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Trustworthy and factual information is available on-line at C-Span, Library of Congress and Thomas Library, and the Pulitzer Prize winning fact-check site, Politifact. Watch C-Span's video archives showing Senate dialog. Go to the Thomas Library, and read the actual text of sections of bills at the core of greatest controversy in Congress; and then compare this primary source information with the public statements made by Rep. John A. Boehner, Karl Rove, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Fox News, and others, available in the on-line video or print archives of most credible news organizations. Also compare primary source information with statements and reviews posted on most web sites of right-wing tax-exempt political groups, for example, Citizen's United. Additional factual information is available at The Sunlight Foundation and Fact Check, which is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.On-line Resource Sites
- C-Span
- Library of Congress, Thomas Library, read the full text of bills
- Google Scholar, search Articles or Legal Opinions and Journals
- Politifact, Pulitzer Prize winning fact-check research group
- The Sunlight Foundation, uses cutting-edge technology and ideas to make government transparent and accountable.
- Fact Check, which is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center
- U.S. PIRG, federation of state Public Interest Research Groups
- How Does The House Ethics Process Work? by Ilona Nickels, Congressional Scholar, Liberty Central, August 25, 2010
- White House
- President Obama's weekly 3-5 minute address
- Supreme Court
- Congressional Research Service, Reports
- The U.S. House of Representatives, Committee On Rules
- Office of Congressional Ethics
- Ilona Nickels, Congressional Scholar
- Supreme Court Opinion Widens Corporate "Personhood" Rights, U.S. PIRG, January 21, 2010
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
- Covert Operations: The Billionaire Brothers Who Are Waging War Against Obama by Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, August 30, 2010
- A G.O.P. Leader Tightly Bound to Lobbyists by Eric Lipton, The New York Times, September 11, 2010
- Union boss Richard Trumka to accuse Republicans, businesses and insurers of "economic treason" by Jon Ward, The Daily Caller, September 14, 2010
- The Secret Election, Editorial, The New York Times, September 18, 2010
- Washington, D.C.: It's Time To Step Up On Disclosure, U.S. PIRG, September 22, 2010
- Fear and Favor by Paul Krugman, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times, October 3, 2010
- That's Where the Money Is by Bob Herbert, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times, October 5, 2010
- Hey, Small Spender by Paul Krugman, The New York Times, October 10, 2010
- Offering Donors Secrecy, and Going on Attack by Jim Rutenberg, Don Van Natta, Jr. and Mike McIntire, The New York Times, October 11, 2010
- Town Hall with President Obama, Moving America Forward (17:40 into video), October 12, 2010
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False information deliberately and often covertly spread (as by the planting of rumors) in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth.
Examples of GOP disinformation (with Google, you can easily find many more examples from these and other right-wing GOP leaders):