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Grindr app and user privacy 3-28-2023

Grindr didn’t threaten to identify Republican politicians who use its app

March 28, 2023

“The gay dating app Grindr says if Florida doesn’t stop passing homophobic and transphobic laws, they’ll reveal every Republican legislator and party official who secretly…

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A ban of TikTok? So far, that’s talk. The app isn’t banned for the U.S. public.

March 28, 2023

“Congress has officially banned TikTok.”

Another false ‘Sam Hyde’ meme circulates after Nashville, Tennessee, shooting

March 28, 2023

The Nashville, Tennessee, school shooter was Samantha Hyde.

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Evers’ Brewers stadium funding proposal is not exactly a bipartisan plan

March 28, 2023

The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan."

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Did Trump release a ‘bombshell’? No. Stormy Daniels quickly recanted this 2018 letter.

March 27, 2023

“Trump just shared a bombshell letter from Stormy Daniels debunking DA Bragg's case.”

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg at press conference 10-11-22

Alvin Bragg didn’t say he would drop charges against Donald Trump; this video’s a deepfake

March 27, 2023

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that his office “has decided to drop all charges against Donald Trump.”

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No, this photo doesn’t show a John Fetterman body double. Here’s why.

March 27, 2023

Photo shows Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has a body double.

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Video of robot attacking people is computer-generated parody. Twenty-nine people did not die.

March 27, 2023

“At a top robotics company in Japan this week, four robots being developed for military applications killed 29 humans in the lab.”

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Kelly did unrecuse himself in voting case, but never got the chance to decide the matter

March 24, 2023

As a sitting Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly recused himself from a case, then “he pocketed $20,000 in contributions” from the plaintiff and family members…

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Donald Trump exaggerates Manhattan crime levels in attacks on DA in Stormy Daniels case

March 24, 2023

Violent crime in Manhattan is "now at a record level."

Hurricane Ian Sept 29, 2022 - Fort Myers Beach destruction

Months after Hurricane Ian, what happened to the Florida Disaster Fund?

March 24, 2023

“No one got (a) dime” from the $70 million raised for the Florida Disaster Fund.

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