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Yes, dentists were essential under Wisconsin’s Safer At Home order.
By Nusaiba Mizan May 15, 2020

Says Gov Tony Evers’ administration deemed dentists non-essential

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Claim that federal contact tracing bill is not for COVID-19 is false
May 15, 2020

$100B contact tracing bill “is about controlling/tracking population, not about coronavirus.”

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Yes, payments to dairy farmers have dropped even as retail milk prices rise
By Eric Litke May 15, 2020

“(Retail) milk has gone up 7.5% since this time last year. The price farmers are paid has dropped 23%.”

Missouri Secretary of State working to get the numbers correct
By Sara Dingmann May 15, 2020

“When you look at Wisconsin, in their largest city they normally have roughly 500 polling places. They just had their election a week ago, and…

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Oh my God, the Clintons didn’t kill Kenny
May 15, 2020

“Clinton Foundation investigator Kenneth McCormick found dead.”

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No, the media aren’t covering up a girl’s murder
May 15, 2020

A girl was “decapitated” in front of her parents by a Somali migrant. Media “covered up” the murder.

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Fact-checking why the US has more COVID-19 deaths than Canada
May 15, 2020

“It’s not that there’s a virus shield between Canada (4,500 deaths) and the U.S. (80,000 deaths). What exists is a difference in leadership.”

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Stacey Abrams gets Georgia’s reopening COVID-19 trend upside down. Cases fell
By Jon Greenberg May 15, 2020

“Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.”

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Evidence counters McConnell claim that Obama team left no pandemic ‘game plan’ for Trump
By Victoria Knight May 14, 2020

“Clearly, the Obama administration did not leave any kind of game plan for something like this.”

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No, Democrats aren’t advocating euthanizing senior citizens to save Social Security
May 14, 2020

“Democrats introduce bill to ‘euthanize seniors’ to save Social Security.”

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LaHood overstates Chicago’s share of Illinois COVID-19 cases
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller May 14, 2020

"93% of the (COVID-19) cases in the state of Illinois have come from Chicago."

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RNC video takes Biden, Obama, Wasserman Schultz out of context on mail-in voting
By Amy Sherman May 14, 2020

Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

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