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Walz Twists Some Labor Claims

Walz Twists Some Labor Claims

“While the administration may be trumpeting this rule as a good thing for workers, that is a ruse,” Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank partly funded by labor unions, wrote in a statement issued the same day.


Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention

Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention

Trump’s proposal to end federal taxes on tips (which Vice President Kamala Harris later said she also supports) is aimed at benefiting mostly low-income workers, though some economists doubt it will work.


Third Night of the Democratic Convention

Third Night of the Democratic Convention

The late criminologist Richard Rosenfeld, who wrote about crime trends for the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice at the end of his long career in this field, told us in 2021 that presidents “can facilitate a response,” citing an initiative by Biden at the time to work with cities to reduce gun violence.


How Walz Responded to Riots in Minnesota After the Death of George Floyd

How Walz Responded to Riots in Minnesota After the Death of George Floyd

Meanwhile, an independent “after-action review” commissioned by Minneapolis concluded that the delayed deployment of the state National Guard was at least partly the result of inexperienced city officials not following the proper protocols when Walz was first contacted about providing military assistance.


No evidence audio clip supposedly of Wes Streeting comments about Palestinian deaths is genuine

No evidence audio clip supposedly of Wes Streeting comments about Palestinian deaths is genuine

An audio clip, widely shared on X (formerly Twitter), supposedly captures Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting swearing and saying he doesn’t care, when asked about Palestinians being killed.


“ZhS Premium” on the losses of the Ukrainian army with a reference to a yoga instructor

“ZhS Premium” on the losses of the Ukrainian army with a reference to a yoga instructor

The essence of a fake: Yoga instructor accidentally reveals one million dead Ukrainian soldiers during event announcement.


Is a Belarusian pension enough to pay for utilities for five years?

Is a Belarusian pension enough to pay for utilities for five years?

According to official data, last year, the average pension in Latvia was not €320, as claimed by the blogger, but €560 — 2.5 times higher than in Belarus.


Scottish Labour does not have its headquarters in Newcastle

Scottish Labour does not have its headquarters in Newcastle

Some of the posts feature a screenshot of Scottish Labour’s website showing that membership enquiries should be directed to an office in Newcastle upon Tyne.


Q&A: How Biden Can Be Replaced as the Democratic Nominee

Q&A: How Biden Can Be Replaced as the Democratic Nominee

Biden may endorse his vice president for the nomination, but he wouldn’t have “any formal power over the delegates to say they have to vote for X candidate,” said Mayer, the Northeastern University professor.


General election 2024, fact checked

General election 2024, fact checked

‘Live fact checking’—analysing politicians’ claims in close-to-real time—is one of the trickiest things we do, and we did it a lot in this election campaign.