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Catherine Cortez Masto at DNC

Cortez Masto’s Spanish ad twists Laxalt’s remarks on lost Hispanic jobs and businesses

October 12, 2022

Says Adam Laxalt said it is “good news” that “a lot of those Hispanic small businesses never reopened” after the pandemic.

Katie Hobbs at roundtable

AZ GOP governor hopeful Lake called a near-total abortion ban law ‘great’

By Jon Greenberg October 12, 2022

Kari Lake has “gone on the record saying she supports Arizona's complete abortion ban. She's called it a great law.”

Merrick Garland at DoJ podium

There’s no evidence that Trump was fleeing the country, or that Garland caught him doing so

October 12, 2022

“Merrick Garland catches Trump planning to flee.”

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju during a news program on South Korea TV

No, North Korea did not initiate a military strike against Russia. They are allies

October 12, 2022

North Korea has taken military action against Russia.

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are shown in Florida in Jan. 2021

A small study of breastmilk and mRNA vaccines did not show babies are being harmed

October 12, 2022

A study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to infants who are breastfeeding.

Kari Lake indoor event

Arizona GOP governor candidate Kari Lake misleads on opponent’s abortion law vote

By Jon Greenberg October 12, 2022

“Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die…

JD Vance at Youngstown Ohio rally

Fact-checking J.D. Vance on Tim Ryan’s record on fracking

By Louis Jacobson October 11, 2022

“Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.”

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Partnership targeted election misinformation, not conservatives

October 11, 2022

The "Department of Homeland Security and the State Department coordinated with a group called the ‘Election Integrity Partnership’ to censor Joe Biden’s opponents.”

Mail-in ballots Pa.

Claims of a ‘massive transfer’ of fraudulent election ballots are false

October 11, 2022

There’s “evidence of a massive transfer of completed, curated ballots” that are fraudulent in the 2022 election.

Val Demings at roundtable, August 2022

Rubio once dismissed climate change, but he doesn’t anymore

By Yacob Reyes October 11, 2022

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio "has denied climate change."

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The Great Reset is not a conspiracy to force changes in economic systems

October 11, 2022

The Great Reset advocates replacing capitalism with an economic system that is “kind of socialism, kind of communism” but “mostly just fascism.”

Yesli Vega changes tune on Kevin McCarthy’s possible speakership

By Warren Fiske October 11, 2022

On House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

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