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Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2025 a Facebook post
“The media is showing how Obama’s birth certificate was changed! He was never born in the U.S. so he was never a real president!”
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February 21, 2025
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 20, 2025 a speech at CPAC
President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.”
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By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2025 una publicación en Facebook
El congresista Adriano Espaillat muestra “La nueva bandera que están promoviendo para República Dominicana que se va a llamar 'DominicoHaiti'”.
False
By Maria Briceño • February 21, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 7, 2025 a post
“US Debt Clock” numbers prove “DOGE has saved taxpayers $64 billion dollars in just 17 days.”
False
By Sara Swann • February 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2025 a Facebook post
Video shows White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying Americans can get $4,800 subsidy because Department of Government Efficiency cuts found “extra money.”
False
February 21, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 16, 2025 an Instagram post
Says Barron Trump posted on X, “We’re on the brink of uncovering a dark legacy in this country that’s been hidden for far too long.”
False
February 21, 2025
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Viral image
stated on February 17, 2025 a Threads post
Says Elon Musk said on X, “Spoiled crybabies across the country are protesting against America’s golden age. Brats like them should go to prison.”
False
February 21, 2025
Facebook posts
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
Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
stated on February 20, 2025 an X post
“You either have XX or XY chromosomes. Those are the options.”
False
By Grace Abels • February 21, 2025
Threads posts
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
Threads posts
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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2025 remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago
Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
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By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 19, 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
Facebook posts
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
Susan Crawford
Susan Crawford
stated on February 9, 2025 TV interview
Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • February 19, 2025
Threads posts
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
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