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Do wealthy Canadians donate to hospitals to get better treatment?
By Bill McCarthy August 19, 2019

Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.

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Jefferson didn’t say people should be armed to protect themselves ‘against tyranny in government’
By Samantha Putterman August 19, 2019

Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying "When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason…

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Could students pray, discuss El Paso mass shooting in school?
By Madlin Mekelburg August 19, 2019

Says after the shooting in El Paso, "on Sunday, everyone was going to church in America, praying about this, and the next day when their…

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No, police officers didn’t fake injuries during the Philadelphia shooting
By Daniel Funke August 19, 2019

Says the Philadelphia shootings were "fake" and that police officers sprayed "fake blood on themselves."

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Fact-checking Matt Gaetz on gun bans in Australia and Venezuela
By Amy Sherman August 19, 2019

In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."  

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Trump falsely takes credit for two large industrial projects in Louisiana and Pennsylvania
By Jon Greenberg August 16, 2019

Says Pennsylvania chemical plant and Louisiana liquified natural gas plant "could never have happened" without his administration.

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No, pre-chopped onions are not ‘poisonous’ the next day as old myth claims
By Samantha Putterman August 16, 2019

Says pre-cut onion used to cook the following day "becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse…

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No, CNN president Jeff Zucker didn’t order employees to downplay Clinton’s relationship with Epstein
By Samantha Putterman August 16, 2019

Says CNN President Jeff Zucker ordered employees to downplay Bill Clinton’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and make it look like Epstein was "Trump’s partner in…

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No, nurses in photo with Trump at Dayton hospital were not ‘paid actors’
By Samantha Putterman August 16, 2019

Says a photo of Trump smiling with staff at a hospital in Dayton, Ohio, was staged and the nurses were paid actors.  

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Did Donald Trump turn around U.S. record at the WTO?
By Louis Jacobson August 16, 2019

"We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because…

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Police say this threat about Walmart shootings in Lubbock, Texas, is a hoax
August 16, 2019

A man arrested by Lubbock, Texas, police for a gun threat said "his accomplices will be going to different Wal-Mart stores and shooting."

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