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The truth behind the rhetoric A recap of Trump’s first State of the Union President Trump gave  one of the longest State of the Union addresses  in history, which means The Fact Checker was busy this week. The president once again boasted that he signed the largest tax cuts in history — that’s a  Four Pinocchio  claim. We also found that Trump was off the mark talking about jobs, unemployment claims, energy exports, immigration, and assorted other issues. All told, we examined 18 claims made by the president. We then turned our sights to  four of the responses to Trump’s speech  from Democrats and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Eight of their claims about health care, chief executive compensation, the Russia investigation and labor regulations didn’t quite add up. As is our practice, we didn’t hand out Pinocchio ratings for Trump’s address or these responses. Let’s just say that both fact-checks add up to 4,160 words and leave it at that. A t...

Let's work together and make this happen!  28 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News IT’S BEEN A PRETTY BAD MONTH FOR LARGER DONATIONS - The larger donations have been scarce this month. We have had some and those were greatly appreciated, but overall not very many. While January is never as good as December, it has always been quite a bit better than we are seeing right now. It’s going to be a bad month for funding. Right now we are just trying to keep it close. We could use a leg up. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Bill McKibben | 3 Strategies to Get to a Fossil-Free America  Bill McKibben, The Nation   McKibben writes: "When the next phase of the US climate movement launches with a nationally streamed rally at the end of the month, the wound-licking will be over."   READ MORE 3 Strategies to Get to a Fossil-Free America By Bill McKibben, The Nation 28 January 18 ...

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 01/26/2018 GIC caves | Welcome back, Stan? | Thanks, Stormy Happening Today   Baker to Washington, education chief interviews, solar tariffs, Iceland president at Harvard   -- Gov.  Charlie Baker  is in Washington D.C. today for informational meetings on the military's presence in Massachusetts, with plans to meet with Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition  Ellen Lord  at the Pentagon at 9 a.m., with Assistant Secretary of Defense  Lucian Niemeyer  at the Pentagon at 9:45 a.m. and with General  Joseph Lengyel , chief of the National Guard Bureau, at the Pentagon at 4:30 p.m. -- The  Board of Elementary and Secondary Education  ...