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Katie Britt – Breaking down the false claims in Katie Britt’s retelling of a sex trafficking survivor’s story

A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be okay with this happening in a third world country. This is the United States of America.”
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Pete Buttigieg – Fact-checking Pete Buttigieg on the stock market’s rise under different presidents

The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."
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Instagram posts – No, your legal name is not a corporation. That claim is based on a discredited conspiracy theory.

“Your legal name is in fact a corporation. This is why you always see your name written in ALL CAPS.”
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No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or ‘trans terrorism’

After a shooting in Joel Osteen’s Houston church, some pundits claimed the assailant was transgender and the tragedy was a sign of rising LGBTQ+ extremist violence. Domestic terrorism experts say data doesn’t support that.
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Who is Alexander Smirnov, and what does his indictment mean for the GOP impeachment inquiry?

An FBI informant claimed Joe Biden accepted a $5 million bribe. Republicans said the informant's allegations were important to their efforts to impeach Biden. Federal prosecutors now say the allegations were “fabrications.” What now?
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Instagram posts – More gun ownership does not lead to less gun violence

The states that have 97% of guns are the states with the least amount of gun violence.
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