The Total Distortion of Economic Achievements

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1. “Business Cycle Dating Committee Announcement June 8, 2020.” National Bureau of Economic Research.  8 June 2020

2. United States.  Department of Commerce.  Bureau of Economic Analysis. “Table 1.1.5. Gross Domestic Product.”  13 Mar 2021

3. United States.  Department of Commerce.  Bureau of Economic Analysis. “Table 1.1.1. Percent Change From Preceding Period in Real Gross Domestic Product.”  13 Mar 2021

4. Sergei Klebnikov and Halah Touryalai.  “We Looked At How The Stock Market Performed Under Every U.S. President Since Truman – And the Results Will Surprise You.”  Forbes.  23 July 2020

5. Chuck Jones.  “Obama’s Last Three Years of Job Growth All Beat Trump’s Best Year.”  Forbes. 7 Feb 2020

6. Jeanne Whalen. “Trump Promised this Wisconsin Town a Manufacturing Boom. It Never Arrived.” New York Times. 22 Aug 2023

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The Conspiracy Theory Trap

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1. Shawn Boburg, Dalton Bennett, Neena Satija and Ken Hoffman.  “Ex-Cop Hits Truck Thinking It Held 750,000 Fraudulent Ballots, Police Say. It Held Air Conditioning Parts.”  Washington Post. 21 Dec 2020

2. Shaila Dewan and Kay Nolan.  “Pharmacist Accused Of Tampering With Vaccine Was Conspiracy Theorist, Police Say.” New York Times.  4 Jan 2021
3. Amanda Robb. “Anatomy Of A Fake News Scandal.” Rolling Stone. 16 Nov 2017
4. Sheera Frenkel and Davey Alba. “Misleading Virus Video, Pushed by the Trumps, Spreads Online.” New York Times. 28 July 2020

5. Will Sommer.  “Trump’s New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine.”  Daily Beast.  28 July 2020
6. Shawn Boburg and Dalton Bennett.  “The Troll: A Fake Flag Burning At Gettysburg Was Only His Latest Hoax.”  Washington Post.  17 July 2020