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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates
Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017)
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015)
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018)
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016)
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016)
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017)
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden)
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019)
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010)
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018)
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017)
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Snopes.com fact-checking and poltiical debunking


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  • Arnold Mooney (1) Republican 2020 Senate Challenger Alabama
  • Barry Moore (1) Republican U.S. Rep Alabama-2
  • Bill Hightower (1) Republican U.S. Rep Alabama-1
  • Donald Trump (5) Republican former President
  • Elizabeth Warren (1) Massachusetts Senator
  • Hillary Clinton (1) Democratic Presidential candidate
  • John Rogers (1) Democratic 2020 Senate Challenger Alabama
  • Kamala Harris (1) California Democratic nominee;Vice President; former California Senator
  • Robert Bentley (1) Alabama Republican Governor
  • Vivian Davis Figures (1) Democratic Senate Challenger (2008); State Senator Alabama
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Fact-checking has become commonplace in recent years; but originally we used only FactCheck.org. They are often accused of partisanship (as are all fact-checking services, so we attempt to balance them against each other and report only non-partisan facts here). Following is FactCheck.org's self-description; all of the other services are linked from above so you can check out their similar self-descriptions:

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  • [FactCheck.org is] a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.

  • The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels.

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-- Jesse Gordon, jesse@OnTheIssues.org, April 2019

 OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)
Abortion
    Arnold Mooney: Prohibit use of fetal tissue from unborn infants.
    Barry Moore: Prohibit use of fetal tissue from unborn infants.
    Bill Hightower: Prohibit use of fetal tissue from unborn infants.
    Donald Trump: 1998: I hate abortion yet I'm totally for choice.
    Elizabeth Warren: Legal abortions are safer than tonsillectomies.
    John Rogers: No additional laws restricting use of fetal tissue.
    Robert Bentley: Prohibit use of fetal tissue from unborn infants.
    Vivian Davis Figures: Prohibit use of fetal tissue from unborn infants.
Environment
    Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: No, Hillary didn't grant eminent domain to China.
Gun Control
    Donald Trump: 1998: Against gun laws; only bad guys would have guns.
Health Care
    Donald Trump: 1998: For universal coverage; have to take care of people.
Principles & Values
    Donald Trump: FactCheck: 46M watched SOTU; 98M watched Super Bowl.
    Kamala Harris: FactCheck: Constitutionally eligible to run for presidency.
Tax Reform
    Donald Trump: 1998: I'd like to see major tax cuts, 800 billion or more.


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