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A: Like all energy sources, wind farms have some negative environmental impacts. But getting energy from wind farms results in dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions than getting it from ...
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3 days ago · November 15, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris received many celebrity endorsements leading up to the election, including from Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Eminem, Megan Thee Stallion and Lizzo ...
FactChecking Claims About the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
Posted on January 6, 2022. The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of months of false claims about election fraud, including a litany recited by then-President Donald ...
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Sep 20, 2023 · April 5, 2023. Jacob Chansley, also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” was sentenced to 41 months in prison for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, but he was released early ...
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Our Mission. We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what ...
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Aug 20, 2024 · Third Night of the Democratic Convention. August 22, 2024. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s vice presidential nomination, and repeated claims he has made before about the Republican ...
Widespread Claims Misrepresent Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines
Aug 26, 2022 · SciCheck Digest. As the virus that causes COVID-19 has evolved, the vaccines have become less effective in preventing symptomatic infection while remaining highly effective in preventing severe ...
Viral Posts Misuse VAERS Data to Make False Claims About COVID …
Mar 31, 2021 · Take the 2,509 reports of death filed to VAERS as of March 29, which represent 0.0017% of those who had received a COVID-19 vaccine. People die every day for any number of reasons. In 2019, for ...
FactChecking Biden’s Press Conference - FactCheck.org
Feb 11, 2022 · In a nearly two-hour press conference, President Joe Biden stretched the facts and left out important context on vaccinations, funding for lead pipe removal, child poverty and more. Biden ...