GOP Texas House candidate repeats false claim that FBI agents instigated Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol
“They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?"
Research into ‘fit hacks’ could help improve future mask design, but recommendations haven’t changed
Binding masks to your face with gauze and wrapping pantyhose around your face and mask are now “suggestions to make your mask more ‘effective.’”
No, this Pennsylvania Walmart didn’t run out of food
A Walmart in Dickson City, Pennsylvania, ran out of food.
No, this isn’t a real AOC quote about truckers
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “I don’t need truckers. I get my food from the grocery store.”
No, food cannot be engineered to create infertility in Black people
"Food crops can be engineered right now based on existing technology to cause infertility in Black people alone.”
Jan. 6 attorney defends Oath Keepers with dubious claim that ‘it’s not illegal’ to enter Capitol
“It’s not illegal to go inside the Capitol” as the Oath Keepers and other Jan. 6 rioters did.
Milwaukee mayor in ballpark on stolen vehicle figures, but overstates reckless driving fatalities
“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the…
Checking a claim that Facebook oversells the accuracy of climate change models
“Facebook is spamming all climate articles by misleading readers about” the accuracy of climate models.
Charlie Crist overstates in claim about ‘millions’ of expired COVID-19 tests in Florida
Ron DeSantis let "millions of COVID-19 tests expire."
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s stance on filibuster shifts since 2012 and she now favors elimination
On eliminating the filibuster.
Spikevax and Comirnaty are brand names for existing COVID-19 vaccines, which are widely available
“Few, If Any, Doses of Spikevax or Comirnaty Available in United States, Despite FDA Approvals”
Fact-checking Stacey Abrams on a Texas mail-in ballot denial
“In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he…