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Latest Fact-Checks In California

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stated on January 8, 2025 a post:
“FEMA spent billions on illegal immigrants and now has no money for California!”
Pants on Fire!
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 10, 2025
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Threads posts
stated on January 7, 2025 A Threads post:
California wildfires “are a deliberate criminal land grab in preparation for Agenda 2030 and smart cities.”
False
By Maria Briceño • January 9, 2025
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Threads posts
stated on January 8, 2025 a post:
The Los Angeles Police Department is “looking for three ‘persons of interest’ all tied to a MAGA website who were spotted at the source of all three major LA fires.”
False
By Sara Swann • January 9, 2025
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Threads posts
stated on January 2, 2025 a Threads post:
“Mark Cuban shifts company from Texas to California: ‘Can’t operate in red states.’”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 8, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2024 a Facebook post:
“The NFL has abruptly fired three referees who officiated the game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 20, 2024
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Threads posts
stated on November 26, 2024 a Threads post:
“Elon Musk said he might run for governor of California.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 12, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on November 9, 2024 an Instagram post:
Fox News reported California Gov. Gavin Newsom “will withhold” California’s federal income tax.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 20, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on November 11, 2024 an Instagram post:
ABC News aired footage of home invaders fleeing after being threatened with a rocket-propelled grenade.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • November 14, 2024
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Threads posts
stated on November 10, 2024 a Threads post:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is considering plans to secede from the union.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 11, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on November 5, 2024 a post:
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day.
False
By Grace Abels • November 6, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2024 remarks at a rally at Madison Square Garden:
“As California attorney general, (Kamala Harris) redefined child sex trafficking, assault with a deadly weapon, and rape of an unconscious person as a totally nonviolent crime.”
False
By Grace Abels • November 1, 2024
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Viral image
stated on October 27, 2024 a Threads post:
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on X, “New York and California are absolutely flipping red.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2024 Instagram posts:
Jussie Smollett is Kamala Harris’ nephew.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • October 23, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on September 8, 2024 Instagram posts:
Immigrants get $2,000 each time they cross the border illegally.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • September 12, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2024 an Instagram post:
California S.B. 1174 eliminates the requirement for voter ID at polling places.
Mostly False
By Sofia Ahmed • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2024 a Facebook post:
“Colin Kaepernick 'screams' as Coach Kyle Shanahan denies his return request: 'The kneeling symbol has no chance of coming back.’”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 28, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 22, 2024 an Instagram post:
Maxine Waters told her followers on X not to follow Omar Navarro because he is a “Hispanic Republican.”
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • August 23, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2024 a news conference:
California law lets you “rob a store as long as it’s not more than $950” and “not get charged.” Kamala Harris “did that.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 19, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2024 a press conference:
“I went down in a helicopter with (Willie Brown). We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together and there was an emergency landing.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 9, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on June 30, 2024 an Instagram post:
The city of San Francisco posted street signs warning that “stolen goods must remain under $950.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • July 2, 2024
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