Political Heat

It's Presidents Day. Former President Donald Trump's social media posts don't get as much scrutiny as they have in the past, likely due to his posting exclusively on his fledgling Truth Social website. But since he's running for president again, it's important to examine just how wrong and misinformative his posts really are. Americans should know the truth about Trump, including how he's spreading falsehoods about himself and the criminal charges he faces. So here, briefly, is an examination of a Truth Social post he recently made:

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has signed new legislative maps for Wisconsin, hopefully ending the redistricting debate in Wisconsin, at least for the remainder of this year. Evers's maps were considered by Republicans, who run the state legislature, as the better option between accepting his redrawing of legislative districts and the possibility that the state Supreme Court might adopt maps that would produce worse outcomes for them. They passed his maps last week. There was some speculation over whether Evers would sign the bill or not — he could have vetoed them, and allowed the state Supreme Court to issue a ruling on which of the several maps submitted to them should be enacted. But doing so would have been odd, and potentially seen as political, as the legislature sent him the very same maps he had proposed. So the governor signed them, flanked by supporters who held signs that read, "Doing the Right Thing." "Wisconsinites want fair maps, and Wisconsinites deserve...