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Astroworld festival goers lined up Nov. 5 21

Astroworld music festival venue has a capacity of 200,000, not 20,000

November 10, 2021

Live Nation scheduled the 50,000-person Astroworld music festival at a venue that has a capacity of 20,000.

AZ students wearing masks in May 2021

No, Ariz. Department of Education didn’t give ‘green light’ for mask mandates, critical race theory

November 10, 2021

"Arizona Department of Education gives green light on face mask and vaccine mandates, as well as implementing Critical (Race) Theory.”

Saudi Arabia Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud at COP26 111021 AP

Those are not diesel generators at the COP26 climate change meeting in Scotland

November 10, 2021

Photos show “diesel generators” at the COP26 climate change conference.

Klain on MTP

Ron Klain exaggerates improvements in employment, coronavirus death rate

By Louis Jacobson November 10, 2021

The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000…

Pfizer vaccine vial

No, this COVID-19 vaccine banner didn’t really encourage parents to donate their children’s organs

November 10, 2021

A banner for COVID-19 vaccines says, “Don’t forget to donate your childrens organs.”

Queen Elizabeth II

No, Queen Elizabeth isn’t dead

November 10, 2021

“Queen Elizabeth d-e-a-d at age 95.”

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Biden was describing misinformation about gun control legislation, not threatening to take away guns

November 9, 2021

President Joe Biden threatened to “swoop down with Special Forces folks and gather up every gun in America.”

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Voting machine malfunction in New Jersey isn’t evidence of fraud

By Samantha Putterman November 9, 2021

“More fraud in New Jersey’s election uncovered – voting machines would not allow citizens to vote for Republican governor candidate.”

Miami election worker with voter Oct 2020

New Jersey poll worker did not commit a crime when providing provisional ballot

November 9, 2021

A crime was committed when a New Jersey election worker allowed someone who said he was not a citizen to fill out a ballot.

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Merriam-Webster didn’t remove the immunity portion to its vaccine definition. It changed the wording

By Samantha Putterman November 9, 2021

Merriam-Webster recently changed its definition of the word “vaccine” and removed the immunity portion.

Manchin and Justice

Is West Virginia home to zero billionaires?

By Emily Zirkelbach November 9, 2021

“FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires.”

Travis Scott performs Astroworld Festival Nov. 5 AP

No, the Astroworld tragedy wasn’t a satanic ritual

November 9, 2021

The deaths at the Astroworld festival were part of a satanic ritual.

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