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Detail page for Dominion Voting’s logo altered to spread election fraud claims post

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Dominion Voting’s logo altered to spread election fraud claims

A claim that election technology supplier Dominion Voting Systems is changing Republican votes to Democratic votes is spreading on social media, but a post offered as evidence uses a fake logo and slogan. Let’s look at the facts.

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No, voters in Detroit weren’t turned away for already voting

Election officials in Detroit quickly corrected a “harmless data error” to ensure that all eligible voters were able to vote, but not before election deniers used this brief interruption to cast aspersions over the entire election process. Let’s look at the facts.

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No, the government isn't taking your gas stove

Partisans and pundits across the political spectrum have taken to social media to rail against an alleged ban on gas stoves. But is the outrage based in reality? Let’s look at the facts.

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No, Trump didn’t make a social media announcement ending dual citizenship

Did President Donald Trump announce the end of dual citizenship, or the ability to hold citizenship from two different countries, in a March 2025 Truth Social post? No. A post that appears to be from his account with this message is impostor content. Let’s look at the facts.

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No, listening devices for spying weren’t found in Oval Office

Viral rumors are suggesting that listening devices were found in the Oval Office in February 2025 and that President Donald Trump removed the historic 150-year-old Resolute Desk for a security scan as a result, but there’s no evidence to support these claims. Let’s look at the facts.

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No, Sen. Lindsey Graham didn’t question whether it’s a good thing for people to have insulin

After Sen. Lindsey Graham and 42 other Republican senators voted to remove a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act that would have capped the price of insulin at $35 as the provision ran afoul of parliamentarian rules, a satirical quote took on a life of its own. Social media users mistook it as a genuine statement from the South Carolina senator criticizing the availability of this life-saving medication as it didn’t address problems with overpopulation. But Graham never said this. Let’s take a look at the facts.

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No, states aren’t cheating if they don’t have results on election night

A social media post claims that three states are committing voter fraud because they won’t have voting results for the 2024 presidential contest on election night, but a delay in reporting isn’t evidence of cheating and the claim is missing important context. Let’s look at the facts.

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Twitter flooded with impersonator accounts after changing its verification system

A spate of spoof accounts flooded Twitter in early November after its new owner and CEO, Elon Musk, announced that verification badges would be included in the platform’s premium service, Twitter Blue, for $7.99 a month. Let’s look at the facts.

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Altered video of Trump, Sinema goes viral

A video supposedly shows former President Donald Trump and Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema together at a campaign speech, but that didn’t happen. Let’s look at the facts.

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Video altered to falsely show Harris slurring her speech

A viral video was deceptively edited to make it sound like Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is slurring her words during a speech at a campaign event, but the footage is slowed down to create the misleading impression she is drunk. Let’s look at the facts.

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