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Joe Biden isn’t resigning, and Nancy Pelosi didn’t ask him to

By Miriam Valverde May 26, 2021

“Biden agrees to Pelosi's request to resign.”

A teenager in Washington receives the COVID-19 vaccine. (AP)

There’s no proof that COVID-19 vaccine has injured or killed more than 900 children

By Gabrielle Settles May 26, 2021

“943 innocent kids … are now injured or dead” because of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Case of missing Nebraska boy generates false social media claims

May 26, 2021

The mother of a missing boy in Nebraska confessed to killing him.

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Social media post exaggerates economic statistics

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde May 26, 2021

“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”

No, It Is Not Illegal For Businesses To Require Proof Of Vaccination

May 26, 2021

“Businesses cannot legally ask for proof of vaccination and cannot deny entry based on vaccination status.”

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COVID-19 vaccination status doesn’t impact life insurance policies

May 26, 2021

Getting the COVID-19 vaccine jeopardizes life insurance policies.

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GOP bill in Michigan would restrict, but not prohibit official election communications with voters

By Clara Hendrickson May 26, 2021

A Republican bill in Michigan “would make it a crime for election officials … to share information about how to vote by mail and where…

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CDC explained its updated mask guidelines

May 25, 2021

The CDC lifting mask guidelines “out of the blue with no solid explanation proves they lied to you the whole time about everything.”

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Fowl play? Social media users falsely claim Arizona ballots were destroyed in chicken farm fire

By Bill McCarthy May 25, 2021

Arizona ballots were shredded and burned in a chicken farm fire.

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A professor’s ideas are wrongly recast as a nefarious federal plot

May 25, 2021

Says Anthony Fauci’s wife has “a secret plan to put psych drugs in drinking water” to get people vaccinated.

Texas has recorded COVID deaths since removing its mask mandate — thousands of them

By Brandon Mulder May 25, 2021

“Since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one."

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This is not a video of Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’

May 25, 2021

Video shows “Israel’s defense system.”

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