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Just how dishonest is the Trump administration?

It makes me simultaneously shake my head and laugh when I hear anyone in the Trump administration complain about "fake news." This is because they appear to be the biggest propagators of it. To test my hypothesis, I researched the Politifact scorecards for everyone in President Trump's Cabinet, including the president himself. Here's how they ranked, from the most honest to the most dishonest (keep in mind the abbreviations stand for the following: T = True, MT = Mostly True, MF = Mostly False, F = False, and POF = Pants on Fire): 1) Department of Homeland Security John Kelly: 1 T (100.0% honest, 0.0% dishonest, net +100.0%) 2) Department of Health & Human Services Tom Price: 3 T, 5 MT, 2 MF, 3 F (61.5% honest, 38.5% dishonest, net +23.0%) 3) Department of State Rex Tillerson: 1 T, 1 MF (50.0% honest, 50.0% dishonest, net +/-0.0%) 3) Department of Transportation Elaine Chao: No grades (0.0% honest, 0.0% dishonest, net +/-0.0%) 3) Department of Defense James...