Hegseth ‘dangerously exaggerated’ US military triumph in Iran, Senate hears

Senator Jack Reed says at hearing that defense secretary failed to give Trump accurate picture of war in Iran…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/pete-hegseth-iran-war-hearing

 

Opinion | More Republicans seem to have lied about their resumes. Who’s surprised? - The Washington Post

This shouldn't be surprising. Republicans have long abandoned the notion that politics is about problem solving or "public service." When politics becomes performance art, the more extravagant the claims they make — whether they are about themselves or the world — the better. Moreover, Trump and right-wing media (including the Fox News anchors who privately disparaged viewers and conceded that Trump was lying about the election) have proved that a large segment of Republican voters will buy anything...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/20/republican-liars-resumes/

Ask Trump and prime-time Fox News hosts, and rampant looting and violence continues unabated - The Washington Post

Tucker Carlson engaged his trademarked Serious Facial Expression and looked into the camera last Thursday. “We’re about to bring you what has become unfortunately a nightly update on the descent of our nation into chaos and craziness,” he said, opening his nightly Fox News opinion show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” “A lot of craziness. For more than two weeks, this is really all we’ve covered. There’s that much going on right now. We can’t cover it all in an hour. Almost all of it, as you know, all the news, is horrifying. Vandals are defacing our country. They’re destroying our cities, our institutions, our civil society.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/16/ask-trump-fox-news-looting-violence-continues-unabated/

260,000 Words, Full of Self-Praise, From Trump on the Virus - The New York Times

Three journalists from The New York Times reviewed more than 260,000 words spoken by President Trump during the pandemic. Here’s what we learned. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/26/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-briefings-nalyzed.html

Trump Boasts He Likely Saved 'Billions' Of Lives In A Nation With 330 Million People | HuffPost

That’s a whopper.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-saves-billions-us-pop-350-million_n_5e9bd2bec5b6ea335d5cb120

AP Fact Check: Trump’s distortions are across the board | PBS NewsHour Weekend

President Donald Trump systematically fabricated his record before boisterous supporters and the eyes of the world this past week. ....
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-trumps-distortions-are-across-the-board

2 Indiana virtual schools received lots of public money. The state wants $40 million of it back - The Washington Post

Indiana state investigators said two virtual charter schools took up to $40 million in public money based on highly exaggerated enrollments — and now officials want the money back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/07/15/indiana-virtual-schools-received-lots-public-money-now-state-wants-million-it-back/

Trump casts U.S. cities as dangerous wastelands to sway 2020 voters - The Washington Post

In President Trump’s telling, some of the United States’ largest and most iconic cities are dangerous wastelands plagued by crime, homelessness, filth and decay. The president’s increasing attacks on cities — often based on false or exaggerated information — come as his reelection campaign is seeking to brand Democrats running for president as extremists who will export liberal urban policies to the rest of the country.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-is-what-im-fighting-trump-tries-to-cast-us-cities-as-filthy-and-crime-ridden-in-attempt-to-sway-2020-voters/2019/07/02/089463ca-9cda-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html

The Trump administration’s misleading spin on immigration, crime and terrorism - The Washington Post

President Trump and top administration officials say they want a border wall because thousands of criminals and terrorists are stopped or arrested every year by U.S. authorities. But the numbers they are citing in televised remarks and submitting in writing to members of Congress are being spun pretty heavily.

Regular readers know Trump and his advisers often pump up the numbers in support of tougher immigration laws and a border wall. The statistics that caught our attention over the past week are all spun in different ways. Let’s take a look....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/07/trump-administrations-misleading-spin-immigration-crime-terrorism/

Solar Hyperbole? - FactCheck.org

Three weeks after the Trump administration imposed a 30 percent tariff on imported solar energy cells and panels, the president claimed that "a lot of places are opening up" to "make solar panels again." Two weeks later, he said that "we're opening up at least five plants," and by mid-April, the number had grown to "seven or eight." But solar energy experts told us they knew of just one new announced facility since the tariffs were implemented. ....
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/04/solar-hyperbole/

Michael Cohen refutes Trump's claim FBI 'broke into' his office: Agents 'were extremely professional and respectful' - Raw Story

President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen said the FBI agents who raided his office and residence were "professional, courteous and respectful" during their search. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/michael-cohen-refutes-trumps-claim-fbi-broke-office-agents-extremely-professional-respecftul/

Trump's State of the Union ratings are not the highest in history | PolitiFact

Television ratings have long been a fixation for former reality TV star President Donald Trump, so it’s no wonder he shined a spotlight on the ratings for his first State of the Union....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/feb/01/donald-trump/trump-state-union-ratings-not-highest-history/

Trump Family Business Is Way Smaller Than The President Has Touted -- HuffPost

Donald Trump has an inflated view of his assets. The president's family business is worth about one-tenth of the value he has claimed, according to an analysis of the latest figures he has filed with the federal government. ...
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-organization-one-tenth-value_us_5a10ea53e4b045cf4371dfde

Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged… — ProPublica

In the spring of 2012, Donald Trump’s two eldest children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., found themselves in a precarious legal position. For two years, prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office had been building a criminal case against them for misleading prospective buyers of units in the Trump SoHo, a hotel and condo development that was failing to sell. Despite the best efforts of the siblings’ defense team, the case had not gone away. An indictment seemed like a real possibility. The evidence included emails from the Trumps making clear that they were aware they were using inflated figures about how well the condos were selling to lure buyers.....
https://www.propublica.org/article/ivanka-donald-trump-jr-close-to-being-charged-felony-fraud

Did scientists REALLY just admit to exaggerating global warming?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17mKIKGEF5E&feature=youtu.be

EPA chief exaggerates growth of coal jobs by tens of thousands

Coal mining jobs increased by only a few hundred during first three months of 2017....
https://thinkprogress.org/epa-chief-exaggerates-coal-job-growth-2ab69ed36b6