Latest Fact-Checks By Samantha Putterman

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Two mail-in ballots sent to one person doesn’t mean they can vote twice

August 28, 2020

“Two mail in ballots in PA (were) sent to the same person with their names on both a week and a half apart.”

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Melania Trump is not the first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone in 50 years

August 28, 2020

Says Melania Trump is the “first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969.”

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No, the man kissing, biting child in this photo is not Joe Biden

August 21, 2020

Says this photo shows Joe Biden kissing and biting a child on the cheek.

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Some social security payments still come through the mail, though most are electronic

August 18, 2020

"Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.”

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No, receiving multiple ballot applications doesn’t let you vote more than once

August 13, 2020

An Illinois couple who received five vote-by-mail applications can vote five times.

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Photo doesn’t show COVID-19 protest crowd in Germany. It’s from a techno parade in Switzerland

August 3, 2020

A photo shows a large crowd in Berlin protesting the “covid hoax.”

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No, Target didn’t end its ‘Shop with a Cop’ program

August 3, 2020

Says Target ended its “Heroes & Helpers” program that pairs children with police officers for holiday shopping trips.

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No evidence Kurt Russell wrote social media post supporting police

July 31, 2020

Says actor Kurt Russell said this about the police.

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No, Tom Hanks’ name is not on Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs

July 31, 2020

Says Tom Hanks’ name is on Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs.

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Group of Southern Democrats, not all Democrats, held up 1964 Civil Rights Act

July 30, 2020

The longest filibuster in U.S. history was 75 days and “took place in 1964, when Democrats tried to block the Civil Rights Act.”

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2005 chloroquine study had nothing to do with COVID-19 and the drug wasn’t given to humans

July 29, 2020

Says the NIH “15 years ago published a study on chloroquine. It is effective against COVID-(1).”

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