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The pesticide Monitor hasn’t been used on potatoes since 2009

By Andy Nguyen October 28, 2022

McDonald's uses potatoes sprayed with a highly toxic pesticide called Monitor.

Zuckerberg testifies October 2019

Meta sounds like the Hebrew word for “dead,” but the company lives

October 28, 2022

Facebook changed its name because it is a “dead entity” whose assets were seized.

Republican Arizona school chief candidate said kids are resistant to COVID-19

By Renee Romo October 28, 2022

“Kids are resistant to COVID as opposed to older people.”

DeSantis and Crist standing at Oct. 24 2022 debate

Charlie Crist’s crime comparison with Ron DeSantis lacks data

By Yacob Reyes October 28, 2022

"Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor."

Lancaster PA election workers with mail ballots 11-4-20

Ted Cruz’s misleading claim that only Democratic cities take days to count votes

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson October 28, 2022

Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”

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Gas prices hit $5 a gallon more than a year after Joe Biden took office, not when he was inaugurated

By Louis Jacobson October 28, 2022

The price of gas is “down from over $5 when I took office.”

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Mark Kelly misrepresents Blake Masters’ current Social Security stance in Arizona Senate race

By Jon Greenberg October 28, 2022

Blake Masters “wants to privatize” Social Security.

Supreme Court file photo Nov. 6, 2020 trump legal challenges

Courts did review Trump campaign ‘evidence’ of election fraud. Claims that say otherwise are wrong

October 28, 2022

“It’s not that there is no evidence the election was stolen, but that no court had the guts to HEAR the evidence. They dismissed the…

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No, this Trump statement about returning to Twitter isn’t real

October 28, 2022

Former President Donald Trump issued an Oct. 27 statement saying he was told his Twitter account “will be back up and running on Monday.”

Willow Grove PA mail ballot drop box 10-25-21

Instagram post falsely says ‘2,000 Mules’ proves Democrats cheated

By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg October 28, 2022

The documentary “2,000 Mules proves” Democrats “cheated on the 2020 elections.”

Kari Lake at press conference on primary election night Aug. 2

Phoenix TV station accidentally airs mock election results

October 28, 2022

A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early.

Voting site Suffieid Connecticut 8-9-22 AP

Facebook post makes unfounded claim about security seals on Connecticut ballots

By Andy Nguyen, Amy Sherman October 27, 2022

Connecticut ballot initiative on early voting would "remove the requirement of a certified seal from certain ballots."

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