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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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Did no citizen of countries banned by Trump's executive order kill any american since 1975?

This has been circulating on facebook and twitter: One of the pages that shared it has 4 million subscribers which alone makes it notable. Are both of the numbers correct? Both murders and those zeros?
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Were 48% of American billionaires Jewish in 2014?

Dr. Gerhard Falk, a Jewish American professor of sociology: 48% of American billionaires are Jewish. It is therefore not unreasonable to project that nearly half of the most successful American business men and women are Jewish by any definition of…
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Is this picture of a man in Colorado Springs nearly being blown away, genuine, or a hoax?

This photo was shared on my Facebook page. The post was from FOX21 News Facebook News Feed (January 9 2017, 5:20pm): Colorado Springs off Cimarron and I-25, this city worker is doing his best not to get swept up by the wind! I wouldn't be…
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Are the papers shown by Trump in the 1/11 press conference a genuine sample?

In Donald Trump's press conference on 2016-01-11, he and his lawyer pointed to thousands of sheets of paper in manila folders and identified them as only a portion of the documents he is signing to remove himself an an officer of the Trump…
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Has power been stripped away from the US Constitution, during the Obama Administration?

In an interview on 60 Minutes last month, the Republican Speaker of the House, Rep. Paul Ryan, was being asked about his opinions of Donald Trump. One of his answers included the following quote (emphasis is mine): "We've talked about the…
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Did Elijah Muhammad admit having extramarital affairs with young Nation of Islam secretaries?

The wikipedia entry about Malcolm X says: Sexual misbehavior by Elijah Muhammad Rumors were circulating that Muhammad was conducting extramarital affairs with young Nation secretaries—​​which would constitute a serious violation of Nation…
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Did 50% Americans believe "the movie and television industries are pretty much run by Jews" in 1964?

Joel Stein wrote an article on Los Angeles Times in which he claims: I have never been so upset by a poll in my life. Only 22% of Americans now believe "the movie and television industries are pretty much run by Jews," down from nearly 50% in 1964.…
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Are John Podesta, a number of pizzerias, and DNC members involved in a child-sex ring?

Wikipedia explains that: Pizzagate is a debunked conspiracy theory started by an alt-right Twitter account and spread by 4chan users and /r/The_Donald forum on Reddit, which alleged that John Podesta's emails, which were leaked by Wikileaks, tied a…
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Did the Republican and Democratic parties swap ideologies at one point?

Assuming data like this is correct: A common explanation is that the ideologies of these two political parties switched at some point in the last 150ish years, and what is the Progressive Democratic party of today would more closely resemble what…
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Are working class individuals 70-80 percent less likely to be accepted as patients by therapists if they are black?

This article claims that a study researching the effect prejudice/racism has on psychiatric treatment found that working class individuals were 70-80% less likely to be accepted as patients by a therapist if they were black then if they were white.…
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Did Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus, back pro-Trump group?

A lot of news media are writing about Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus, to have backed Nimble America, a pro-Trump group. He would have acknowledged this on Reddit under a pseudonym rather than his normal account and would've confirmed this to 'The…
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Did Vince Foster take his own life?

The website TruthOrFiction writes: Vince Foster was Deputy White House Counsel and the Clinton’s lawyer. He was found dead in Fort Marcy Park on July 20, 1993. Three investigations into Foster’s death, including one by Independent Counsel…
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Is New York City Council considering making public urination legal?

The Political Insider claims According to the article: The left-wingers who run New York City are about to make it 100% legal to urinate in public. Why? Because many blacks and minorities have been fined or arrested for it. They would rather…
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Did Chipotle give away free burritos on Feb 8, 2016?

From Chipotle's web-site, I can see they were giving away free burritos. This was apparently due to them being closed for staff meetings on February 8th. Is it a real offer?
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Have local/state common law courts been replaced with federal martial/maritime courts in the US?

A colleague recently shared An Open Letter to Sheriff Ward of Harney County Oregon - and to All County Sheriffs in America from Judge Anna This letter makes a number of claims, among which: Common Law courts have been mostly shut down and replaced…
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