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Fact-checking Michigan Democratic Senate debate
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Instagram posts – Video of Biden’s NATO summit speech misleadingly edited to supposedly show him waving at nobody
“Biden points and waves to nobody again.”
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Facebook posts – No, Barack Obama is not being sent to Guantanamo Bay
Former President Barack Obama “is being sent to Gitmo.”
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Facebook posts – Donald Trump’s security detail is not proof he’s still president
Video showing someone in military gear outside a Georgia Waffle House proves that Donald Trump is president.
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Gavin Newsom – Gov. Newsom said more Floridians move to California. He’s technically right, but it’s close to equal
"Per capita, more Floridians move to California than Californians moving to Florida.”
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Joe Biden – In 22 states, gay couples can be legally booted from restaurants. How often that happens is unclear
In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.”
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How climate change is making wildfires worse
The consensus among climatologists and wildfire researchers is that human-caused climate change is a key factor in why wildfires are becoming more frequent, severe and long-lasting.
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