Latest Fact Checks By Nusaiba Mizan

Texas law targets abortion providers, not patients

By Nusaiba Mizan

May 9, 2022

"In Texas, Republicans passed a law allowing rapists to sue their victims for getting an abortion."

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Health care systems for detained migrants, veterans are not an apples-to-apples comparison

By Nusaiba Mizan

April 25, 2022

"We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.

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Abbott referred to installed capacity in the grid, not power available during severe winter weather

By Nusaiba Mizan

April 4, 2022

"As compared to last year, Texas has about 15% more power generation capacity."

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Ted Cruz is right that more journalists killed in Mexico than in any other country in 2020

By Nusaiba Mizan

February 28, 2022

"In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world."

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Cornyn right that annual drug overdose deaths top 100,000

By Nusaiba Mizan

February 21, 2022

"100,000 Americans died of an overdose in a single year."

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Pfizer’s data on COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 is based in science

By Nusaiba Mizan

February 15, 2022

Pfizer is "literally using the force of government and the culture of fear to jab children under 5 — with zero basis in science —…

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Books listed in viral tweet aren’t banned statewide in Texas

By Nusaiba Mizan

February 14, 2022

"Books banned in Texas include 1984, Maus, and The Handmaid's Tale, but not Mein Kampf."

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Ronny Jackson wrong on unauthorized immigrant access to ballot, health care coverage

By Nusaiba Mizan

January 31, 2022

"In 2022, illegal immigrants will have MORE FREEDOMS and easier access to healthcare and ballot boxes than most Americans... Just think about that."

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O’Rourke’s claim about Texas fourth-graders’ reading proficiency supported by sample federal data

By Nusaiba Mizan

January 28, 2022

"Right now, in the average Texas fourth grade classroom, 7 out of 10 kids cannot read at grade level."

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Roger Williams is accurate that there were more COVID-19 deaths in 2021 than in 2020

By Nusaiba Mizan

January 18, 2022

"The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far in 2021 has surpassed the total for 2020."

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Economic impact of Medicaid expansion may be more than $100 billion

By Nusaiba Mizan

January 10, 2022

"Expanding Medicaid, which if we had done at the beginning of the Abbott administration, would have brought in $100 billion to this state's economy."

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Texas Rep. Roger Williams offers one estimate of household costs from Biden energy policies

By Nusaiba Mizan

November 30, 2021

"U.S. households are on track to spend $19 billion more on energy by 2030."

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