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Fact checking night 1 of the Republican National Convention | CNN Politics

Trump makes false claims about election fraud

Trump’s claims are nonsense – slightly vaguer versions of his usual lies that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen and that Democrats are serial election cheaters. The 2020 election was highly secure; Trump lost fair and square to Joe Biden by an Electoral College margin of 306 to 232; there is no evidence of voter fraud even close to widespread enough to have changed the outcome in any state; and there is no basis for claiming that election cheating is the only thing at which Trump’s opponents excel.

The Trump administration’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, said in a post-election November 2020 statement: “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history.”

Sen. Blackburn claims Biden administration hired 85,000 new IRS agents

This claim is false. 

The Inflation Reduction Act – which Congress passed in 2022 without any Republican votes – provided an about $80 billion, 10-year investment to the IRS. The agency plans to hire tens of thousands of IRS employees with that money – but only some will be IRS agents who conduct audits and investigations. Many people will be hired for non-agent roles, such as customer service representatives. And a significant number of the hires are expected to fill the vacant posts left by retirements and other attrition, not take newly created positions.

The 85,000 figure comes from a 2021 Treasury Department report that estimated the IRS could hire 86,852 full-time employees – not solely enforcement agents – over the course of a decade with a nearly $80 billion investment.

Source: Fact checking night 1 of the Republican National Convention | CNN Politics

CDC: U.S. adults with disabilities are more susceptible to long COVID – UPI.com

The CDC reported 10.8% of fully or partially disabled adults reported long COVID symptoms versus 6.6% of adults who did not report a disability.

The CDC says people with disabilities or respiratory problems are more susceptible to long COVID than those in relatively good health.

The CDC also says nearly 44% of people age 65 and older reported having a disability, which is the most among any age group.

Nearly 39% of native Americans and those with multiracial backgrounds also reported having a disability.

The CDC says a disability “is not a health outcome” and instead is a “part of the way people experience life, such as hearing, seeing, moving, processing information and caring for oneself.”

Source: CDC: U.S. adults with disabilities are more susceptible to long COVID – UPI.com

TEN Things You Can’t OUTRUN – Belladonna’s Flashlight

Many have tried to outrun these ten things and failed miserably!

  1. A bad diet
  2. Poor spending habits
  3. A bad diet
  4. Lying
  5. A bad diet
  6. Karma
  7. A bad diet
  8. Cheating
  9. A bad diet
  10. A bad diet

And did I mention “A bad diet”?

Do right, live right, and watch your life turn around for the better!

You could have chosen any blog to read, but you chose mine, and I’m honored!

Source: TEN Things You Can’t OUTRUN – Belladonna’s Flashlight