reported here for the first time, include VIP photos at campaign events, attendance at high-dollar fundraisers and a retreat. They also include a pre-inauguration gala for high-dollar donors, an intimate dinner with the President and photos at the White House Hanukkah dinner with the President, Vice President and Giuliani. On seven of the occasions, Trump posed for photos with either Fruman or Parnas. Lawyers for both men either did not respond to CNN's requests or declined to comment. When: March 7, 2014. ‘Absolutely hilarious self-own’: Trump buried in mockery after blurting out he ‘knows nothing’ about Russia.

Trump Awkwardly Defends Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. - The Washington Post. - The Washington Post. - The Washington Post. Trump Tells Chris Wallace He Is Sole Arbiter of Truth. President Trump, being interviewed by Chris Wallace.

Trump Tells Chris Wallace He Is Sole Arbiter of Truth

Photo: Fox News The conservative movement has long dismissed the value of neutral expertise — environmental scientists, arms control analysts, budget forecasters, or any other meddlesome nerds who question the simple verities of right-wing politics — as biased. Conservative media is built on this insight, constructing an alternate information ecosystem, in which only conservative sources can be trusted. Donald Trump, an avid consumer of conservative media, has taken this style to its next step.

Trump insists he is the sole arbiter of truth. It is obviously impossible to disprove an epistemology that begins and ends with the assumption that Trump is always right. 1. WALLACE: We’ll get in to all the details later but how dark is your mood? Obviously, if Trump is in a dark and angry mood, and numerous administration sources tell this to the press, Trump himself is not going to confirm it on the record. 2. 3. Salon. The White House press briefing, always a spin zone, is now approaching uselessness.

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The White House press briefing, always a spin zone, is now approaching uselessness

To download/purchase the full-text document, please click on one of the download links at the bottom of this page. BC-WHITEHOUSE-PRESS:TBW — national, itop (950 words) The White House press briefing, always a spin zone, is now approaching uselessness By Noah Bierman. Did Trump’s White House staff break the law by using private email? I asked 7 legal experts. Last Monday, the New York Times reported that at least six members of President Trump’s White House team used private email accounts to discuss government business.

Did Trump’s White House staff break the law by using private email? I asked 7 legal experts.

According to the Times and a separate report by Politico this week, the president’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, along with daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump, former chief strategist Stephen Bannon, former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, and advisers Stephen Miller and Gary Cohn, used personal email accounts to conduct White House business. Hillary Clinton called this the “height of hypocrisy,” since Trump spent much of his campaign calling for her to be locked up for her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state. But is it actually illegal for White House staffers to use private email to conduct government work?

British reporter mind-boggled by Trump chaos: ‘Impossible to cover every single thing without going mad’ Trump says ‘massive’ cheering crowd proves he was right to pardon Arpaio. Transcripts . FactCheck.org. Trump says he has no Comey tapes. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he did not make nor does he have any “tapes” or recordings of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, despite having previously teased at the idea that they did exist.

Trump says he has no Comey tapes

“With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, I have no idea whether there are ‘tapes’ or recordings of my conversations with James Comey, but I did not make, and do not have, any such recordings,” Trump wrote in a pair of tweets on Thursday afternoon.

The Comey Hearing. After former FBI Director James Comey testified about his private conversations with President Donald Trump regarding the agency’s Russia investigation, the president’s lawyer gave a brief statement that contained inaccurate and disputed claims: Marc Kasowitz, the president’s personal attorney, said Trump “never in form or substance directed or suggested” that Comey stop investigating former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

The Comey Hearing

Comey testified that Trump asked him at a Feb. 14 meeting if “you can see your way clear … to letting Flynn go.” Comey said he took those words “as a direction” to drop the case.Kasowitz accused Comey of being disingenuous about his motive for sharing a memo with the New York Times. Comey said he arranged to give the story to the paper after Trump tweeted about having “tapes” of their conversations.

Open Thread - Words Of Wisdom? Fact-checking President Trump’s claims on the Paris climate change deal. Fact-checking President Trump’s claims on the Paris climate change deal. Trump Posts Fox News Story Using Anonymous Source To ‘Vindicate’ Kushner, Entire World Calls BS. Donald Trump has been on Twitter for nearly 48 straight hours, clearly making up for lost time during his international trip when his advisers took away his phone.

Trump Posts Fox News Story Using Anonymous Source To ‘Vindicate’ Kushner, Entire World Calls BS

The tweets have been all over the place, a sign of the sort of unhinged mania that has consumed Trump: angry messages directed at foreign leaders, defending Russia, lashing out at critics, and – now – defending his son-in-law Jared Kushner from disturbing allegations that he had gone behind the backs of America’s intelligence community to set up a secret “backchannel” with Putin using Russian spy equipment. Numerous media organizations including the Washington Post and the New York Times have confirmed with reliable, high-ranking sources that Kushner did this. The evidence appears to be pretty damning. In fact, the White House seemed unable to defend Kushner.

TRUMP'd: HYPOCRISY Never Looked This Bad! Trump’s epiphany: Peace between Israel and Palestine is ‘not easy’ By Callum Borchers By Callum Borchers The Fix Analysis Analysis Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events May 22 at 3:05 PM Trump on Middle East peace deal: 'We're going to get there eventually, I hope' Speaking in Jerusalem, May 22, President Trump lauded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "commitment to pursuing the peace process.

Trump’s epiphany: Peace between Israel and Palestine is ‘not easy’

" Speaking in Jerusalem, May 22, President Trump lauded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "commitment to pursuing the peace process. " President Trump said Monday in Jerusalem that achieving peace between Israel and Palestine is “not easy.” When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Washington in February, Trump said this at a joint news conference: I think a deal will be made. Just last month, Trump told Reuters that “there is no reason there's not peace between Israel and the Palestinians — none whatsoever.” Reince Priebus Lies About Trump Keeping His Campaign Promises With AHCA Bill. <a class="icopyright-article-tools-noscript" href=" target="_blank" title="Main menu of all reuse options"><img height="25" width="27" border="0" align="bottom" alt="[Reuse options]" src=" Click here for reuse options!

Reince Priebus Lies About Trump Keeping His Campaign Promises With AHCA Bill

</a> White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus did his best during an interview on Fox News Sunday to downplay the damage their so-called "health care" bill will do to Americans who have pre-existing conditions, despite the fact that the legislation that just passed the House will greatly weaken the protections for those people. Priebus: Trump won’t 'let you down' if you have pre-existing conditions: ‘Sure they have your number?’: Anderson Cooper mocks Sean Spicer for ‘no comment’ on border wall lie. Trump snaps and calls CBS show ‘Deface the Nation’ after host points out policy reversals in first 100 days. 100 Days of Whoppers - FactCheck.org. Summary Donald Trump — whom we crowned the “King of Whoppers” when he was a long-shot candidate in 2015 — has held true to form during his first 100 days as president of the United States. In his first hour as president, he painted a dark portrait of a crime-ridden America with a dismal economy.

The next day he falsely denied that he had been feuding with the intelligence agencies, which days earlier he had compared to Nazi Germany’s. He grandly boasted that his inaugural crowd was larger than Obama’s, and said his Electoral College majority was larger than those of any president since Ronald Reagan. Neither claim was close to the truth. He doubled down on his baseless claim that massive voter fraud gave Hillary Clinton her popular vote plurality last year. And he has adamantly refused to admit error, sometimes piling new falsehoods upon old. Analysis. AP interview provides your handy reminder that Donald Trump is nucking futs. TRUMP: A little before I took office there was a terrible article about the F-35 fighter jet. It was hundreds of billions of dollars over budget. It was seven years behind schedule. It was a disaster.

‘You just said you did’: AP busts Trump for lying about watching CNN two minutes after he admitted it. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts In a interview with the Associated Press that was published over the weekend, President Donald Trump refused to condemn WikiLeaks and repeatedly contradicted himself. Speaking to Trump from the Oval Office, AP asked the president to reflect on his first 100 days in office.

On foreign policy, Trump recalled that he had “one of the best chemistries” with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and he took credit for NATO’s fight against terrorism. Trump, however, argued that people should not hold him to the promises he made in his 100-day plan, and then falsely claimed that he had gone above and beyond the plan by selecting Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Trump was hesitant to criticize WikiLeaks or its founder, Jullian Assange, for publishing stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee.

Trump says Pavarotti is 'a great friend of mine'—he died 10 years ago and his widow says stop lying. Unpopular orange blunt object of a President Donald Trump had a press conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni recently. It’s hard to screw up a press conference introduction but the wannabe tiny-handed model did just that. Through the ages your country has been a beacon of artistic and scientific achievement. That continues today. From Venice to Florence, from Verdi to Pavarotti—friend of mine. CIA’s White House liaison abruptly fired — after he clashed with Flynn loyalist in cahoots with Nunes. Trump just admitted his presidency isn’t going well — tacitly.

By Aaron Blake By Aaron Blake The Fix Analysis Analysis is interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events April 21 at 8:41 AM President Trump repeatedly emphasized the importance of the first 100 days of his potential presidency while on the campaign trail. President Trump repeatedly emphasized the importance of the first 100 days of his potential presidency while on the campaign trail. President Trump appears to have seen some news coverage Friday morning that mentioned his fast-approaching 100-day mark. As with many things, Trump used to feel quite differently about this.

First, there's Trump's “Contract with the American Voter,” which uses the same “ridiculous standard” of 100 days to promise all manner of things. The contract concludes: “On November 8th, Americans will be voting for this 100-day plan to restore prosperity to our economy, security to our communities and honesty to our government. President Trump, here’s why 100 days may not be such a ‘ridiculous standard’ President Trump repeatedly emphasized the importance of the first 100 days of his potential presidency while on the campaign trail.

After Trump Was Elected, Librarians Had To Rethink Their System For Fact-Checking. Trump breaks silence on North Korea, defends reversal on China. President Trump’s bushel of false claims in his Fox Business interview. This interview alone is grounds for impeachment. Trump Admits Health Care Cuts Needed For Tax Cuts To Billionaires. <a class="icopyright-article-tools-noscript" href=" target="_blank" title="Main menu of all reuse options"><img height="25" width="27" border="0" align="bottom" alt="[Reuse options]" src=" Click here for reuse options! </a> The majority of Trump voters do not want cuts to their health care. In fact, they elected him partly because he departed the Republican party line on health care, promising they'd have "great health care" for a lower price.

Paul Ryan is one of the most unpopular Republicans in the country because he is the face of ACA repeal, something most voters don't want. They have told their representatives at town halls and at the ballot box that they are not interested in dying, and dying quickly. Yet. "We will save, perhaps, 900 billion dollars" by repealing the ACA, Trump told Bartiromo. He continued, "And we have to do health care first to pick up additional money so that we get great tax reform. " Hey Trump voters! Repeal is not an option. Die, and die quickly is not an option. Donald Trump: Liar in Chief - Rolling Stone. "What should a United States senator, or any citizen, do if the president is a liar? " Trump Again Downplays Steve Bannon's White House Role. WATCH: Boos erupt after Trump tells room full of construction workers that he won most of their votes. Trump Claims He Can 'Totally' Solve North Korea Without Any Help From China.

Here's Trump telling everyone 'we don't make mistakes'—then making an embarrassing mistake. Unpopular President Donald Trump did a nice photo op with leaders from the Fraternal Order of Police a short while ago. Life-cycle-donald-trump-lie?akid=15357.2617. The White House Takes Its Attacks On Jobs Data To A New (And Dangerous) Level. Trump Says Wasteful NEA Hasn’t Produced Single Valuable Work Since Claes Oldenburg’s ‘Giant Three-Way Plug’ Trump whines Obamacare looks ‘so great’ now: ‘Like President Obama — when he left, people liked him’ Newsmax/WSJ: Trump met Russian Amb. Kislyak last April. Examining Trump’s wiretap claim. Log In - New York Times. Transcript And Analysis: President Trump's Speech To Congress. Trump’s Speech Was Quiet — And Quietly Radical. Trump-O-Meter: Tracking Trump's Campaign Promises.

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What makes Trump adviser Stephen Miller so unlikeable? Lies upon lies about Michael Flynn: The White House’s official explanation of the scandal makes no sense. Log In - New York Times. Shep Smith: Trump’s Media Terror Coverage Claims Are 'Not True, Again, Why Bother?' Taibbi: The End of Facts in the Trump Era - Rolling Stone. Sean Spicer Makes Up Atlanta Islamist Terror Attack. Donald Trump wrong that media is not reporting on terrorism any more. Trump official admits administration misuses the term “fake news” to discredit media criticism. ‘We have not retracted’: CNN shoots down Sean Spicer’s latest lie about Kellyanne Conway. Kurt Eichenwald: Kellyanne Conway throws gutter ball, massacres facts. Breaking News: Donald Trump Tells the Truth. Trump’s loose talk about Muslims gets weaponized in court against travel ban. Donald Trump claims the ‘very dishonest press’ is covering up terror attacks.

Trump Fails Again To Offer Any Proof For His 'Voter Fraud' Claims. Every Sean Spicer Meltdown From His Disastrous First Two Weeks as Press Secretary. Talkingpointsmemo. Trump Shows Off His Black History Chops, Big League (VIDEO) A Full Transcript Of Donald Trump's Black History Month Remarks. Kimmel imagines bizarro world of Trump TV: ‘Large, masculine hands’ and ‘Sean Spicer’s sexy new look’

'Negotiator' Trump caves to big pharma. USA TODAY Network: Dive into Donald Trump's thousands of lawsuits - USA TODAY. Trump’s Immigration Ban Excludes Countries With Business Ties. Trump on Torture, Again. This Week In Trump's 'Alternative Facts' President Trump's Interview with David Muir on ABC Was Horrifying. TrumpBeat: There Is No Pivot. Trump Claims Waterboarding Doesn’t Come Close To The Excruciating Torment He Experiences At Every Moment.

Sean Spicer Turns First Press Conference Into Ad for Trump Hotel: 'I Encourage You to Go There' "...If the press were honest - which it's not - I would absolutely not use Twitter. I wouldn't have to." -President-elect Trump. Help Us Map TrumpWorld - BuzzFeed News. 6 of Donald Trump's Most Appalling Moments This Week.

Fact-checking what Donald Trump’s lawyer said about the president-elect’s finances. Here are 14 fake news stories created or publicized by Donald Trump.