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DCCC claims Chinese prostitution money funding DesJarlais campaign

By Tom Humphrey August 1, 2012

"Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Scott DesJarlais's (TN-04) Republican Majority."

Club for Growth says Hovde has ‘no problem with raising taxes’

By Dave Umhoefer August 1, 2012

Says U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has ‘no problem with raising taxes.’  

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez claims there are no federal limits on the purchase of guns and ammunition

By Bill Wichert August 1, 2012

Says under federal law "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy."

Michael Gardiner says moratorium on jet flights after 9/11 caused temperature drop over U.S.

By Tom Mooney August 1, 2012

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks grounded commercial air traffic, "there was a temperature drop while the airplanes weren't flying, for the week afterwards."

Kelly Ayotte parrots debunked Romney talking point

By Maryalice Gill July 31, 2012

"The president's first major foreign policy speech in Cairo was to apologize for our country."

Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs own more wealth than bottom 40 percent of Americans

By Molly Moorhead July 31, 2012

"Today the Walton family of Walmart own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of America."

Romney said Reagan sent troops into conflict only once

By Jon Greenberg July 31, 2012

President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."

Dave Weldon claims embryonic stem cell research is at a “dead end,” with no successful treatments

July 31, 2012

Embryonic stem cell research is at a "dead end, with no one good example of a successful treatment."

Democratic Wisconsin lawmaker helped GOP Gov. Scott Walker enact budget cuts, group says

July 31, 2012

Says "millions of dollars in tax breaks" were paid for "by busting unions, cutting BadgerCare, and raising taxes on the poor and the middle class,…

Calligraphers make more than national security directors in Obama White House, says Mike Huckabee

By Jon Greenberg July 30, 2012

"The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000."

Florida education commissioner says the FCAT takes up “less than 1 percent of the instructional time” during the school year

By Amy Sherman July 30, 2012

FCAT tests "account for less than 1 percent of the instructional time provided during the year."  

Tommy Thompson says he created enough smallpox vaccine for “every man woman and child” in America

By Dave Umhoefer July 30, 2012

"Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in…

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