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Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2025 an Instagram post
“The very LIBERAL 9th Circuit Court has ruled that 84 of Biden's last-minute pardons are unconstitutional.”
False
February 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 a Facebook post
Video shows Barron Trump singing on “America’s Got Talent.”
False
February 21, 2025
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Threads posts
stated on February 18, 2025 a Threads post
A photo shows Jonathan Simpson, the pilot of “Delta’s crash in Toronto, Canada.”
Pants on Fire!
February 20, 2025
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Threads posts
stated on February 16, 2025 a post
“Elon Musk just ordered all federal workers to be tested for drugs and those that fail have 30 days to retest clean or be fired.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 20, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2025 a Facebook post
“Barack and Michelle Obama locked in bombshell divorce of the century.”
False
February 19, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 18, 2025 social media posts
“An ICE minivan was reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia.”
False
February 19, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2025 a post
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I told President (Donald) Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in the U.S. is for their citizens to stop electing them.”
False
By Sara Swann • February 19, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 a post
Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”
False
By Claire Cranford • February 19, 2025
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Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2025 Facebook posts
Video shows X owner Elon Musk promoted a “bedtime trick” to cure diabetes.
False
February 19, 2025
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Threads posts
stated on February 15, 2025 a photo
“The NFL admits to canceling Elon's DOGE Super Bowl ads.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 18, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 14, 2025 social media posts
“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.
False
February 18, 2025
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X posts
stated on February 11, 2025 a post
Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • February 18, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on February 16, 2025 an X post
The federal workforce grew from 2.1 to 3 million under President Joe Biden, “a 46% increase since Biden took office.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 18, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 a post
“Elon Musk announced that he will not sell Tesla Cybertruck to anyone belonging to the ‘pride’ community.”
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By Grace Abels • February 17, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 a Facebook post
“Mel Gibson passes on $100 million Netflix deal to work with Robert De Niro, declares: ‘Keep that woke clown away from me.’”
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By Loreben Tuquero • February 17, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 11, 2025 a TikTok post
Under the SAVE Act, “if you are a woman that has changed your name from your birth certificate, let’s say through marriage … you are no longer eligible to vote.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • February 17, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 11, 2025 Facebook posts
An episode of “The Simpsons” showed a President Donald Trump-like character in a coffin and predicted Feb. 14 would be the “day everything changes.”
Pants on Fire!
February 14, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 10, 2025 in social media posts
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is “being charged with the attempted assassination of Trump.”
Pants on Fire!
February 14, 2025
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Threads posts
stated on February 5, 2025 a post
President Donald Trump said he “‘didn’t have time’ to meet the families of the men, women and children who tragically died in the plane crash.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 14, 2025
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Viral image
stated on February 12, 2025 a Facebook post
Photo shows National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and President Donald Trump at her swearing-in.
False
February 14, 2025
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