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‘Sudden cardiac arrest awareness’ form resulted from 2019 law following student deaths

January 31, 2023

The Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Video of Quran-burning man was from Denmark in 2021, not Sweden in 2023

January 31, 2023

Video shows a “man burning the Quran in Sweden.”

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The UK is targeting older adults in its upcoming COVID-19 vaccine campaigns, not banning them

January 31, 2023

The United Kingdom banned COVID-19 booster vaccines for people under 50.

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No, Congress didn’t ‘erupt’ when Sen. Ted Cruz made these comments

January 31, 2023

Video shows Congress “erupting” over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s remarks.

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Rick Scott wrongly said election officials can’t verify voters who use Election Day registration

January 31, 2023

Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."

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Copious evidence proves climate change is not a ‘fraud’

January 31, 2023

Global warming is a “fraud.”

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Biden’s debt comments taken out of context

January 31, 2023

“Biden smirks while saying he has added more to the debt than any president before him.”

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The evidence is plentiful: Black Americans’ ancestors came from Africa, despite contrary claim

January 31, 2023

Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved.

Lucas falsely inflates Youngkin’s special election setback

January 31, 2023

Glenn Youngkin is “the first sitting Governor in the modern era to have their party have less legislative seats than when they were elected.”

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Biden stumbled in December speech, but altered video removes context and clarity

January 30, 2023

President Joe Biden said, “To the Ukrainian people, I say to them all, you might you might they they might be able to make right…

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Hudson inflates Biden’s role in oil prices

January 30, 2023

“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level…

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Old photo of former President Donald Trump used to hawk diet pills

January 30, 2023

This photo shows former President Donald Trump “last week.”

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