Ohio Republican wrongly says Sherrod Brown likes communism | PolitiFact Ohio Republicans have long attacked U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, as an ultra liberal, but now one of Brown’s hopeful Republican challengers has cast the incumbent as someone who is so far to the left that he likes communism and Marxism. Mike Gibbons, a wealthy Ohio investment banker, criticized Brown’s philosophy in an interview Feb. 20 with the Republican Liberty Caucus of Ohio. Gibbons said that Brown "majored in Russian studies at Yale University and when he majored in it -- because he would have been in (the same year as) my class -- Russia was a communist country. So he studied communism, and apparently he liked it, because a lot of his policies reflect that interest in Marxism." Gibbons, who was the finance co-chair for a joint committee for Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee in 2016, has made comments about Brown studying Marxism or Russian multiple times on the campaign trail. Gibbons’ claim is disingenuous. Gibbons cites Breitbart article Brown has a liberal record
Pants On Fire for Trump's claim about 'serious voter fraud' in California | PolitiFact California Grabbing the attention of the Golden State, President-Elect Donald Trump claimed in a recent tweet there was "serious voter fraud" in three states won by Hillary Clinton during the General Election, including California. Here’s his tweet: Trump made this claim on Sunday during a flood of tweets about voter fraud. The president-elect also said he would have won the popular vote if not for "the millions of people who voted illegally." PolitiFact national examined that claim and rated it Pants on Fire. We decided to fact-check Trump’s eye-opening claim about "serious voter fraud" in California. Our research Trump offered no evidence about California voter fraud in his series of tweets. On Monday, Trump spokesman Jason Miller cited a national study done by the Pew Research Center showing that approximately 24 million voter registrations in the United States are no longer valid or inaccurate. 'Broad brush allegations' Logan described Trump’s voter fraud claims as "broad brush allegations."
Two minutes to midnight: did the US miss its chance to stop North Korea’s nuclear programme? | News Pyongyang International is one of the world’s quieter airports. The country’s chronic isolation means that there are not many places to fly, and few foreigners keen on visiting. At least until a new terminal was built in 2012, many of the flights on the departure boards were just for show, giving the appearance of connection with the outside world. They never actually took off. Against this melancholy backdrop, one day in late May 1999, something quite extraordinary happened. The flightpath followed by Perry’s plane, which had taken off in Japan, had not been used since the Korean war. Perry was arriving at a moment of high tension. By the time the US delegation arrived in Pyongyang, a 1994 agreement between Washington and Pyongyang, intended to prevent North Korea from ever becoming a nuclear weapons state, was fraying. And potatoes. By this stage in his life, Perry could reasonably claim to know the risks of failure in nuclear diplomacy. That hunch proved right, eventually.
consent?brandType=nonEu&gcrumb=B-HLwaI&done= Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) was found in contempt of court on Wednesday for not following a court order to fully inform thousands of Kansans that they were eligible to vote. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson, a George W. Bush appointee, rebuked Kobach ― who is running for Kansas governor and was in charge of President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission ― in her finding and demanded he pay attorneys fees associated with the motion to hold him in contempt. The finding also underscores how Kobach wrought confusion in the state and neglected to make sure that thousands of eligible voters knew they were allowed to cast a ballot. This confusion affected people like Tad Stricker, who wanted to make sure his Kansas voter registration was valid ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Robinson blocked that law in 2016. At a trial held about the issue in March, Kobach argued the law was necessary to prevent noncitizens from voting. This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal is confusing. This timeline will help If you need evidence of the US retail sector’s precarious condition, consider that more than 9,000 stores closed last year, and another 12,000 are on the chopping block this year, according to commercial property firm Cushman & Wakefield. Despite a 4.2% rise in 2017 over the previous year, US retail growth is lumpy and clearly not firing on all cylinders. Every week brings gloomy news of bankruptcies or downsizings. US retail is at a crossroads, with brands and retailers still trying to decide whether e-commerce is friend or foe. The future of retail is happening now, in China Online sales penetration in China is the highest in the world, but brick-and-mortar retail still accounts for more than 80% of total retail sales. There’s no such quandary 8,000 miles away in China, where the “either-or” retail equation is being pushed aside in favor of a model, called “New Retail,” melding the best of both the in-shop and online experiences. Turning supermarket hell into Hema And what about malls?
States with voter ID laws have seen 'zero decrease' in turnout, NC Republican says | PolitiFact North Carolina Should North Carolina residents have to show photo identification to vote? Republicans who control North Carolina’s state legislature are considering the requirement, and have proposed putting a referendum on the November ballot. Those who support the idea say it’s needed to prevent people from impersonating one another. Critics, meanwhile, say photo ID requirements discriminate against poor people and minorities who may not have driver’s licenses or other forms of photo ID. They also say photo ID is unnecessary, since reports of voter fraud in North Carolina are rare and tend to occur not at polling sites but with mail-in ballots. State Rep. "Not at all," Moore said in the June 7 interview. He went on to say that, "When it comes to voter participation, it's generally dependent on what kind of cycle it is." We decided to look at what has happened in states that did what Republicans would like to do in North Carolina. Voting laws in NC Effects of voter ID Votes blocked PolitiFact ruling
Media Giant Sinclair Hired Reporter From Russian Propaganda Outlet RT Who Produced ‘Must-Run’ ‘Deep State’ Segment The United States' largest owner of television stations, Sinclair Broadcast Group, mandated that its outlets run a segment on the so-called deep state that was produced by a former reporter for the Russian propaganda outlet RT, according to a new report. The "must-run" piece aired on March 21 and featured Sebastian Gorka, the former adviser to President Donald Trump, lamenting the existence of a deep state—a popular conspiracy theory in some circles that longtime career public servants in the government are working to subvert the U.S. government. Trump has repeatedly complained about such a mysterious rogue network. Sinclair national correspondent Kristine Frazao produced the segment. The deep state segment reported that 74 percent of respondents to a March 19 Monmouth University Poll said they believed the secret bloc exists—but only after the term was defined "as a group of unelected government and military officials who secretly manipulate or direct national policy."
Donald Trump says there's 'substantial evidence of voter fraud.' There isn't President Donald Trump is closing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, a panel to investigate voter fraud that had attracted controversy during its short life. The commission -- headed by Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach -- had been "bedeviled by internal dissension, threats of litigation and the refusal of some states to provide information. Its last known meeting was Sept. 12," NBC reported. The panel included a few Democrats, but its membership was majority Republican. In a statement on Jan. 3, 2018, announcing his decision to disband the commission, Trump said, "Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry. PolitiFact is separately checking a different assertion by Trump, that "mostly Democrat states refused to hand over data" to the commission. The White House’s previous argument
World Water Day 2018: Facts And Quotes To Share To Raise Awareness Thursday is World Water Day, an annual celebration initiated by the United Nations to raise awareness about water scarcity and how to preserve and use it safely. Even though water covers almost three-fourths of the Earth’s surface, there are many regions that are severely deprived of it. "The theme for World Water Day 2018 is ‘Nature for Water’ – exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 21st century," according to the official website. "Damaged ecosystems affect the quantity and quality of water available for human consumption. This year, World Water Day turns 25 and to celebrate the occasion, here are some facts and quotes about water, courtesy of Water.org. Facts: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Water drips from a tap in Paris, April 11, 2014. Quotes: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.