Did you see John Oliver last night?

HBO’s John Oliver stood up for the facts and truth Sunday night, and used PolitiFact to help make his case. It’s worth watching.

Oliver highlighted our nine years fact-checking former President Barack Obama and now President Donald Trump. We want to do more. But we need your help.

Would you consider becoming a PolitiFact member and standing up for independent fact-checking? Together we can hold all our politicians accountable and help sort out fact from fiction in Washington and around the country.

Just yesterday, we published three new fact-checks covering Trump’s tweets and the Sunday shows.

MOSTLY TRUE: Trump was basically correct that 72 percent of the refugees admitted into this country since his immigration ban was halted are from the seven countries he targeted.

FALSE: Trump was wrong that CNN cut Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., off after Sanders described the network as “fake news.”

PANTS ON FIRE: A top Trump adviser claimed that voters were illegally bused into New Hampshire to swing the election there without any evidence to back the claim up.

Fact-checking is growing into a seven-day-a-week job, and becoming a PolitiFact member of our Truth Squad can support our small 10-person staff. People who join also have the opportunity to join a members-only Facebook group and get to know more about our team and our process.

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