Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

This photo doesn’t show Joe Biden lounging at the beach as Hurricane Helene hit southeastern US

By Samantha Putterman

September 30, 2024

Photo shows President Joe Biden lounging on the beach "while towns all over America were being wiped out” by Hurricane Helene.

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Ad Watch: In Florida, Amendment 3 does not create a ‘monopoly’ for marijuana companies

By Samantha Putterman

September 27, 2024

Florida’s Amendment 3 is “the monopoly amendment.”

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Florida’s Amendment 4 on abortion is short. Does a lack of definitions mean no rules?

By Samantha Putterman

September 23, 2024

“Unlike other amendments, Amendment 4 has no definitions. … Without definitions these words can mean almost anything.”

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JD Vance’s German shepherd, Atlas, is his actual dog, not a ‘rent-a-dog’

By Samantha Putterman

September 22, 2024

Sen. JD Vance admitted he has a ‘rent-a-dog’ from the Trump campaign to make him “seem like a dog person.”

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Jill Biden joined a Cabinet meeting to give a women’s health update. She’s not running the US

By Samantha Putterman

September 21, 2024

First lady Jill Biden led a Cabinet meeting for President Joe Biden and her signature appears on presidential stationery.

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Tim Walz is wrong. Project 2025 doesn’t call for pregnant women to register with a federal agency.

By Samantha Putterman

September 17, 2024

“In Project 2025, you’re going to have to register with a new federal agency when you get pregnant.”

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Does Florida abortion law have no ‘real’ rape, health exceptions? Fact-checking pro-Amendment 4 ad

By Samantha Putterman

September 13, 2024

Florida’s six-week abortion law has “no real exceptions. Not for her health. Not even for rape.”

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Project 2025 would phase out some funds for public K-12 schools

By Samantha Putterman

September 6, 2024

Project 2025 would defund K-12 schools.

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JD Vance joined Republican letter urging DOJ to enforce Comstock Act to ban mailing abortion pills

By Samantha Putterman

August 30, 2024

“JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’”

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Florida state parks proposal for golf courses, hotels was further along than DeSantis let on

By Samantha Putterman

August 29, 2024

The proposal to put golf courses, hotels in Florida state parks “was something that was leaked. … a lot of that stuff was half-baked and…

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Sen. Rick Scott said 3 states removed thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls. Here’s what we know

By Amy Sherman , Samantha Putterman

August 29, 2024

“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”

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Debbie Mucarsel-Powell engaña sobre la postura de Rick Scott respecto a las excepciones al aborto

By Samantha Putterman

August 16, 2024

El senador Rick Scott no apoya las excepciones al aborto.

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