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CNN Says Future Town...: CNN Says Future Town Halls Will Include Live Audiences, Contrary to Online Posts CNN was criticized by some for hosting a town hall with Donald Trump and a live audience that expressed strong support for the former president. Online posts now wrongly claim CNN will have “no more live audiences at town halls.” CNN said the claim is “fabricated” and plans a liv (Source: FactCheck.org)

False: An Arizona judge was “forced to overturn” an election and ruled “274,000 ballots must be thrown out.” When this video was first shared on social media, no decisions had been reached in an election lawsuit filed by former Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake. The judge had not overturned the election and ballots had not been thrown out. On May 22, the day after the video was posted, a Maricopa County judge dismissed Lake’s lawsuit, ruling she had failed to prove her claim that election officials violated the law by not verifying signatures on mail ballots. The judge reaffirmed that Democrat Katie Hobbs won the election. (Source: PolitiFact)

False: "Estados Unidos en peligro advierte el presidente y llama a todos a defender el alma de Estados Unidos". El video del discurso del presidente Joe Biden es de septiembre de 2022, pero está siendo difundido como actual en redes sociales.Las declaraciones tuvieron lugar en un contexto muy específico en el que el presidente hablaba sobre la democracia y citaba a un juez federal jubilado. (Source: PolitiFact)

True: For its 2023 Pride collection, Target partnered with a designer whose work includes references to, or depictions of, Satan. About this rating Abprallen, a designer whose products sometimes reference Satan, had three non-Satanic products included in Target's 2023 Pride collection. Target removed these items, explaining it had "experienced threats impacting our team members' sense of safety and well-bei (Source: Snopes)