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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Nevada ballot counting livestream went dark, but vote counting wasn’t affected
A livestream failing in Nevada is “one of the ways blue states steal elections.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – FTX helped with a cryptocurrency fundraising site, but there’s no connection to U.S. aid to Ukraine
U.S. tax dollars sent to help Ukraine laundered back by cryptocurrency firm FTX to help Democrats in midterms.
Full Fact→ Nadhim Zahawi didn’t mistakenly pay tribute to a living Birds of a Feather actress
An apparently fake screenshot of a tweet purportedly by Nadhim Zahawi has been shared hundreds of times on social media.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – New Mexico secretary of state website was being tested, but an Instagram post suggested foul play
Image shows that the New Mexico Secretary of State counted more than 17 million registered voters in a state with a population of about 2 million.
FactCheck.org→ Counting Mail-In Ballots Delays Results, But Doesn’t Denote Fraud
Quick Take Mail-in ballots have become a popular way to vote in the U.S. But the unfounded claim persists that mail ballots lead to rampant fraud and, if counted after Election Day, they are suspect. By law, many states don’t start counting mail
PolitiFact→ Politifact Wisconsin’s top campaign season claims on abortion, other hot-button issues
Politifact Wisconsin’s top campaign season claims on abortion, other hot-button issues
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump’s rally with Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, but not Ron DeSantis
: During a Florida rally to promote U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, former President Donald Trump made a series of false or misleading claims about drop boxes, mail ballots, and his own record on the economy. Gov. Ron DeSantis held a separate rally elsewhere in
The Dispatch→ Paying Tribute to Agatha Christie
‘See How They Run’ offers nothing new, but maintains the fun of the whodunit genre.The post Paying Tribute to Agatha Christie appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Senate Majority PAC – Ad on Sen. Ron Johnson's Jan. 6 comments makes a point but comes with caveat
Says "Ron Johnson is making excuses for rioters who tried to overthrow our government, even calling them ‘peaceful protests.’”
PolitiFact→ Kris Mayes – Kris Mayes exaggerates, but as AG, Abraham Hamadeh could seek jail time for abortion providers
Abraham Hamadeh says he will “lock up doctors, nurses, pharmacists” and “punish women for abortion.”
Truth or Fiction?→ More Fake Newspapers Distributed Ahead of 2022 Midterms
On November 1 2022, an Imgur account shared photographs of a “fake newspaper,” designed to conceal political talking points as news: Republican Misinformation Disguised as a Local Newspaper Six images were included in the post, but the n
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video shows anti-Joe Biden chant during Obama speech, but that didn’t happen
Hecklers chanted “f--- Joe Biden” during a Barack Obama speech.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: David DePape Did NOT Go To Pelosi House For Gay Sex Or Drugs But To Kidnap House Speaker
Did David DePape go to the Pelosi house for gay sex and drugs? No, that's not true. FBI charging documents for David DePape state that he told investigators he wanted to hold House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "hostage" and "break her kneecaps" w
PolitiFact→ Deidre DeJear – DeJear social media post says Reynolds thinks nurses required education, but she didn’t say that
"Kim Reynolds doesn’t think nurses are educated."
PolitiFact→ J.D. Vance – J.D. Vance accused Tim Ryan of wanting to decriminalize fentanyl, but Ryan was talking about pot
Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Two ‘Far-Right Websites’ Attributed to Pelosi Attack Suspect David DePape Were NOT Faked — Archive.org Has Proof
Does the the Internet Wayback Machine prove that two of Pelosi attack suspect David DePape's webpages were "fabricated" after the suspect's arrest to smear conservatives? No, that's not true: The webpages attributed to DePape were so smal
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Meta sounds like the Hebrew word for “dead,” but the company lives
Facebook changed its name because it is a “dead entity” whose assets were seized.
PolitiFact→ Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally
GOP ads claim Democrats have “open borders” policies that cause fentanyl overdose deaths. Experts say most illegal fentanyl comes from smugglers through legal checkpoints, not through migrants crossing illegally.
Snopes→ Fake Tweet Says YouTube Will Be ‘Removing the Skip Ad Button’
The fake tweet was in a Reddit post entitled "13/6/2024."
PolitiFact→ Catherine Cortez Masto – Adam Laxalt opposed expanding DACA, but not revoking protections for active beneficiaries
Adam Laxalt is “anti-DACA” and “fought against the protections for DACA recipients when he was attorney general.”
PolitiFact→ Ad Watch: Do ‘MAGA Republicans want women arrested for abortion'? A few do, but not all
An ad depicting police handcuffing a woman inside her home claims that “MAGA Republicans” want women arrested for having abortions. GOP lawmakers in some states have proposed bills that would criminally punish women for having abortions.
PolitiFact→ Kathy Hochul – Shootings in New York are down, but comparison to U.S. is flawed
New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.
Snopes→ Liz Truss Resigns but Larry the Cat Abides
The Downing Street guard cat has now outlasted four British prime ministers: David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and, now, Liz Truss.
PolitiFact→ Experts say Biden’s achievements are similar to recent presidents. But Democrats aren't touting them
Biden’s achievements are on par with recent presidents, experts say. But Democrats are ignoring them on the campaign trail.
Truth or Fiction?→ Gov. Ron Desantis ‘Made Voting Easier in Certain Florida Counties Battered by Hurricane Ian – But Only Republican-Leaning Ones’?
On October 18 2022, two posts on Imgur indicated that Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis “made voting easier” for counties reeling from Hurricane Ian — with the caveat that the provisions were granted only to “Republic
Health Feedback→ Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s, but evidence so far doesn’t show that diabetes causes Alzheimer’s
OTHER REVIEW On 29 September 2022, a Facebook user shared a
Snopes→ Ozone Hole Grows This Year, but Still Shrinking in General
“The overall trend is improvement. It’s a little worse this year because it was a little colder this year,” said a NASA scientist who tracks ozone depletion.
Logically→ U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed distributing Hurricane Ian relief funds based on race.
Snopes→ Did Darwin Say It Is ‘Not the Strongest of Species That Survives’ but the ‘Most Adaptable’?
The English naturalist has often been the subject of misattributions.
Snopes→ Good Faith and the Honor of Partisan Election Officials Used To Be Enough To Ensure Trust in Voting Results – But Not Anymore
As midterm elections approach, some Americans express a lack of confidence in the accuracy of the vote count.
PolitiFact→ Val Demings – Rubio once dismissed climate change, but he doesn't anymore
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio "has denied climate change."
PolitiFact→ Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – Adam Laxalt supports letting states restrict abortion, but hasn’t called for bans with no exceptions
Adam Laxalt “would let Nevada and other states ban abortion with zero exceptions.”
Logically→ The bitten apple in the Apple logo is a tribute to English mathematician Alan Turing who died due to cyanide poisoning.
There is no link between the Apple logo and Alan Turing's death. The logo designer called it an "urban legend".
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Despite claims, Jackson, Mississippi, did get funding for its infrastructure. But it’s not a fix-all
"$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Birth Control Pill Use Does NOT Guarantee Cancer Diagnosis, But Does Have Risks
Does use of birth control pills, classified by international cancer researchers as a Class 1 carcinogen, mean that a woman will develop cancer? No, that's not true: Decades of research show that oral contraceptives do not significantly in
PolitiFact→ Tim Ryan – Ohio’s Tim Ryan says he ‘voted with Trump on trade,’ but what about Trump’s tariffs?
“I voted with Trump on trade.”
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Most of Florida's Lee County wasn't in the cone three days before hurricane, but parts of it were
Lee County, Florida, wasn't "even in the cone" of Hurricane Ian 72 hours before landfall.
PolitiFact→ J.D. Vance – What’s ‘love’ got to do with it? Ad shows Ryan’s support for Pelosi, but omits bid to replace her
Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%.
Snopes→ Did Keanu Reeves Say, ‘Grief Changes Shape but It Never Ends?’
Quotes seen as deep and thoughtful are often attributed to the widely loved actor.