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No, this is not footage of Ukraine shooting down a Russian plane with troops on board

May 10, 2022

Says video shows "Ukrainian forces shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds (of) troops on Kyiv airport."

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Still not true: Kentucky Derby jockey wasn’t invited to White House, didn’t insult President Biden

May 10, 2022

"148th Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike jockey Sonny Leon just turned down a White House invite, saying 'If I wanted to see a horse's ass,…

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Founder of Planned Parenthood did not refer to Black women as weeds, was not Ku Klux Klan supporter

May 10, 2022

Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, referred to Black women as weeds that needed to be plucked from their garden, and was a supporter of…

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State Crime Lab doing less testing and generally taking longer than under previous AG

By D.L. Davis May 10, 2022

The state crime lab under Attorney General Josh Kaul "is testing significantly less items than former AG Brad Schimel and is still taking longer to…

Chuck Grassley left the Senate Finance Committee? That’s wrong

By Lyle Muller May 9, 2022

“Senator Grassley hopped off the Finance Committee, where he could be helpful to Iowa and the nation, in favor of the Judiciary Committee"

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No evidence Blackburn wants to limit birth control to married couples only

May 9, 2022

"GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn has proposed that birth control should only be legal for MARRIED couples.”

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Tennessee passed a ban on mailing abortion pills, not emergency contraceptives like Plan B

By Samantha Putterman May 9, 2022

“Tennessee just banned Plan B and made it a crime punishable by a $50,000 fine to order it.”

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Texas law targets abortion providers, not patients

By Nusaiba Mizan May 9, 2022

"In Texas, Republicans passed a law allowing rapists to sue their victims for getting an abortion."

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Amber Heard didn’t steal lines from ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ during testimony in Depp trial

By Samantha Putterman May 9, 2022

Amber Heard plagiarized lines from the movie “The Talented Mr. Ripley” in her opening statement during the Johnny Depp libel trial.

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More than 50 years ago in New York, Republican support for abortion

By Jill Terreri Ramos May 7, 2022

When the New York State Senate voted to legalize abortion in 1970, 12 Republican senators voted in favor of it.

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Dennis Prager baselessly claims Black students commit ‘overwhelming’ share of campus hate crimes

By Bill McCarthy May 6, 2022

When there is “a noose on a college dorm of a Black student” or a racial slur “on a dormitory building, the odds are overwhelming…

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Claim exaggerates fuel tax rates in Australia and Canada

By Sara Swann May 6, 2022

“If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay…

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