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Of the 590 claims in Politics with evidence either way, 85% held up.
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The episode did not include the part of Trump's speech in which he encouraged the crowd to peacefully and patriotically march to the Capitol
The editing of the speech could be easily interpreted as a deliberate distortion of the president's words
The edit gave the impression that Trump said We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you and we fight We fight like hell
Judge Roy K Altman set a provisional start date of February 15 2027 for a two-week trial
The BBC cut together two parts of Trump's January 2021 speech to Stop the Steal protesters
A trial date has been set for President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC
The lawsuit was filed following the release of an episode from Panorama titled Trump A Second Chance
This edit led to massive economic damage to his brand value and significant damage and injury to his future financial prospects and Trump is seeking $10 billion in damages
Republican leaders reportedly tried to sway Rep Don Bacon's vote by promising tailored tariff relief to businesses in his district
Cowardice of tariff skeptics erodes the republic
The Constitution vests trade and taxing power with the legislative branch
Republicans failed that test this week
Lawmakers narrowly voted to clear the way for resolutions challenging Trump's tariff powers on Tuesday night
McClintock and most Republican colleagues chose cowardice and voted to continue Trump's unilateral executive control over American trade policy
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said the exercise is fruitless and pointless
Polls show most Americans dislike tariffs
Government officials unconstitutionally used their power to coerce private companies to suppress Americans' protected speech
Officials denounced ICE-sighting groups but neither Bondi nor Noem threatened to prosecute pro-ICE social media accounts
The First Amendment protects Americans from government actions abridging free speech including the right to report and share information about law enforcement
The government took credit for violating Americans' constitutional rights by taking credit for coercing Apple and Meta
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