Latest Fact-Checks By Sara Swann

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US Supreme Court on May 3, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court did not ban condoms

September 20, 2022

“Supreme Court just voted to ban condoms.”

Jeff Bezos

Claim that Jeff Bezos’ fortune could make everyone a billionaire doesn’t add up

September 16, 2022

If Jeff Bezos’ net worth reaches $1 trillion, “he could literally end world poverty and give everyone $1 billion and he will still have $91.5…

9/11 twin towers photo for conspiracy theories story

9/11 conspiracy theories misconstrue how World Trade Center buildings collapsed

September 12, 2022

Says of 9/11, “Two planes can’t cause three buildings to collapse in free-fall time.”

pregnant women getting vaccinated

Outdated report misconstrues UK’s COVID-19 vaccine guidance around pregnancy

August 31, 2022

The U.K. is no longer recommending the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for pregnant women.

Moderna and Pfizer vaccine vials file photo Sept. 2021

Moderna’s lawsuits against Pfizer do not prove the COVID-19 vaccine existed before the pandemic

August 30, 2022

Moderna’s lawsuits against Pfizer-BioNTech shows COVID-19 vaccines were in the works before the pandemic started.

A nurse loads a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine near Jackson State University July 2022

No evidence COVID-19 vaccine is increasing child mortality rates in England

August 24, 2022

In England, “COVID-19 vaccinated children are 4,423% more likely to die of any cause and 13,633% more likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated children.”

Cline embellishes potential IRS expansion

August 24, 2022

A new Democratic law “will make the IRS workforce larger than the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, and Customs and Border Patrol, combined.”

IRS building sign photo

Claim that Congress members exempted themselves from IRS audits started as satire

August 23, 2022

“Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.”

Rick Scott overstates potential hiring surge at the IRS

August 17, 2022

The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State…

Trump Wisconsin gov rally Aug. 5

Photo claiming ‘massive’ crowd at Trump’s Aug. 5 Wisconsin rally is actually from 2020

August 8, 2022

Photo shows a “massive” crowd at a Trump rally in Wisconsin on Aug. 5, 2022.

Uvalde shooting Robb Elementary School sign with flowers

Claim suggests billions should go to SWAT in schools. But there’s more to consider

June 3, 2022

With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.”

Importing baby formula to the U.S. is allowed, albeit uncommon

May 24, 2022

The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

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