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   Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 (susan_larson_tn@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 06:13:19 JST Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

   [FactCheck] #Farright #Antitrans #Propaganda falsely claimed #HurricaneMilton was #renamed to '#HurricaneMillicent' for #TransgenderAwarenessMonth

   The #content of these #socialmedia #posts have been rated as #false. The above post raised the factcheckers #suspicions because the two #screenshots were not accompanied by #links to any #articles from the #websites.

   https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-hurricane-milton-wasnt-210300383.html

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     Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 (susan_larson_tn@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 06:13:19 JST Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

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     I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How #Bad This Is

     What’s happening in #America today is something #darker than a #MisinformationCrisis. The truth is, it’s getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of #Americans fed a diet of #farright #faux #news have #dissociated from #reality.

     https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/hurricane-milton-conspiracies-misinformation/680221/

     Bill repeated this.
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     Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 (susan_larson_tn@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 06:13:19 JST Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

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     #GOP #senator #JohnKennedy (R - #Louisiana) #ruthlessly #mocked for saying #hurricane #victims don’t need #tampons.

     “I think he means that #menstruation stops if the #President #declares a #natural #disaster,” one #commenter #joked.

     https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/10/gop-senator-ruthlessly-mocked-for-saying-hurricane-victims-dont-need-tampons/