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No, Joseph Stalin didn’t say this statement about elections
March 27, 2019

Says Joseph Stalin said, "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people…

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No, Congress didn’t repeal a law that bars Muslims from holding office
March 27, 2019

"Congress quietly repealed the McCarran Warner Act of 1952 forbidding Muslims from holding office."

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Florida Democrat says medical pot use keeps patients off organ transplant list
By Amy Sherman March 27, 2019

"Some patients who are on transplant lists for kidney or other organs are being dropped from the list simply because they are shown as a…

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How many retired teachers in Texas are older than 100 years old?
By Madlin Mekelburg March 26, 2019

"We now have several hundred teachers that are over 100 years old and what I've read recently is that a baby born today, their age…

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It’s wrong to claim Trump budget cuts $845 billion from Medicare
By Jon Greenberg March 26, 2019

The Trump budget "cuts $845 billion, almost a trillion dollar cut in Medicare."

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Entering ATM PIN backwards won’t call the police
By Julianna Rennie March 26, 2019

ATM users in distress can enter their PIN backwards to secretly call the police.

Missouri legislator highlights lack of African-American representation in budget discussion
By Sidney Steele March 26, 2019

Says "zero" African Americans have presented to the House Budget Committee in 2019.

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Fact-checking Mark Walker’s video on HR 1’s campaign-finance provisions
By Bill McCarthy March 26, 2019

"HR 1 is going to take your hard-earned tax dollars and millions more and send them to (a political candidate’s) campaign so (they) can put…

McAuliffe claim of record K-12 spending is misleading
By Warren Fiske March 26, 2019

During his governorship, Virginia made "the largest investment ever in K-12 education."  

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Did the Wall Street Journal run two different headlines on the same day to influence voters?
By Samantha Putterman March 26, 2019

Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, "Same paper, same…

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Viral photo does not show Harriet Tubman with gun she used to kill Democrats
By Samantha Putterman March 25, 2019

Says a photograph of Harriet Tubman shows she was a "gun-toting, Democrat-shooting, 2nd Amendment-supporting Republican."

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Did marijuana use in Colorado spike after legalization?
By Louis Jacobson March 25, 2019

After legalizing marijuana in Colorado, "we haven't seen a spike in consumption."

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