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Man walks through wildfire wreckage in Lahaina, Hawaii, 8-11-2023

Sometimes trees stay standing after wildfires. That’s because of how the fire typically spreads.

August 15, 2023

“Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.”

A Mexican lawmaker spoke nearly naked, but didn’t make statement attributed to him on social media

August 15, 2023

While nearly naked, a member of Mexico’s congress said, “You are ashamed to see me naked, but you are not ashamed to see your people…

Hawaii fires, 8-13-2023

No, Hawaii fires weren’t set intentionally to turn Maui into a ‘smart island’

August 14, 2023

Maui fires are part of an intentional effort to rebuild the island into a “smart island.”

Pfizer Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vials

Activist misuses federal data to make Pants on Fire claim that COVID-19 vaccines killed 676,000

August 14, 2023

COVID-19 vaccines have killed 676,000 Americans.

Michigan voters line up 2020 election

No, suspected voter registration irregularities in Michigan did not result in 2020 election fraud

August 14, 2023

Police report shows “massive 2020 voter fraud uncovered in Michigan.”

Biden and Australian PM at G7 in Hiroshima, Japan, 5-20-2023

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed in 1945, despite conspiracy theories

August 14, 2023

“Hiroshima and Nagasaki were never nuked.”

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This Bud Light ‘crybabies’ billboard is fabricated

August 14, 2023

Bud Light billboard says “lol CRYBABIES”

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Photos of hooded shoppers taken in California and Colorado, not Vasser’s Mini-Mart in Selma, Alabama

August 14, 2023

Photos show people wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods in the mini-mart owned by someone involved in the Montgomery riverfront brawl.

DeSantis speaks with Iowa Gov. Reynolds at 2023 Iowa state fair, 8-12-2023

DeSantis says he removed critical race theory from K-12 schools, but districts say it wasn’t taught

August 14, 2023

“We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”

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TV ad targeting U.S. Sen. Ted Budd misleads North Carolinians about health bill

August 11, 2023

A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders would “increase government control” of pharmacy benefit managers and is a “radical health care takeover.”

Hawaii fires aftermath, in Lahiana, 8-10-2023

Photo used to claim ‘direct energy assault’ started Hawaii wildfires has circulated since 2018

August 11, 2023

Photos are proof that Hawaii fires were caused by a “direct energy weapon assault on the people.”

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