Latest Fact Checks By Chris Nichols

No, The Supreme Court Did Not Strike Down Voting-By-Mail

By Chris Nichols

July 15, 2020

“The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”

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California Lawmaker Makes ‘Oversimplified, Untrue’ Claim About COVID-19 And Lack Of Risk To Children

By Chris Nichols

July 10, 2020

“There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.”

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Is Mask Wearing Causing Fungal Lung Infections? No, This Is Another Bogus Claim On Facebook

By Chris Nichols

July 6, 2020

“People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"

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Yes, Gov. Newsom has the authority to make masks mandatory In California, legal experts say

By Chris Nichols

June 24, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom “has no legal authority” to make wearing face coverings mandatory in California.

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Facebook Post Falsely Claims Independents In California Are Blocked From Voting Republican In 2020

By Chris Nichols

June 18, 2020

California’s registered independent voters “will not be able to vote republican come 2020.”

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Widely shared Facebook posts mislead on COVID-19 mortality rate

By Chris Nichols

June 16, 2020

“The CDC just confirmed a 0.2% death-rate for COVID19.”

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No, California Is Not Sending Mail-In Ballots “To Anyone In The State,” As Trump Falsely Claimed

By Chris Nichols

May 26, 2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got…

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Tom McClintock Claimed ‘The Flu Killed 80,000 Americans Last Year.’ Here’s Why That’s Misleading.

By Chris Nichols

May 5, 2020

“The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.”

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Fact Check: Did Bernie Sanders Win ‘People Of Color’ In California, And Was It ‘Not Even Close’?

By Chris Nichols

March 9, 2020

"If you look at California, if you look at people of color in general, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, we won that big time. Big time. Not…

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Gavin Newsom Claimed California’s Homeless Population Has Dropped By 35,000 Since 2005. Is He Right?

By Chris Nichols

February 21, 2020

"Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California.…

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No, Californians aren’t being asked to repeal Prop. 13’s residential property tax limits

By Chris Nichols

January 24, 2020

"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from…

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California Firefighters ‘Spoke Out’ Against Trump? Claim In Biden Ad Is True.

By Chris Nichols

December 18, 2019

California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation."

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