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States can use ARPA money to replenish unemployment funds, contrary to Pritzker’s claim

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller July 30, 2021

“You can't actually use ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds” to pay down state unemployment insurance fund deficits.

Most states require signature verification for mail ballots

By Amy Sherman July 30, 2021

Mail-in voting requires no signature verification.

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No proof man who filmed Capitol riot led it, or was antifa

July 30, 2021

“A known antifa member” dressed as a Donald Trump supporter “and caused the Capitol riot” on Jan. 6.

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CDC test can’t differentiate between COVID and the flu? That’s wrong.

By Victoria Knight July 30, 2021

CDC "will revoke the emergency use authorization" of the PCR COVID tests because those tests don't differentiate between COVID and flu viruses. "Translation: They've been…

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No, dozens of military tribunals aren’t underway

July 30, 2021

“More than 40 military tribunals testified.”

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A UK health official misspoke when he said 60% of hospitalized patients had been fully vaccinated

By Jason Asenso July 30, 2021

“60% of patients admitted to the hospital in the UK have been fully vaccinated”

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No, DC Officer Michael Fanone isn’t man who stormed Capitol with Confederate flag

By Bill McCarthy July 30, 2021

Says D.C. police officer Michael Fanone is the same person who was arrested after carrying a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

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No, the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics didn’t predict the pandemic

July 30, 2021

The opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics predicted the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Yes, George Washington ordered troops to be inoculated against smallpox during the Revolutionary War

July 30, 2021

“George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army.”

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No, the military doesn’t control the White House

July 30, 2021

“U.S. military holding White House for Trump’s return.”

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General Motors did not say 95% of the energy for electric cars comes from coal

July 29, 2021

General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact."

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Social media photo shows glacial runoff hitting Gulf of Alaska, not two oceans

By Kelsey Sena Tamakloe July 29, 2021

Photo shows the place where “the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean face each other without mixing.”

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