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Daniel Dale
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A quiet week! Trump made a mere 28 false claims last week, about half his 2018 average. (He spoke for only 42 minutes, down from a 2018 average of about 2.5 hours.) thestar.com/news/world/ana…
Here's the updated week-by-week chart of Trump's false claims, from @EdTubb:
Trump is now up to 4,238 false claims for his presidency, 5.7 per day. Here's the complete list of false claims, fact-checked: projects.thestar.com/donald-trump-f…
Notable Trump lies/false claims last week:
- Grocery stores gave special treatment to unpaid federal workers
- 58,000 people voted illegally in Texas
- Human traffickers don't use legal ports of entry (women, duct tape, etc.)
- "Almost all" Dems are now saying "walls are good"
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Daniel Dale
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This is another major lie from Trump about human trafficking. No expert would say "almost all" human trafficking comes over the southern border. Experts emphasize that a large percentage of victims are U.S. citizens, trafficked within the United States.
For example, the Trump administration's 2017 human trafficking report said "DOJ’s grantees reported that 66 percent of clients served during the reporting period were U.S. citizens or LPRs (lawful permanent residents)." state.gov/j/tip/rls/tipr…
Man. Trump said today at his human trafficking meeting, "Human trafficking by airplane is almost impossible." It's so common that airport and airline workers are being trained in how to spot it. There are posters in the Vegas airport. wsj.com/articles/a-new…
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Daniel Dale
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The issue of Canada's Super Bowl ads was one of the very weirdest parts of the NAFTA talks. As the LA Times reported, its resolution -- and, specifically, Goodell supposedly praising Trump over this -- seems to be responsible for Trump warming to the NFL: thestar.com/news/world/201…
It is not clear how much of a role, if any, Trump had in the negotiations on this issue, which he has sometimes suggested he personally resolved in "two seconds." A Canadian government source says they are not aware of Trump raising it with the Canadians.
Actually, the Trump change means Canadians *won’t* get American Super Bowl ads. The NFL wants to sell Canadian rights for a lot of money, so wants Canadians watching Canadian channels with Canadian ads rather than flipping to CBS for the fancy ads.
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Booker has cosponsored Sanders' "Medicare for all" bill, which is for a single-payer system with everyone on public insurance. How he can possibly finesse those two: the bill allows people to buy supplemental private insurance for things not covered.
In Ontario, for example, we're all on the Ontario government health plan, OHIP. But it generally doesn't cover vision, services or prescription drugs, so I get that coverage privately through my employer.
Sanders's single-payer plan is so comprehensive in coverage that, if implemented as envisioned, there'd be a more limited need for supplemental insurance than there is in Canada. But it's not contradictory to support "Medicare for all" and say private insurance would exist. /end
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