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Jimmy Kimmel at Oscars, 3-12-2023

Claim this document shows Jimmy Kimmel in Epstein court case is Pants on Fire!

January 4, 2024

Jimmy Kimmel was on the Jeffrey Epstein list, documents show.

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No, Hillary Clinton didn’t blame Epstein’s death, 2016 election on climate change

January 4, 2024

Video shows Hillary Clinton blamed various events, including her 2016 election loss and Jeffrey Epstein’s death, on climate change.

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Super PAC supporting Nikki Haley says Ron DeSantis praised China, but he didn’t

January 4, 2024

Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”

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Ron DeSantis is right, Barack Obama deported more people than Donald Trump did

January 4, 2024

Donald Trump “deported less, believe it or not, than Barack Obama even did."

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Video does not show Trump promising to defer student loans if reelected in 2024

January 4, 2024

Video shows Trump promising to pause student loan payments and cancel payroll tax if reelected in 2024.

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El Dr. Sanjay Gupta no creo un medicamento para el dolor articular, ni fue atacado en televisión

January 4, 2024

El Dr. Sanjay Gupta sufrió “un atentado” por crear un nuevo medicamento para el dolor articular.

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No comfort, just cold: There’s no evidence Elon Musk invented the ‘Cosmo Heater’

January 3, 2024

Elon Musk developed “Cosmo Heater,” a product that would cut heating costs “to basically $0.”

Ben Carson at Trump rally in Sioux City, Iowa, 10-29-2023

No, Ben Carson isn’t hawking CBD gummies to treat high blood pressure

January 3, 2024

Dr. Ben Carson endorsed CBD gummies to treat high blood pressure.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs New York state''s Clean Slate Act in Brooklyn, N.Y., 11-16-2023

New York state’s Clean Slate law doesn’t keep convictions sealed from everyone

January 1, 2024

Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”

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Wisconsin Public Service Commission has approved rate hikes, but not $1.9 billion

December 29, 2023

“Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.”

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Did Wisconsin’s governor reject Iowa-modeled redistricting plan he had earlier endorsed?

December 22, 2023

Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed."

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Elon Musk has not invented an energy-saving device that reduces power bills

December 21, 2023

Elon Musk invented an energy-saving device that could “cut electricity bills by 80%.”

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