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For the first time since 2009, PolitiFact is recalibrating the Lie of the Year — our award for the most egregious falsehood we've seen in a year's worth of fact-checking.
This year, we want to focus less on the offenders who perpetuate the falsehoods, and more on those who are hurt by them.
So “congratulations” 2025. PolitiFact names you Year of the Lies. 🧵
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Florida voters will start receiving mail ballots this weekend. Catch up on candidates' claims on AI data centers, property insurance, and the rest this election cycle here: buff.ly/krffmfJ
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Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico’s campaign said that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, mass school shooting was part of a “plan” by “God.” In his longer comments, Paxton called the shooting “senseless.”
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Trump said warnings about AI are from “the same people” who warned of climate change and advocated investigations of him. Alarms over AI are not confined to one group of people, and the loudest warnings lately have come from industry leaders.
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Sherrod Brown says Jon Husted “led the push” to bring data centers to Ohio and gave billions in tax dollars to the industry. Husted promoted data center expansion and tax incentives, while the Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved the exemptions.
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In New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race, Democrat Chris Pappas said his Republican opponent John Sununu “led efforts to privatize Social Security.” That’s Mostly True.
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Florida gubernatorial candidates Democrat David Jolly and Republican U.S Rep. Byron Donalds spoke at WLRN’s Sept. 23 Sunshine Economy Summit. PolitiFact fact-checked some of their statements.
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The most well-researched creatine supplements can help you build a bit of muscle and increase your strength — mostly when combined with exercise. But anyone promoting dramatic muscle gains is likely overstating creatine’s proven, modest benefits.
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President Donald Trump and some Republicans invoked Chinese influence to claim that U.S. opposition to data centers is inauthentic. That exaggerates China-based influence campaigns' impact on a growing movement.
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An ad in Texas’ U.S. Senate race misleads about James Talarico’s position on gender-affirming care for children.
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The Republican National Committee claimed that 54% of North Carolina commercial driver’s licenses were issued illegally to noncitizens. That number is based on a sampling — not a full accounting — of CDLs issued in the state.
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In Iowa’s governor’s race, Democrat Rob Sand said Iowa used to have the best public schools and is now “in the bottom half.” Iowa placed highly in the past, but not number one. By one metric, Iowa’s K-12 schools rank 26th in the nation.
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An ad in Texas’ U.S. Senate race misleads about James Talarico’s position on gender-affirming care for children. buff.ly/Ecwqszh
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President Donald Trump rebranded his proposed 250-foot arch in D.C. as a “military complex” to be fit with drones and snipers. Here’s how his justification evolved into a national security matter and how he’s done the same with other projects.
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In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Donald Trump defended the United States’ use of military power abroad and criticized the international community for inaction. PolitiFact fact-checked his remarks.
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Trump said warnings about AI are from “the same people” who warned of climate change and advocated investigations of him. Alarms over AI are not confined to one group of people, and the loudest warnings lately have come from industry leaders.
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Sherrod Brown says Jon Husted “led the push” to bring data centers to Ohio and gave billions in tax dollars to the industry. Husted promoted data center expansion and tax incentives, while the Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved the exemptions.
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In New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race, Democrat Chris Pappas said his Republican opponent John Sununu “led efforts to privatize Social Security.” That’s Mostly True.
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Florida gubernatorial candidates Democrat David Jolly and Republican U.S Rep. Byron Donalds spoke at WLRN’s Sept. 23 Sunshine Economy Summit. PolitiFact fact-checked some of their statements.
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The most well-researched creatine supplements can help you build a bit of muscle and increase your strength — mostly when combined with exercise. But anyone promoting dramatic muscle gains is likely overstating creatine’s proven, modest benefits.
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President Donald Trump and some Republicans invoked Chinese influence to claim that U.S. opposition to data centers is inauthentic. That exaggerates China-based influence campaigns' impact on a growing movement.
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