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Jul 21 2023
Fact Check
Are Increased Disability Claims Contributing to Low Unemployment?
Peter St Onge, an economic research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, recently tweeted that disability claims are increasing, the effect of which contributes to a low unemployment rate.
But the graph St Onge cited shows the number of individuals identifying as disabled, not numbers of disability claims.
In reality, the total number of disabled workers and dependents collecting
The Dispatch Fact CheckAug 28 2023
Fact Check
No Support for Viral Claim That COVID-19 ‘Lockdowns’ Are Returning This Fall
In recent weeks, COVID-19 cases, as estimated from wastewater data, and COVID-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise in the U.S. This comes as the omicron variant EG.5, recently designated as a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization, became the newly dominant variant in the country.
This has led some public health experts to suggest that some people — especially those
FactCheck.orgAug 01 2023
News
Over 50% of fentanyl entering US coming through Arizona: DEA
Cartels are using legitimate ports of entry at the southern border to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S., and the millions of pills seized by officials are just a fraction of what is making it across the border into American cities.
Officials report 51.4% of all the fentanyl entering the U.S. is coming through Arizona, with about half of that coming from the southeast corner of the
NewsNationAug 01 2023
News
X Corp. Sues Non-Profit Over ‘Scare Campaign’ Designed To Drive Advertisers Away From Social Media Platform: Report
X Corp. accused a non-profit organization and its backers in a lawsuit filed Monday of unlawfully accessing private data and choosing specific posts to show a rise in hate speech on the social media platform under Elon Musk’s ownership. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the social media company formerly known as Twitter claims the Center for Countering
The Daily WireAug 06 2023
News
Sturgis Rally Tally: Aug. 5, 2023
STURGIS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Public Safety releases a Sturgis Rally Tally – a 24-hour (6 a.m. to 6 a.m.) recap for crashes, DUI arrests, drug arrests, citations and warnings for both Sturgis and the Rapid City district. Note: Rally Tally numbers from DPS do not include data from the Rally’s official opening day Friday, Aug. 4. At 3:05pm, Saturday, Interstate 90, mile
KelolandAug 08 2023
News
How the pandemic shifted America's geography of income
When millions of Americans rethought their living situations during the pandemic, their moves changed the geography of where money is made in the United States.
Why it matters: A new analysis of tax data by the Economic Innovation Group, shared first with Axios, quantifies the reasons some of America's biggest cities are struggling to rebuild their economies post-pandemic.
It
AxiosAug 01 2023
News
Elon Musk sues disinformation researchers, claiming they are driving away advertisers
Elon Musk sues disinformation researchers, claiming they are driving away advertisers Elon Musk's X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is suing a nonprofit that researches hate speech on social media, accusing it of conducting "a scare campaign to drive away advertisers." The suit alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate violated Twitter's terms of service and federal law by
NPR Fact CheckMay 22 2023
News
Facebook hit with record $1.3B fine in European privacy case
Facebook parent company Meta was hit with a record $1.3 billion fine on Monday by the European Union, which demanded the social media giant stop transferring user data to the United States. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) found that Meta had made a “very serious” infringement concerning transfers “that are systematic, repetitive and continuous,” EDPB Chair Andrea Jelinek said in a
The HillAug 01 2023
News
Hate-speech watchdog CEO fires back at Elon Musk, says he put up ‘bat signal’ to ‘racists’ and ‘homophobes’
The head of an online hate-speech watchdog has spoken out against Elon Musk after the business tycoon's X Corp., the parent company of the social media app formerly known as Twitter, filed a lawsuit against the nonprofit. In a lawsuit filed Monday in California, X Corp. claimed The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) published "misleading claims" and exaggerated the prevalence of harmful
Fox News DigitalAug 10 2023
Perspectives Blog
AI May Disrupt the 2024 Election. Here’s How You Can Prepare.
Recent advancements in the automation community have placed artificial intelligence (AI) technology in a position to change our culture and society forever, which, most assuredly, includes our elections. The high stakes and polarization surrounding and encompassing the 2024 election are unprecedented, even without the plausible effect artificial intelligence may have.
With the rise of
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