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Fact-checking Joe Biden on how little some corporations pay in taxes

By Louis Jacobson April 12, 2021

“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income…

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No, an Iowa BLM protest was not like the Jan. 6 US Capitol riot

April 12, 2021

Black Lives Matter protest at Iowa Capitol was an “insurrection” like that on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.

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Grothman miscalculates with claim of ‘largest surge of migrants’

By Laura Schulte April 12, 2021

“We have encountered the largest surge of migrants (at the southern border) in the last 20 years.”

Chase half flips on pledge not to launch independent bid for governor

By Warren Fiske April 12, 2021

On running for governor as an independent.

Krueger overstates findings on marijuana legalization and youth usage

By Jill Terreri Ramos April 9, 2021

"In fact, the data coming in from some states that have legalized marijuana is that they actually see a decrease in use over time, particularly…

No direct link between ‘gun control’ and killings by authoritarian regimes

April 9, 2021

“56 million defenseless people ‘rounded up and exterminated’ in the 20th Century because of gun control.”

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Instagram post ignores full Floyd video to falsely claim officer’s knee was not on Floyd’s neck

By Jon Greenberg April 9, 2021

Says Officer Derek Chauvin’s knee was “not on neck of George Floyd.”

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More children held at the border under Biden than Trump, but not 4 times as many

April 9, 2021

“Kids at the border: 2,600 highest number Trump, 12,000 currently under Biden.”

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COVID-19 is caused by a virus and autopsies do not violate WHO policies, as posts claim

April 9, 2021

“Covid-does NOT exist AS A VIRUS,” and Russian doctors performing autopsies on deceased COVID-19 patients violate a World Health Organization law

Yes, the Texas Senate’s election bill SB7 changes early voting rules

By Brandon Mulder April 9, 2021

“Nothing has changed in the election code (under SB 7) regarding early voting. Nothing has changed."

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In gun policy address, Joe Biden exaggerates about background checks at gun shows

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson April 8, 2021

“You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check."

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