Like many Democrats, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes says he wants to cut “middle-class” taxes and make sure the wealthy “pay their fair share.” But an ad from his opponent, Sen. Ron Johnson, in the race for U.S. Senate false
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PolitiFact→ Mandela Barnes – High probability that Barnes plan to end cash bail would have kept parade suspect in jail
Says under his plan to end cash bail "the Waukesha perpetrator wouldn’t have been released "
Logically→ CM Bhagwant Mann was deplaned from a flight in Germany for being drunk causing a 4-hour delay.
Lufthansa, the airline, has clarified that the delay happened because of a delayed inbound flight and an aircraft change, not because of CM Mann.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Queen Elizabeth In WWII Spitfire Fighter Plane Is NOT Authentic — Image Edited To Add Her Face
Was Queen Elizabeth II photographed in the cockpit of a World-War-II-era Spitfire fighter plane? No, that's not true: An image on social media that allegedly shows the late British monarch in a Spitfire is derived from two separate photos
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Shameful and Inhuman’: Federal Agents Accused of Planting Fake Addresses on Immigrants
As criticism and attention piled onto right-wing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for shipping a group of fifty asylum seekers from Texas to Massachusetts, an immigration attorney accused federal operatives of lying to the immigrants as part of that proce
Climate Feedback→ Different parts of the planet warm more quickly than others. That doesn’t mean climate change isn’t happening.
If you’re even a casual consumer of climate news, you probably know that some parts of the globe are warming more rapidly than others. Scientists have known for years, for instance, that the Arctic is heating up at a faster clip than the global avera
Full Fact→ Supposed ‘chemtrails’ in the sky are just clouds left by planes
An image on Facebook shows two contrails.
Full Fact→ No truth to claims no plane parts were found at 9/11 crash sites
A Facebook post claims that “zero plane parts” were found at the 9/11 crash sites. This isn’t true.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the pope, Putin and Xi didn’t meet to plan world events
“The pope, Xi and Putin all meet to plan world events!”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Plane debris was found at Pentagon after 9/11
“No plane debris was found at the Pentagon.”
Snopes→ Businesses, White House Plan for Possible Rail Strike
Business and government officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike while talks carry on between the largest U.S. freight railroads and their unions.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Yes, a plane crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001
A Boeing 757 didn’t fly into the Pentagon on 9/11.
PolitiFact→ Abigail Spanberger – Spanberger's rejection of corporate PAC money needs a little explanation
“I don’t accept a dime of corporate money.”
Snopes→ US Counts Millionth Organ Transplant While Pushing for More
It took decades from the first success — a kidney in 1954 — to transplant 1 million organs.
Snopes→ Judge Approves $2.46 Billion Boy Scouts Reorganization Plan
The BSA sought bankruptcy protection more than two years ago to stave off a flood of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by Scout leaders and volunteers.
Logically→ Bill Gates’ genetically modified mosquitoes are responsible for mosquito-borne viruses in Florida and are part of the next planned pandemic.
GMO mosquitoes in Florida are not funded by Bill Gates. The virus in Florida is the West Nile virus, which has been found in the U.S. since 1999.
Snopes→ A Protection Zone Around the Zaporizhzhia Power Plant In Ukraine? A Scholar Explains Why That Could Be Crucial
Here, a professor and nuclear safety expert at the University of Southern California explained the risks of warfare taking place in and around nuclear power plants.
Snopes→ What’s Happening with Ukraine’s Threatened Nuclear Plant
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been engulfed by fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops in recent weeks, fueling concerns of a nuclear catastrophe.
Logically→ The U.K. government ordering food rations confirms that food shortages are planned and part of the Great Reset.
U.K. government food rations are part of a standard armed forces contract unrelated to food shortages. There is no evidence the shortages are planned.
Snopes→ Mississippi Jet Fueler Denied Bond in Theft of Small Plane
A man charged with stealing a plane that he didn’t know how to land will remain behind bars, denied bond by a judge who took a dim view of his lawyer’s promise that he wouldn’t take off again.
Snopes→ Fighting Goes on Near Ukraine Nuclear Plant; IAEA on Site
Britain's Defense Ministry says shelling continued in the district where the Zaporizhzhia power plant sits.
Snopes→ UN Nuclear Agency Team Arrives at Ukraine Power Plant
A team from the U.N. nuclear agency has arrived at the site of Europe’s largest nuclear plant to inspect security conditions.
PolitiFact→ American Action Network – Most relief from Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan flows to lower-income borrowers, not higher
Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan is a "bailout for rich kids."
Full Fact→ No plans for Starbucks to go cashless across the UK
Claims that the coffee chain is due to go cashless in October have been shared thousands of times.
Poynter→ Is Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan legal?
President Joe Biden has made a long-awaited decision on how to handle student debt. On Aug. 24 Biden announced that his administration will waive student loan debt for qualifying Americans […] The post Is Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness pl
PolitiFact→ Reality check: Biden’s renewable energy plan
President Joe Biden said by 2030, the U.S. would have 950 million solar panels, 120,000 wind turbines and 2,300 battery plants to store clean energy. Is it really doable?
PolitiFact→ Is Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan legal?
President Joe Biden plans to forgive between $10,000 and $20,000 of student debt for qualifying borrowers. But is that legal? We look at the confusing legal battlefield for student debt relief.
Poynter→ Statistics about Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, fact-checked
As soon as President Joe Biden announced his plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of Americans, facts and figures streamed across the internet projecting the plan’s impact. The […] The post Statistics about Biden’s student loan
Snopes→ UN Agency to Inspect Ukraine Nuclear Plant in Urgent Mission
The stakes couldn't be higher for the International Atomic Energy Agency experts who will visit the plant in a country where the 1986 Chernobyl disaster spewed radiation throughout the region.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking statistics about Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
Depending on the lens, Biden’s student debt relief plan might look like help for people of modest means, a gift to the well-to-do, or an unfair burden on hard-working Americans. See how the competing claims hold up.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russian Power Plant NOT Blown Up In Ukrainian Counterattack As Of August 26, 2022
Did Ukraine launch a counterattack against Russia by crossing its border and blowing up a Russian power plant, leaving the country in flames? No, that's not true: Although the Ukraine military has launched some cross-border missile attack
PolitiFact→ Pitbull – Recycled claim is still false: The COVID-19 pandemic was not planned
The COVID-19 pandemic was planned, and a 2019 simulation called Event 201 was a rehearsal for it.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFOs Surrounding A Nuclear Plant — It’s A Coal-Fired Power Plant, Flying Orbs Are Computer-Generated
Does a Facebook video show three UFOs surrounding a nuclear plant? No, that's not true: The footage shows a coal-fired power plant in West Virginia, and the white orbs allegedly flying in the sky above have been created by a special effec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Plan To Launch US Central Bank Digital Currency In December 2022
Is President Joe Biden going to launch a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) in December 2022? No, that's not true: Although Biden signed an executive order in March 2022 that required research into the future of money and payment s
Full Fact→ Labour’s £29 billion plan would not fully cover the cost of freezing the energy price cap
Freezing the price cap would require roughly £8 billion more funding, according to the IFS.
Full Fact→ Contrails are not evidence of plan to block out the sun
A YouTube video suggests that vapour trails in the sky are evidence of “global elites” attempting to “block out the sun”. They are actually contrails caused by frozen water vapour.
Snopes→ Biden’s Student Loan Plan: What We Know (and What We Don’t)
Here's what we know so far and what it means for people with outstanding student loans.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden exaggerates job-creation impact of American Rescue Plan
The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.”
Snopes→ Big Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Announced by Biden
Borrowers who earn less than $125,000 a year, or families earning less than $250,000, would be eligible for the $10,000 loan forgiveness.
Full Fact→ Monkeypox simulation event doesn’t mean outbreak was planned
The virus was used in a fictional scenario during a theoretical planning event in March 2021.