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WI absentee rejections

No, absentee rejection rate in November was not a “stunning anomaly”

By Eric Litke February 12, 2021

November election data shows a “stunning anomaly in the rejection rate of absentee ballots.”

Illinois vaccine close-up

Did Pritzker prioritize inmates, pols and college kids for vaccination?

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller February 12, 2021

“Pritzker’s Hierarchy of Vaccine Priorities” puts prisoners, politicians and college students ahead of “individuals with high-risk health factors, and everyone else.”

Homemade masks hanging for sale

Wisconsin Assembly Minority Leader right on relationship between mask mandates and COVID-19 cases

By Haley BeMiller February 12, 2021

“We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t."

S.D. governor gives state high marks in handling the pandemic. Are they deserved?

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez February 12, 2021

South Dakota "did have tragedies and we did have losses. But we also got through (the pandemic) better than virtually every other state."

Walker exaggerates effect of Trump drug order, Biden freeze

By Paul Specht, Samantha Putterman February 12, 2021

“President Biden is raising the prices of insulin and Epi-Pens on those with high costs and the uninsured.”

Raskin Impeachment

No, House Democrats’ impeachment video did not violate US House rules

February 11, 2021

“Manipulated Video used in House Impeachment Looks to Have VIOLATED House Rules”

Nurse extracts pfizer vaccine

Doctors administering COVID-19 vaccines aren’t guilty of war crimes

By Daniel Funke February 11, 2021

Doctors and nurses who administer the coronavirus vaccine can be "tried as war criminals."

Wisconsin panel did back vaccinations for prisoners, but not necessarily before grandma

By D.L. Davis February 11, 2021

"The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year…

Kevin McCarthy Jan. 21

GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy Distorts Job Loss Estimates For $15 Minimum Wage Hike

By Chris Nichols February 11, 2021

Raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour “would destroy up to 3.7 million jobs.”

Bill Hillary at foundation

The Clinton Foundation has not folded. A 2018 post that’s recirculating is wrong

February 11, 2021

"The Clinton Foundation folded.”

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No, Gorilla Glue did not tweet this about the woman who used its product on her hair

February 10, 2021

Says Gorilla Glue tweeted, “Do not use our products on your f------ hair.”

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