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Nikki Haley didn’t ‘white-wash’ her name. She’s gone by her middle name her whole life

May 6, 2021

Says Nikki Haley “white-washed” her name because she thought it “would give her a better chance than the name Nimrata Randhawa.”

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Report that teen died 2 days after a COVID shot was unverified, isn’t confirmed

May 6, 2021

"15-year-old boy passes away from heart attack two days after Pfizer COVID-19 experimental jab."

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Chris Christie exaggerates about Joe Biden capital-gains tax proposal

By Louis Jacobson May 6, 2021

"Joe Biden is proposing that any family who tries to pass a business or a farm down to their son or daughter or grandson or…

Washington Post is still fact-checking Joe Biden

May 6, 2021

“Washington Post ends fact-checking for Biden for the remainder of his presidency.”

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Unemployment was the lowest ever a year ago? No, it was the highest ever

May 5, 2021

“A year ago we had the lowest unemployment in history without using taxpayers money.”

Maricopa County Republican audit 4-29-21

Airplane over coliseum wasn’t spying on Arizona audit

By Amy Sherman May 5, 2021

A spy plane was circling the building of the Arizona election audit.

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Biden didn’t mistake elementary students for high schoolers. He was joking

By Samantha Putterman May 5, 2021

“Joe Suffers Brain Fart! Biden Visits Elementary School, Asks The Children If They’re High Schoolers (VIDEO).”

No, the Green New Deal doesn’t cost average households ‘almost $700,000’

By Warren Fiske May 5, 2021

The Green New Deal “costs an average American household almost $700,000 through 2029.”

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No, Gavin Newsom Did Not ‘Just Let 76,000 Inmates Out Of Jail,’ As Recall Candidate John Cox Claimed

By Chris Nichols May 5, 2021

California Gov. Gavin Newsom “just let 76,000 inmates out of jail."

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Johnson falsely claims Wisconsin didn’t account for in-person hours when allocating federal stimulus

By Laura Schulte May 5, 2021

With federal stimulus money for schools, “no distinctions are being made between Wisconsin schools that remain closed to in-person learning, and those that have been…

Ron DeSantis speaking March 2021

Ron DeSantis’ misleading claim about crime, police funding

By Miriam Valverde May 4, 2021

“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."

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No, parents didn’t oust a school board in Vail, Arizona

May 4, 2021

“Parents in Vail, Arizona just took over the school board — all according to the rules. Voted in a whole new board, and immediately removed…

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