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11 times US presidents shaded reality as they shaped US history
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· Jul 7, 2026
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A chronological list of presidential falsehoods that had an impact on the United States of America's 250-year history, and its psyche.
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· Jul 4, 2026
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· Jun 26, 2026
Matthew d’Ancona’s culture: Larry David, the surprising standard-bearer for American hope
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· Jun 22, 2026
What PolitiFact learned from looking at presidential falsehoods throughout U.S. history
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· Jul 4, 2026
Celebrating America Doesn’t Have to Mean Erasing Our History
In the leadup to the semiquincentennial, President Donald Trump has waged a war on topics he deems “divisive,” from DEI to critical race theory. As a reporter and fact-checker, I’ve examined this attack on our history closely. I’ve interviewed historians about how our past shapes our current moment, observed the spectacles put on by administration, []
The Daily Beast
· Jun 29, 2026
Trump Melts Down About ‘SCUM’ as Green Slime Takes Over Reflecting Pool
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersPresident Donald Trump has blasted “SCUM” for the green slime which has engulfed the Reflecting Pool—although not the single-cellular type rapidly spreading across it.The 47th president went on a social media ramble about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, in which he vowed it would be restored to perfect condition while blasting “Radical Left SCUM” who he blames for its state.Trump, 80, has obsessed about the Reflecting Pool ever since he bragged that he would be the first president to permanently fix it since it was originally built in the 1920s. But his efforts to date have come up dramatically short while his rants have only drawn further attention to the botched project.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Related coverage for "11 times US presidents shaded reality as they shaped US history": WRAL News — 250 years, 11 falsehoods: A history of US presidents misleading the public. Financial Times — Yankee pyramids: the meaning of presidential libraries. The New European — Matthew d’Ancona’s culture: Larry David, the surprising standard-bearer for American hope. PolitiFact — What PolitiFact learned from looking at presidential falsehoods throughout U.S. history. Mother Jones — Celebrating America Doesn’t Have to Mean Erasing Our History. The Daily Beast — Trump Melts Down About ‘SCUM’ as Green Slime Takes Over Reflecting Pool