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Joe Biden correct that Trump administration delayed, scaled back CDC reopening guidelines
By Samantha Putterman July 6, 2020

“The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back."

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Yes, Wisconsin Republicans did increase state funding for nursing homes in the last budget
By Madeline Heim July 6, 2020

Republicans didn't "increase state funding for nursing homes in the last budget."

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Did software cause Wisconsin’s unemployment backlogs? Not quite, but it did delay payments
By Laura Schulte July 3, 2020

The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog.

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DeSantis falsely claims he was never asked about COVID-19
By Amy Sherman July 3, 2020

"I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.''

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Attack ad wrongly claims Pritzker hiked politicians’ pay during pandemic
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller July 3, 2020

“While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.”

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Fact-checking claims about nurses getting nothing but false-positive COVID-19 tests
By Daniel Funke, Emily Venezky July 2, 2020

Nurses submitting coronavirus tests say they all are coming back positive.

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No, Oklahoma didn’t have 100% COVID-positive test rate after Trump’s Tulsa rally
July 2, 2020

“Oklahoma 100% coronavirus test rate after Trump Tulsa rally.”

No, Taylor Swift didn’t say we should remove the Statue of Liberty
By Sophie Austin July 2, 2020

Says Taylor Swift wants to remove the Statue of Liberty

Not all Wisconsin manufacturing job loss can be blamed on China
By Lawrence Andrea July 2, 2020

"China has been stealing our manufacturing, costing Wisconsin almost 90,000 jobs."

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No, sensor can’t track quickly changing oxygen levels in a mask
By Emily Venezky July 2, 2020

Video of man using an air-quality monitor proves that people are “not getting enough oxygen” while wearing masks

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Wisconsin senator wrong to attribute rising COVID cases to testing
By Eric Litke July 2, 2020

“The (COVID-19) cases are going up, but it's because the testing is going up.”

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Dems exaggerate in slamming Trump farm bailouts as “handout for large agricultural companies”
By Eric Litke July 2, 2020

Says Donald Trump used farmers’ struggles “to push through a multi-billion dollar bailout program that was nothing more than a handout for large agricultural companies."

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