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Couple feeds dog ice cream

McDonald’s didn’t add xylitol, a sugar alcohol toxic to dogs, to its soft serve ice cream

By Samantha Putterman April 14, 2022

McDonald’s added xylitol to its ice cream which is toxic to dogs.

Brooklyn subway shooting outside scene

No, the Brooklyn subway shooting was not a false flag attack

By Samantha Putterman April 14, 2022

The Brooklyn subway attack was a false flag.

Cars commuting on a highway in Mebane, North Carolina, May 11, 2020. (AP)

Pump the brakes: no law stipulating that drivers can’t go 5 miles over limit in North Carolina

By Gabrielle Settles April 14, 2022

“Just passed into law today: You cannot go 5 miles over speed limit” in North Carolina.

Ballot drop box Athens Georgia 10-19-20

Fact-checking an ad against Georgia’s Brian Kemp, false claims about the 2020 election

April 14, 2022

Brian Kemp "dismissed concerns about voter fraud in the 2020 election" and "widespread illegal ballot harvesting continued, electing two Democrat senators."

smartphone immigrants check-in 2021

Claim about smartphones given to immigrants misses key context: they’re used for tracking

By Andy Nguyen April 14, 2022

"Joe Biden is giving smartphones away to illegal border crossers.”

Biden Iowa corn

That wasn’t bird poop on Biden’s jacket. It was distillers grains

April 13, 2022

“A bird pooped on Joe Biden during his speech” in Iowa.

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Chemtrails are not real, no matter what Alexa says

April 13, 2022

Video of a Q&A response from Amazon’s Alexa confirms that chemtrails are being used “to reduce the human population.”

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Scientific evidence does not support ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19

April 13, 2022

Suggests ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19

Senator Blackburn questions Judge Jackson 3-21-22

No, Sen. Marsha Blackburn didn’t make a white power symbol at Ketanji Brown Jackson

April 13, 2022

Sen. Marsha Blackburn made a white power symbol at Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Gilbert Gottfried didn’t die from the COVID-19 vaccine

April 13, 2022

Gilbert Gottfried died from the COVID-19 vaccine.

Kleefisch Walker

Kleefisch didn’t have the power to cut taxes on her own as lieutenant governor

By Laura Schulte April 13, 2022

“As your Lieutenant Governor…I cut your taxes.”

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There’s no evidence Disney+ lost over 350,000 subscribers in ‘five days’

By Samantha Putterman April 12, 2022

Disney+ has had over 350,000 cancellations in the last five days.

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