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Advertisment: Claim: The tweet that got Ye suspended for “incitement of violence” actually contained a symbol associated with the UFO-focused religion known as the International Raëlian Movement. Context Ye did post the symbol of a UFO-based religious movement containing both
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Advertisment: In November 2022, European researchers announced they had reanimated a virus that had been frozen for almost 50,000 years. The researchers cautioned that their work points to a potential public health risk posed by climate change. The scientists studied
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Claim: Unexplained jumps in vote totals due to large “ballot drops” led to Democratic victories in several 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Advertisment: During the 2020 presidential election, far-right conspiracy blog The Gateway Pundit aggressively pushed the notion, still championed by
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Advertisment: On Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 — the day before Election Day 2022 — the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it would be “monitor[ing] polls in 24 states for compliance with federal voting rights laws.” Despite the
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Claim: In U.S. elections, every vote was counted on election night until a few years ago. Advertisment: On Nov. 1, 2022, the @catturd2 Twitter account, described by The Daily Beast as a “MAGA troll account,” tweeted to its nearly 1
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Did Bill Gates Say ‘Hung Election and Civil War’ Are Coming? | Snopes.com Bill Gates said: “I admit that political polarization may bring it all to an end, we’re going to have a hung election and a civil war.” Context
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There’s No Evidence Ivana Trump Was Cremated | Snopes.com Ivana Trump was actually cremated and a casket supposedly for her was instead filled with several classified and top secret documents to keep them hidden from federal investigators. On Sept. 20,
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Claim: The sinking of the Titanic was somehow orchestrated by its owner, American financier J.P. Morgan, in order to kill three prominent businessmen who opposed the formation of the Federal Reserve. On Sept. 13, 2022, a Telegram user shared a
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A picture shared by conspiracy theorists since 2019 made the rounds again following the alleged hacking of Hunter Biden’s iCloud account.
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Did Justin Bieber Say the COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Ruined’ His Life? | Snopes.com Justin Bieber said the COVID-19 vaccine ruined his life after he had facial paralysis with the viral condition known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Fact Check On June 11,
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