‘In The [One] Year Since the [1/6/2021] Insurrection, [the GOP] Has Introduced 550+ Bills To Restrict The Vote …’
A January 6 2022 tweet addressed part of the aftermath of the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection.
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Unpacking the DC National Guard Miller Memo
The emergence of an “insurrection PowerPoint” in December 2021 renewed interest in a January 4 2021 memo restricting deployment of the Washington DC National Guard.
‘Dolly Turned Down a Medal of Freedom from Trump, Twice’
A December 2021 screenshot of a tweet indicated Dolly Parton declined a Medal of Freedom from former U.S. President Donald Trump — twice.
Big Macs in Denmark Versus Big Macs in the USA
Years-long social media discussions contrasting worker pay and the price of Big Macs in Denmark and the United States resurfaced in November 2021.
Lincoln Project Reveals It Staged Tiki Torch Stunt at Right-Wing Republican Rally
The incident directly referenced the white nationalist gathering in Virginia in 2017 that culminated in Heather Heyer’s death.
New Footage of Capitol Riots
A ruling enabled the release of previously unreleased video from the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection, and it did not show a day that was “like an open house.”
New Book Claims Zuckerberg Let Trump Lie to Avoid Federal Oversight
A new biography of right-wing tech mogul Peter Thiel claims that, according to him, Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg struck a deal allowing Donald Trump and his allies to spread disinformation in exchange for a lack of federal oversight. The claim was first published in Chafin’s book The Contrarian, excerpts of which were adapted into an …
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‘George Washington Mandated Inoculation’
On September 13 2021, a Facebook account shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which claimed that George Washington mandated inoculation: That September 9 2021 read: George Washington mandated inoculation against small pox. The Supreme Court has ruled state vaccine mandates to be constitutional for more than a century. We’ve had vaccine mandates, including for things …
CA Recall Election Disinformation Roundup
In the lead up to the California gubernatorial recall election of September 14 2021, the usual disinformation purveyors went into high gear, poisoning the well with wall-to-wall claims of perfidy and election theft. Overall, the California recall and its elements were far-reaching, so we have broken this page up into parts. What’s the Deal with …
Did a Republican Party Webpage Praising Trump’s Afghanistan Deal Disappear?
The former United States president now says that the U.S. leaving the country in September 2021 was too soon.