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Do State Health Plan changes deny state employees access to care?
By Elizabeth Thompson July 20, 2019

Says the changes to the State Health Plan "will DENY North Carolina state employees, retirees, and their families of in-network access to critical healthcare services."

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Trump said when crowd chanted ‘send her back’ about Omar he stopped it. Video shows otherwise.
By Amy Sherman July 19, 2019

Says that when his supporters chanted "send her back" about Ilhan Omar, he stopped it.   

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Fake Ocasio-Cortez quote about professional truck drivers originated from satire website
By Samantha Putterman July 19, 2019

Quotes Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez as saying private truck drivers are "destroying America" and should be "government regulated and drivers should be on full-time camera until we…

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Trump’s Ellis Island award was not for work ‘within the black community’
By Samantha Putterman July 19, 2019

Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community."  

A conservative group paints Trump’s drug-pricing experiment as ‘socialist.’ Is it?
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra July 19, 2019

"The Department of Health and Human Services is considering a plan to adopt socialist price controls from foreign countries." 

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Gabbard hits target with claim on Trump and military deportations
By D.L. Davis July 19, 2019

At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."  

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No, Gitmo detainees not headed to ‘neighborhood near you’ as Florida congressman said
By Amy Sherman July 19, 2019

"Terrorists who are currently being held at Guantanamo Bay can be transferred to a neighborhood near you" as a result of House Democrats’ actions on…

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Checking Bernie Sanders on life expectancy in Virginia, West Virginia
By Kristen Uppercue, Patrick Orsagos July 18, 2019

"In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County,…

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No, the FDA isn’t requiring all ice cream containers be sealed in response to the Blue Bell licker
By Samantha Putterman July 17, 2019

Says the FDA will now require sealed ice cream cartons in response to the Blue Bell ice cream licker, thus driving up the cost for…

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No, country hip-hop star Lil Nas X was not dropped from Wrangler after coming out as gay
By Samantha Putterman July 17, 2019

Says country hip-hop star Lil Nas X was "dropped from Wrangler endorsement" after coming out of the closet.

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George H.W. Bush didn’t say if Americans ever found out ‘what we have done’ they would ‘lynch us’
By Samantha Putterman July 17, 2019

Says George H.W. Bush once said "If the American People ever find out what we have done, they will chase us down the street and…

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Viral meme on cancer and acidity connection gets a lot wrong
By Samantha Putterman July 17, 2019

Says "Every single person who has cancer has a pH that is too acidic," and claims Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize for proving…

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