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** FactCheck.org's Weekly Update
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July 13, 2019


** SciCheck
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Trump Twists Facts in Environmental Speech ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
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In a July 8 speech dedicated to the environment, President Donald Trump made a series of misleading or false statements as he played up the U.S.’s environmental achievements, many of which predate his time as commander-in-chief.


** FactCheck Posts
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Biden on the 1994 Crime Bill ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, July 12th, 2019
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Former Vice President Joe Biden defended his support decades ago for a controversial crime bill, saying, “There’s another part of my long record that’s being grossly misrepresented: the 1994 crime bill.” We’ll go through Biden’s points about what was in the bill and what he supported or opposed.

Gillibrand Attacks Trump on Manufacturing Jobs ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, July 12th, 2019
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A TV ad from Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand accuses President Donald Trump of breaking his promise to protect and create manufacturing jobs. Despite some plant closures, there has been a net increase of nearly 500,000 manufacturing jobs on Trump’s watch.

Biden’s Stretch on Intellectual Property Theft ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says the Trump administration has not been fighting China on “stealing intellectual secrets,” claiming that instead it has been “fighting in trade.” But intellectual property issues have been part of ongoing trade negotiations with China.


** Debunking False Stories
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Citizenship, the Census and Obama ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, July 12th, 2019
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Memes circulating online claim that former President Barack Obama removed the citizenship question from the 2010 census. He didn’t. The citizenship question in 2010 was handled the same way it had been since 1970.

A False Claim About H.R. 8 and a ‘Firearms Registry’ ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, July 11th, 2019
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A viral meme falsely accuses five House Republicans of voting with Democrats to create a “firearms registry.” The bill in question specifically prohibits “the establishment, directly or indirectly, of a national firearms registry.”

Bogus Photo Combines Trump, Epstein Images ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
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A photo circulating online has been manipulated to show Jeffrey Epstein with Donald and Ivanka Trump in 1993.

Trump Retweets Made-up Reagan Quote ([link removed]) Posted on Monday, July 8th, 2019
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There’s no evidence President Ronald Reagan predicted Donald Trump would be president, as a meme shared by Trump falsely claims.


** Articles
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Trump’s Numbers July 2019 Update ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, July 12th, 2019
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Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.

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