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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 12, 2026 in an X post:
"Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500."
Mostly True
By Caleb McCullough • June 17, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on November 6, 2025 in an X post:
“RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.”
False
By Maria Briceño • November 7, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 28, 2025 in a Threads post:
“Home Depot signed a deal that pays them $250 million with DHS, allowing ICE agents to stake out their parking lots and arrest immigrants.”
False
By Maria Briceño • August 5, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on June 2, 2025 in an X post:
Target “opts out of Pride month and replaced its Pride collection with an America First Summer display.”
False
By Gabrielle Lazor • June 6, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 26, 2025 in an X post:
Image shows Ben & Jerry’s is selling “Free Palestine” and “From the River to Sea” ice cream flavors.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 30, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 5, 2025 in a TikTok post:
If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 31, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Canada makes bold decision to shut down Tesla and the US auto industry.”
False
By Maria Briceño • March 28, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
“La medida audaz de Canadá: Tesla y la industria automotriz estadounidense cierran”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 25, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 7, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Coca-Cola “sells out its own workers to ICE.”
False
By Maria Briceño • February 13, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 8, 2024 in a Facebook post:
"The Heritage Foundation is behind Project25. Their Director of Finance is David Green. Owner of Hobby Lobby."
False
By Maria Briceño • November 13, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 7, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:
“Elon Musk acepta pagar 3.000 millones de dólares para comprar CNN".
False
By Maria Briceño, Ciara O'Rourke • November 12, 2024
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad:
When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 16, 2024 in News release:
"The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • July 13, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 26, 2024 in Instagram post:
Ronald Reagan’s Federal Communications Commission abolished the Fairness Doctrine and gave rise to Fox News.
Mostly False
By Tatevik Lazaryan • June 18, 2024
National Center for Public Policy Research
National Center for Public Policy Research
stated on April 5, 2024 in Proxy statement:
"Kohl’s has contributed $1,000,000 to the (Black Lives Matter) movement and related causes since 2020."
False
By Ricardo Torres • April 19, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 27, 2024 in a post on Instagram:
“Your legal name is in fact a corporation. This is why you always see your name written in ALL CAPS.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • March 1, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 8, 2023 in TikTok posts:
An 1871 law made the United States government a for-profit corporation.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • February 12, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 1, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook:
"Toyota acaba de anunciar que dejará de fabricar coches”.
False
By Maria Briceño • December 8, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 15, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook:
Las empresas solares en Estados Unidos "tienen que regalar paneles solares sin costo neto si lo solicitas".
False
By Maria Briceño • October 24, 2023
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • September 21, 2023
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