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‘Lockdown’ named word the year by Collins Dictionary

The coronavirus pandemic has officially defined 2020. UK-based Collins Dictionary has announced “lockdown” as its word of the year, with other pandemic related words close behind. Defined as “the imposition of stringent restrictions on travel, social interaction, and access to public spaces,” the noun was one of six words in the dictionary’s top-ten of 2020

Barack Obama did not spend $65K on prostitutes, code-named ‘pizza’ and ‘hotdogs’

The claim: Barack Obama spent $65,000 on pizza and hot dogs, which are code names for child prostitutionThe claim about former President Barack Obama has roots in “pizzagate,” a debunked QAnon-esque conspiracy theory spawned during Hillary Clinton’s second presidential campaign. It  alleges that Clinton ran a child sex trafficking ring in the basement of Comet Ping Pong, a