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Mendoza stretches the facts on the commuter tax
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller January 13, 2019

"Every city that has a commuter tax — look at Detroit, Philadelphia — they are actually stagnating in terms of their economy. It’s been a…

Trump oval office jan 8 2019 address on immigration border wall crisis
How many ‘criminal aliens’ were stopped at the border last year?
By John Kruzel January 11, 2019

"17,000 individuals with criminal records were apprehended trying to cross the border" in 2018.

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Donald Trump falsely says there’s ‘never’ been so many border apprehensions
By Miriam Valverde January 11, 2019

Says there’s "never (been) so many apprehensions ever in our history."

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Roger Roth incorrectly says lame duck bills didn’t take any power from governor or attorney general
By Eric Litke January 11, 2019

In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general."

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Trump says he didn’t say Mexico would write US a check for border wall. But he did
By Samantha Putterman January 10, 2019

"When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going…

Jim Justice mostly correct on adoption statistics
By Matt Minard January 10, 2019

"As of September 2018, there are 6,683 WV children in foster care — 1,415 of whom are legally eligible for adoption."

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Trump repeats overly simplistic, False claim on California’s wildfires
By Chris Nichols January 9, 2019

California’s deadly wildfires "would never happen" with "proper Forest Management."

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Claim about 63,000 Americans being killed by illegal immigrants is still wrong
January 9, 2019

"Since 2001, 63,000 of us were murdered by illegal aliens."  ​

No, ICE did not arrest 2,000 undocumented immigrants for murder in 2017
January 9, 2019

"2,000 illegal aliens were arrested by ICE in 2017 for murders committed here in the United States!"

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Meme way off in claim that the Rothschild family holds ’80 percent of the world’s wealth’
By Samantha Putterman January 9, 2019

Says "the Rothschild family holds about 80 percent of the world’s total wealth" and has the ability to "literally feed, clothe and settle every man,…

Chuck Schumer hand up July 10, 2018
Did Democrats reverse border wall position after Donald Trump was elected?
By Manuela Tobias January 9, 2019

Says Sen. Charles Schumer "repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other Democrats. They changed their mind only after I was…

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No, Democrats didn’t ask for a steel barrier, as Donald Trump said
By Manuela Tobias January 9, 2019

"At the request of Democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall."

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