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The Dispatch→ The Purge
Law, order, and the voting booth.
The Dispatch→ The Best Combo to Restrain Spending? A Democratic President and GOP Congress.
The trend dates back to Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich.
The Dispatch→ The Original American Witches
A look back at the colonial roots of a Halloween hallmark.
The Dispatch→ Saving Medicare Advantage from Itself
Designed for cost containment, the privately administered plans have proven popular yet expensive.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: South Korea Did NOT Announce It Will Send Its Troops To Ukraine ‘To Fight’ North Korean Soldiers Supporting Russia, As Of October 30, 2024
Did South Korea announce it will deploy troops in Ukraine to engage in active combat against North Korean troops supporting Russia? No, that's not true: On October 30, 2024, neither U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin nor his South Kor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s E.coli Outbreak Did NOT Happen After Trump Made Fries There
Did the E.coli outbreak involving McDonald's occur soon after Donald Trump worked at one McDonald's restaurant for one hour during his 2024 presidential campaign? No, that's not true: The E.coli outbreak traced to some McDonald's franchis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Multiple Entries For Same ‘Voter ID’ In Michigan’s Voter File Do NOT Indicate Fraud; State Says Formatting Errors Are To Blame
Do multiple entries of the same "Voter ID" casting ballots from different addresses on the same date in Michigan's Qualified Voter File indicate potential fraud? No, that's not true: Michigan's Department of State told Lead Stories that t
The Dispatch→ Voting Against Kamala
The conservative case for Donald Trump.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Virginia Voting Machine Did NOT Misspell Donald Trump’s Name On Paper Ballots — Typo Only On Optional Review Screen
Did a Virginia voting machine ballot include an 'i' in Donald Trump's last name, as a video on social media displays? No, that's not true: The misspelling of the presidential candidate's name appears only on an optional ballot review scre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Joe Rogan Talking About Rat Meat In Chinese Food Has AI-Generated Audio Track
Does a video on social media show podcaster Joe Rogan discussing the topic of rat meat supposedly in Chinese food, and how a person might find out about "how to heal the body from the toxins they feed us" in a podcast? No, that's not true
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump's claim that 2,600 'votes' were 'caught' in Lancaster, Pa., distorts registration probe
In Lancaster, Pa., “We caught them with 2,600 votes. We caught them cold, 2,600 votes. ... And every vote was written by the same person."
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Kamala Harris did not pay The Shade Room to interview her
Kamala Harris paid The Shade Room to interview her “for perceived support amongst black voters.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: James Carville Did NOT Say He Believes Kamala Harris Will Lose 2024 Presidential Election
Did Democratic political consultant James Carville say that he believes Vice President Kamala Harris will lose the 2024 U.S. presidential election? No, that's not true: Carville posted on X that he would donate $100 to the Donald Trump ca
The Dispatch→ Video Alleging Voter Fraud in Pennsylvania Actually Shows a Postal Worker Delivering Ballots
The U.S. Postal Service and a county executive confirmed the worker’s identity.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Kamala Harris Campaign Paid Beyoncé $10 Million To Attend Harris Rally
Did Kamala Harris' presidential campaign pay superstar Beyoncé $10 million to attend a Harris rally in Houston? No, that's not true: No public evidence exists to support this claim. The Federal Elections Commission's most recent records
The Dispatch→ Garbage, Vermin, and Human Scum
Joe Biden and the populist ur-grievance.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this video doesn’t show ‘illegal voters cutting the line’ in Pennsylvania
Video shows “illegal ‘voters’ cutting the line” to vote in Pennsylvania.
Health Feedback→ Claim that there are “no deaths from cannabis use anywhere” is misleading
REVIEW A social media post by the Facebook page Eco Groovy, which has more than 14,000 followers, claimed that “There are no deaths from cannabis use anywhere”. This claim took the form of a meme and was attributed to the late Lester Grinspoon,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Non-English-Speaking Voters Jumped Line To Vote Early In Pennsylvania
Did non-English-speaking voters cut in line to vote early in Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, told Lead Stories that a video circulating online is incomplete; some elderly and disabled
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Claim about AOC being worth $29 million is still Pants on Fire!
"AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?
The Dispatch→ Bending the Argument
Partisanship is par for the political course. Making it about people, not issues, is not.
PolitiFact→ Trump is talking more about 'the enemy from within' near Election Day. Who is he talking about?
As Election Day nears, former President Donald Trump often speaks about the “enemy from within.” Sometimes, he has called out Democratic House members Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff; other times he speaks broadly.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Video shows a Brazilian demonstration, not Puerto Ricans responding to a racist Trump rally joke
Video shows people “marching in Puerto Rico” after former President Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Fordyce, Arkansas, voting machines are not flipping votes from Republican to Democrat
In Fordyce, Arkansas, voting machines changed votes from Republican to Democrat.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Give ‘Blank Stare’ When Told Trump Thinks She Needs Cognitive Test
Did Kamala Harris respond with a "blank stare" when a CBS News reporter mentioned that Donald Trump had called for Harris to take a cognitive test? No, that's not true: A video circulating on social media that shows Harris' response has b
The Dispatch→ Trading Places? No Thanks.
The U.S. economy ain’t perfect, but there’s still no place we’d rather be.
PolitiFact→ Climate Power – Eric Hovde didn’t say people who believe in transitioning to clean energy are smoking crack cocaine
Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’”
PolitiFact→ Not knowing all the results on election night is normal. Here's why.
All results won’t be known on election night, and that’s normal. State laws about receiving, processing and tabulating mail ballots, and close margins, play a role. If it takes some states longer to finish counting, it is not a sign of wrongdoing.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Harris’s Closing Argument
The vice president has stuck largely to the facts when highlighting the words of her rival, former President Donald J. Trump, but has on occasion omitted context or erred when describing policies and statistics.
The Dispatch→ Team Harris Still Focusing on Georgia’s Black Voters
Plus: RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard trash ‘neocons’ in Wisconsin.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Beyoncé and Jay-Z have not been arrested in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs case
“Feds RAID Jay Z & Beyonce Mansion After Diddy LINKS,” arrest couple.
The Dispatch→ ‘Election Results’ Shown on a Pennsylvania TV Station Were a System Test
The station has said the results aired mistakenly.
PolitiFact→ Ad Watch: One of Donald Trump’s closing ads uses deceptively edited news stories to mislead
When campaigns put citations on screen in campaign ads, it’s intended to validate the arguments with reliable, nonpartisan sources. But in a closing ad by Donald Trump’s campaign, the sourcing misleads rather than enlightens.
PolitiFact→ In ad, Harris says Trump would gut Medicare and preexisting condition coverage. Here are the facts
Would a second Donald Trump term result in Medicare and Social Security cuts? What about coverage for preexisting conditions? We fact-checked what could be the final ad from Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video does not show ballot box tampering in Glacier County, Montana
A Montana Democratic operative was caught tampering with a ballot box.
The Dispatch→ Don’t Try to Read the Polling Tea Leaves
How modern polling works and why it could still be wrong, despite pollsters’ best efforts.
The Dispatch→ The Great Cancellation of Woodrow Wilson
Just when you thought he couldn’t get any worse …
The Dispatch→ Voting: The Long View
Doing the right thing even when there are no good options.
The Dispatch→ House Elections Preview: Can the Democrats’ Money Lead Overcome the GOP’s Structural Advantage?
Republicans are well-situated to keep the lower chamber, but the Democrats have hope.