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Could a Case Currently Before the Supreme Court Result in a Stronger Presidential Pardon?

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Alex Kasprak
Oct 3, 2018 Gamble v. United States concerns a felon who was arrested for possession of a firearm. It could ...
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Was a GoFundMe Page Established for Brett Kavanaugh?

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David Emery
Oct 5, 2018 Several GoFundMe accounts were opened in the Supreme Court nominee's name during his Senate conf ...
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Did Christine Blasey Ford's Brother Work with a Close Relative of Peter Strzok's?

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David Emery
Oct 1, 2018 Conspiracy theorists claim they've found 'three degrees of separation' between fired FBI agent P ...
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Hillary Clinton

Did Vince Foster Shoot Himself 'Three Times in the Back of the Head' to Avoid Testifying Against Hillary Clinton?

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David Emery
Sep 20, 2018 An old conspiracy theory about the 1993 suicide of Clinton associate Vincent Foster, whose death ...
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Did 100,000 Churches Call for the Kavanaugh Nomination to Be Withdrawn?

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Bethania Palma
Oct 4, 2018 An umbrella organization that represents thousands of local congregations issued a statement on ...
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Did Christine Blasey Ford Claim She Called a Friend on a Cellphone in 1982?

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Dan Evon
Oct 1, 2018 Internet trolls manufactured a fake story in an attempt to discredit Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's ...
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Did a Jury Find That a Cop Had Lied About a Fatal Shooting, But Brett Kavanaugh Threw Out the Verdict?

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Alex Kasprak
Oct 1, 2018 Judge Brett Kavanaugh once ruled against a police shooting victim’s family, blocking financial d ...
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Did Protesters Vandalize Brett Kavanaugh's House?

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David Emery
Oct 2, 2018 Junk news websites used an unrelated image from 2016 to illustrate a story falsely claiming that ...
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Was the Arch of Baal Erected in Washington Before Christine Blasey Ford's Testimony?

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Dan Evon
Oct 2, 2018 The Arch of Palmyra appeared on the National Mall, but its relationship to Senate Judiciary Comm ...
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Do These Photographs Show a Protester Paid to Disrupt the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings?

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Bethania Palma
Oct 1, 2018 Viral images shared with misleading information about protesters resulted in harassment and deat ...
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Did Brett Kavanaugh 'Never Try a Case' Before Being Promoted from Law Clerk to Federal Judge?

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Dan MacGuill
Oct 4, 2018 Kavanaugh hadn't spent much time in courtrooms when President George W. Bush nominated him to th ...
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George Soros

Is Christine Blasey Ford's Lawyer the Vice Chair of a 'Soros-Funded Org Opposing Kavanaugh'?

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Bethania Palma
Oct 3, 2018 Conspiratorial stories that link an organization on which Debra Katz serves as vice chair only t ...
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Did Christine Blasey Ford Commit Perjury by Identifying Herself as a Research Psychologist?

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Bethania Palma
Oct 1, 2018 The notion that Dr. Ford's stating her job title while under oath constituted a "lie" or "perjur ...
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Is This a Picture of Christine Blasey Ford in 1982?

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Dan Evon
Oct 5, 2018 A picture said to be one of a 15-year-old Christine Blasey Ford has been proffered as "evidence" ...
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Gavel resting on judge's bench in a courtroom.

Did Brett Kavanaugh Rule That a Raped Immigrant Teen Must Delay Her Abortion in Order to 'Think About it Maturely'?

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Dan MacGuill
Oct 10, 2018 A widely-shared meme got the basic facts right about an October 2017 case involving the newest S ...
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Did a 'West Virginia Republican' Tell Women to 'Get Your Coat Hangers Ready' ?

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Bethania Palma
Oct 9, 2018 Parkersburg City Councilman Eric Barber made the "coat hanger" comment in a reply to a Facebook ...
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Did a School Employee Tweet 'Who's Gonna Take One for the Team and Kill Kavanaugh?'

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Bethania Palma
Oct 9, 2018 A paraprofessional with Rosemount, Minnesota, school district resigned after posting the tweet.
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Did a Middle School Display the Words 'F*ck Kavanaugh' on Their School Sign?

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Dan Evon
Oct 10, 2018 A North Carolina middle school's sign was targeted by vandals, not "socialist teachers" trying t ...
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Is Senator Susan Collins’ Husband a 'Lobbyist for Russian Interests'?

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Bethania Palma
Oct 11, 2018 Conspiracy mongers attempted to draw a line between two unrelated things by linking them to more ...
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Did an FBI Report Conclude That None of the Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh Was True?

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Dan MacGuill
Nov 12, 2018 A viral Facebook post significantly misrepresented what the FBI said about sexual assault and mi ...
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