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Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal | Flipboard

Flipboard · · 210 words · By POLITICO

Voters in Festus, Missouri, voted out all four incumbent city council members seeking reelection following the council's approval of a $6 billion data center project.

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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6 billion data center, struck back at the polls last week, ousting all four incumbent council members running for reelection.”
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The claim is reported by Flipboard, but the web search results provided are completely irrelevant (referring to elections in India and Haryana), providing no independent corroboration of the Missouri event.
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web search NEUTRAL — Current, future & past election and candidate information. View current election results or view past election results and statistical report. The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constit…
https://voters.eci.gov.in/
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web search NEUTRAL — Haryana Minister Anil Vij, who cast his vote in Ambala Cantt, said, "all voters should participate in the greatest festival of democracy."
https://www.msn.com/en-in/politics/government/polling-underw…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 3, 2025 · In Ismailabad, 10,540 people were eligible to cast their votes in 13 polling booths, and around 65 per cent polling was reported. Tight security arrangements were made to thwart any unto…
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/thanesar-sees-50-v…
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“Tuesday’s election in Festus, Missouri — a city of 12,000 people”
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The population figure is mentioned twice, but both references are from the same source (Flipboard). No independent external sources or official census data were provided in the evidence to corroborate the population of 12,000.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Tuesday’s election in Festus, Missouri — a city of 12,000 people
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/missouri-town-fires-half-it…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Festus, Missouri — a city of 12,000 people along the …
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/missouri-town-fires-half-it…
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“Casey Wasserman appears to have quietly gotten engaged to Jenny Chandler”
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Multiple independent sources (Flipboard and various web search results/news outlets) report that Casey Wasserman appears to have gotten engaged to Jenny Chandler.
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web search NEUTRAL — Casey Wasserman has been in a public relationship with his mistress-turned-girlfriend, former flight attendant Jenny Chandler, 43, since at least May 2023, amid his divorce. They are pictured together…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-13620961/casey-wasser…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jeffrey Wasserman, the 50-year-old CEO of Wasserman, is said to have engaged in affairs with multiple employees over the years.I did not have an affair with Casey Wasserman,” Feau told DailyMail.com. …
https://nypost.com/2024/08/02/business/los-angeles-olympics-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Embattled entertainment mogul and LA28 Olympics chairman Casey Wasserman appears to have quietly gotten engaged to Jenny Chandler , the former private jet flight attendant whose affair helped end his …
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/casey…
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“Casey Wasserman [is] LA28 Olympics chairman”
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The claim is directly confirmed by Wikipedia and the official Wasserman Foundation website, stating he is the chairman/president of the LA28 Olympics.
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web search NEUTRAL — Casey Wasserman is the chairman of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.Wasserman founded a sports and entertainment agency in 2002, and is a trustee of the non-profit Clinton Foundation, according to the Ol…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv5z76jmpvo
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web search NEUTRAL — Casey Wasserman (né Myers; June 28, 1974[1]) is an American entertainment executive and sports agent. He is the founder of Wasserman, a sports marketing and talent agency. He is chairman of the Los An…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Wasserman
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web search NEUTRAL — Casey Wasserman Chairman and CEO, Wasserman; President and Chairperson, LA 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games; President & CEO, Wasserman Foundation.Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman’s presence spa…
http://www.wassermanfoundation.org/about/
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“Chaghcharan, the capital of Ghor province in Afghanistan”
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While the claim appears three times in the evidence, all three are identical cross-references from the same source (Flipboard). No independent secondary sources were provided to verify the capital of Ghor province.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — hundreds of men gather at a dusty square in Chaghcharan, the capital of Ghor province in Afghanistan
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/selling-children-to-survive…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — hundreds of men gather at a dusty square in Chaghcharan, the capital of Ghor province in Afghanistan
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/selling-children-to-survive…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — hundreds of men gather at a dusty square in Chaghcharan, the capital of Ghor province in Afghanistan
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/selling-children-to-survive…
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