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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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Study finds arts and nonprofits – large and small – add $381M to WNY economy

https://www.facebook.com/489328899867271/posts/906974964769327

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Posts Mislead About COVID-19 Vaccine Safety With Out-of-Context Clip of FDA Official

SciCheck Digest Given the extra scrutiny and large number of doses, reports of possible side effects to a vaccine safety monitoring system increased with the...

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Elise Stefanik – Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Canada border increase, but lag far behind the southern border

“We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”

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