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Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 14, 2025 in social media posts:
“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.
False
February 18, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on February 11, 2025 in a post:
Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • February 18, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on February 16, 2025 in an X post:
The federal workforce grew from 2.1 to 3 million under President Joe Biden, “a 46% increase since Biden took office.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 18, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 in a post:
“Elon Musk announced that he will not sell Tesla Cybertruck to anyone belonging to the ‘pride’ community.”
False
By Grace Abels • February 17, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Mel Gibson passes on $100 million Netflix deal to work with Robert De Niro, declares: ‘Keep that woke clown away from me.’”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 17, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 11, 2025 in a TikTok post:
Under the SAVE Act, “if you are a woman that has changed your name from your birth certificate, let’s say through marriage … you are no longer eligible to vote.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • February 17, 2025
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 10, 2025 in an X post:
“FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 11, 2025 in Facebook posts:
An episode of “The Simpsons” showed a President Donald Trump-like character in a coffin and predicted Feb. 14 would be the “day everything changes.”
Pants on Fire!
February 14, 2025
Mario Nawfal
Mario Nawfal
stated on February 9, 2025 in an X post:
Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s net worth “skyrocketed” from $6.7 million to $30 million in three years.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 14, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 10, 2025 in in social media posts:
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is “being charged with the attempted assassination of Trump.”
Pants on Fire!
February 14, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on February 5, 2025 in a post:
President Donald Trump said he “‘didn’t have time’ to meet the families of the men, women and children who tragically died in the plane crash.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 14, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 12, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and President Donald Trump at her swearing-in.
False
February 14, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 10, 2025 in a Fox News interview:
The United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we're number one in cost per pupil."
False
By Caleb McCullough • February 13, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2025 in Facebook posts:
Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE.
False
February 13, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 7, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Coca-Cola “sells out its own workers to ICE.”
False
By Maria Briceño • February 13, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 12, 2025 in a post:
Video shows a sinkhole opened in New York City in February 2025.
False
By Sara Swann • February 13, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 11, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows celebrities wearing T-shirts with graphics of a middle finger and the word “Kanye.”
False
February 13, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 10, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Says Kash Patel said, “FBI investigation uncovers 256 emails between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.”
False
February 12, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 15, 2025 in a Threads post:
Photo shows Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wearing a “Make America Mexicana Again” hat.
False
February 12, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 9, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Says Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told President Donald Trump, “They will beg us to tear down this ugly wall.”
False
February 12, 2025
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