Ron Paul’s year-long "muzzling," Obama on pot, Edward Snowden in Moscow: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

Were shaking things up todays PolitiFact Oregon Roundup.

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Actually, the change amounts to this: instead of choosing three fact-checks from various sites around the country and summarizing them at some length (along with links to the entire pieces), we are providing synopses of eight stories from PolitiFact Oregon affiliates and other fact-checking sites. Well give readers a brief introduction to each piece and turn them loose to find out for themselves what other fact-checkers have to say.

Its been 41 years since the Supreme Court handed down its landmark Roe vs. Wade ruling and, obviously, the issue of abortion is far from settled. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., defended abortion rights on her website, saying, In 2013, our nation saw yet another record-breaking year of state legislatures passing restrictive legislation barring womens access to abortion services. In fact, in the past three years, the United States has enacted more of these restrictions than in the previous 10 years combined.

PolitiFact National writer Julie Kliegman, after some exhaustive research, rated the claim True. You can read her full analysis here.

Former Texas Congressman Ron Paul was known for many things during his legislative tenure. He was fiery, often combative and never one to withhold an opinion. His last day in the House was Jan. 3, 2013.

On Jan. 14, 2014, the past presidential candidate wrote this in an email blast soliciting contributions to Campaign for Liberty a political group: You may not know this.., the email opened. But for the past year, I was censored. Believe it or not, federal rules governing former members of Congress for their first year after retirement limited my ability to mobilize Americans to advance liberty.

Was he really censored during that entire year? Writer W. Gardner Selbys story ultimately ruled the claim False, but read the reasoning behind the rating here.

President Obama recently waded into the marijuana debate with a personal confession to The New Yorker that he used to get high and that pot is no more dangerous than alcohol. That prompted former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., to say that the president needs to brush up on his knowledge because marijuana today is much more potent than it was back in Obamas inhaling days.

Writer Steve Contorno found Kennedys claim to be Mostly True. You can read his piece here.

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Ron Paul's year-long "muzzling," Obama on pot, Edward Snowden in Moscow: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup