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Jessica Ramos for child poverty check

New York state senator wrong on how many cities in New York rank high on child poverty

March 13, 2024

“Half of the cities with the highest rates of child poverty are in” New York state.

Cindy McCain and President Joe Biden, in Tempe, Arizona, 9-28-2023

Cindy McCain may yet endorse Joe Biden in 2024, but this post shared her 2020 support out of context

March 13, 2024

“Republican Cindy McCain endorses Joe Biden” in 2024.

Donald Trump in Rome, Ga., 3-9-2024

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s dubious claim about job losses for native-born Americans

March 12, 2024

"In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to Canadian parliament in Ottawa, 3-24-2023

No, proposed Canadian law wouldn’t ban Christianity or criminalize Bible quotes

March 12, 2024

"Canada is passing a bill to essentially ban the idea of Christianity.”

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Cambios en la directriz de los CDC para COVID-19 no significa que siempre haya sido como la gripe

March 12, 2024

“Al CDC sólo le tomó 4 AÑOS estar de acuerdo con ‘teóricos de la conspiración’ que dijeron en 2020 que: COVID es más o menos…

Treasury Building for debt SOTU

Fact-checking Joe Biden on debt accumulated under Donald Trump

March 12, 2024

The Trump administration "added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history."

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No, Mel Gibson didn’t release a video of satanic rituals on Jeffrey Epstein’s island

March 12, 2024

“Mel Gibson just released a video that shows the satanic rituals which took place on Jeffrey Epstein’s island.”

Sen. Katie Britt speaks at press conference in Capitol, 2-15-2023

Breaking down the false claims in Katie Britt’s retelling of a sex trafficking survivor’s story

March 11, 2024

A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be OK with this happening in a Third…

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Fact-checking Pete Buttigieg on the stock market’s rise under different presidents

March 11, 2024

The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."

Joe Biden and Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown at the State of the Union in Washington, 3-7-2024

Biden said Medicare drug price negotiations cut the deficit by $160 billion. That’s years away.

March 11, 2024

“We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to Big Pharma.”

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Missouri bill would make it a felony for teachers to “support” trans students’ “social transition”

March 11, 2024

A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming…

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Erewhon, a trendy California grocer, didn’t open in New York. Video creators said it was a spoof.

March 8, 2024

Video shows Erewhon grocery store in Brooklyn.

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