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Search results for "Beginning next week, most Australians get free electricity for three hours every afternoon."

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Fact-checks (23257)

George Packer stated on August 08, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
Despite the U.S. spending $10 billion on Iraq's electrical system, Baghdad still only gets five hours of electricity a day.
By Robert Farley• August 10, 2010
Rick Scott stated on October 10, 2011 in a radio show interview:
Says adding toll lanes on I-95 in Broward County improved rush-hour traffic for non-toll lanes from 25 mph to 45 mph.
By Katie Sanders• October 28, 2011
Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’”
By Maria Briceño• November 19, 2024
Ron Johnson stated on December 08, 2021 in Radio interview:
Around the world, people who exercise their "health autonomy" and don't get vaccinated are being put "basically into internment camps."
By Madeline Heim• December 13, 2021
Chris Matthews stated on June 04, 2012 in comments on MSNBC's "Hardball":
Under Florida’s voting law, a requirement to turn in voter registrations within 48 hours "makes it impossible to meet the deadline if you’re working right to the end of the week."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 12, 2012
Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a photo:
Says photo shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated."
By Monique Curet• May 11, 2022
Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Photo of electric charging station “powered by diesel generator” is emblematic of the electric vehicle movement.
By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2023
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network stated on March 16, 2012 in in a TV ad:
Metro Atlantans spend "over an hour every day" or "five hours a week" commuting, for a total of "260 hours a year."
By Willoughby Mariano• March 23, 2012
Harry Reid stated on January 18, 2011 in an interview on "Face to Face with Jon Ralston":
Nevada will be "energy independent within the immediate future."
By Louis Jacobson• February 3, 2011
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows an electric car charging station that uses "12 gallons of diesel fuel per hour, and it takes three hours to fully charge a car to get 200 miles. That's 36 gallons for 200 miles. 5.6 mpg."
By Andy Nguyen• July 19, 2021
Ron Shipman stated on June 10, 2013 in a meeting:
Says Georgia Power customers pay 10 percent to 15 percent below the national average for electricity.
By Eric Stirgus• June 24, 2013
Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2019 in a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee:
"The noise (from windmills) causes cancer."  
By Jon Greenberg• April 8, 2019
Instagram posts stated on March 08, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The 2020 election was the only time in American history that an election took more than 24 hours to count.
By Sofia Ahmed• March 14, 2024
Rick Scott stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate:
"While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average."
By Steve Contorno• October 21, 2014
AmeriPAC stated on May 16, 2011 in a fundraising letter:
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are "toxic" and "not environmentally friendly."
By Robert Farley• May 24, 2011
Mark Warner stated on December 06, 2010 in a floor speech.:
The national debt grew an estimated $15 billion last weekend.
By Wes Hester• December 9, 2010
Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
"America is No. 1 in wind power."
By Joshua Gillin• January 21, 2015
Viral image stated on January 19, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Four players have dropped out of the Australian Open with “chest pains.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 21, 2022
Newt Gingrich stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
In New York City, "an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher."
By Louis Jacobson• December 12, 2011
Ron Castorina, Jr. stated on November 28, 2016 in a press release:
"It is more difficult to obtain a Costco membership than it is to get a NYC Municipal ID"
By Dan Clark• December 21, 2016

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By Hannah Norman• September 13, 2021

Fact-checking 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour'

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• August 10, 2010

Americans & Australians on carbon-control politics

By Becky Bowers• July 30, 2013

Joe Biden is pushing for more electric cars. Will there be enough charging stations?

By Tom Kertscher• April 21, 2023

What happens if a president or nominee dies or is incapacitated? Around elections, it gets thorny

By Louis Jacobson• October 2, 2020

How long will the Iran war last? See Trump’s timeline shift

By Amy Sherman• March 30, 2026

Launching PolitiFact Global News Service

By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2016

Fact-checking the California governor's debate with John Cox and Gavin Newsom

By Kyra Haas, Manuela Tobias• October 8, 2018

Election Day signals the end for cap and trade

By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 8, 2010

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By Tom Kertscher• August 8, 2023

Launching PolitiFact Global News Service

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Warren and Klobuchar say they can lower drug prices without Congress’ help

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By Aaron Sharockman• May 11, 2014

With the election's end, 'truthiness' improves

By Jim Tharpe• November 14, 2010

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By Jacob Geiger• January 27, 2011

Fact-checking the May 11 news shows

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