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This declare:
“Inflation is going up.”
— House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Wednesday
We say: Sorry, however the seasonally adjusted client price index has been decrease in every of the three months (by means of April) since President Trump took workplace than during any of the final three months of President Joe Biden’s time period.
In March, it even went unfavorable, falling by 0.1%. Alas, information don’t matter to the House Democratic chief.
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This nickname:
“Here’s the ‘We Are All Going To Die’ Act ”
— Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
We say: Schumer’s identify for the GOP’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” is supposed to scare people into considering the marginally slower spending growth it requires will deprive them of critically needed health care.
Baloney: As The Post notes, the minor slowdown comes as Medicaid spending has soared 60% since simply 2019, threatening to bankrupt the nation; tightening guidelines to forestall fraud and waste gained’t price lives — but it surely may save America.
Spot the distinction:
Elon Musk making a gesture whereas talking at President Trump’s inaugural parade on Jan. 20, 2025. AFP through Getty Images
vs.
Sen. Corey Booker made a related gesture to Musk during a speech in California final week. @greenbergnation / X
We say: Funny how the practically an identical gesture, which unintentionally resembled a Nazi salute, sparked outrage from lefties when Musk (then a Trump ally) made it but radio silence from them when Democratic Sen. Cory Booker did.
This headline:
Correction: We’ve deleted the post under as a result of it and early variations of the article didn’t meet Post equity requirements. The background: Early variations of the article on Sunday said that Israeli troops had killed more than 30 people close to a U.S. assist web site in Gaza, with the… pic.twitter.com/KseRXgJn6A— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 3, 2025
We say: Will the lefty press by no means stop treating lies unfold by Gaza’s Health Ministry (which solutions to Hamas terrorists) as reality?
The report about Israeli troops opening fire was 100% false — which is why The WaPo later admitted its error.
Yet the paper wasn’t the one main information outlet to parrot Hamas’ defamatory slurs in opposition to Israel.
And it’s half of a sample — the worst was the false declare that Israel bombed a Gazan hospital, killing 500 — meant to slur the Jewish state as genocidal and Hamas because the sufferer. It’s past reckless.
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
