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No, congressional salaries have not gone up 231% over the last 30 years
By Samantha Putterman August 7, 2019

Says congressional salaries have gone up 231% over the last 30 years...Now Congress is saying they need a $4,500 raise.

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Doctors argue plans to remedy surprise medical bills will ‘shred’ the safety net
By Rachel Bluth August 7, 2019

"What Congress is considering would cut money that vulnerable patients rely on the most. That means seniors, children and Americans who rely on Medicaid would…

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Fact Check: Are there ‘more gun deaths by far’ in America than any other country?
By Chris Nichols August 6, 2019

There are "more gun deaths by far" in the United States than any other country in the world.

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Facebook post mischaracterizes scientists’ cow flatulence studies
By Samantha Putterman August 6, 2019

"Fringe leftists are now advocating for cow fart bags to capture farts as a way to help prevent ‘global warming.’" 

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Fact-checking the claim that Ida B. Wells was ignored because she was a Republican
August 6, 2019

"Ida B. Wells refused to give up her seat 71 years before Rosa Parks did. At age 33, she owned the first African American newspaper…

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No, ICE didn’t check immigration papers immediately after El Paso shooting
By Louis Jacobson August 6, 2019

"ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers."

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Pants on Fire: State rep claims mass shootings are down under Trump
By Eric Litke August 6, 2019

"Less mass shootings under Trump!"

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No, the Dayton shooting suspect didn’t die in 2014
August 6, 2019

The Dayton, Ohio, shooting suspect died in 2014.

Bynum-Coleman mostly right about racial disparity in drug arrests and imprisonment
By Warren Fiske August 6, 2019

"African Americans are three to four times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and nine times more likely to be imprisoned."  

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After mass shootings, Donald Trump says prosecutions for firearm offenses hit record in 2018
By Amy Sherman August 5, 2019

"Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."

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Fact-checking Beto O’Rourke on murders in El Paso after mass shooting
By Madlin Mekelburg August 5, 2019

Says of El Paso that some years, "in a city of almost 700,000, we had five murders the entire year. Our average over the last…

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No, the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings were not ‘false flag’ operations
By Daniel Funke August 5, 2019

The El Paso and Dayton shootings were "false flag" attacks coordinated by the "deep state."

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