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dicho el Agosto 17, 2024 en In X post on Aug. 17

Photo shows “domestic Antifa are already gathering in Chicago, to create chaos during the Harris-Walz DNC.”

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dicho el Agosto 19, 2024 en an X post

Democrats dyed the “Chicago River red to celebrate abortion.”

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dicho el Diciembre 12, 2023 en X, formerly Twitter

In the past year, Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois passed "highly popular” policies such as paid family leave, one of several issues that have been stymied in Wisconsin by Republicans.

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dicho el Septiembre 8, 2023 en a Facebook post

A FEMA office in Chicago is proof of a conspiracy.

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dicho el Julio 30, 2023 en a post

"Illinois is now letting illegal aliens become police officers."

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Jared Moskowitz

dicho el Marzo 26, 2023 en an interview on CNN

Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene

dicho el Febrero 1, 2023 en a House committee hearing

Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”

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Instagram posts

dicho el Noviembre 8, 2022 en Instagram post

‘No Sharpies on ballots’ permitted for in-person voting in Illinois.

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dicho el Septiembre 9, 2022 en a Facebook post

Under new Illinois law, these crimes are “nondetainable": “Burglary, robbery, arson, kidnapping, DUI offenses, even DUI involving a fatality, most drug offenses, and even 2nd degree murder.”

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dicho el Agosto 15, 2022 en a Facebook post

Rep. Adam Kinzinger “admits Trump won” the 2020 presidential election.

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Instagram posts

dicho el Julio 14, 2022 en an Instagram post

R. Kelly “missing after prison security verify he’s escaped beneath facility.”

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dicho el Julio 5, 2022 en a Facebook post

Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.”

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dicho el Julio 4, 2022 en a Facebook post

Images show Highland Park shooter had antifa connection

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dicho el Julio 4, 2022 en a Facebook post

The mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, was a “false flag.”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene

dicho el Julio 5, 2022 en a tweet

Says an image shows the Highland Park shooting suspect "in jail or rehab or a psychiatric center" before the shooting.

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dicho el Mayo 31, 2022 en a Facebook post

Illinois high school to implement race-based grading system in 2022-2023 school year

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dicho el Mayo 25, 2022 en a press conference

"We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis."

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dicho el Abril 11, 2022 en in a campaign advertisement

We’ve reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years.

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dicho el Abril 8, 2022 en a tweet

The Biden Administration is engaging in extreme ‘woke’ politics by encouraging children to take chemical castration drugs and undergo surgeries, and they are lying to children by telling them puberty blockers are "reversible."

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Tammy Duckworth

dicho el Marzo 15, 2022 en a tweet

“An extra 2 whole months and 15 days. That’s how long it takes for white women to make the same amount men made in the same job last year. And it's even worse for women of color.”

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Who is responsible for helping migrants in Chicago and New York City? Leaders say Biden can do more

Who is responsible for helping migrants in Chicago and New York City? Leaders say Biden can do more

Por Maria Ramirez Uribe • Septiembre 15, 2023

What Illinois’ ‘red flag’ gun law means after the Highland Park shooting

What Illinois’ ‘red flag’ gun law means after the Highland Park shooting

Por Hana Stepnick • Julio 12, 2022

Poll workers are short-staffed, under attack — and quietly defending democracy

Poll workers are short-staffed, under attack — and quietly defending democracy

Por Amy Sherman • Julio 6, 2022

Ask PolitiFact: What are red flag gun laws and do they keep people safe?

Ask PolitiFact: What are red flag gun laws and do they keep people safe?

Por Amy Sherman • Junio 10, 2022

Kamala Harris jumped to conclusions about Abraham Lincoln’s delayed Supreme Court nomination

Kamala Harris jumped to conclusions about Abraham Lincoln’s delayed Supreme Court nomination

Por Louis Jacobson • Octubre 8, 2020

Pritzker’s capital spending claim raises questions though parts track with past practices

Pritzker’s capital spending claim raises questions though parts track with past practices

Por Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • Julio 14, 2019

Fact-checking the resume-driven Chicago mayor's race

Fact-checking the resume-driven Chicago mayor's race

Por Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • Febrero 24, 2019

Rauner blames Democrats for decades of bipartisan can-kicking

Rauner blames Democrats for decades of bipartisan can-kicking

Por Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • Diciembre 9, 2018

The 2019 Chicago mayor’s race is heating up: Here’s what we’re watching

The 2019 Chicago mayor’s race is heating up: Here’s what we’re watching

Por Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • Noviembre 11, 2018

Fact-checking the fact-challenged candidates for Illinois governor

Fact-checking the fact-challenged candidates for Illinois governor

Por Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • Noviembre 4, 2018

Rauner, Pritzker tax disclosures rich in avoidance

Rauner, Pritzker tax disclosures rich in avoidance

Por Bob Secter • Octubre 21, 2018

“Boys, boys!”: Repetition doesn’t improve Rauner, Pritzker sniping

“Boys, boys!”: Repetition doesn’t improve Rauner, Pritzker sniping

Por Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • Octubre 14, 2018

Rauner corrupts the word ‘corrupt’

Rauner corrupts the word ‘corrupt’

Por Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • Agosto 19, 2018

Rauner, Pritzker shun transparency even when it might help

Rauner, Pritzker shun transparency even when it might help

Por Bob Secter • Julio 22, 2018

Oh, the Humanity! Rahm Emanuel, a preschool teacher?

Oh, the Humanity! Rahm Emanuel, a preschool teacher?

Por Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • Junio 11, 2018

Vallas, Emanuel point fingers over Chicago teacher pension freefall

Vallas, Emanuel point fingers over Chicago teacher pension freefall

Por Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • Mayo 14, 2018

When it comes to Illinois’ deficit, how bad is bad?

When it comes to Illinois’ deficit, how bad is bad?

Por Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • Abril 3, 2018

Wealthy Illinois candidates face tax disclosure minefield

Wealthy Illinois candidates face tax disclosure minefield

Por Matt Dietrich • Noviembre 21, 2017

Sorry Illinois politicians, PolitiFact is back

Sorry Illinois politicians, PolitiFact is back

Por Bob Secter • Agosto 1, 2017

Tammy Duckworth pega a Mark Kirk por sus logros militares

Tammy Duckworth pega a Mark Kirk por sus logros militares

Por Matt Dietrich • Noviembre 7, 2016