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US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far the most ever counted. See the statistics so far. NEW YORK (AP) — This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic. Final mortality data for this ... 12/22/2020 - 2:39 am | View Link
US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far the most ever counted. See the statistics so far. NEW YORK (AP) — This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic. Final mortality data for this ... 12/22/2020 - 2:32 am | View Link
You can see in this 2011 video, when Cotton was a Congressional candidate, he plainly states at 2:26, “the desire to serve never left so I did join the Army, and became an infantry officer and an Army Ranger.”
Um, no he didn’t.
Salon’s Roger Sollenberger, who found several other instances of Cotton making the false claim, has the scoop:
Cotton attended the Ranger School, a two-month-long, small-unit tactical infantry course that literally anyone in the military is eligible attend.
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By Nolan ClayStaff writernclay@oklahoman.comMUSKOGEE — From inside the U. S. Capitol during the rioting Jan. 6, Andrew Craig Ericson used Snapchat to post photos of himself inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's conference room, the FBI reports.
In one, he is taking a "selfie."