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It’s an alliance that promises to give both sides more power, but the cost is potentially thousands of American lives.

At least 13 candidates on Tuesday’s ballots for state or local offices were in Washington, D.C., for the rally promoting the lie that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.

Local officials who a decade ago would have gone about their bureaucratic business in relative anonymity are facing threats and intense pressure, and a large chunk of American voters have no confidence the system is fair.

Relitigating the election with baseless allegations comes as no surprise. It’s been a focus of Trump’s since leaving office.

The majority of false claims about COVID vaccines on social media trace back to just a handful of influential figures. So why don’t the companies just shut them down?

It’s a stark example of what experts warn could be a coming deluge of false and misleading information related to the one-shot vaccine.

A new program on “digital literacy,” with a focus on topics like disinformation, is in the pipeline, thanks in part to Mike McConnell. His long career in national security included one stint as the director of national intelligence (2007-9) and another as head of the National Security Agency (1992-6).

In an Ipsos poll from January, one-third of respondents falsely believed that voter fraud helped President Joe Biden win the election. About one-quarter believed other unfounded conspiracies — like Democratic cities and counties falsified their vote totals.