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Cassidy on Trump’s vaccine order, ‘crazy, stupid’ claims: ‘This is why the president’s poll numbers are going down’ | Flipboard

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Cassidy on Trump’s vaccine order, ‘crazy, stupid’ claims: ‘This is why the president’s poll numbers are going down’ Sen.

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Cassidy on Trump’s vaccine order, ‘crazy, stupid’ claims: ‘This is why the president’s poll numbers are going down’ Sen.

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Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said President Trump’s executive order that seeks to alter the childhood vaccine schedule is based on “crazy, … The Hill flipped this story into The Hill Business•24d

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said President Trump’s executive order that seeks to alter the childhood vaccine schedule is based on “crazy, ….

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Claim 1: “Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said President Trump’s executive order that seeks to alter the childhood vaccine schedule is based on “crazy, …”
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Multiple web search results independently confirm that President Trump signed an executive order calling for childhood vaccines to be spaced out into separate medical visits. While the specific quote from Sen. Bill Cassidy is not fully reproduced in the snippets, the core factual event (the executive order) is reported across multiple sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American politician and physician who is the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cassidy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States (in office from 2017 to 2021), began on February 9, 2021, and concluded with his acquittal on February 13. Trump h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Do…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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Claim 2: “A viral video shows sprinklers soaking a green lawn outside a denver data center during severe water restrictions.”
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Three independent web search results confirm the existence of a viral video showing a data center (specifically CoreSite) in Denver watering its lawn during severe water restrictions.
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web search NEUTRAL — A viral video shows sprinklers soaking a green lawn outside a denver data center during severe water restrictions.Denver residents see local DATA CENTER water its massive lawns while the whole are fac…
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/denver-sprin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Denver residents see local DATA CENTER water its massive lawns while the whole are faces drought restrictions pic.twitter.com/rrj7vMrhpt.
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web search NEUTRAL — CoreSite's data center in Denver is under fire for its water use. An AI data center in Denver may be violating state drought restrictions by watering its lawn.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/data-center-caught-he…
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Claim 3: “Louisiana’s U.S. Senate campaign... election is less than 60 days away.”
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While Wikipedia and web results confirm there is a Louisiana Senate election in 2026, the provided evidence does not include the date of the 'report' mentioned in the claim, making it impossible to verify if the election is 'less than 60 days away' relative to that specific timestamp.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Louisiana will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Louisiana. Republican congresswoman Julia …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate elections are scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026, with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections. In these elections, voters will elect…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he se…
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Claim 4: “A lead researcher at Anthropic... said Wednesday that he believes there is a more than 10% chance AI "could kill all humans"”
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Three independent web search results explicitly state that a lead/top safety researcher at Anthropic believes there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthropic, PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its flagship product is Claude, a series of proprietary large language…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claude is a series of large language models (LLMs) developed by American software company Anthropic. Claude was released as an AI-based chatbot in March 2023. It is also used in AI-assisted software d…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claude Mythos is a series of large language models developed by Anthropic. It is the most powerful series of models in the Claude family. The first model in the series was Claude Mythos Preview. Anthr…
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Claim 5: “Trump Claims Firefighters Carried Him to Safety After 9/11 Attack”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Donald Trump claimed firefighters carried him to safety following the 9/11 attacks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977), often nicknamed Don Jr., is an American businessman and political activist. He is the eldest child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the U…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2023, four criminal indictments were filed against Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States. Two were on state charges (one in New York and one in Georgia) and the other two, one …
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Claim 6: “Southeastern Conference presidents and chancellors are scheduled to meet Thursday to vote on removing LSU from the league”
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The claim is corroborated by a cross-reference (Flipboard) and multiple independent web search results (WAFB and others) stating that SEC presidents and chancellors were scheduled to meet on Thursday to consider/vote on removing LSU from the conference.
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web search NEUTRAL — 10 meeting where the conference could vote to kick LSU out of the SEC.The SEC’s Presidents and Chancellors, including Rousse on half of LSU, unanimously backed a conference policy statement on Aug.
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web search NEUTRAL — (WAFB) - SEC leaders will meet Thursday to consider removing LSU from the conference as the fight over former professional football players escalates again.The presidents and chancellors of the SEC’s …
https://www.ksla.com/2026/09/08/sec-leaders-consider-removin…
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web search NEUTRAL — SEC presidents and chancellors are scheduled to meet Thursday, Sep.The possibility of LSU being removed from the SEC has drawn strong reactions from Louisiana lawmakers and officials. U.S. Sen.
https://www.wafb.com/2026/09/09/sec-needs-lsu-fans-react-sec…
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Claim 7: “In 1973, after it was discovered that the U.S. had secretly bombed Cambodia, Congress took action.”
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Wikipedia and web search results confirm 'Operation Menu' was a covert U.S. bombing campaign in Cambodia (1969-1970) and that Congress subsequently took action to halt the bombing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Menu was a covert United States Strategic Air Command (SAC) tactical bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 to 26 May 1970 as part of the Vietnam War. The targets …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cambodian Civil War (Khmer: សង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលកម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: Sângkréam Sĭvĭl Kâmpŭchéa) was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the Khmer Rouge against the government of the Kingdom of Cambodia. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christopher J. Anderson is an American public servant. President Donald J. Trump nominated him to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia in 2025. Prior to being nominated as Ambassador, he served in the…
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