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No, AstraZeneca doesn’t mean ‘weapon that kills’

June 21, 2021

AstraZeneca means “weapon that kills.”

Bush lowballs border wall mileage

By Brandon Mulder June 21, 2021

“We see an uncompleted wall that was duly appropriated dollars during the Trump days to build over 700 miles. Only 150 miles were constructed.”

Biden Juneteenth signing

Claim that the ‘left finally gives’ Juneteenth holiday ignores history, bipartisanship

June 21, 2021

It was “the left” that “finally” made Juneteenth a national holiday.

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There’s no evidence Coolmath Games is getting ‘taken down’

June 21, 2021

“Coolmath Games is being taken down cause it was run by the Mexican drug cartel?”

Ron DeSantis state of the state address March 2021

DeSantis leaves out context in claim about meth and the southern border

By Miriam Valverde June 21, 2021

“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”

$15 minimum wage Wisconsin

Yes, it’s been decades since the minimum wage kept up with inflation, and years since it increased

By Madeline Heim June 19, 2021

“It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”

Help Wanted sign

Grothman right on claim that 9.3 million jobs are open in U.S.

By Laura Schulte June 18, 2021

“We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S.”

Defund police sign at 4/20/21 BLM protest, NY

Some police budgets are increasing, but evidence of national trend falls short

June 18, 2021

“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”

nov 5 2020 vote counting pennsylvania

No evidence that 2020 vote results in Pa., where Trump lost, were ‘impossible’

June 18, 2021

The 2020 election results in Pennsylvania “show a statistically impossible pattern” and votes were manufactured for Joe Biden.

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Misinformation spreads about Austin shooting reporting

June 18, 2021

“Austin mass shooter still at large, but media won’t provide description because he’s Black.”

Unemployment benefits application

State Rep. Born claim on unemployment claims since the pandemic is on the mark

By D.L. Davis June 18, 2021

“Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.”

What does NC abortion bill require of doctors?

By Paul Specht June 18, 2021

Says North Carolina’s proposed abortion bill would not “govern the conversation between the doctor and patient.”

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