Latest Fact-Checks By Loreben Tuquero

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Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 14, 2026 in social media posts:
The Epstein files “expose Ellen DeGeneres” as a cannibal.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • February 16, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 in social media posts:
An image shows Bad Bunny wearing a dress and burning the U.S. flag.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • February 9, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 5, 2026 in social media posts:
An image shows Jeffrey Epstein “still alive and walking the streets of Tel Aviv,” Israel.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • February 6, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 in remarks:
In artificial intelligence, “We're leading China by a lot.”
Half-True
By Loreben Tuquero • January 29, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 25, 2026 in posts:
Evan Kilgore is one of the Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • January 26, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2026 in a graphic on Truth Social and Instagram:
The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”
False
By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero • January 15, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 11, 2026 in social media posts:
A document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 12, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 7, 2026 in social media posts:
Images of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • January 8, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 3, 2026 in social media posts:
Images and videos show aftermath of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s capture.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • January 5, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on November 20, 2025 in social media posts:
The Trump administration removed nursing from the list of professional degree programs, affecting aspiring nurses’ student loan access.
Half-True
By Loreben Tuquero • November 26, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
“DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for ‘royalties linked to Obamacare.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • November 10, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on October 28, 2025 in X posts:
The majority of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are not U.S. citizens.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • November 3, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on October 22, 2025 in social media posts:
Walmart will close to in-store shoppers and allow only online orders and curbside pickup starting Nov. 1 because of an expected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding lapse.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • October 29, 2025
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2025 in an X post:
Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • October 20, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on September 12, 2025 in social media posts:
Former President Barack Obama eliminated a law that “held news corporations accountable for lying to the American people.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • September 17, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on August 17, 2025 in a podcast episode:
“Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.”
Mostly True
By Loreben Tuquero • August 21, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on July 27, 2025 in a social media post:
President Donald Trump “made 4,725 wire transfers” to Jeffrey Epstein, totaling nearly $1.1 billion.
False
By Gabrielle Lazor, Loreben Tuquero • August 5, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on July 24, 2025 in social media posts:
Images show “Egyptian youth who put some food, baby formula, rice, and flour in bottles and threw them into the sea, hoping it would reach Gaza.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • July 28, 2025
stated on July 1, 2025 in an episode of CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip:
Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • July 9, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on June 30, 2025 in X posts:
Idaho shooting suspect Wess Roley faced criminal charges and had a no-contact order from his family.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • July 1, 2025
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