Bob Oswald
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Constitution doesn't prohibit Supreme Court nomination in election yearOct 17, 2020 1:00 am - Senate Republicans are working to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September. Just before the 22-member Judiciary ...
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Facts Matter: Trump hospital video appears edited, despite aide's claimOct 10, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump spent last weekend as a patient at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he tested positive for coronavirus. During his stay, which r...
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Facts Matter: Photo of empty envelopes used in false claim that ballots were trashedOct 03, 2020 1:00 am - Questions about the legitimacy of mail-in voting are ramping up on social media as the Nov. 3 general election approaches. However, a recent photo of envelopes in the tr...
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Biden didn't use teleprompter during Telemundo interviewSep 26, 2020 1:00 am - The president's son, Eric Trump, on Wednesday retweeted a video that makes it appear Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is reading from prepared notes during an...
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Facts Matter: Political groups aren't responsible for starting western wildfiresSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - As firefighters battled wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, false information on the internet raged out of control. Various posts on social media said arsonists started ...
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Facts Matter: Video clips edited to make Trump, Biden look badSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Approaching the Nov. 3 election, social media users are posting manipulated segments and selective edits of videos of President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Jo...
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Trump's effort to repeal ACA clashes with convention claimsAug 29, 2020 1:00 am - As Republican officials took turns getting the party's message out during last week's convention, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany touted President Donald Tr...
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Facts Matter: Trump touts manufacturing boom, but factory jobs down 740,000Aug 22, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump, during a news conference earlier this month, claimed parts of the economy are doing very well. "The manufacturing sector is booming and the produ...
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Facts Matter: Kamala Harris eligible for presidencyAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Reports of breaking news, weather emergencies or other events are routinely followed by misinformation. Presidential candidate Joe Biden's announcement of his pick for v...
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Facts Matter: U.S. didn't reject Black Statue of LibertyAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - A Facebook meme falsely claims the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor was the second choice after the U.S. turned down the first version. "The first Statue of Liberty ...