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No, Yosemite Sam was not banned from television for being ‘too violent’
By Samantha Putterman March 21, 2019

Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent.

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Fact-checking climate change crusader Jay Inslee’s mission to make military greener
By John Kruzel March 21, 2019

"We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s."

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No, the Texas Democratic Party did not give Beto O’Rourke $4.5M
By Madlin Mekelburg March 20, 2019

Says Beto O'Rourke "gave the remaining $4.5+ mill from his Senate race to (the Texas Democratic Party) a few months ago, & the Party sent the…

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Julian Castro claims Trump’s budget cuts health care to pay for tax cuts. That’s exaggerated
By Miriam Valverde March 20, 2019

Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."

Vermont’s police chief said cops risk death from opioid exposure. He’s wrong.
By Colin Meyn March 20, 2019

"Now there is a new threat that we’re seeing up close: the risk of exposure to powerful drugs that can kill in even tiny amounts."

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By supporting Trump, Tillis completely reverses course
By Paul Specht March 20, 2019

Position on Trump’s national emergency declaration for border wall funding

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Rep. David Crowley misfires with claim on African-American men and low-level drug offenses
By D.L. Davis March 19, 2019

''Over 40 percent of African-American men in (Milwaukee County) have been going to prison for low-level drug offenses, and I think a hundred times that…

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Beto O’Rourke claims nearly half of Texas public school teachers have second jobs. Is that true?
By Miriam Valverde March 19, 2019

"Nearly half of public school teachers in Texas are working a second or a third job, not for kicks, not for extra spending cash, but…

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No, Florida drivers who have a phone ‘in hand’ will not be ticketed $250 or sent to driving school
By Samantha Putterman March 18, 2019

Florida drivers who have their cell phones "in hand" can be ticketed $250 and sent to "driving school." 

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Yes, Americans spend a ton on health care, and the outcomes aren’t so good
March 18, 2019

"We pay far more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we have far worse outcomes than any other country in…

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Preckwinkle undersells affordable housing program’s track record
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller March 17, 2019

Says that "despite the tremendous amounts of money that have gone into it, only 400 family (housing) units have been created" in the last 12…

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