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  • Fact Check: 'Woke' Did NOT Originally Come From 'Willingly Overlooking Known Evil'

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    Did the expression "woke" originate from the phrase "willingly overlooking known evil"? No, that's not true: The term "stay woke" was first used in a 1938 song by blues musician Lead Belly about Black teenagers accused of raping white women, according to a linguistics professor. Usage of the expression "woke" to indicate awareness of injustices dates to the Black labor…

    • Apr 7, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: 'Woke' Did NOT Originally Come From 'Willingly Overlooking Known Evil' Bad History
  • Fact Check: Georgia County Meant To Order 250,000 Individual Voter Applications, NOT 25 Million

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    Did a Georgia county mean to order 25 million voter applications after the 2020 election? No, that's not true: The order was the result of an input error. Officials meant to order 250,000 individual voter applications, not 250,000 packs of voter applications, each one of which contains 100 applications, according to an election official in DeKalb County. The claim appeared…

    • Jan 19, 2021
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Georgia County Meant To Order 250,000 Individual Voter Applications, NOT 25 Million Input Error
  • Fact Check: Despite Claims In Georgia Senate Hearing, Dominion Voting Machines Were NOT Hacked Because They Don't Have Modems

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    Did someone hack into the electronic voting system being used in Georgia for the January 5, 2020, U.S. Senate runoff races? No, Georgia election officials say that's not true: The digital poll book was not even in use on December 30, 2020, the day J. Hutton Pulitzer told lawmakers he had hacked his way into it. On two occasions since…

    • Jan 5, 2021
    • by: Arthur Brice
    Fact Check: Despite Claims In Georgia Senate Hearing, Dominion Voting Machines Were NOT Hacked Because They Don't Have Modems No Modems
  • Fact Check: Georgia Ballots Were NOT Printed Differently for GOP Areas Versus Democrat Areas To Enable Election Rigging

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    Were ballots used in Republican areas of Georgia different from ballots used in Democratic areas of the state, resulting in a rigged election? No, that's not true: A purported elections expert -- who the Georgia secretary of state's office described as a "failed treasure hunter" -- claimed that since ballots have a unique bar code for each precinct, that "caused…

    • Jan 4, 2021
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Georgia Ballots Were NOT Printed Differently for GOP Areas Versus Democrat Areas To Enable Election Rigging No Party Code
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