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Misinformation: FEMA Helene Funds Aren’t Going to Immigrants, Despite Youngkin Appointee’s Tweet

By Samantha Willis of the Virginia Mercury | We’re four weeks away from electing the country’s next commander-in-chief and Virginia’s representatives in the U.S. Senate and Congress, and in the wake of one of the most devastating hurricanes the Southeast has seen in years. It’s an especially bad moment to be spreading misinformation online.