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No evidence JFK suggested postponing an election indefinitely
September 21, 2020

Says John F. Kennedy said, "If a Supreme Court Justice died one day before the election, it would be more Constitutional to indefinitely postpone the…

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Fact-checking Facebook post about polling on legal immigration
By Miriam Valverde September 21, 2020

“Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.”

Fact-checking Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s record of bipartisanship
By Clara Hendrickson September 21, 2020

"Candidate Slotkin had presented herself as a moderate and as someone who’d be independent-minded, but her time in office was making it increasingly clear that…

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Biden wrong to say Supreme Court has no session before Election Day
By Louis Jacobson September 21, 2020

“There's no court session between now and the end of this election.”

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Students still say the pledge in schools
September 21, 2020

Students no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools.

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No, Biden didn’t wave to an empty field in Florida
September 21, 2020

"This Is Real: Biden Waves To An Empty Field."

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Facebook post wrong that four GOP senators are already blocking SCOTUS nomination
By Louis Jacobson September 20, 2020

“4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”

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Don’t believe this faked Ruth Bader Ginsburg tweet about Hillary Clinton
September 20, 2020

Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg tweeted, “I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.”

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Joe Biden wrongly claims Trump could’ve prevented every COVID-19 death
By Bill McCarthy September 18, 2020

"If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm…

Post misleads about COVID-19 using tuberculosis data
September 18, 2020

“Last year alone, 10 million fell ill from TB and 1.5 million died. ... Why don’t we wear masks for TB?”

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Ad invokes COVID in claiming Garcia said people should fend for themselves
September 18, 2020

Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves."

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No, AARP isn’t sending money to the Democratic Party
September 18, 2020

“A portion of everything you pay A.A.R.P goes directly to the Democratic Party.”

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