August 30, 2010 9:22 am ET filed under Blog
For Cape Wind Opponents, Free Market Fundamentalism Replaces Coal-Funded Hot Air
August 17, 2010 3:11 pm ET filed under Blog
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Denies Appearing At Rally With Birther
June 29, 2010 10:07 am ET filed under Blog
On Wall Street Reform, Sen. Scott Brown Is Dancin' With The One That Brung Him
May 13, 2010 6:07 pm ET filed under Blog
Supreme Battle: Sen. Scott Brown vs. Sen. John McCain
April 19, 2010 10:52 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - April 18, 2010
On Sunday's political talk shows, the economy was front and center -- along with plenty of false and misleading statements. On Fox News Sunday, Sen. John McCain claimed that taxes have gone up in the past year. On Face the Nation, Sen. Scott Brown claimed that no one has talked about job creation since he was sworn in -- right after he talked up the jobs bill he voted for way back in February. And Sen. Mitch McConnell used an appearance on State of the Union to reassert falsely that the financial reform bill will bail out Wall Street. Sen. Marsha Blackburn echoed that falsehood on Meet the Press.
March 30, 2010 11:20 am ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Scott Brown Gets It Wrong On The Affordable Care Act
In a Boston Globe op-ed published on March 30, 2010, Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) repeated false Republican talking points attempting to smear the newly-adopted Affordable Care Act.
March 05, 2010 5:47 pm ET filed under Video
Sen. Scott Brown: "Not One New Net Job"
March 04, 2010 4:52 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Scott Brown Completes Recovery Act Reversal
February 23, 2010 4:15 pm ET filed under Blog
Conservatives Compare Sen. Scott Brown To Judas And Benedict Arnold
February 19, 2010 4:54 pm ET filed under Video
Sen. Brown: No New Jobs from Stimulus
February 18, 2010 6:25 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Scott Brown Echoes GOP's New "Net Jobs" Argument
February 05, 2010 11:59 am ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Brown Falsely Claims The Recovery Act "Didn't Create One New Job"
At a press conference yesterday, newly minted Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) stated the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "didn't create one new job." In reality, the Recovery act created up to 1.6 million jobs and kept 6 million Americans out of poverty, including an estimated 98,000 in Brown's home state of Massachusetts.
January 26, 2010 4:56 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Based On New Ad, It's Clear Conservatives For Patients Rights Needs To Go Back To School
Picking up on the latest conservative talking point, Conservatives for Patients Rights has jumped on the Scott Brown-win-is-a-referendum-against-health-care-reform bandwagon. Their newest ad, "Learn Their Lesson," is full of the usual false insinuations - just made more colorful this time with the inclusion of a misinterpretation of poll results.
January 21, 2010 4:07 pm ET filed under Blog
UPDATED: Did Sen.-Elect Brown Endorse Candidate Who Portrayed Obama As Bin Laden?
January 21, 2010 1:51 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen.-Elect Scott Brown Praises Obama's Foreign Policy
January 20, 2010 12:28 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen.-Elect Scott Brown Implies GOP "Beholden" To "Special Interests," Doesn't Look For Solutions
January 20, 2010 11:59 am ET filed under Fact Check
Senator-Elect Brown Falsely Claims The Recovery Act Did Not Create Jobs
During a press conference today, Senator-Elect Scott Brown (R-MA) stated that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "didn't work" and has not created "one new job." In reality, the Recovery Act created up to 1.6 million jobs and kept 6 million Americans out of poverty, including an estimated 98,000 in Brown's home state of Massachusetts.
January 19, 2010 1:06 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Americans For Tax Reform Repeats Debunked Attack On Martha Coakley
On January 18, 2010, Americans for Tax Reform repeated a previously debunked attack on Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley. By using a misleading, out of context quote, ATR falsely claims Coakley favors increasing taxes. In reality, she said "get[ting] people back to work" would increase tax revenue and reduce the deficit.
January 17, 2010 12:03 pm ET filed under Blog
Scott Brown Implies The President Was Born Out Of Wedlock
January 15, 2010 2:54 pm ET filed under Blog
Scott Brown Undermines His Own Talking Points
How does an appearance with a Republican insider from outside Massachusetts fit in with Scott Brown's "independent" narrative?
January 14, 2010 1:43 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Tea Party Express Attacks Coakley Over Bush's Deficit
On January 14, 2010, the Tea Party Express released an ad endorsing Massachusetts state senator Scott Brown. The ad uses the fiscal year 2009 budget deficit to attack Massachusetts state attorney general Martha Coakley and Washington Democrats. However, even the New York Times article shown in the ad explains Obama's deficit was largely inherited from the Bush administration.
December 10, 2009 6:09 pm ET filed under Blog
Bipartisan Climate Action & Energy Independence Framework: Better Jobs, Cleaner Air
October 13, 2009 10:03 am ET filed under Blog
Clean Energy Legislation Is Not A Partisan Issue
May 20, 2009 5:31 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Bachmann falsely Implies ACORN Had Been Indicted For Voter Fraud
On May 20, 2009, Rep. Michele Bachmann wrote a blog post misleadingly implying that ACORN had been indicted for voter fraud and that Rep. Barney Frank had "gutted" a reasonable amendment she offered to a bill. It's not surprising, coming from Rep. Bachmann, that both of these statements are misleading.
May 11, 2009 7:28 pm ET filed under Blog
Hate Crimes: The Same Three Arguments They Always Make, And The One Thing They Never Say
A particularly contentious bill has passed the House and makes its way towards the Senate, gathering steam and vitriol from conservatives as it goes: the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, known among laymen as Hate Crimes, or "The Matthew Shepard Bill." For a bill so simple, so straightforward, and so carefully worded, it generates a truly astonishing amount of crazed opposition - and a lot of repetition. Below are the same three unsupportable arguments conservatives always make against the Hate Crimes bill - and the one thing they never talk about.
