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Posts Mislead on Legal Basis for Paying Federal Income Taxes
The U.S. Constitution established Congress' right to impose federal income taxes, and the Internal Revenue Service administers the laws that require payment of taxes. Yet social media posts falsely claim there is no law that requires U.S. residents to pay taxes.
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Commentators Push Unfounded Claims About Ohio Train Derailment
The derailment of a freight train carrying toxic chemicals in eastern Ohio has sparked a slew of unfounded claims by conservative commentators. There’s no indication that this incident will rise to the level of a "domestic Chernobyl"; it has been covered steadily by the media; federal and state agencies are monitoring air and water quality and its impact on people and animals.
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Posts Falsely Claim CDC Official Admitted COVID-19 Vaccines Cause ‘Debilitating Illnesses’
Health problems that are reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System after vaccination are not necessarily caused by a vaccine. Yet social media posts distorted a comment from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official about such reports to falsely say he admitted the vaccines cause “debilitating illnesses.”
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Trump’s Dubious Claim About ‘Hidden’ Tweets Exonerating Him for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Former President Donald Trump says two Jan. 6, 2021, tweets that the “highly partisan January 6th Committee” tried to hide have now been “fully restored” by Twitter and "fully exonerate me." But the posts are included, and discussed at length, in the committee's final report.
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Trump’s Hollow ‘Empty Folders’ Defense
Former President Donald Trump's latest defense for having classified documents found by FBI agents at his Mar-a-Lago home is that many of them were simply "empty folders" stamped "classified" on the outside that Trump kept as mementos. The FBI says it did find dozens of empty folders, but it also found 103 classified documents.
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Internet Hoax Spreads False ID on Michigan State University Shooter
Police identified the suspect in the Feb. 13 mass shooting at Michigan State University as Anthony Dwayne McRae, who shot and killed himself. But a viral internet hoax used the photo of another man and falsely claimed that the suspect was named "Lynn Dee Walker."
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