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No, The Death Rate For Vaccinated People Is Not Higher Than That Of Unvaccinated People

By Isabella Fertel May 10, 2021

“The death rate for fully vaccinated people is significantly higher than non-vaccinated [people].”

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Fact-checking Biden’s claim about hunger ‘sharply’ dropping

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson May 10, 2021

After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.”

Renewables weren’t primary factor in Texas’ mid-April power crunch

By Brandon Mulder May 10, 2021

“Conventional generators are very thin right now because Texas has gone to so many renewables.”

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No, Chelsea Clinton didn’t tweet that Jesus would be working at Planned Parenthood

By Bill McCarthy May 7, 2021

Says Chelsea Clinton tweeted, "If Jesus were alive today he'd be working at Planned Parenthood."

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Fact-checking posts about the 2021 National Day of Prayer

By Samantha Putterman May 7, 2021

“First time in 70 years the National Day Of Prayer was not observed in our nation’s capital!”

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US Senate candidate right about North Carolina body cam vote

By Paul Specht May 7, 2021

Says he was “one of the 2 (state Senators) who voted against” North Carolina’s body camera law.

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Kamala Harris said corruption costs as much as 5% of the world’s GDP. That stat is questionable

By Miriam Valverde May 7, 2021

“The global cost of corruption is as much as 5% of the world's GDP.”

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Would protecting 30% of the world’s land and waters hurt 300 million people?

By Jon Greenberg May 7, 2021

With the goal to preserve 30% of the earth’s land and water by 2030, “300 million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most…

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Erpenbach overstates claim that there are ‘no strings attached’ to federal funds to expand Medicaid

By Madeline Heim May 7, 2021

"There’s no strings attached to that money that we’d be getting as an incentive to expand Medicaid."

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No truth to the claim that Arizona audit found Trump up by 250,000 votes

May 7, 2021

An ongoing audit of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona “showed Trump ahead by 250,000” votes, and “nearly 950,000 ballots are declared illegal, nearly all…

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Bill Cosby still serving prison sentence for aggravated sexual assault

May 6, 2021

All charges were dropped against Bill Cosby and he was granted an early release.

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Tucker Carlson’s misleading claim about deaths after COVID-19 vaccine

By Bill McCarthy May 6, 2021

“Between late December of 2020 and last month, a total of 3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID vaccine in the United States ……

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