Real posts and releases from the White House, federal agencies and congressional leaders of both parties. Read one and decide: PSA or propaganda? Then see what Semblen found.
“Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield.”
The sources don’t settle it as a whole, so here is what they say about each part of it.
✓Confirmed: Experts told PolitiFact that the U.S. and Israel achieved significant battlefield wins, including nearly eliminating Iran's naval, air force and air defense systems. politifact.com ↗
+The sources add: Experts said calling it a total victory overlooks significant strategic setbacks, as Iran's regime remains in charge and now has unprecedented control over the Strait of Hormuz. politifact.com ↗
+The sources add: An analyst noted that tactical battlefield victories do not always translate into actual victory in a war. api.politifact.com ↗
“President Trump Will Again Defy the Odds, the Fake News, and the Radical Left”
Every time the Radical Left, the Fake News, and the professional panic class have written President Trump’s obituary, they have been wrong. They will be wrong again. In the final two years of his presidency, Democrats will try — and fail …
Techniques found
Name Calling “the Radical Left, the Fake News, and the professional panic class”
Loaded Language “Radical Left”
A claim, checked
“he produced the largest drop in violent crime in modern history”
The sources don’t settle it as a whole, so here is what they say about each part of it.
✓Confirmed: FBI data show the 2024-to-2025 decreases in the violent crime rate and the murder rate were the largest one-year declines since nationwide estimates began in 1936. factcheck.org ↗
+The sources add: FactCheck.org said Trump wrongly cast the 2025 decline as a dramatic turnaround and made misleading claims about the impact of his administration's policies. factcheck.org ↗
–Not in the sources we found: That Trump produced the drop in violent crime.
Well, Madam President, last week, the American people put Donald Trump and the GOP on blast. Americans mobilized the red wall and for good reason. Americans want a government that recognizes and responds to their needs, and Democrats are…
Techniques found
Bandwagon Appeal “Americans are sick of being told to suck it up”
Repetition “paying a fortune”
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“Miller was the architect of the Trump administration's extreme immigration positions, spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to deploy masked Federal agents to sow chaos in American streets.”
The sources don’t settle it as a whole, so here is what they say about each part of it.
“New York’s Robert F. Kennedy Bridge took just over two years of actual construction to complete. Under today’s broken permitting process, a project of that scale would be trapped in a decade of red tape, litigation, and review delays before a single shovel touched the ground. Senate Republicans are cutting bureaucratic red tape so America can build again.”
Techniques found
Loaded Language “broken permitting process”
Exaggeration/Hyperbole “a decade of red tape, litigation, and review delays before a single shovel touched the ground”
A claim, checked
“New York’s Robert F. Kennedy Bridge took just over two years of actual construction to complete.”
The sources don’t settle it as a whole, so here is what they say about each part of it.
+The sources add: The bridge, formerly the Triborough Bridge, was completed in 1936 and renamed after Robert F. Kennedy in 2008. upi.com ↗, en.wikipedia.org ↗
–Not in the sources we found: The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge took just over two years of actual construction to complete.