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Hangings, guillotines and Gitmo: Going behind Real Raw News ...
WEBSep 24, 2021 · Real Raw News was created in April 2020, according to domain registration records.It started publishing in late December, with stories alleging that FEMA had purchased assault rifles from China ...
Do states verify citizenship of voters in federal elections?
WEBDec 2, 2020 · Trump said, "No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections." The kernel of truth here is that the federal form to register to vote doesn ...
PolitiFact | A look at Kamala Harris’ multi-ethnic background and ...
WEBAug 14, 2020 · A little bit on her background. Harris was born in Oakland, Calif., in 1964, to parents Shyamala and Donald Harris. The daughter of two immigrants — her father came from Jamaica, her mother from ...
PolitiFact | Yes, prices are higher under Biden, but recovery from …
WEBMay 27, 2021 · Prices for lumber, gas, wheat, coal and corn were sharply higher in April 2021, about three months after Joe Biden became president, than they were in April 2020. The main reason is the nation’s ...
PolitiFact | Fact-checking claim about immigrants, eligibility for ...
WEBJan 23, 2022 · Overall, we found that immigrants in the country illegally are ineligible to receive most of the benefits mentioned in the post. They are eligible for emergency medical care, and some women and ...
Fact-checking claims about abortion and the ‘born alive’ bill
WEBApr 19, 2019 · By. North Carolina lawmakers this week approved a controversial abortion bill, which means you likely heard some misleading information about it. Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 359, also known ...
PolitiFact | How Donald Trump performed on 11 key promises
WEBJan 19, 2021 · Since Trump’s inauguration in 2017, PolitiFact has tracked 102 pledges Trump made to voters during the 2016 campaign. As he leaves office, our final report on the Trump-O-Meter shows he kept 25 ...
What is a MAGA Republican? - PolitiFact
WEBSep 22, 2022 · MAGA is the Trump brand, from campaign slogan, to red hats emblazoned with the letters, to the closing line of his stump speeches. "A MAGA Republican is first and foremost a Trump supporter, no ...
PolitiFact | What does it mean to be ‘woke’?
WEBMar 7, 2023 · British lexicographer and linguist Tony Thorne said he construes "woke" to mean "alert to and aware of issues of social justice." Since the 2000s, he told PolitiFact, it’s meant something like ...