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Warnock, Cortez Masto voted for COVID-19 relief bill, but not for leisure projects it helped fund

July 28, 2022

Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.

No, Canada’s banking system is not closing down

By Jill Terreri Ramos July 28, 2022

The entire banking system in Canada is closing down.

The Permian Basin is America’s largest oil basin, but alone couldn’t fuel the US for 200 years

By Grace Abels July 28, 2022

A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.”

No, 90% of plankton in the Atlantic Ocean did not die off

By Andy Nguyen July 27, 2022

"Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone."

No, Jane Goodall’s population comments didn’t spark pandemic

July 27, 2022

Jane Goodall’s comments about population growth at World Economic Forum show COVID-19 pandemic was planned.

Different weather maps don’t prove climate change isn’t real

July 27, 2022

Germany weather maps show media exaggerating effects of climate change.

GOP Senate hopeful JD Vance paid political adviser to run nonprofit that did little to fight opioids

July 27, 2022

Instead of fighting opioid addiction, a nonprofit founded by J.D. Vance paid his “top political adviser” and funded “political polling.”

No, the White House didn’t change the definition of “recession”

By Louis Jacobson July 27, 2022

‘The White House is now trying to protect Joe Biden by changing the definition of the word recession.'

U.S. laws support the collection of income tax, despite claims otherwise

July 26, 2022

"To date, nobody has been able to show that there is a law for the average American citizen working day in and day out to…

Marco Rubio’s ad twists Val Demings’ words on police reform

By Yacob Reyes July 26, 2022

Val Demings "called abolishing the police 'thoughtful.'"

No, watching 30 minutes of Netflix does not release the same amount of CO2 as driving four miles

July 26, 2022

"The emissions generated by watching 30 minutes of Netflix is the same as driving almost 4 miles.”

State GOP only let less than 2% of Democratic bills have public hearings, Dem says

By Alan Hovorka July 26, 2022

"In the Wisconsin State Assembly this session, more than 75% of GOP bills received a public hearing. Meanwhile, the GOP allowed less than 2% of…

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