Latest Fact-Checks By Grace Abels

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Snakes in the White House? No, US presidents aren’t reptiles.

November 1, 2023

“Every President we ever had in the United States of America was a draconian reptilian.”

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Video of people dressed as dogs is part of a fetish festival, not a ‘trans-species rights’ protest

October 9, 2023

Video of howling people in Germany shows “trans species rights” protest.

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No, this is not a real ABC News headline tying journalist death to Hunter Biden coverage

October 6, 2023

An ABC News headline said, “Journalist covering the Hunter Biden case dies after being shot 7 times.”

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No, Ms. Frizzle, this isn’t a Magic School Bus, it is just a religious skit.

September 29, 2023

A video shows children disappearing from inside a school bus.

vivek Ramaswamy at 2nd repub debate 2024

Vivek Ramaswamy got it wrong; being trans isn’t a mental health disorder.

September 28, 2023

Being transgender is a "mental health disorder."

Rand Paul talks to reporters Sept 2023

Casual Friday at the U.S. Capitol? Perhaps. But this isn’t Sen. Rand Paul in a bathrobe.

September 25, 2023

Image shows Sen. Rand Paul in a bathrobe on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

Search and rescue in Lahaina after Maui wildfires

Story about Navy SEALs saving missing kids in Maui is fabricated

September 20, 2023

“Navy SEALs Save Missing Maui Children” who were padlocked in cages.

Netherlands Gay Pride parade in Amsterdam, 7-30-2022

Gender-affirming surgery is not banned for minors in Europe, but is mostly inaccessible

September 6, 2023

“Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.”

Hillary Clinton Global Initiative 2022

Nope, Hillary Clinton was not executed in 2018

August 25, 2023

Hillary Clinton was “EXECUTED December 31, 2018.”

Lucky Charms boxes on shelves in Pittsburgh, 11-16-2022

Unlucky Charms? No, your cereal isn’t poisonous

August 25, 2023

Lucky Charms contains an unsafe amount of cleaning compound trisodium phosphate.

trans kids at summer camp

Yes, trans kids do exist. The claim that they don’t is Pants on Fire!

July 26, 2023

“There is no such thing as a trans kid.”

Kid in water fountain, 7-31-2015

No evidence atrazine in the water supply is causing more kids to identify as transgender

June 28, 2023

Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.

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