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Katie Pavlich falsely claims Biden administration is ‘engaging in,’ ‘enabling’ human trafficking

By Bill McCarthy April 6, 2021

“The Biden administration is engaging in human trafficking because they are enabling this to happen” at the southern border.

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No, Amy Coney Barrett wasn’t indicted

April 6, 2021

Says Donald Trump indicted Amy Coney Barrett.

Yes, the number of kids in Border Patrol custody is double 2019’s peak

By Brandon Mulder April 6, 2021

“Twice as many children are in Border Patrol custody under Biden than Trump peak in 2019.”

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No sign that tax moves by Trump or Biden affected Ford car plans in Ohio, Mexico

April 6, 2021

Says Ford agreed to invest $900 million at an Ohio plant because Donald Trump “lowered taxes” and is now moving the project to Mexico because…

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No, Pete Buttigieg didn’t fake a bike ride

By Gabrielle Settles April 6, 2021

“Pete Buttigieg’s dog and pony show. He gets out of [the] car to ride his bike a few feet, pretending to save energy.”

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No, reports to the CDC’s vaccine early warning system are not ‘vaccine deaths’

April 6, 2021

“Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).”

Yes, Evers’ budget increases Wisconsin taxes by more than $1 billion

By D.L. Davis April 6, 2021

Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"

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No, trafficked children, dead bodies were not removed from ship that blocked the Suez Canal

By Samantha Putterman April 5, 2021

Navy SEALs found over 1,000 trafficked children and dead bodies on the Evergreen ship that blocked the Suez Canal.

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Fact-checking Rep. Alex Mooney of W.Va. on requirements in H.R. 1

By Devyn Osborne, Raeanne Beckner April 5, 2021

H.R. 1 “mandates practices nationwide” that include “ballot harvesting, universal mail-in voting and same-day registration.”

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This image doesn’t show gun owners in Texas shooting a robber

April 5, 2021

In this photo, “Man uses a gun to rob a Texas convenience store. Man was shot by every customer inside the store”

Carroll Foy partially right about investigations of past Virginia governors

By Warren Fiske April 5, 2021

“Two out of our last three governors in Virginia were investigated by the FBI. One went to jail and one is running for office again…

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Voter impersonation is rare, North Carolina’s Cooper says

By Paul Specht April 5, 2021

“People don’t pretend to be someone else to go in and vote. You just don’t see that kind of fraud.”

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