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Latest Fact-Checks By Ciara O'Rourke

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stated on April 4, 2025 a Facebook post:
Video shows South African news outlet reporting Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “purchased a controlling stake” in a mine.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on March 28, 2025 a Facebook post:
Says Cleveland Clinic said, “Millions of COVID-vaxxed will die within ‘5 years.’”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on April 2, 2025 a Facebook post:
“White hats to investigate Wisconsin Supreme Court election.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on March 30, 2025 a Facebook post:
Photo shows “Pope Francis, shaking the hand of the priest of the Church of Satan.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on March 31, 2025 a Facebook post:
Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on March 29, 2025 a Facebook post:
“Caitlin Clark stuns the globe, rejects Elon Musk’s $15 million offer.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on April 3, 2025 a Facebook post:
Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s family “must have just overlooked” “cashing her dead grandmother’s Social Security checks for a decade and a half.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on March 29, 2025 a Facebook post:
Video shows “how Denmark reacted when Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on March 27, 2025 a Facebook post:
“Daughter of boxing legend, Muhammed Ali, Laila Ali, has lost her life while giving birth in a Canadian hospital.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on April 1, 2025 a Facebook post:
Says President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I am ending dual citizenship under the Espionage Act and all these traitors will be ‘denaturalized and deported.’”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on March 28, 2025 a Facebook post:
Photo shows a missing police officer in “extreme danger.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on March 28, 2025 a Facebook post:
Images show damage from an “earthquake in Thailand.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 3, 2025
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stated on March 26, 2025 a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk called for a boycott of ‘The View,’ labeling it ‘a meeting place for ignorant women.’”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2025
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stated on March 18, 2025 an Instagram post:
“Man gets plastic surgery and name change to date his ex-girlfriend after she obtains a restraining order.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2025
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stated on March 26, 2025 a Threads post:
Says U.S. Rep. Majorie Taylor Green wrote on X that she is “a product of incest.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2025
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stated on February 20, 2025 a Facebook post:
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote on X, “In my first 6 months as HHS secretary … I’ll ban chemtrails.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2025
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stated on February 19, 2025 a Facebook post:
“Breaking News: Rep. Ilhan Omar has been removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2025
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stated on February 17, 2025 una publicación en Facebook:
“Noticia de Ultima Hora! Su Santidad el Papa Francisco ha fallecido” el 24 de febrero del 2025.
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By Maria Briceño, Ciara O'Rourke • February 25, 2025
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stated on February 20, 2025 an Instagram post:
“Malia Obama received $2.2 million in funds from USAID.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 25, 2025
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stated on February 23, 2025 a Facebook post:
Pope Francis died as of Feb. 23, 2025.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 25, 2025
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