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This is a photo of the Woodstock music festival, not a Trump rally
May 22, 2019

A photo shows a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, not the Woodstock music festival.

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Allegations of racism against Trump didn’t start when he challenged the Democrats
May 22, 2019

"Donald Trump has been in public eye for over 30 years and he was never once accused of being racist by anyone until he decided…

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Will Wisconsin taxpayers get ‘tremendous’ payback for money spent on new Fiserv Forum?
By D.L. Davis May 22, 2019

The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over…

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Donald Trump wrong that Joe Biden abandoned Scranton
By Louis Jacobson May 21, 2019

Says Joe Biden "deserted you. … I guess he was born here, but he left you, folks. He left you for another state."

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No, NASA did not spend over $165 million on a space pen while Russians used pencils
By Samantha Putterman May 21, 2019

Says NASA spent more than $165 million over 10 years to develop a pen that "writes in zero gravity, upside down" and in extreme temperatures…

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Fact-checking Steve Bullock on decline of the American Dream
By Louis Jacobson May 21, 2019

"You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was…

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Did the Affordable Care Act create preexisting condition protections for people in employer plans?
By Julie Rovner May 21, 2019

Obamacare granted "the protection against preexisting condition discrimination that extended to more than 150 million Americans, folks who get their health insurance through their employer."

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No, vanilla ice cream didn’t used to be black
May 21, 2019

Vanilla ice cream was black until 1912, when "white people couldn’t tolerate eating something that tasted soooooo delicious being black."

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Photo blaming environmentalists for trashing a park on Earth Day is really from a football tailgate
By Samantha Putterman May 21, 2019

Says a photo of a park covered in trash was left behind by "environmentalists" after an Earth Day celebration in California.

Levar Stoney mostly right about Richmond’s rein on real estate tax rates
By Warren Fiske May 21, 2019

"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."

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