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Michael Majchrowicz is a contributing writer for PolitiFact based in Miami Beach. He previously wrote for The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. and the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Mass. He graduated with a degree in journalism from Indiana University.

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‘No Sharpies on ballots’ permitted for in-person voting in Illinois.

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 10, 2022
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stated on November 5, 2022 in Facebook and Instagram posts:

Video shows a faulty New York voting machine invalidated a GOP vote in governor’s race.

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 9, 2022
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Image shows that the New Mexico secretary of state counted more than 17 million registered voters in a state with a population of about 2 million.

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 9, 2022
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stated on November 4, 2022 in post:

A wax figure of Ye was removed from Madame Tussauds museum but a figure of Adolf Hitler remained.

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 8, 2022
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stated on November 5, 2022 in Instagram post:

A German survey ranked Kyrie Irving as the “greatest threat to world peace” among world leaders.

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 8, 2022
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stated on November 4, 2022 in Instagram post:

“DISGRUNTLED EX-EMPLOYEE? Twitter CEO Elon Musk's account is presently suspended.”

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 7, 2022
Donald Trump
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“So the Pennsylvania Supreme Court just ruled, in effect, that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.”

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 7, 2022
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Photo shows Stanford scientists' "3D model of how Joseph, the husband of Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ, might have looked.”

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 4, 2022
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a T-shirt that reads, “I’m proud of my gay husband.”

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 4, 2022
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“Freedom of Information Act requests show a dozen phone calls between the cell phone of Ray Epps and the office of Speaker Pelosi in the week before #January6th”

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 3, 2022