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Bethania Palma

Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to local government to national politics. She has written for a variety of publications as a staffer and freelancer, including the Los Angeles News Group, the LAist, LA School Report, the OC Weekly and Raw Story. She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Irvine and an M.A. in history from California State University at Northridge. When researching bizarre phenomena, she's holding out for the day when the conclusion will be, "Aliens did it."

Can President Trump Use Executive Order to End Birthright Citizenship?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 30, 2018

Less than a week from midterm elections, an executive order undermining the 14th Amendment could ...

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Is This a Photograph of Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Victim Rose Mallinger?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 29, 2018

A Twitter user shared a photograph wrongly said to be the 97-year-old synagogue shooting victim.

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Did an Ad Offer to Pay for Participation in the Central American Migrant Caravan?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 26, 2018

A misleading use of search terms creates amusing and sometimes alarming impressions among intern ...

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Do Democrats Want to Give Free Cars to Undocumented Immigrants?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 26, 2018

Undocumented immigrants can obtain driver's licenses in some states, but Democrats haven't advoc ...

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Did the 82nd Airborne Division Receive Word They Are Being Deployed to the Border?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 24, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 8, 2018)

A social media rumor held that the vaunted airborne division was being sent to the Mexican borde ...

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American flag on fire

Did Members of the Migrant Caravan Paint a Swastika on an American Flag and Set It on Fire?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 23, 2018

A photograph of protesters in the Honduran capital setting fire to a U.S. flag inflamed some Ame ...

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Were 100 ISIS Terrorists Caught in Guatemala as a Central American Caravan Headed to the US?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 23, 2018

Two different news stories separated in time and space created the impression that ISIS terroris ...

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Man Is Accused of Groping Woman on Plane and Claiming the President Said It's OK

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 22, 2018

An FBI affidavit reports that a man groped a woman's breast on a Southwest flight and invoked Pr ...

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Is Ford Preparing for Mass Layoffs After Losing $1 Billion to Trump's Trade Tariffs?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 18, 2018

A downturn in employment at Ford that some people want to blame on President Trump is disclaimed ...

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Did President Trump Strong Arm Qatar Into Bailing Out Jared Kushner?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 18, 2018

The president's son-in-law reportedly owes a $1 billion-plus mortgage on a building he purchased ...

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Did All Democrats Vote Against a 2.8 Percent Social Security COLA Increase?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 18, 2018

Social Security cost of living allowances are established by formula and don't require Congressi ...

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Can Voters Ask for Provisional Ballots If They Are Turned Away at Polls?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 17, 2018

The vast majority of voters are entitled by federal law to demand a provisional ballot if they e ...

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Older man voting at elections, hand putting ballot paper in ballot box.

Indiana State Officials Accused of Violating Court Order by Improperly Purging Voters

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 15, 2018 (Updated: Oct. 18, 2018)

A federal court ruled in June 2018 that Indiana couldn't drop voters without notice if their nam ...

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Is Senator Susan Collins' Husband a 'Lobbyist for Russian Interests'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 11, 2018

Conspiracy mongers attempted to draw a line between two unrelated things by linking them to more ...

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Is Mylan CEO Heather Bresch the Daughter of W.V. Democratic Senator Joe Manchin?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 10, 2018

A meme about Manchin's vote to confirm Kavanaugh accurately notes that Heather Bresch is Manchin ...

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Did a School Employee Tweet 'Who's Gonna Take One for the Team and Kill Kavanaugh?'

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 9, 2018

A paraprofessional with Rosemount, Minnesota, school district resigned after posting the tweet.

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Did a 'West Virginia Republican' Tell Women to 'Get Your Coat Hangers Ready' ?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 9, 2018

Parkersburg City Councilman Eric Barber made the "coat hanger" comment in a reply to a Facebook ...

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Amazon headquarters

Will Many Amazon Workers Not Receive Minimum Wage Increases?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 5, 2018

Not everyone, such as Independent contractors, will be included in the company-wide minimum wage ...

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Did 100,000 Churches Call for the Kavanaugh Nomination to Be Withdrawn?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 4, 2018

An umbrella organization that represents thousands of local congregations issued a statement on ...

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George Soros

Is Christine Blasey Ford's Lawyer the Vice Chair of a 'Soros-Funded Org Opposing Kavanaugh'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 3, 2018

Conspiratorial stories that link an organization on which Debra Katz serves as vice chair only t ...

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