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Portable heater advertised on Facebook is a scam, not invented by Vietnam War-era veteran

January 19, 2024

A portable heater invented by a Vietnam War-era veteran can heat a whole home and slash heating bills.

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No, Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t prescient about the World Trade Center buildings coming down

January 19, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew the World Trade Center buildings would be brought down six years before 9/11.

Nope, there is no human flesh in processed, ground meat

January 19, 2024

“Any type of ground or processed meats have human flesh in them.”

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., in Winston-Salem, N.C., 11-8-2022

Tillis falsely says police made ‘no arrests’ of protesters who blocked Durham Freeway

January 19, 2024

Police made ‘no arrests’ of protesters who blocked Durham Freeway

Voters cast ballots in November 2022 election in New York

Do ‘illegal immigrants now have the right to vote in New York’? No, that’s False.

January 19, 2024

“Illegal immigrants now have the right to vote in New York."

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El video muestra el incendio de un barco en 2021 en Sri Lanka y no el ataque hutí en Yemen en 2024

January 19, 2024

"Imágenes del ataque hutí al barco estadounidense porta contenedores M/V Gibraltar Eagle en el mar rojo"

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No, vaccines do not contain unsafe amounts of aluminum for infants, research shows

January 19, 2024

Vaccines that are routinely given to children contain unsafe amounts of aluminum.

Nikki Haley meets voters in Rochester, N.H., 1-17-2024

Nikki Haley said Donald Trump wanted to raise the gas tax as president. His support was flimsy.

January 19, 2024

Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."

Florida Gov. DeSantis in Hampton, N.H., 1-17-2024

Ron DeSantis wrong that boosters make COVID-19 infection more likely

January 19, 2024

“Every booster you take, you’re more likely to get COVID as a result of it.”

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Congress has not passed a $6,400 subsidy for low-income Americans

January 19, 2024

Congress has passed a $6,400 subsidy for low-income Americans.

Social Security Administration office in 2022

Does U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil back cutting Social Security and Medicare?

January 19, 2024

“Bryan Steil is part of a group that wants to cut Social Security and Medicare, that would be devastating.”

World Economic Forum 2024

Disease X isn’t being planned at World Economic Forum meeting

January 18, 2024

World Economic Forum event is evidence that global leaders are planning a new pandemic called Disease X.

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