copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2020-09-03): Pressure has also been growing on Wheeler (D), with demonstrators protesting outside his home, demanding he resign for what they saw as an insufficient response to calls for policing reform. After protests outside his condominium building — including one this week in which people set fires in the street and inside an office in his high rise — Wheeler announced that he would move. Trump this week proclaimed that the city of Portland "is ablaze all the time," but the largest clashes have focused on particular areas, including the downtown federal courthouse, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building near the waterfront and several police precincts throughout the city. [...] "This whole mentality, whether it comes from Donald Trump or local law enforcement, that the city is on fire, it’s all crazy. The city is beautiful," said Aliza Kaplan, a professor at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland. "The stuff you’ve been seeing over the last few months is so blown out of proportion and over a couple of blocks."
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2024-10-04): First of all let’s go over some of the background information. Many folks have asked me questions like ‘is the entire city of Portland on fire?‘ No, it is not. In fact, much the contrary is true. [...] Protestors gather around a fire set on the site of the elk statue (which was removed) as part of the Portland protests. ©Will Pattiz [...] A cloud of gas and sparks fly behind a federal authority in the fenced zone as part of the Portland protests. ©Will Pattiz
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2022-03-24): Incidents of the Portland Fire NEVER had Portland looked more beautiful than when the sunrisegun boomed across the waters, announcing the ninetieth anniversary of our independence. The sun, which on another day should look down on the city’s desolation, rose unclouded over the houses, that stood forth from the foliage of the embowering elms, or nestled in their shadow ; over the quaintness of the old-fashioned churches and the beauty of the more modern temples ; over the stately public edifices, and the streets everywhere decked with flags and thronged with crowds of happy, well-dressed people. Of course, the popular satisfaction expressed itself in the report of pistols, guns, and fire-crackers ; and all through the day the usual amusements went on, and in the afternoon almost everybody was on the street. A few minutes before five o’clock, when the festivity was at its wildest, the alarm of fire rang out. Every circumstance was favorable for a conflagration,— the people scattered, the city dry and heated by a July sun, and a high southwesterly wind blowing. It needed only the exciting cause in the shape of a fire-cracker, and lo ! half the city was doomed.
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2022-12-27): Many residents are unaware they are now at risk because federal and state wildfire forecasts and maps also haven’t kept pace with the growing danger to their communities. Indeed, some wildland fire forecasts model urban areas as "non-burnable," even though the Marshall Fire proved otherwise. The disaster put an exclamation point on what scientists, planners and federal officials warned for years: Communities outside the traditional wildland-urban interface, or WUI, are now vulnerable as a changing climate, overgrown forests and explosive development across the West fuel ever-unpredictable fire behavior. Fire experts define the WUI, pronounced woo-ee, as areas where plants such as trees, shrubs and grasses are near, or mixed with, homes, power lines, businesses and other human development. [...] The city had done the same in 2002. With smoke still in the air following the Hayman Fire — which started about 35 miles northwest of the city and destroyed 600 structures — a coalition of fire officials, homeowners’ associations and local builders and roofing contractors devised rules that banned wood roofs on all new homes and repairs greater than 25% of the total roof area.
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2020-10-05): I’ll never unsee the images I’ve seen coming out of the West the past few months: hellish skies over major cities like San Francisco and Portland, people stranded in rings of fire and rescued by airlift. I can’t imagine what it must do to your psyche to not just see the images, but to breathe the air, to lose your voice to the smoke and the ash. To know the fires are far too close and not know if there’s anywhere to run to.
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2020-09-19): Less than an hour and a half after the fire's start, every building on both sides of Front Street between Madison and Columbia was ablaze, and by 5 p.m. the flames had set alight Toklas, Singerman & Co.'s San Francisco Store. An imposing brick building, it stood on the southwest corner of Front Street and Columbia. Described as a "majestic bookend for a row of new masonry retail/office blocks, built in the fashionable Italianate Style ..." ("Toklas, Singerman and Company, Store #4"), it was the northern anchor of the city's only unbroken line of brick and stone structures, which extended south along the west side of Front Street from Columbia to Yesler Avenue (today's Yesler Way). Among the other buildings in the row were those housing the Union Block, Merchants National Bank, First National Bank, Seattle Land Company, Safe Deposit, Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Gordon Hardware, and Seattle Hardware. [...] Almost every foot of the waterfront, north and south, was occupied by either a wooden building or storage lots filled with lumber and other flammables. Racing underneath all this, the flames moved north to as far as University Street, where they were halted by excavations for two planned buildings and the heroic efforts of a bucket brigade. This was as far north as the fire would get.
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2016-07-04): The first alarm went up in the late afternoon of the 4th a fire had broken out at a building next to a boat yard, in the area that is now near Becky's Diner on Commercial Street. The official record from the Portland Fire Department's Fire Museum cites two boys playing with fire crackers, which caught on a pile of wood shavings, as the cause. It should have been a small fire, but Mother Nature was not working in the city's favor. "The wind coming in off the harbor was just enough to spread it to the next building and thus to the next -- and this wooden, ancient city down by the harbor began to catch, building, after building, after building, after building," recounts historian Herb Adams. [...] Author John Neal described the terrible day in his work The Great Conflagration in Portland: "The heavens gathered blackness and a hurricane of fire swept over the city." He went on to write, "Then came the crash of walls the screams of women and children. The blasts of trumpets. The blowing up of buildings. Heavy explosions." [...] In all, more than 10,000 homes and 1,500 buildings were destroyed. Every single newspaper office. Every lawyer's office. Nearly every bank and church. All of them gone. Author John Neal wrote: "Even now - there are tears in my eyes and tears in my heart As I attempt to tell you of the appalling calamity that has fallen upon us here in Portland."
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2023-03-30): Named after the long pour favored by Spanish waiters and bartenders when serving Txakoli wine (and you thought the name was just an ironic Portlandia thing), a true Spanish Coffee is a spectacle. The bartender or server begins with a sugar-rimmed glass containing 151-proof rum, which they then light on fire. (I know, fire is becoming a recurring theme.) Next, in a show of bravado and technical superiority, they pour triple sec and Kahlua into the flaming glass from several feet above, usually with the bottle held over their head or behind their back. It’s Old World artistry meets Vegas flair as the flames dance higher and higher in the glass.
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2020-08-31): "Or a city like Portland," he added, "where the entire city is ablaze all the time. And the mayor says we don’t want any help from the federal government. When these people turn that on and they see that they say this is not our country. This is not our country."
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2021-09-29): Exactly one year ago, shortly before he lost reelection, then-President Donald Trump warned Americans that Democrats would make the nation look like Portland. "The entire city is ablaze all the time," he lied.
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2021-12-16): Trump, on the other hand, has a serious trust problem. His misrepresentations happen daily. Just this week, he retweeted a doctored video of Biden to make it appear that Biden played the song "Fuck Tha Police" at an event (he didn’t). He routinely exaggerates and invents government statistics. And he consistently describes events that didn’t actually happen, like that the "Entire city [of Portland] is ablaze."
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2020-08-31): These people, they protested peacefully. They went in very peacefully. And I'll tell you what they're protesting: They're protesting, when they turn on television or read whatever they may be reading, and they see a city like Chicago, where 78 people were shot and 13 died; or a city like New York, where the crime rate has gone through the roof; or a city like Portland, where the entire city is ablaze all the time, and a mayor says, "We don't want any help from the Federal Government."
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2020-05-31): Q13 News crew witnessed multiple police cruisers set ablaze, other vehicle fires and people breaking into retail stores and other businesses. [...] Portland Fire Chief Sara Boone, who is African American, said the anger and violence is not only about the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but a system that allows people of color to "feel fear every day." [...] Blazes continued to burn early Saturday morning in multiple locations downtown — including a building that housed a bank — and broken glass littered the streets.
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2016-01-01): People flee from the flames in painting by George Frederick Morse. Photo by Derek Davis/Staff Photographer. Courtesy of collections of Maine Memory Network. [...] According to Fire Department records, Portland Steam Engine Co. 2 had just gotten set up on Commercial Street at Brown’s Wharf, when the crew was suddenly called away to Union Street, where the Bond & Merrill Shop was believed to be ablaze. After seeing no fire, they charged back to Free and Center streets, but quickly ran out of water. Crews moved again to Monument Square, where they were able to contain the blaze on its western edge. [...] Throughout the night, the typically dark skies of Portland were alive with fire. According to one account, the ominous orange glow could be seen from Jonesport, roughly 135 nautical miles to the northeast.
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2024-09-22): - 1866 – Great Portland Fire of 1866, Maine, destroyed the commercial district and left 10,000 homeless.
Claim: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” (Donald Trump, 2020-08-31)
Evidence (2024-07-01): Fireman John Malick lost his life while combating a blaze at Jacobs Shoe Company on South 4th on the 23rd of April. The origin of the blaze was unknown, but damage topped $75,000 and twelve other firefighters were overcome by smoke. September brought another tragic accident involving a streetcar and fire engine on the seventeenth, the big pumper of the No. 6 Engine company, answering a false alarm, crashed into the end of a streetcar killing Lee M. McGee, a young fireman. [...] In July of 1979, the Portland Neighborhood of the City was the target of many fires in vacant buildings in that area. Several arrests were made and the problem was resolved before the fall of that year. [...] Residential Services & LocationsVoting LocationsLMPD Crime MappingSnow Routes MapWaze Traffic Updates & Road Closures MapProperty MaintenanceCurrent Air QualityMetro Council MapsOne Bright City InitiativeConfronting Racism in City Planning/Zoning
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2020-10-20): Biden has stated opposition to discrimination against transgender people, he has not said he supports sex changes for children.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2022-03-21): In fact, gender-affirming care looks quite different for youth of different ages. Young children – those who have not yet gone through puberty – can’t medically transition. Instead, their transition is entirely social; a gender-expansive child can choose a new name and pronouns, cut their hair, or dress in a different style. [...] Although trans youth are technically allowed to receive certain forms of gender-affirming care, in practice, it’s often difficult. One common barrier is family approval. For minors, parental consent is needed for any form of gender-affirming care, and not all parents are willing to give it. Some parents never give consent; for others, it can take a while to learn about transgender health and get comfortable with letting their child medically transition.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2021-10-20): Dr Levine, appointed by President Joe Biden, is already the highest-ranking openly transgender official in the US.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2024-09-24): - ^ Cauterucci, Christina (April 13, 2020). "Joe Biden Sails Under the New York Times' Bar for Sexual Abuse". Slate. Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020. [...] - ^ "Tara Reade: What are the sex attack allegations against Joe Biden?". BBC News. May 3, 2020. Archived from the original on May 3, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020. [...] - ^ "Tara Reade: Joe Biden's full statement on sexual assault allegation". USA Today. April 23, 2020. Archived from the original on May 1, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2024-07-20): Once Biden took office, the Department of Health and Human Services said it would use a broader, LGBTQ+ inclusive interpretation of sex discrimination, given the Bostock ruling. This position was codified in a new rule, which was challenged in court and paused. [...] NPR, "Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration," June 12, 2020 [...] Reuters, "US judge blocks Biden rule adding gender identity protections to healthcare," JUly 3, 2024
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2021-01-19): Joe Biden: Where does he stand on key issues?
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2024-09-23): Biden supports the Equality Act, proposed federal legislation that would extend the nondiscrimination protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to cover discrimination "on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition of an individual, as well as because of sex-based stereotypes."[135] The legislation would protect LGBTQ Americans from discrimination across the country in housing, public accommodations, public education, credit, and the jury system, in addition to current federal employment protections.[136] During his 2020 presidential campaign, Biden vowed to support legislation and action to prohibit discrimination against transgender people and to combat hate crimes targeting LGBT persons, including violence and harassment against transgender people.[137][138][139] However, his administration proposed a regulation to allow schools to bar transgender athletes from competitive teams, a decision which was strongly opposed by transgender advocates.[140][141][142][143] He has criticized Republicans, and particularly Vice President Mike Pence, for using "religious freedom as an excuse to license discrimination."[138][139] He supports the Safe Schools Improvement Act, a proposed anti-bullying law.[138]
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2021-04-28): What else will Biden say?
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2024-01-17): X posts stated on February 10, 2022 in a tweet: A video shows that "OnlyFans has guys on campus encouraging your daughters to do porn for ‘financial freedom.’" Viral image stated on May 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Lego unveils new genderless bricks with no male/female connectors." Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Rachel Levine was Time magazine's "Woman of the Year." Viral image stated on March 1, 2021 in post on Facebook: Says 5-year-olds can "take hormones and change my sex." American Principles Project stated on October 20, 2020 in an ad: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Biden and Obama allowed grown men in restrooms with little girls. Trump has rescued over 300 missing children from (pedophiles) and perverts." Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Scores of politicians and others are on a "list" of sex cases from newly unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents. Siobhan Dunnavant stated on September 30, 2019 in a campaign mailer.: Del. Debra Rodman "opposes adoption as an alternative to abortion in event of unplanned pregnancies." [...] Viral image stated on March 1, 2021 in post on Facebook: Says 5-year-olds can "take hormones and change my sex." American Principles Project stated on October 20, 2020 in an ad: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids."
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2023-03-13): Joe Biden uses The Daily Show interview to criticise anti-trans laws US President Joe Biden has described changes to gender laws and treatment in Florida as "close to sinful" and said Republicans' efforts to block transgender rights are "cruel". [...] Mr Biden did not make clear what specific actions in Florida he opposes, but the state has taken a number of steps to block gender affirming care for children in recent months.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2021-01-26): President Joe Biden has had an energetic first few days setting out his wide-ranging agenda on LGBT rights. [...] Only a matter of days into his presidency, Mr Biden has set the tone for his administration's culture when it comes to gender inclusivity. [...] "President Biden is diverting precious dollars from mission-critical training to something as controversial as gender reassignment surgery," said Tony Perkins, President of Family Research Council.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2024-09-29): See also [edit]- List of executive actions by Joe Biden - LGBT rights in the United States - Bostock v. Clayton County - Equality Act, proposed legislation to formalize these and related changes into federal law References [edit]- ^ Schmidt, Samantha; Wax-Thibodeaux, Emily; Balingit, Moriah (January 21, 2021). "Biden calls for LGBTQ protections in Day 1 executive order, angering conservatives". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021. [...] - ^ "Women's Liberation Front: Biden Executive Order on "Gender Identity" Will Eviscerate Women's Rights". PR Newswire. January 21, 2021. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2022-02-10): US President Joe Biden has condemned a Florida bill that would ban discussion of sexual orientation in primary schools as "hateful" to LGBT students. [...] In a Twitter message to the LGBT community - "especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill" - Mr Biden vowed to "continue to fight for the protections and safety you deserve". [...] "The larger issue with all of this is parents must have a seat at the table when it comes to what's going on in their schools," he told reporters on Monday.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2021-04-26): Transgender children, like all children, have the best chance to thrive when they are supported and can obtain the health care they need. Studies suggest that improved body satisfaction and self-esteem following the receipt of gender-affirming care is protective against poorer mental health and supports healthy relationships with parents and peers.2 Studies also demonstrate dramatic reductions in suicide attempts, as well as decreased rates of depression and anxiety.3 Other studies show that a majority of patients report improved mental health and function after receipt of gender-affirming care. Medically supervised care can also reduce rates of harmful self-prescribed hormones, use of construction-grade silicone injections, and other interventions that have potential to cause adverse events.4 It is imperative that transgender minors be given the opportunity to explore their gender identity under the safe and supportive care of a physician. Arkansas’s law and others like it would forestall that opportunity. This is a dangerous intrusion into the practice of medicine and we strongly urge the NGA and its member governors to oppose these troubling bills.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2021-12-21): The AMA recently urged governors to oppose state legislation that would prohibit medically necessary gender transition-related care for minor patients. [...] Learn more about why anti-transgender bills are a dangerous intrusion on medicine.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2022-06-15): Biden signs order to protect transgender children as Texas continues efforts to restrict gender-affirming care [...] President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to enhance protections for transgender children and take steps to ban conversion therapy as efforts continue in Texas and other states to restrict gender-affirming medical care. [...] Biden’s order also asks the health department to lead an initiative aimed at reducing youth exposure to conversion therapy and expand awareness and support for survivors of the practice. Biden is also asking the Federal Trade Commission to see if conversion therapy "constitutes an unfair or deceptive act or practice, and whether to issue consumer warnings or notices," per the White House. He is also directing department heads to promote an end to conversion therapy worldwide.