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Jun 22 2022
Fact Check
Fact-check: Are Biden, Green New Deal legislators to blame for high energy costs?
Temperatures in Texas are rising amid a June heatwave, testing the state's power grid and driving up demand for electricity.
In a June 4 tweet, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Texans can blame their higher electric bills on supporters of the Green New Deal, a-yet-to-be-passed congressional plan touted as a strategy for tackling climate change.
"The impact of President Biden
Austin American-StatesmanJun 01 2022
News
Fox’s coverage in the wake of the Uvalde shooting favors nonexistent culture wars over murdered children
Last week, 19 children and two teachers were horrifically killed when an 18-year-old with an assault rifle barricaded himself in a classroom in Uvalde, Texas.
In response, Fox launched a sickening week-long, yet familiar, campaign to desensitize its audience to the massacre, hidden under the pretense of militaristic solutions and fruitless thoughts and prayers.
In its coverage,
Media MattersNov 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
AllSides Interactive: Who Will Control the House and Senate After the 2022 Elections?
Last updated 11/8/22
Pennsylvania. Georgia. Wisconsin. Several key states are expected to determine which political party will own control of Congress this year.
AllSides is helping you track the odds of those and the rest of the U.S. House and Senate races in the 2022 midterm elections.
In the spirit of showing all sides, we also invite you to check out these
AllSides StaffApr 27 2021
Analysis
Biden’s first 100 days: Where he stands on key promises
As he rounds out his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden’s focus on reining in the coronavirus during the early months of his administration seems to have paid off: He can check off nearly all his campaign promises centered on the pandemic.
Biden has delivered on a number of his biggest campaign pledges focused on climate change and the economy as well. But some issues have
Associated Press Fact CheckMar 28 2022
News
Ukrainians disrupt and derail Russian offensive as war moves to new phase
Just over a month after the first ballistic missiles slammed into Kyiv's international airport, the Russian campaign has been disrupted and derailed by stubborn Ukrainian resistance -- and in the last few days by agile Ukrainian counterattacks on several fronts.
Russian forces retain considerable -- but not overwhelming -- numerical superiority. Their armored groups have struggled
CNN (Online News)Dec 27 2021
News
Should we be telling kids the truth about Santa?
Another Christmas season means another year of parents wrestling with the conundrum of what to tell their children about Santa Claus.
While in some respects he is similar to other fantastical creatures like fairies or mermaids, Santa is distinct because adults go to great lengths to convince children that there is a literal being that lives in the North Pole and travels the world in a
Yahoo! The 360Apr 06 2022
Analysis
We Interviewed Americans Going Into The War Zone In Ukraine. Here Are Their Plans
WARSAW, POLAND – American volunteers are going into Ukraine to bring medical supplies, establish supply lines and fight. Five volunteers organizing their plans told the Daily Caller that they are going into a war zone to do anything they can do to help.
Mark Lindquist, 40, was running for Congress as a Democrat in Minnesota for the 2022 election, but decided to quit his campaign and go
The Daily CallerDec 06 2020
Fact Check
Video Doesn’t Show ‘Suitcases’ of Illegal Ballots in Georgia
The Trump campaign is falsely claiming that surveillance camera footage captured election workers in Georgia adding thousands of illegal ballots that were brought into an Atlanta facility in suspicious “suitcases” on election night.
The campaign presented the video to Georgia state lawmakers on Dec. 3. President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, wrote on Twitter the same day: “The
FactCheck.orgDec 24 2021
News
In Six Weeks Ahead of Christmas, Rich Nations Snagged More Vaccines Than Africa Got All Year
The United States, the United Kingdom, and European Union countries secured more coronavirus vaccine doses in a six-week period before Christmas than the entire continent of Africa received in all of 2021, striking inequity that campaigners say is protracting the deadly pandemic and creating conditions for more variants to emerge.
An analysis released Friday by the People's Vaccine
Common DreamsFeb 19 2021
News
Liberal groups launch 'Latino Anti-Disinformation Lab' to combat Covid, election messaging
Maria Teresa Kumar was surprised to find out two weeks ago that her mother, who runs an elder care facility in Northern California, was going to forgo a Covid-19 vaccine.
Kumar, the founding president of Voto Latino and an MSNBC contributor, wanted to know why her mom, Mercedes Vegvary, would take such a risk. The answer: a Spanish-language disinformation campaign, shared peer to peer,
NBC News (Online)