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No connection between the US national elections and international pandemics
By Emily Venezky March 11, 2020

“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and…

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Foxconn progress is slow, but Gwen Moore is wrong expecting 13,000 jobs already
By Eric Litke March 11, 2020

Says President Donald “Trump promised 13,000 new jobs to the people of #Wisconsin. 3 years later, we’re still waiting…”

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Are you more likely to die from the flu than coronavirus? It’s complicated
By Daniel Funke March 10, 2020

“You’re more likely to die of influenza right now” than the 2019 coronavirus.

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When Joe Biden was asked if he would veto Medicare for All, he punted
By Amy Sherman March 10, 2020

“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”

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Sanders is correct: NAFTA, China trade cost thousands of jobs in Michigan
By Jon Greenberg March 10, 2020

“Trade agreements like NAFTA and permanent normal trade relations with China, which forced American workers to compete against people making pennies an hour, has resulted…

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Fact-checking claims that Pelosi held up coronavirus aid
By Samantha Putterman March 10, 2020

Says Nancy Pelosi delayed coronavirus funding so “Dems could campaign on it.”

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Post overstates Trump’s exposure to coronavirus, raising alarms
March 10, 2020

“President Trump has come into contact with a potential coronavirus sufferer!”

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Coronavirus was not a US invention
March 10, 2020

“The coronavirus was invented and patented in the USA and then planted in China.”

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Melanin doesn’t protect against coronavirus
March 10, 2020

“People Of Color May Be Immune To The Coronavirus Because Of Melanin.”

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No, Joe Biden didn’t confuse Idaho and Iowa
By Samantha Putterman March 10, 2020

Says “Joe Biden mistakes Idaho for Iowa in visit to Boise fundraiser.”

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Is there no policy daylight between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, as RNC says?
By Louis Jacobson March 10, 2020

On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.

Reisch says low unemployment rate isn’t always good for the economy
By Sean Na March 10, 2020

“In Boone County (Missouri) with a 1.7% unemployment rate, we can’t find enough people, we can’t fill all the job openings.”

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