Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Alex Jones
stated on January 3, 2026 an X post

Video shows “millions of Venezuelans flooded the streets of Caracas” to celebrate Nicolás Maduro’s capture.

By Maria Briceño • January 5, 2026

JD Vance
stated on August 24, 2025 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."

By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2025

X posts
stated on August 23, 2025 an X post

An Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment.

By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2025

Social Media
stated on June 10, 2025 an ad on Craigslist

Companies called “T-Mellon Events” and “Fight Fite Fight LLC” are offering to pay “seat fillers” in Washington, D.C, on June 14.

By Gabrielle Lazor • June 13, 2025

Pete Hegseth
stated on April 29, 2025 an X post

The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.”

By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2025 a post

President Donald Trump “just suggested replacing pride month with veterans month in honor of those who served.”

By Grace Abels • April 2, 2025

Pete Hegseth
stated on March 24, 2025 an interview

"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 26, 2025

X posts
stated on March 20, 2025 a post on X

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “removed Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington National Cemetery.”

By Madison Czopek • March 25, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on January 30, 2025 a video on Facebook

Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.”

By Madison Czopek • February 7, 2025

Instagram posts
stated on January 31, 2025 a post on Instagram

CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”

By Madison Czopek • February 4, 2025

Threads posts
stated on January 31, 2025 a Threads post

The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”

February 3, 2025

X posts
stated on January 30, 2025 an X post

“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”

January 30, 2025

Threads posts
stated on October 23, 2024 a Threads post

Kamala Harris’ statements about Trump invoking Adolf Hitler were based on a “debunked hoax from The Atlantic.”

October 25, 2024

Social Media
stated on October 15, 2024 in social media posts

"The Defense Department, with the stroke of a pen, has quietly codified its right to deploy lethal force against its own citizens.”

October 25, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on October 1, 2024 an Instagram post

Video shows a missile strike on Israel.

October 7, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on July 27, 2024 a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota

During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.”

By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on April 2, 2024 an Instagram post

“The National Guard in the HISTORY of its life, gets called in AFTER a disaster, not BEFORE something happens.”

By Madison Czopek • April 8, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on April 1, 2024 a Facebook post

It’s a sign of war that the U.S. Navy is assisting the U.S. Coast Guard in cleaning up Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge site.

April 5, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2024 a video posted on Facebook.

The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.”

By Madison Czopek • March 20, 2024

TikTok posts
stated on January 9, 2024 en una publicación enTikTok

"Ecuador firma acuerdo con los Estados Unidos para obtener presencia militar debido a los recientes acontecimientos por parte de delicuentes."

By Maria Briceño • January 30, 2024

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