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Viral image
stated on January 20, 2025 a Facebook post
Image shows President Donald Trump responding to a picture rapper Ye drew of them.
False
January 23, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 20, 2025 a Threads post
Sen. John Fetterman is leaving the Democratic Party.
False
January 23, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2025 a Facebook post
President Donald Trump "just reversed all the cost caps Biden negotiated for anyone on Medicare or Medicaid."
False
By Caleb McCullough • January 23, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on January 22, 2025 a post
Elon Musk posted on X that the MAGA movement will “succeed in all the ways Nazi Germany failed to.”
False
By Sara Swann • January 23, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2025 a Facebook post
Former President Joe Biden “pardoned Michael Byrd.”
False
January 23, 2025
Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Murkowski
stated on January 20, 2025 an X post
"Our nation’s tallest mountain … has been called Denali for thousands of years."
Mostly True
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 23, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 14, 2025 a Facebook post
Video shows Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoting an alternative diabetes treatment.
False
January 23, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 20, 2025 a post
“ICE has released the tip hotline to turn in illegal immigrants. They paying $750 for each illegal immigrant.”
False
By Maria Briceño • January 23, 2025
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on January 8, 2025 News conference
Voter ID "is supported, if you look at any poll, by 70 to 80% of the public."
True
By Hope Karnopp • January 23, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 20, 2025 a post
After the inauguration, Meta forced users to follow President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
False
By Sara Swann • January 22, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 19, 2025 una publicación en Facebook
"La nueva ley de apoyo infantil de Donald Trump...si recibes manutención infantil ya no podrás reclamar al niño en tus impuestos, solo la persona que está pagando la manutención puede".
False
By Maria Briceño • January 22, 2025
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 17, 2025 a statement
“The Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • January 22, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 15, 2025 social media posts
Former President Joe Biden’s farewell address was prerecorded and the event livestream shows “his handlers queuing it up.”
False
January 22, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2025 a Facebook post
Video shows “The Simpsons” predicted the Los Angeles wildfires.
Pants on Fire!
January 21, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 19, 2025 social media posts
Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 21, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 10, 2025 una publicación en Instagram
"Llego la ayuda Mexicana a California" para combatir los incendios.
False
January 21, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 10, 2025 an Instagram post
Video shows a “group of South African firefighters who have landed in Canada to make their way to LA, to help.”
False
January 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 15, 2025 a Facebook post
“Whoopi Goldberg’s mansion in Los Angeles was destroyed in a wildfire, with damages estimated at millions of dollars.”
False
January 21, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 18, 2025 social media posts
“Trump passed a new law that whoever is paying the child support will get to declare those children on their taxes.”
False
January 21, 2025
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on January 13, 2025 an Instagram post
California wildfires have “nothing to do with climate change.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • January 21, 2025
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