“1,500 IRS agents have submitted letters of resignation after Trump announced he would put 90,000 superfluous IRS personnel on border patrol.”
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PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Claim about Trump ‘furious’ with Musk for ‘convincing him to push out’ FAA chief started as satire
“Donald Trump is reportedly furious with Elon Musk for convincing him to push out the head of the FAA because Musk was mad SpaceX got fined last September by the FAA for license violations.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – ICE tip line not paused because of reports about Musk, claim started as satire
“ICE just announced it is pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 90% of the calls are from people reporting Elon Musk.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Denies US Troops Entered California To Turn On Water — Says Federal Government Restarted Federal Water Pumps
Did U.S. troops enter California under "emergency powers" from President Donald Trump to turn on water from the Pacific Northwest, in January 2025? No, that's not true according to state authorities: The U.S. military did not enter the st
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claims Whoopi Goldberg lost a Los Angeles mansion because of wildfire started as satire
“Whoopi Goldberg’s mansion in Los Angeles was destroyed in a wildfire, with damages estimated at millions of dollars.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this video doesn’t show the Los Angeles fires started at the same time (because they didn’t)
“All three California wild fires seem to start at the same time!”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social posts about Kyle Rittenhouse registering a lien against Whoopi Goldberg started as satire
"Kyle Rittenhouse registers a lien against Whoopi Goldberg’s Malibu home for $22 million.”
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Trump Started Building a Cabinet
The president-elect announced a number of unconventional appointments.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post On Truth Social He Had ‘Started His Day By Listening To "Not Like Us" By Kendrick Lamar’
Did President-elect Donald Trump post on Truth Social that he had "started his day by listening to 'Not Like Us' by Kendrick Lamar"? No, that's not true: Such a post could not be found on Trump's Truth Social profile. The image of the fak
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Screenshot shows four Florida counties’ ‘zero’ early voting activity just as voting had started
Four Florida counties had “zero results” Oct. 26, and “something underhanded might be happening.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disney, Google Did NOT Buy Rights To First King James Version Bible — Claim Started On Satire Site
Did Disney and Google buy the rights to the first King James Version of the Bible? No, that's not true: No sources are cited in the Instagram post where the claim is stated. The claim first appeared in a 2018 article from The Babylon Bee,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Woman Did NOT Bake Bread In Outdoor Mailbox In Sweltering Heat of June 2024 — Post Started As Joke
Did a Texas woman bake bread in her mailbox using the sweltering heat of June 2024? No, that's not true: The woman shown in a social media post originally shared an image of her pulling a loaf of bread from her mailbox as a joke about sum
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Steelers coach did not call Pride Month ‘woke crap.’ That claim started as satire.
Pittsburgh Steelers coach “directs team to not participate in pride month” calling it "woke crap"
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Jay-Z didn’t bribe country radio stations to play Beyoncé’s songs. This claim started as satire.
“Jay-Z paid more than $20 million to country radio stations to play Beyoncé songs so she’d top the Billboard country charts.”
The Dispatch→ Right Back Where We Started From
A wild few days at OpenAI exposed fault lines in the world of tech.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Egypt hasn’t started a war with Israel
“Egypt is now at war with Israel.”
Full Fact→ Fire brigade says Luton Airport car park fire started in diesel vehicle
People have claimed online that a hybrid or electric vehicle started the blaze.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fake story about death of Burisma 'whistleblower' started on site known for misinformation
“Burisma Energy accountant, who blew the whistle on Biden bribery scheme, found dead.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘120 Million Tons Of Lithium’ In Maui, Or That Lithium Prompted Fires To Be Started
Were the 2023 Maui wildfires started because the island holds 120 million tons of lithium? No, that's not true: A U.S. Geological Survey representative and an associate professor emeritus of geology both said there is no evidence that the
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim that ‘The View’ hosts threatened to resign if Candace Owens joined started as satire
“Whoopi, Joy and Sunny Threaten To Resign ‘Immediately’ If Candace Owens Joins The Panel.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Supposed video of a car trapped at Burning Man was shot before the festival even started
Video shows “someone who tried to escape Burning Man.”
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Claim that FEMA is burying Maui wildfire victims in a ‘mass gravesite’ started as satire
“Marines caught FEMA operatives piling corpses into a mass gravesite at the Maui Forest Reserve.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – ‘Zero response’ for Maui, Hawaii claim is false; government aid came hours after wildfire started
“There has been zero response from local, regional or federal officials” to aid people affected by the Maui, Hawaii, wildfires.
Full Fact→ No evidence Maui wildfires started intentionally to create a ‘smart island’
A video claims the Hawaiian island held a “smart city conference” in January.
Logically→ Digitally altered image used to claim laser beam started fires in Hawaii
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Photo used to claim ‘direct energy assault’ started Hawaii wildfires has circulated since 2018
Photos are proof that Hawaii fires were caused by a “direct energy weapon assault on the people.”
PolitiFact→ Mike Pence – Mike Pence repeats false claim that Barack Obama started migrant family separations
“The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.”
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Rumor about NFL investigating Patrick Mahomes for drug use during Super Bowl started as satire
The Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win has been “put on hold as NFL plans to launch an investigation on possible (performance-enhancing drug) use by Patrick Mahomes during halftime.”
Logically→ The First and Second World Wars were started by Jewish nationalists trying to create Israel.
These claims are anti-semitic and part of Nazi propaganda, there is no factual basis to them. These claims are used to spread a hateful ideology.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT ‘Statistically IMPOSSIBLE’ To Administer Billions Of COVID Vaccine Doses Since Pandemic Started
Is it "Statistically IMPOSSIBLE" to have administered the billions of COVID-19 vaccine shots that have been provided around the world? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to suggest the global health care community isn't up to the ta
Poynter→ Claim that Congress members exempted themselves from IRS audits started as satire
Following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which sets aside about $46 billion for increased Internal Revenue Service enforcement, some social media posts claim members of Congress gave themselves immunity from […] The post Claim that
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Claim that Congress members exempted themselves from IRS audits started as satire
“Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Cash for toes in Zimbabwe? No, rumors started as a joke
"In Zimbabwe, people have started selling their toes for thousands of dollars due to (the) high cost of living.”
Snopes→ Did Walt Disney Say ‘The Way To Get Started Is To Quit Talking’?
The legendary animator continues to inspire viewers more than 50 years after his death.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – CEOs did not resign en masse when Maxwell trial started
“On the first day of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, the CEO of Twitter resigned, the CEO of Walmart resigned, the CEO of CNBC resigned”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rupert Murdoch Did NOT Say ‘I Started Fox News To Get Rich,’ Did NOT Refer To ‘Low IQ Viewers’
Did Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch recently say, "I started Fox News to get rich," or "We created a fake story that 'Biden stole the elections' to keep our low IQ viewers returning every day"? No, that's not true: "This report is false,"
Logically→ Deaths among teenagers have increased by 47 percent in the U.K. since they started getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
The rise in deaths in 2021 was not necessarily because of the administration of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Mike Lindell’s Cyber Symposium Started: We’re Looking For These Answers About His Promised Election Fraud Evidence
Will the materials Mike Lindell releases at his Cyber Symposium meet evidentiary standards of authenticity to support his claim the 2020 election was stolen? Here's how Lead Stories will test the data: By asking the questions we sent to h
Snopes→ New Theory: Earth’s Longer Days Kick-Started Oxygen Growth
Scientists have a new idea for how Earth got its oxygen: It’s because the planet slowed down and days got longer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: One Of The First Memorial Day Celebrations WAS Started By Formerly Enslaved Black People
Did formerly enslaved Black people start Memorial Day in the U.S.? Evidence suggests that they may have: A celebration on May 1, 1865, is considered one of the first mass memorializations of fallen soldiers in the country. The celebration