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In Georgia runoff, 32,000 votes for Perdue didn’t ‘disappear’

By Daniel Funke January 8, 2021

32,000 votes for David Perdue “disappeared” during the Georgia Senate runoff election.

Sen. Josh Hawley speaking in Senate Jan. 6, 2021

Fact-checking Hawley’s claim about Pennsylvania’s election law

By Amy Sherman January 8, 2021

“Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”

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Protesters at Sen. Josh Hawley’s home were disruptive but not threatening or violent

By William Skipworth January 8, 2021

Says activists threatened his family and “screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door.”

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Joe Biden is right that more than 60 of Trump’s election lawsuits lacked merit

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde January 8, 2021

In more than 60 cases, judges “looked at the allegations that Trump was making and determined they were without any merit.”

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A CNN chyron said, “Antifa has just taken responsibility for storming Capital Hill.”

January 8, 2021

A CNN chyron said, “Antifa has just taken responsibility for storming Capital Hill.”

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No, Mike Pence wasn’t arrested

January 8, 2021

Says Mike Pence was arrested.

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No, the FBI didn’t confirm antifa activists breached the Capitol

January 8, 2021

“The FBI just confirmed that it was ANTIFA, not Trump supporters, who breached the Capitol.”

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No, the Simpsons didn’t predict the Capitol riots. Those images are edited

By Samantha Putterman January 8, 2021

The Simpsons predicted the Capitol riots

There’s no Harris plot to oust Biden and appoint Pence

January 8, 2021

Kamala Harris is planning to use the 25th Amendment against Joe Biden and appoint Mike Pence as her vice president.

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Texas Attorney General advances antifa conspiracy theory after Capitol riot

By Brandon Mulder January 8, 2021

Says that “those who stormed the capitol yesterday were not Trump supporters. They have been confirmed to be Antifa.”

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Capitol Police, not Secret Service, shot and killed woman in U.S. Capitol assault

By Eric Litke January 8, 2021

The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police.

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No, the storming of the Capitol wasn’t a false flag

January 7, 2021

The storming of the Capitol was staged.

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