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Zuckerberg testifies October 2019

Courts have repeatedly upheld grants Gableman says amount to ‘massive election bribery’

By D.L. Davis March 15, 2022

Five Wisconsin cities received money for the 2020 election from Mark Zuckerberg, which amounted to "a wave of massive election bribery."

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No, Zelensky’s hospital visit video doesn’t feature combat medic who died weeks earlier

By Bill McCarthy March 14, 2022

A Ukrainian combat medic who died in February was seen in a video Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted of his visit to see wounded soldiers.

Ukrainian fighter jets

Ukraine recognized downed pilot as ‘hero,’ but claims he was the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ are unsubstantiated

By Gabrielle Settles March 14, 2022

Deceased Ukrainian fighter pilot Col. Oleksandr Oksanchenko was the “Ghost of Kyiv.”

Nikki Fried conference in Miami

Fact-checking Nikki Fried’s claim about Florida’s Medicaid funding

By Yacob Reyes March 14, 2022

Florida is "49th in the nation when it comes to (Medicaid) funding” for people with disabilities.

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No one can be drafted into the U.S. military without an act of Congress

March 14, 2022

The U.S. military has reinstated a draft, and women are included.

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No, this document doesn’t show classified Ukrainian military orders to attack the Donbas region

By Samantha Putterman March 14, 2022

Classified documents from Ukraine “confirm without a shadow of a doubt” that the Ukraine government was “covertly preparing an offensive operation against Donbas, scheduled for…

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Kamala Harris did not laugh at Ukraine or idea of U.S. offering aid

March 14, 2022

“Vice President Kamala Harris laughs at the plight of Ukraine; at idea of America offering assistance”

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No, Kamala Harris didn’t defer to Polish president on gas prices

March 14, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris "was asked about gasoline prices ... and she tried to defer to President Duda, the Polish president."

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Video shows police in France in 2019, not Germany in 2021

March 11, 2022

Video shows man mocking police in Germany.

Aftermath of Russian missiles in Ukraine

Footage of Marines training in Arizona mischaracterized as showing Russians in Ukraine

March 11, 2022

This video shows “Russian war in Ukraine.”

Leonardo DiCaprio at "Don't Look Up" premier

No, Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t give $10 million to Ukraine

March 11, 2022

Says Leonardo DiCaprio gave Ukraine $10 million.

California ‘bacon ban’ applies to more than pork, aims to prevent animal cruelty

March 11, 2022

California has instituted a "bacon ban."

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