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Elon Musk Is the Midterms’ Biggest Disinformation Risk

Over the weekend, a poorly constructed and very obviously fake claim about Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico sprang up on X only to almost instantly fall apart. The claim was that Talarico had been absent from the campaign trail not because he had the flu, as he and his campaign have said, but because […]

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Talarico’s 12-day absence from trail becomes fodder for GOP in Texas Senate raceBy Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — James Talarico has been absent from the campaign trail over the past 12 days as the Texas Senate race enters a critical stretch, prompting Republicans to open a new line of attack on the Democratic nominee. At a campaign rally in San Antonio Wednesday, Texas attorney general and GOP

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Talarico returns to Senate campaign trail after flu, Republican attackJames Talarico returns to Senate campaign trail after flu, Republican attacks, and he has revived his call for debates.

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James Talarico back on the trail after an absence with the flu drew scrutinyAfter drawing scrutiny for his absence from the campaign trail, Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, who had been sick with the flu, returned to the stump.

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how are they in the lead?Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, 37, disappeared off the campaign trail for more than 10 days, claiming a bad case of the flu.

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Talarico steps off Texas Senate campaign trail after flu diagnosisThe Democrat has scrapped at least two events as his illness adds a new twist to a political fight over who is spending more time on the trail.

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Talarico returns to campaign trailTalarico says he was home with the flu, which caused him to miss in-person campaign events for close to two weeks.

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‘I had the flu’: Talarico returns to campaign trail and dismisses theories about absenceTexas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico on Sunday denounced the wide-ranging speculation about his whereabouts in recent days as Republicans seized on his absence from the campaign trail.

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Talarico discusses flu absence in exclusive interviews as GOP sharpens attacksTexas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico disappeared from the campaign trail for almost two weeks beginning in late September.

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