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Wind turbines
Donald Trump’s ridiculous link between cancer, wind turbines
By Jon Greenberg April 8, 2019

"The noise (from windmills) causes cancer."  

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No, John F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t tout a Donald Trump presidency in George magazine
April 8, 2019

Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would…

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No, gun control regulation in Nazi Germany did not help advance the Holocaust
By Samantha Putterman April 8, 2019

Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of…

Bettencourt, file
Texas legislation needs context for claim about crime, immigration status
By Madlin Mekelburg April 8, 2019

"194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses."

El Paso border crossing
Fact-checking a GOP talking point on walls and border apprehensions
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman April 8, 2019

"Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops…

Does science show that unprescribed buprenorphine saves lives?
By Aidan Quigley April 7, 2019

"The public health science is clear that the use of the addiction medicine buprenorphine saves lives whether that use has been prescribed or not."

Rep. Brad Halbrook
No, Chicago isn’t ‘often bailed out’ by Illinois taxpayers
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller April 7, 2019

"The City of Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the CPS…

Hagedorn and Neubauer
State GOP’s claim about statewide recount hits target
By D.L. Davis April 7, 2019

"FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million…

Flanagan criticizes Dream Act funding
By Jill Terreri Ramos April 7, 2019

The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that…

Donna Campbell, file
How many abortions are performed in Texas each year?
By Madlin Mekelburg April 5, 2019

Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year.

Buttigieg pic for inequality
Has income stalled for the bottom 90% since the 1970s, as Pete Buttigieg said?
By Louis Jacobson April 5, 2019

"Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit."

julian castro next to american flag iowa townhall feb 2019
Fact-checking Julian Castro on Bush’s 2005 immigration policy
By Miriam Valverde April 5, 2019

Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal…

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