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Analysts standing in front of a big electronic board counting votes and breaking them down state by state, county by county, in granular detail have now become an election night staple.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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In the video, Gomez could be seen posing on the carpet and occasionally placing her hands in front of her stomach.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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The second count, which remained the same, said Hankison deprived three of Taylor's neighbors of their constitutional rights by shooting through a sliding glass door covered by blinds and a curtain.CBS News, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
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The exclusive buyout firm’s latest acquisition was a $7.1 billion deal in February 2022 to buy a controlling stake in Dutch window blinds and coverings maker Hunter Douglas.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Some crypto schemes involve crooks offering to help victims recover money lost in prior crypto swindles.Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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The videos are being used in investment scams, such as romance swindles, and in other ways.Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2024
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But there was something even more significant: For a generation, conservatives — not just the far right, which Crusius appeared to identify with — had propelled the notion that climate change was a hoax fabricated so the government could impose new restrictions on the economy and society.Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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In Finland, teaching students to spot disinformation and fake news Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams, and debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today's information society.David Morgan, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Voter fraud by noncitizens — including both lawful immigrant residents and those here illegally — is very rare, experts have found, and studies have found no evidence of widespread noncitizen voting in previous elections.Laura Doan, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Hundreds of thousands of Georgians poured through the thousands of polling locations across its 159 counties, including in Fulton County, the epicenter of former President Donald Trump’s claims that election fraud in the region cost him the state and the entire 2020 election.Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Oct. 2024
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The right-wing press, though, which had sung the praises of Reuss’ performance a few days earlier, now saw confirmation of characteristic Jewish duplicity and demanded that the government charge Reuss with fraud.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Finally, in August, Peters’ duplicity caught up with her.Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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Election integrity crusaders have often sought to cast their efforts as innocent reactions to chicanery in the Democratic Party.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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For this election, McDonnell could continue to resist his party’s entreaties, or Harris could win enough Electoral College votes to make any chicanery in Nebraska moot.Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
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In April of 2024, voucher supporters tried an end run around the petition.Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Thus, the law sought to make an end run around Young by preventing state officials from directly enforcing the law.Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
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