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Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2025 a Facebook post
“Elon Musk exposes hidden $20K roof grant. Congress approved it."
Pants on Fire!
March 28, 2025
Susan Crawford
Susan Crawford
stated on March 12, 2025 TV debate
"Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network."
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By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2025 a Facebook post
Video shows the Bitcoin whitepaper “was spotted at the White House.”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • March 27, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2025 una publicación en Facebook
“El nuevo presidente ha aprobado el Programa Nacional de Alivio de Deuda 2025 para todos los hispanoamericanos”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 27, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2025 una publicación en Facebook
Imagen muestra a “uno de los manifestantes que participó en el vandalismo contra un concesionario de Tesla. La deportación a El Salvador fue consecuencia de sus acciones”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 27, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 8, 2025 a TikTok post
People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan databases.
False
By Claire Cranford • March 27, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2025 in a Facebook post
Elon Musk said “Tesla is finished” and needs “drastic changes immediately.”
False
By Claire Cranford • March 26, 2025
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on March 24, 2025 an interview
"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
False
By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 26, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 5, 2025 una publicación en TikTok
“El presidente Donald Trump anunció una nueva ley que prohíbe a los inmigrantes hablar español en público en los Estados Unidos”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 25, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2025 una publicación en Facebook
“La medida audaz de Canadá: Tesla y la industria automotriz estadounidense cierran”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 25, 2025
X posts
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.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 25, 2025
Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
stated on March 4, 2025 a video message to constituents
“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere."
False
By Julie Appleby • March 25, 2025
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X posts
stated on March 23, 2025 a post
Video shows “leaked audio” of Vice President JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk and saying “he's making us look bad.”
False
By Grace Abels • March 24, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2025 una publicación en Facebook
El presidente Donald Trump “firma orden ejecutiva para obligar a los bancos a que les quiten un 10% de dinero” de sus ahorros a los inmigrantes.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 21, 2025
Ian Miles Cheong
Ian Miles Cheong
stated on March 19, 2025 an X post
Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”
False
March 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2025 una publicación en Facebook
“Nueva ley en EE.UU. impone cadena perpetua a inmigrantes que residen ilegalmente en el país”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 21, 2025
Harriet Hageman
Harriet Hageman
stated on March 16, 2025 a podcast interview
The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2025 a post on Facebook
Files reveal that John F. Kennedy Jr. wrote a 1994 letter calling then-Sen. Joe Biden “a traitor” before Kennedy’s 1999 death.
False
By Madison Czopek • March 20, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2025 a post
Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2025
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 28, 2025 an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan
“Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2025
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