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Ellie Borst was born and raised in Phoenix and joined PolitiFact in June 2022. She graduated in May from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s in journalism and a master’s in legal studies, where she focused on environmental law.

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Instagram posts
stated on July 10, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"If every person on earth just recycled, stopped using plastic straws, and drove an electric car, 100 corporations would still produce 70% of total global emissions."

By Ellie Borst • July 22, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2017 in a video interview:

"ADHD does not exist."

By Ellie Borst • July 13, 2022
Jim Lamon
stated on June 2, 2022 in a statement posted on Twitter:

Blake Masters “unironically quoted a Nazi, called World War II an unjust war, called the Unabomber one of his intellectual influencers, and shared an article attacking Israel as the North Korea of the Middle East.”

By Ellie Borst • June 16, 2022