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Posted on June 21, 2022 · In a review of how distrust and conspiracy thinking work, experts discuss suggestions about overcoming problems with trust in federal and presidential election systems.

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Posted on June 20, 2022 · Drama, energy and Trump. Those words sum up this year’s Texas GOP convention, which wrapped up Saturday in Houston.

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Posted on June 17, 2022 · President Joe Biden received about 7 million more votes than Donald Trump in 2020. But Republicans in Houston this week repeated debunked conspiracy theories about voter fraud delivering Biden the presidency.

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