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Democrats attack Republican Social Security plans. What’s in them?

October 26, 2022

Democrats look at the $1.27 trillion a year Social Security program and see their party’s legacy, a key piece of the country’s economic safety net. Republicans see an entitlement program that more than 65 million people count on, but is fast becoming unaffordable. In the final weeks before the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats are ringing […]

In Context: What Stacey Abrams said about the economic aspect of abortion

October 26, 2022

Stacey Abrams, a Democrat hoping to unseat Georgia’s incumbent Republican governor, Brian Kemp, appeared for an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and discussed several topics — including whether the economy factors into a person’s decision to pursue an abortion. Her comments spread online as some social media users claimed that Abrams said abortions could solve […]

Inmigrante acusado de agredir sexualmente a una niña no emigró durante la presidencia de Biden

October 26, 2022

Un anuncio político ataca las políticas de migración de Joe Biden y resalta el caso de un inmigrante acusado de agredir sexualmente a una niña como ejemplo de los fracasos de su administración. “Joe Biden y el resto de sus colegas demócratas se deshicieron de nuestra frontera sur y dejaron entrar a una cantidad récord de […]

Verificamos 10 afirmaciones del debate entre Ron DeSantis y Charlie Crist para gobernador de Florida

October 25, 2022

En el único debate de candidatos a gobernador de Florida, el actual gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis esquivó las preguntas sobre si desea llegar a la Casa Blanca y prometió “jubilar” a su rival demócrata Charlie Crist. Crist, quien se desempeñó como gobernador de Florida de 2007 a 2011, intentó que DeSantis respondiera, en varias ocasiones, […]

Ad Watch: Do ‘MAGA Republicans want women arrested for abortion’? A few do, but not all

October 25, 2022

Beseeching Americans to vote Democratic, California Rep. Eric Swalwell used a provocative ad on abortion to attack Make America Great Again Republicans, those who have an allegiance to former President Donald Trump. Swalwell, who ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, introduced the digital ad with a tweet that made this claim: “MAGA Republicans want […]

How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users

October 25, 2022

It isn’t every day a celebrity goes on social media to spread the kind of antisemitic rhetoric that fueled a world war and left 6 million Jewish people dead. But Ye, the musician and fashion designer once known as Kanye West, has not backed down from attacking Jewish people. After saying on Twitter that he […]

Gasoline prices: Where they stand now, and why

October 25, 2022

When voters head to the polls in just two weeks, they may have the year’s roller coaster ride of gasoline prices on their minds. After the coronavirus pandemic sent gas prices plummeting in early 2020, prices rose slowly but steadily for almost two years as the economy recovered, which increased demand through travel and commuting. By the […]

We fact-check claims in the U.S. Senate race between Ron Johnson and Mandela Barnes

October 24, 2022

The U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin has taken on added urgency as the midterm elections draw near, with some believing the outcome could determine control of Congress.  In the hotly contested race, Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is facing Democrat Mandela Barnes, the state’s lieutenant governor. The election is Nov. 8, 2022.  We took […]

Marco Rubio dijo que alguien podría hacer estallar un buzón electoral, ignorando el historial seguro

October 24, 2022

Millones de estadounidenses emiten su voto por correo a través de buzones electorales. El Senador Marco Rubio, republicano de Florida, dijo que eso es peligroso.  “Existe peligro involucrado en los buzones electorales”, Rubio dijo en el debate del 18 de octubre con su rival demócrata, la representante Val Demings. “La gente necesita pensar en eso. […]

Fact-checking attacks from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist in Florida’s only gubernatorial debate

October 24, 2022

In Florida’s only gubernatorial debate, Republican incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis dodged questions on whether he’s pining for the White House and vowed to put his Democratic rival Charlie Crist “​​out to pasture.” Crist, who served as governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011, tried repeatedly to get DeSantis to answer whether he’d run for president […]

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¿Charlie Crist redujo las tarifas de seguros de propiedad en un 10%?

October 20, 2022

El candidato demócrata a gobernador, Charlie Crist, afirma que los propietarios de Florida tienen una persona a la quien culpar por el aumento de las primas de seguros: el gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis.  El huracán Ian expuso la inestabilidad del mercado de seguros para propietarios de viviendas del estado; seis aseguradoras de propiedad de Florida […]

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State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate

October 19, 2022

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds had reason to bring up Iowa’s budget surplus when she and her 2022 election opponent, Deidre DeJear, debated this week. After all, she could report accurately, as she did in a late September news release, that the state ended fiscal 2022 under her watch with a $1.91 billion surplus. Reynolds said in […]

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