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Trump Colorado Springs rally wave Feb 20 2020
Trump saying “I can’t breathe” in video isn’t referring to George Floyd
By Amy Sherman June 9, 2020

Videos show President Donald Trump saying “I can’t breathe.”

Bill Gates
No, Trump has not canceled ID2020 digital ID program backed by Gates Foundation
June 9, 2020

Donald Trump “cancelled Bill Gates project known as ID2020.”

Mail in ballots in PA in May 2020
The misleading claim that millions of absentee ballots end up ‘missing or in landfills’
By Amy Sherman June 9, 2020

In voting by mail, “hundreds of thousands of ballots have been rejected for defects and millions more end up missing or in landfills.”

Biden art
Joe Biden says he doesn’t want to defund police
By Bill McCarthy June 9, 2020

Says Joe Biden wants to "defund the police."

Horse trailer
No evidence of fire or burned horses after truck drives through Tulsa protest
June 8, 2020

“These ‘peaceful’ protesters burned these horses to death.”

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No, the 9/11 Memorial in New York City wasn’t defaced
June 8, 2020

“The 9/11 Memorial in NYC was just defaced with graffiti.”

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Photo showing damaged Lincoln Memorial by graffiti was doctored
June 8, 2020

A photo shows “the Lincoln Memorial. His head damaged and defaced.”

Tear gas St. John's church
Barr says federal police didn’t use chemical irritants to clear area by DC church. They did
By Jon Greenberg June 8, 2020

“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”

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Are Texans’ property taxes ‘no longer really dependent’ on values?
By Madlin Mekelburg June 8, 2020

Says a new law adopted in Texas means property tax bills “are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (local government) revenue…

Vitamin D
Glenn Grothman on target about tie between vitamin D and COVID-19, but vitamin D isn’t a known cure
By Haley BeMiller June 8, 2020

“Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.”

Texas Capitol Handgun
No, Texans can’t tote guns under disaster declaration for protests
By Taylor Goldenstein June 5, 2020

“A declaration of disaster, has been issued for the state of Texas. House Bill 1177 Allows any Texan who can legally own a firearm to…

No, ‘antifa’ had no plans to raid wealthy Raleigh neighborhoods
By Paul Specht June 5, 2020

Text from someone “connected” to Raleigh police: “antifa may be heading into the wealthy neighborhoods tonight to take what should be theirs.”

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