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Pence takes Biden’s comments on police funding, ‘enemy’ out of context
By Louis Jacobson July 10, 2020

“And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely…

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Some COVID-19 deaths have been children
By Madlin Mekelburg July 10, 2020

Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it…

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California Lawmaker Makes ‘Oversimplified, Untrue’ Claim About COVID-19 And Lack Of Risk To Children
By Chris Nichols July 10, 2020

“There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.”

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Yes, science-led New Zealand currently has no locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
July 10, 2020

“New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”

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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes right on economic impact of international college students
By Bill McCarthy July 10, 2020

"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed…

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Are Texas education officials working at home while asking teachers to go back to classrooms?
By Lara Korte July 10, 2020

Says Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath is requiring teachers to return to classrooms while “he has closed his offices at TEA through January.”

Did Pa. send more Black troops to fight for the Union during the Civil War than any other state?
By Jessica Calefati July 10, 2020

"Three hundred sixty thousand Pennsylvanians fought on the side of the Union to defeat the flag, that Confederate flag, including more Black soldiers coming from…

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Unions limit police accountability, but Moore claim exaggerates impact
By D.L. Davis, Eric Litke July 10, 2020

Says police unions have it “written into a contract that (officers) are not going to be accountable” for misconduct.

NC Republican wrongfully says masks ‘do not work’
By Paul Specht July 9, 2020

Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.”

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Photo of discharge paperwork shows outdated recommendations
July 9, 2020

A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.”

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Images mischaracterize LeBron James’ views on white people
By Patrick Orsagos July 9, 2020

Quotes LeBron James as saying, “I don’t want nothing to do with white people. I don’t believe they want anything to do with me. I…

No, Pa. Congressman Matt Cartwright did not call for defunding the police
By Jessica Calefati July 9, 2020

U.S. Rep. Matt “Cartwright proposes to defund the Wilkes-Barre police.”

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