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Posted onFriday, November 9, 2012
Q: Did military absentee ballots arrive a day late, swinging the election in favor of President Obama?
A: No. This rumor is based on a satirical post on a blog that specializes in “faux news.”
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Tagged Absentee Ballots, Barack Obama, Twitter |
Posted onFriday, November 2, 2012
Q: Does Mitt Romney’s son Tagg own Ohio’s electronic voting machines?
A: There’s no evidence of that. A spokesman for Tagg Romney’s private equity firm states that it has no stake in Hart InterCivic, a supplier of voting machines in two of Ohio’s 88 counties.
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Tagged Mitt Romney, Ohio, Tagg Romney, voting |
Posted onWednesday, October 10, 2012
Q: Do companies get a tax break for shipping U.S. jobs overseas?
A: Not specifically for that reason. But companies can deduct business expenses, including the cost of moving a job to another state or even out of the country.
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Tagged Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, offshoring, taxes |
Posted onTuesday, September 25, 2012
Q: Has President Barack Obama signed 900 executive orders, some of which create martial law?
A: No. Obama’s executive orders do not create martial law. And so far he has signed 139 executive orders — not 900.
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Tagged Barack Obama (444), chain e-mail (103), executive order |
Posted onWednesday, September 12, 2012
Q: Did the government buy 79 percent of all vehicles sold by General Motors in June?
A: No, that viral rumor is false. All fleet customers combined — including rental car companies and state and local governments — accounted for less than one-third of GM’s June sales.
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Tagged General Motors, GM |
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