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No, Joe Biden doesn’t want to ban fracking and kill the Wisconsin jobs the industry supports
By Laura Schulte August 18, 2020

Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs

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Viral ShadowGate video makes sweeping, unfounded claims
August 17, 2020

Contractors hired by government officials to frame Donald Trump are “behind the fake news in mainstream media” and recent protests.

Kelly Loeffler
Loeffler attacks Collins for increasing taxes with Stacey Abrams. The reality is more nuanced.
August 17, 2020

“Doug Collins repeatedly joined liberal Stacey Abrams to raise taxes...Kelly’s never voted for a tax increase — and never will.”

California housing construction
Trump Claims California Lawmaker Pushed To ‘Abolish Single-Family Zoning.’ Is He Right?
By Chris Nichols August 17, 2020

“For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.”

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No, Kamala Harris didn’t say this about guns
August 17, 2020

Says Kamala Harris said, “If elected & you don’t surrender your guns, I will sign an executive order & the police will show up at…

USPS boxes
No, Wisconsin mailbox picture isn’t proof of “massive voter suppression”
By Eric Litke August 17, 2020

Says a picture of stacked mailboxes is proof of voter suppression in Wisconsin

GOP Senate ad misrepresents Montana governor’s stance on rural hospitals, public option
By Victoria Knight August 17, 2020

“[Steve] Bullock’s health care plan will force rural hospitals to close. Medicare as we know it will change, replaced by a government-run program with fewer…

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No, this photo doesn’t show Obama and Clooney acting inappropriately with a child
August 17, 2020

Photo shows Barack Obama and George Clooney in a compromising situation with a child.

Trump tweet mischaracterizes New York’s voting woes
By Jill Terreri Ramos August 15, 2020

“New York Mail-In voting is in a disastrous state of condition. Votes from many weeks ago are missing - a total mess. They have no…

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Kamala Harris used a Bible in ceremonial swearing-in
August 14, 2020

“Kamala Harris refused to be sworn in using the Bible.”

Susan Collins Sara Gideon
In key US Senate race, Susan Collins’ attack on rival over COVID program partly correct
August 14, 2020

Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over.

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Pritzker’s mostly correct about Illinois’ historic unemployment spike
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller August 14, 2020

When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the…

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