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Social posts about Kyle Rittenhouse registering a lien against Whoopi Goldberg started as satire
But the claim in the posts that show Rittenhouse and Goldberg, a co-host of ABC’s "The View" talk show, originated as satire. (Screenshot from Facebook post.) ...
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No, Billie Eilish is not leaving the country after Donald Trump’s election win
Pop singer Billie Eilish criticized President-elect Donald Trump the day after he won the Nov. 5 election, but social media posts have added fiction to her comments by saying she’s leaving the United ...
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No, President-elect Donald Trump didn’t ‘expose’ a secret program offering $6,400 to every American
A video shared Nov. 18 on Facebook claimed that President-elect Donald Trump had "exposed" that Democratic officials and President Joe Biden had hidden a federal subsidy for up to $6,400 for all ...
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How big was Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory? 8 charts explain
For votes counted through Nov. 20, Trump’s margin over Harris was 1.62%. That’s smaller than any winner since Bush in 2000, when the margin was 0.51%. Going back further, only John F. Kennedy in 1960 ...
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No, FEMA hasn’t sent 300 semi trucks to Michigan’s Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport
A viral video falsely claimed the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent 300 semitrucks to Michigan’s Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Michigan. FEMA Press Secretary Daniel Llargues told PolitiFact the ...
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No, ballots counted after Election Day don’t mean elections were stolen
Millions of ballots have been counted in the two weeks following the election, as officials have worked to verify vote totals and count ballots that were not counted or had not been received by ...
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No, Trump didn’t call Joe Scarborough a ‘scolded dog’ on Truth Social
President-elect Donald Trump called Joe Scarborough “a scolded dog” on Truth Social. Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, co-hosts of MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" show, said Nov. 19 that they had headed to ...
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No, Trump isn’t axing a ‘trans-species child tax credit.’ Because it doesn’t exist
A TikTok video spreading on other social media platforms appears to claim that President-elect Donald Trump is ending a "trans species child tax credit." "Parents of trans-species ...
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Sorry, wrong number: Elon Musk didn’t announce a $299 Tesla phone
Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn’t announce a new phone to rival Apple’s iPhone, but recent Facebook posts wrongly credit him with the purported product.
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No, ABC didn’t say it was cutting ‘View’ co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg
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No, the NCAA didn’t give transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ medals to Riley Gaines
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No, Elon Musk no bloqueó en X el contenido del Orgullo de Disney
Si ves algo que te hace preguntar: ¿es cierto? Mándanoslo por WhatsApp y nuestro equipo lo investigará, (813) 260-7595. Aunque Elon Musk ha calificado a Disney como "woke" de forma despectiva ...