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University of Maryland

Public research university in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA

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Nov 18, 2025
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How many people died from the Covid jab

There is no single, authoritative count in the provided reporting that says “X people died from the COVID jab.” Major public-health sources and peer-reviewed estimates in the supplied results emphasiz...

Oct 20, 2025
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What are the political affiliations of mass shooters in the United States over the past 20 years?

Across the past two decades, research and reporting show that : a notable minority have explicit ideological motives (often far-right), many attacks are non-ideological or grievance-driven, and patter...

Jan 3, 2026
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How do FBI statistics compare left wing and right wing violence in the US?

Across multiple datasets and official definitions, political violence in the United States has been dominated by right‑wing actors for much of the last decade, with right‑wing incidents historically a...

Dec 4, 2025

What were the most notable right wing terror attacks in late 2024 and all if 2025

In late 2024 the most-noted international incidents tied to the extreme right included the mid‑June racist stabbings in Oulu, Finland, and multiple country‑level spikes documented by specialist tracke...

Nov 25, 2025

What are the core beliefs of The Proud Boys organization?

The Proud Boys present themselves as defenders of “Western chauvinism,” free speech and nationalism, but researchers and watchdogs say the group’s core ideology centers on misogyny, anti-immigrant sen...

Nov 15, 2025

How does Turning Point USA determine speaker compensation for its events?

Available sources do not provide a clear, published formula or internal policy showing how Turning Point USA (TPUSA) sets speaker pay, though reporting and financial filings show the organization spen...

Nov 26, 2025

Can a father's stress levels before conception impact the sex of the child?

Available research shows evidence that maternal stress around conception or during pregnancy can shift the odds of having a male versus female fetus in some human studies, while a smaller set of human...

Nov 15, 2025

Comparison of far-right and far-left domestic terror groups in the US

Recent research and government reviews present competing pictures of U.S. domestic terrorism: long-run empirical reviews and government summaries show far‑right extremists have produced more fatalitie...

Dec 15, 2025

is the violente political crimes commited more often by the righ?

Data from multiple research and watchdog organizations show that over recent decades right‑wing extremists have carried out more violent attacks and more deadly ones than left‑wing extremists, though ...

Nov 21, 2025

what groups led the jan 6 insurection

Multiple reporting and public-source research tie the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach to organized participation by several far‑right extremist and militia groups — most prominently the Oath Keep...

Jan 9, 2026

What is Tricia McLaughlin's education and professional training background?

Multiple contemporary biographical outlets consistently report that Tricia McLaughlin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from the University of Maryland, College Park, and th...

Oct 28, 2025

How does TPUSA allocate its funds between events and activism?

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) devotes substantial resources to high-profile events, but publicly available records show rather than a single disclosed ratio between events and activism; examples include a...

Oct 24, 2025

What are the arguments for and against Turning Point USA chapters on college campuses?

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapters on campuses generate sharply divided reactions: supporters argue they expand opportunities, while critics contend their presence can foster . Recent campus developme...

Dec 17, 2025

How many right-wing extremist attacks occurred in the US in 2020?

There is no single, authoritative tally in the provided reporting that gives a definitive count of “right‑wing extremist attacks” in the United States for the entire calendar year 2020; multiple reput...

Dec 16, 2025

What scientific experiments left on the Moon continue to provide data today?

Apollo-era instruments—most notably the seismometers left by Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16—have long supplied the Moon’s only continuous seismic record and remain the primary source for understanding m...

Nov 19, 2025

FOX vs. CNBC viewer IQ?

Claims that "Fox viewers have lower IQs than CNBC viewers" stem from viral items and hoax studies rather than peer‑reviewed research; a widely circulated "IQ 20 points lower" study about Fox viewers h...

Nov 11, 2025

did charlie kirk speak at University of Maryland

Charlie Kirk did not speak at the University of Maryland according to the available reporting: contemporary news coverage and campus reports show ; instead the campus-facing references concern a stude...

Oct 21, 2025

Is right violence dangerous

Research aggregated in the provided analyses shows that , with multiple studies and government assessments highlighting its prominence since 2001 and into 2024–2025 . While methodologies and emphases ...

Jan 19, 2026

Which major U.S. studies track domestic extremist fatalities by ideology and how do their methodologies differ?

Three types of major U.S. studies track domestic-extremist fatalities by ideology: government-syntheses and NIJ summaries drawing on multiple datasets, academic cross-ideological analyses using curate...

Jan 9, 2026

What is factually? Is it an AI based system?

Factually is presented publicly as a consumer-facing verification service that offers an "AI fact-checker" accessible via messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram, with paid plans starting around €9/...