On March 28 2019, a Twitter user shared the following tweet, purportedly showing a large number of people being detained under an overpass in El Paso, Texas: The images appeared to be authentic and undoctored, but they were not accompanied by a source for their description. We were able to track the photographs to Washington Post reporter …
Pilot Flying J has not removed American flags because of complaints from foreigners. The company said a flagpole was being repaired to meet military rules and protocols at a store in Amarillo, and the flag would be returned as soon as possible.
False rumors about a Texas church melting gold to make a statute of President Donald Trump started with a website that publishes works of “Christian news satire.”
A scurrilous anti-Islamic post that provoked a real-life response by authorities near Austin, Texas remains online despite the host blog’s attempt to remake itself with more bland content. The blog, “JTXH News,” attracted the attention after publishing a post in June 2016 claiming that Muslim men had attacked a waitress at a Denny’s in the …
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A blog devoted to satire saw easy pickings with this bit of right-wing paranoia.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has deployed the State Guard to prevent a take over of the state by President Obama as a joint military exercise called Jade Helm 15 got underway.
A military training exercise roiled the far right and gave rise to familiar dog whistles about “martial law.”
The U.S. has seen an explosion in the number of cases of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) because illegal immigrant children allegedly brought the enterovirus to the U.S. and have fueled the respiratory condition’s transmission.
