Did the actor and film director Ron Howard write an essay on why "I'm a liberal," enumerating 16 key beliefs? No, that's not true: The original 2018 essay, written in the form of an open letter, was published by author Lori Gallagher Witt
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: January 6 Insurrectionist Did NOT Accidentally Burn Down His House While Torching Daughter’s Taylor Swift Merch — Satire Post
Did a January 6 "insurrectionist" who had been pardoned by President Donald Trump accidentally burn down his own house during the Super Bowl after he lit a pile of his teen daughter's Taylor Swift shirts on fire? No, that's not true: This
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum didn’t say this to Donald Trump about a border wall
Says Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told President Donald Trump, “They will beg us to tear down this ugly wall.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Mexican President Said ‘Shame on Trump,’ Warned US Not To Build Border Wall
Did Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum address President Donald Trump in a speech about "7 billion consumers ready to replace" their American products and vacations with non-American ones? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could not find
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Coca-Cola Called ICE On Their Own Workers in Texas — Company Denies Rumor
Is there evidence the Coca-Cola Company called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on their own workers in Texas and did several of them get deported as a result? No, that's not true: Online posts and videos making this claim
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Elon Musk reposted a comment that said he “toppled” the USAID. He didn’t originally post it
“Elon Musk officially cancelled USAID and fired all the staff. In his words, ‘we just toppled one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Floyd Statue Was NOT Removed From National Mall In DC — It’s In New Jersey
Was the George Floyd statue removed from the National Mall in Washington in February 2025? No, that's not true: The National Park Service told Lead Stories that it had never erected a statue of Floyd on the National Mall. The image used i
The Dispatch→ GOP Senators on the Fence Fall Into Line
Meetings, a letter, and calls from J.D. Vance erode initial opposition to Trump’s Cabinet nominees.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No fishy food bill: Elon Musk didn’t say Pentagon spent $600 million annually on sushi
Says Elon Musk said, the Pentagon was spending $600 million a year on sushi.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Call USAID ‘One Of The Biggest Globalist Terror Organizations In History’
Did Elon Musk say that the U.S. Agency for International Development is "one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that he publicly said that. However, Musk did call the organ
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Did Donald Trump say Mexicans call him ‘peachy, cool arrow’? No, this clip is altered
Video shows President Donald Trump saying Mexicans call him “peachy cool arrow.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mexican President Sheinbaum Did NOT Impose 50% Counter-Tariff On Tesla, Call Elon Musk ‘Pendejo’
Did Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo impose a 50 percent retaliatory tariff on Tesla cars sold in Mexico, calling Elon Musk "pendejo"? No, that's not true: As of February 4, 2025, Lead Stories found no credible media or governmen
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t fall for this Facebook post scam about at-large serial killer in Monroe, Louisiana
Photo shows “a dangerous serial killer” named Jaden Williams in Monroe, Louisiana.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this photo does not show fallen Army pilot posing with Biden
Photo shows Black Hawk helicopter pilot in fatal crash worked for years with President Joe Biden at the White House.
The Dispatch→ All My Children
Not my monarch!
The Dispatch→ Great Men of History. Small Men of Congress.
Also: Can we stop worrying about gerrymandering?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof US Allocated $50 Million Solely For Condoms In Gaza
Did the U.S. government spend or plan to spend $50 million exclusively on condoms in Gaza? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that the U.S. government intended to spend that much money just on condoms for the small territory. U.S. a
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, we’re not all female under Trump’s executive order
“Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female”
FactCheck.org→ Trump Order Didn’t Reverse All of Biden’s Measures to Lower Drug Costs
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order issued by former President Joe Biden aimed at finding new models for lowering drug costs. Trump’s action didn
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Called Selena Gomez ‘Third Amigo’ In Truth Social Post
Did President Donald Trump call actress Selena Gomez "the third amigo" in a Truth Social post? No, that's not true: There was no such post on the social media platform Truth Social. A search of Google News brought up no news reports confi
The Dispatch→ Baseless SLAPP Suits Threaten the Speech Rights of all Americans
Why FIRE is defending Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer against Donald Trump.
The Dispatch→ Why Tulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation Hearing Actually Matters
A president’s Cabinet picks usually sail through. This one may not.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Michael Jordan did not call for a ban on pride flags in sports and schools
“BREAKING NEWS: Michael Jordan calls for ban on pride flag in sports and US school system.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michael Jordan Did NOT Call For A Ban On The Pride Flag From US Schools And Sports — Article Is From Self-Described Satire Site
Did basketball great Michael Jordan call for a ban on the pride flag from U.S. schools and sports? No, that's not true: The website that published the article has a satire disclaimer and is known for publishing fabricated content. The art
Full Fact→ Video supposedly showing Taylor Swift calling LA fires ‘divine retribution’ has been altered
A clip which is circulating on social media does not show a real interview, and has likely been altered with AI.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t fall for Facebook posts warning about purported, wanted serial killer Jeffrey Thomas
Photos show Jeffrey Thomas, a “serial killer on the loose.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Trump’s anti-birthright citizenship effort doesn’t apply only to children of those ‘here illegally’
“The removal of birthright citizenship only applies to the children of those that are here ILLEGALLY.”
The Dispatch→ The Shame of It All
The coming rehabilitation of the January 6ers.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump’s False claim that Jan. 6 committee deleted ‘all’ evidence
The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Law Does NOT Allow For Anthony Fauci To Be Extradited To Russia
Does U.S. law allow for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be extradited to Russia? No, that's not true: A notoriously unreliable website that published a story about Putin supposedly demanding such an extradition did not offer any named sources or spe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Record Musk Posted MAGA Would ‘Succeed In All The Ways Nazi Germany Failed’ On Jan. 20, 2025
Did Elon Musk post on X that the MAGA movement would "succeed in all the ways Nazi Germany failed"? No, that's not true: A screenshot of a supposed post from Musk on X containing that quote is fake. Searches of Musk's X account and archiv
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Trump’s prescription drug executive order rollback didn’t quash all Biden-backed cost savings
Donald Trump "just reversed all the cost caps Biden negotiated for anyone on Medicare or Medicaid."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Joe Biden didn’t pardon the Capitol police officer who fatally shot Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt
Former President Joe Biden “pardoned Michael Byrd.”
PolitiFact→ Lisa Murkowski – US’ highest mountain called Denali for thousands of years, and Mount McKinley for nearly a century
"Our nation’s tallest mountain … has been called Denali for thousands of years."
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, US immigration officials are not paying $750 for turning in immigrants in the U.S. illegally
“ICE has released the tip hotline to turn in illegal immigrants. They paying $750 for each illegal immigrant.”
Health Feedback→ Nature Biotechnology study misrepresented in social media posts claiming “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage”
REVIEW In January 2025, Facebook posts appeared claiming that a study published in January 2025 showed “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage” and that COVID-19 vaccines “should never have been allowed to be injected into humans”. Examples of suc
The Dispatch→ Guilty, Actually
Not my circus, not my crackpots.
The Dispatch→ It Was Never Really About Trade at All
Did Biden’s international economic policy fail … or did it never really even try?
The Dispatch→ The Winner Takes It All
Get this man a Michelob!
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Trump didn’t admit to rigging the election during his pre-inauguration rally
Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally.