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Questions tagged [united-states]

Use this tag for questions about claims based in the United States, or limited to the United States.

The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, the States, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district.

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Does politically controlled redistricting in US elections make incumbents more secure?

Many western democracies limit the power of their politicians to control the electoral boundaries to avoid the possibility of gerrymandering. UK electoral boundaries, for example, are redrawn when required by an independent commission. Many US…
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Colorado non-citizen vote vs Tennessee's photo ID frequency

Cleta Mitchell, president of the Republican National Lawyers Association, wrote: Twelve thousand noncitizens registered to vote in Colorado; apparently 5,000 of those voted in 2010. And later: There were 645,775 votes cast in the Tennessee…
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Was Pakistani President, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, assassinated?

There is a general conception in Pakistan that late General Zia was eliminated by Americans in a mysterious plane crash in August 17, 1988: The plane went down and then up and eventually hit the ground at about 60-70 deg and exploding. No black…
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Was the 2023 Ohio train derailment the 'worst environmental disaster in US history'?

According to Impact Nottingham: East Palestine, Ohio: Exploring The Worst Environmental Disaster in the History of the USA On 3rd February 2023, a freight train carrying various potentially hazardous chemicals derailed in the town of East Palestine…
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Did former US Ambassador, Chas Freeman, say “The CIA programs in Tibet, which were very effective in destabilizing it, did not succeed in Xinjiang.”?

In a highly-upvoted Quora answer, Godfree Roberts quotes US Ambassador Chas. H. Freeman [sic]: The CIA programs in Tibet, which were very effective in destabilizing it, did not succeed in Xinjiang. There were similar efforts made with the Uyghurs…
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Has anyone ever lost a lawsuit for giving a bad employment reference? Has a case like this even happened in the U.S.?

It's is a well-known "fact" that companies can be sued for giving a bad employment reference about a former employee and that, because of this, many HR departments refuse to give any type of reference other than simply confirming employment…
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Are foreign governments receiving $4.7 billion as a result of the U.S. covid stimulus package?

This image and claim has been making the rounds on Twitter, having been shared by Candace Owens and others, listing the supposed pork barrel spending included in the stimulus package passed by U.S. congress in December 2020: Every American left…
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Did Georgia absentee voting expire before the election was over?

The claim: "The emergency order passed in Georgia to allow absentee voting (see: fraud) expired 5 days before the election with no renewal." Did the authorization for mail-in voting expire prior to the election (and therefore render votes invalid)?
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Was any part of the technology used in America's 2020 Election created by Venezuela or impacted by Hugo Chavez?

Sidney Powell was recently quoted as saying, "The Dominion Voting Systems, the Smartmatic technology software, and the software that goes in other computerized voting systems here as well, not just Dominion, were created in Venezuela at the…
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Were procedures changed on June 1, 2001 about intercepting off-course airplanes?

Former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura writes in American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies That the Government Tells Us: Between September 2000 and June 2001, on 67 different occasions fighter jets were sent to intercept aircraft…
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Are there "80 million unsolicited ballots" being sent in the USA?

In this tweet the president of the USA said For our Country to be sending 80 million UNSOLICITED BALLOTS is very unfair and a roadmap to disaster. Even recent small and easier to control elections which did this are a catastrophic disaster.…
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Was George Floyd a Masonic Sacrifice or even a Mason?

I am not sure what is the chicken, and what is the egg, but between public gossip and Larry Johnson tweets, there seems to be a movement claiming George Floyd was a Masonic Sacrifice. Notable person making a claim. Larry Johnson twitter "Media"…
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Did state actors set fire to buildings during the George Floyd riots?

A Minnesota protestor made the following claim: "Media, you need to cover the undercover cops who have been breaking these windows and breaking into businesses. We have evidence of buildings that have been burnt on fire by specific triangles cut…
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Did the US Federal government take 3 months from the warning its BARDA chief to require more production of N95 masks?

This exchange from a Congressional hearing was mentioned on Twitter and cited by some news Q: "It took 3 months from your initial warnings...for the federal government to...require the production of millions more n95 masks...What was the…
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Were hospitals in California half empty in April 2020 during the covid-19 pandemic?

I read this tweet from Elon Musk on https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1255678979043778560: Hospitals in California have been half empty this whole time Is it true that hospitals in California half empty in April 2020 during the covid-19…
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