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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."

Do These Photographs Show a Protester Paid to Disrupt the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 1, 2018

Viral images shared with misleading information about protesters resulted in harassment and deat ...

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Did Christine Blasey Ford Commit Perjury by Identifying Herself as a Research Psychologist?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 1, 2018

The notion that Dr. Ford's stating her job title while under oath constituted a "lie" or "perjur ...

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's Envelope Hand-Off to Christine Ford's Lawyers Sparks Conspiracy Theories

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 28, 2018

The envelope contained nothing more than notes to Ford from women outside the hearing room, Jack ...

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Does Kavanaugh Accuser Julie Swetnick Have a Restraining Order Against Her by a Former Boyfriend?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 28, 2018

An ex-boyfriend of Julie Swetnick filed a petition for a restraining order in 2001, but it was d ...

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Former Trump Staffer Jason Miller Accused of Slipping Mistress an 'Abortion Pill'

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 26, 2018

A court filing in a custody dispute claims Miller slipped a woman a substance in her drink that ...

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George Soros

Does Kavanaugh Accuser Deborah Ramirez Have 'Ties to George Soros'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 26, 2018

The identity of a woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct has been confused with ...

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Did Paul Gosar's Siblings Appear in a Political Ad Endorsing His Opponent?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 24, 2018

We've all heard of sibling rivalry, but politics can take that phenomenon to a whole different l ...

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Did Chuck Grassley Warn About 'Giving Americans the False Impression That Women Have Equal Rights?'

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 22, 2018

A statement about women's rights attributed to the Senate Judiciary Chair gave voice to what man ...

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Was the Mayor of San Juan Arrested for Misuse of Disaster Funds?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 20, 2018

Junk news sites reported that a "Puerto Rico mayor" was arrested on fraud charges and misleading ...

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Woman Stands by Descriptions of Sexual Harassment in Viral 'Human Trafficking' Video

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 19, 2018

Sexual harassment in public spaces is widespread, but police said they had no evidence of traffi ...

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Citizens from Kansas and Arizona Report Birth Certificates Weren't Enough Proof for U.S. Passports

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 18, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 20, 2018)

People who were born outside hospital setting say the government is demanding a burdensome amoun ...

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Does This Photograph Show a Large Spiral Cloud Forming at Sunset?

Written by: Dan Evon Bethania Palma

Sept. 12, 2018

An image of a large spiral cloud forming at sunset was created with the help of digital editing ...

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Was Donald Trump at Ground Zero Searching for Survivors Two Days After 9/11 with Workers He Paid For?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 11, 2018

A meme echoes President Trump's 2001 comments about having hundreds of workers search for surviv ...

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Child's hand on a chainlink fence.

Were Immigrant Teenagers Strapped to Chairs with Bags Over Their Heads?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 9, 2018

Immigrant children as young as 14 were forcibly restrained at a Virginia facility, but authoriti ...

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American flag

Did Beto O'Rourke's Campaign Try to Get a VFW Hall to Take Down Their American Flags?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 7, 2018

The Senate campaign of Beto O'Rourke denies asking the VFW post commander if flags could be take ...

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Why Have So Many Daily Caller Writers Expressed White Supremacist Views?

Written by: Bethania Palma Alex Kasprak

Sept. 6, 2018

Revelations that Daily Caller writer Scott Greer also published material on a site founded by wh ...

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Lawyer Accused of Flashing 'White Power' Hand Gesture During Kavanaugh Hearing

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 4, 2018

Zina Bash's husband said claims that she was making the gesture equate to a "vicious conspiracy ...

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Did an Ohio Police Officer Say 'Abolishing Slavery Was the Worst Thing' Ever Done?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 4, 2018

A volunteer officer with the Fairview Park Police Department posted the comments online. He resi ...

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The Roots of 'Pedophile Ring' Conspiracy Theories

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 2, 2018

These types of stories aren't new, but they don't seem to be going away.

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Visa passport stamps

Is the Trump Administration Revoking Passports of U.S. Citizens?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 30, 2018

Immigration attorneys we spoke to said they have seen an increase in passport revocations and de ...

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