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Preckwinkle CU
Preckwinkle repeats urban myth about third-grade test scores, prison beds
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller March 24, 2019

"Nationally, they predict prison populations on the basis of third-grade achievement."

Cuomo in Buffalo
Cuomo claims Buffalo has seen a surge in young people
By Jill Terreri Ramos March 23, 2019

There’s been a "20 percent increase in young people coming back to Buffalo after a decade where we lost 10 percent of our young people."…

John Carter, generic
Who was the first Republican elected in Williamson County?
By Madlin Mekelburg March 22, 2019

"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."

Bad math. Iran nuke deal dollars wouldn’t cover 30 walls with Mexico
By Jon Greenberg March 22, 2019

"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."

The Texas Capitol
How many Texas child care providers meet quality standards?
By Madlin Mekelburg March 22, 2019

"Right now, only 11 percent of the 15,000 child care providers in Texas are certified as meeting quality standards."

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No, Albert Einstein did not say technology would create a ‘generation of idiots’
By Samantha Putterman March 22, 2019

Quotes Albert Einstein as saying "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."

Klobuchar and Tapper
Did African-American incarceration drop 65% under Amy Klobuchar?
By Louis Jacobson March 22, 2019

During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."

Do 65% to 75% of Missourians lack college degrees?
By Magdaline Duncan March 22, 2019

"We are always going to need architects, doctors, we’re going to need professionals with four-year degrees. But 65 to 70 percent of the people in…

Nygren on tax cuts and revenue
Nygren says Wisconsin Republicans have cut taxes by $8B, still grown revenue
By Eric Litke March 21, 2019

"Over the last eight years, we’ve shown that even though we’ve cut taxes by $8 billion, revenues continue to grow."

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Conservative pundit gets schooled on history of American slavery after Fox News remarks
By John Kruzel March 21, 2019

"America came along as the first country to end (slavery) within 150 years."

Farmer suicides as high as in the Great Depression? No data says so
By Jon Greenberg March 21, 2019

"Farmer suicide rates are as high as they have been since the Great Depression."

Kamala Harris March 2019
Kamala Harris gets it mostly right on America’s rapid growth of student loan debt
By Chris Nichols March 21, 2019

"College debt has increased 170 percent since 2006 and now exceeds $1.5 trillion dollars, which is second only to mortgage debt and surpasses even credit…

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