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No, Biden is not arming up the IRS with guns and ammunition

August 12, 2022

The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.”

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Photo doctored to look like Ghislaine Maxwell was massaging Judge Bruce Reinhart’s feet

August 12, 2022

A photo shows Ghislaine Maxwell and Bruce Reinhart.

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Democrat Evers didn’t give Wisconsin counties ‘the green light’ to defund police

By Alan Hovorka August 12, 2022

"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."

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Kevin McCarthy’s mostly false claim about an army of 87,000 IRS agents

By Jon Greenberg August 11, 2022

“Democrats' new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you — with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k.”

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No, Pennsylvania didn’t send out more mail-in ballots than were cast in the 2020 election

August 11, 2022

“Pennsylvania sent out 1,823,148 mail-in ballots. They got back 2,589,242.”

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No, weapons headed to the IRS weren’t seized by the military

August 11, 2022

A "Delta Force” seized a shipment of weapons headed to the IRS.

Spanberger agrees with Biden most of the time

By Warren Fiske August 11, 2022

“Abigail Spanberger still votes with and shares Joe Biden’s positions 100% of the time.”

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Video underestimates California’s capacity to accommodate electric cars and recycle their batteries

By Andy Nguyen August 11, 2022

Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.

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How does Trump feel about the Fifth Amendment? Depends who is taking it.

By Amy Sherman August 10, 2022

On taking the Fifth Amendment

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No, China no prepara una invasión en Los Ángeles y Baja California

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz August 10, 2022

"Urgente! China confirma la invasión de Los Ángeles y Baja California! Prepararon 1000 destructores!"

Transition-related surgery limited to teens, not ‘young kids.’ Even then, it’s rare

By Yacob Reyes August 10, 2022

"They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids."

No proof Trump asked for troops on Jan. 6 or that Democrats denied a request

August 10, 2022

Former President Donald Trump asked “for troops around the Capitol to make sure everyone is safe,” on Jan. 6, 2021, but was “turned down by…

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