Fact-checking whether Tyre Nichols drove recklessly.
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PolitiFact | Here’s what you should know about the claim that Tyre Nichols was ‘reckless driving’
Numbers, history don't back up claim by that the unvaccinated are better off. bit.ly/3kSiANu #COVID19
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Yes — the Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate recently proposed a flat tax that would reap annual savings for millionaires in excess of $100,000, reports in this Fact Brief.
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"There are times I do not even want to speak to people who don’t represent my views, but I have to stand firm with the mission.” -- Bipartisan Policy Center's Kelly Veney Darnell to me on finding common ground in national politics. bit.ly/3Rallpw (Page 24)
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A food pyramid that recommends Lucky Charms over meat? Misleading.
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Why a share from Joe Rogan and others about a food "pyramid" that favors Lucky Charms over meat is misleading.
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MRNA vaccines can't get into the food supply, despite what you might have seen on social media.
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Fact-checking the comparison by of the cellphone tracking in the Idaho murders and 2,000 Mules.
Why the cellphone tracking in the Idaho murders doesn't give credibility to 2,000 Mules by . bit.ly/3XeDXXN
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Zero benefit to risk for young people getting COVID-19 vaccines?
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Why the release of Donald Trump's tax returns doesn't prove whether he paid what he legally owed. bit.ly/3QiYdF7
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U.S. local newspapers are dying at a rate of 2 per week. By 2025, a third of them will be gone. If you’re not convinced that’s a doomsday-level threat to democracy, read this state-by-state list of what local reporters uncovered in 2022. It’s a sample of what we stand to lose.
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. is largely on target on the US trade deficit with China growing to $400 billion per year.
Biden wrong about visiting Iraq, Afghanistan as president.
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PolitiFact’s 2022 Lie of the Year is from Putin.
Is right about railroads earning billions while their workers have no paid sick days? bit.ly/3FFFXSo
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The backstory on the Russian who was traded for Brittney Griner's release.
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Our look at the arms dealer traded for Brittney Griner.
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Fact-checking whether railroad workers have no sick days while rail companies’ profits in billions.
Thank you, , for being such a stalwart for good journalism, even during the hardest times.
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A fact-check look at an ad by mocking comments by about vampires, a bull and China's air. bit.ly/3ueOc1w #GASenate
What Herschel Walker was talking about when he talked on campaign trail about vampires, a bull and cows, and China's bad air coming to the US. bit.ly/3ueOc1w #GASenRunoff
Dems' wins in the Senate midterms historic in some ways, not unprecedented.
A partially accurate attack by on over allegations of child abuse at a camp. bit.ly/3ERjb8L #GASenate
Fact-checking Herschel Walker's attack on Raphael Warnock over a summer youth camp investigation 20 years ago. bit.ly/3ERjb8L #GASEN
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