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Conspiracy theory on Pelosi home break-in proven to be baseless

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 Adminvideo footage from Capitol Police, attack on Pelosi, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi home break-in, Paul Pelosi, Trump conspiracy theory, suspect David DePape0 comment

Conspiracy theories and disinformation spread extensively by prominent conservatives based on innuendo and falsehoods have been shown to be baseless by mounds of evidence, including statements by the attacker. Posted 11/2/2021 and last updated 11/3/2022. The break-in conspiracy theory centers around images showing some broken glass on the outside of the rear door of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home. The suspect assaulted her husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer. It resulted in injuries requiring surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to Mr. Pelosi’s right arm…

White House deletes tweet about Social Security after Twitter adds fact-check

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The White House on Wednesday deleted a tweet crediting President Biden for increasing the size of Social Security payments, which had actually gone up because of a cost-of-living increase tied to inflation. The Washington Times stories: White House

Survey: Half of federal chief data officers are unclear about responsibilities

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Chief data officers in federal agencies have been in the government for a long time, but that doesn’t mean they are clear on their responsibilities. That’s according to a recent survey of CDOs conducted by the Data Foundation. The chief data officer role in federal agencies was established in 2018 by an act of Congress. In the four years since, the Data Foundation has conducted surveys of the people who fill these roles responsible for data governance. This year, the survey sponsored by Guidehouse found that while CDOs tend to…

Justice Jackson’s Crucial Argument About Affirmative Action

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Yesterday, an hour and a half into the marathon hearings about whether colleges can use race as a factor in admissions decisions, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson began to rub her temples as she looked down at her notes. “We’re entertaining a rule where some people can say what they want about who they are and have that valued in a system,” she said. “And I’m worried that that creates an inequity in the system with respect to being able to express our identity.” Black and Latino applicants would be limited…

7 Elections Reversed After Ballot Harvesting Scandals

November 2, 2022November 3, 2022 AdminMayor Anthony Grant, New York Hector Ramirez, Mayor Ruth Robinson, Indiana George Pabey, Mayor Joe Carollo, Fred Lucas book, Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr, Guadalupe Rivera0 comment

This is an adapted excerpt from Fred Lucas’ new book “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean Elections,” now out from Bombardier Books. The paid operatives are sometimes called “ballot brokers.” In Florida, they were known as “boleteros,” and in Texas they were called “politiqueras.” Both of these states passed laws to ban ballot harvesting after significant scandals. H.R. 1, the wish list bill of election proposals that Democrats call the “For the People Act” that failed to pass, would have prohibited state bans on ballot harvesting.…

Bans Off Our Bodies Highlights: Over a Million Rally!

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This weekend, over a million people joined Bans Off Our Bodies marches across the nation. And we should feel hope. Hope for a world where everyone has bodily autonomy. A world where everyone is respected, valued, and has fully protected civil and human rights. After countless attacks on abortion and reproductive rights, people came together to declare that abortion is healthcare and to demand that our elected officials take action before it’s too late. Coast to coast, we declared “Bans off our bodies!” Watch and share this video from marches and…