Amid student protests on an increasing number of college campuses, social media users falsely claimed that a demonstration at UT-Austin was met by the National Guard.
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Health Feedback→ No evidence budesonide, clarithromycin, and aspirin combination is “silver bullet” for COVID-19, contrary to Texas doctor’s claim
REVIEW In a 30 January 2024 episode of the Big Honker Podcast, Texas physician Richard Bartlett claimed that he had developed a “silver bullet” treatment for COVID-19 comprising budesonide, clarithromycin, and aspirin. The podcast’s co-host, A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2 Million Voters Did NOT Register Without Photo ID In Arizona, Pennsylvania, Texas In First 3 Months Of 2024
Did 2 million voters register without a photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas during the first three months of 2024? No, that's not true: Election officials from these three states told Lead Stories that this figure from a social me
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – More than 2 million noncitizens have not registered to vote in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas
More than 2 million people registered to vote so far this year without photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Five years later, Texas never found voter registrations of 95,000 noncitizens
Texas found that 95,000 noncitizens were registered to vote.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – ¿Cocodrilos en el río Bravo? Sí, pero no los puso el gobernador de Texas
El gobernador de Texas “puso más de 5,000 cocodrilos en el río Bravo".
The Dispatch→ Louisiana Is Not Sending Alligators to Texas to Help Secure the Border
The fact the gators have six legs provides a clue that a viral image is not genuine.
The Dispatch→ Into the Labyrinth (of Texas Immigration Law)
Procedurally confused.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fire Did NOT Kill 12 Million Chickens On Texas Farm
Did a fire on a Texas farm kill 12 million chickens in January 2024? No, that's not true: The figure circulating on social media reflects the total number of hens the current owner of the farm has in six different locations nationwide. In
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ’80 Percent Of Texas’ Cattle Grazing Land’ Was NOT Destroyed In 2024 Wildfires
Was "80 percent of Texas' cattle grazing land" destroyed in the 2024 wildfires burning across the Texas Panhandle, as is claimed in a post and video on Instagram? No, that's not true: As of this writing, more than 1.2 million acres have b
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims of Voter Fraud in Texas’ GOP Primary
Supporters of Dan Crenshaw’s opponent made false and misleading allegations.
PolitiFact→ Energy weapons, blue roofs and food supply attacks: Texas wildfires revive baseless claims
As Texas struggles with the largest wildfire in its history, some social media users are reviving baseless conspiracy theories we’ve seen before. Here’s what we found.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence Texas fires are an attack on food supply; experts see little effect on prices
Texas wildfires are a “deliberate” attack on U.S. food supply.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, directed energy weapons did not start the Texas wildfires
The Texas wildfires were started by directed energy weapons.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A Texas petition doesn’t prove chemtrails are real
Texas petition to outlaw “aerosolized spraying” is evidence of chemtrails.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Right Roof’ On Unburned Texas Homes Was NOT Biden’s Reference To ‘Blue Roof’ Conspiracy But To Fire-Resistant Roofing
Did Joe Biden let slip that there is a "right roof" with a certain color that will protect a home from being destroyed by lasers or directed energy weapons during wildfires as some conspiracists suggest? No, that's not true: In a video cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Show ‘Green Laser … Directed Energy Weapon’ Igniting Texas 2024 Wildfire — Fake and Outdated Video
Does a viral video of a "green laser" authentically show a beam igniting a Texas wildfire that started in late February 2024? No, that's not true: The clip was posted two months before the blaze. It was first published in a social media
PolitiFact→ The context behind Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s dueling immigration speeches at the Texas border
In Texas, Donald Trump and Joe Biden delivered vastly different speeches about immigration and border security. Here’s the context behind statements about Trump’s immigration record, crime committed by migrants and the stalled Senate border bill.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This photo doesn’t show the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas; it was posted in 2017
Photo shows the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Texas chicken farm fire revives baseless conspiracy theory about food supply attacks
Chicken farm fire that killed 12 million birds intentionally set
FactCheck.org→ Texas Abortion Recipients Not Subject to Penalty, Contrary to Online Claims
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Abortion is illegal in Texas, with narrow exceptions for the life and health of a pregnant patient. Those who provide abortions can face stiff penalties, but Texas law s
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Texas’ criminal and civil abortion penalties do not apply to women who get abortions
If a woman in Texas takes “abortion pills voluntarily,” she would be “charged with murder.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The Texas megachurch shooter has not been identified as transgender, despite claims online
Amid the aftermath of Sunday’s shooting at Lakewood Church, which is led by televangelist pastor Joel Osteen, social media users spread false claims about Moreno’s gender identity.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, no hay un estímulo de salud de hasta $6,400 para Latinos en Texas
"Texas dará a los Latinos un estímulo de salud de hasta $6,400" que “cubrirá tus alimentos y el alquiler por un año”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russian Official Did NOT Suggest Russia Is Supplying Weapons To Texas
Did the Russian representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, publicly say "It is important to understand that by supplying weapons to Texas, Russia does not become a party to the conflict"? No, that's not true: A transcript of t
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Nikki Haley said Texas could secede from the U.S. Here’s why that’s wrong
If Texas says, “‘We don’t want to be part of America anymore’ … that’s their decision to make.”
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No, Russia is not supplying weapons to Texas in border dispute
Russian United Nations representative Vasily Nebenzya spoke about Russia supplying weapons to Texas to use in its border dispute with the Biden administration.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Convoy Of Truckers ‘Heading To Texas’ In 2024
Does a viral video capture a convoy of truckers traveling to the southern border in 2024 to support Texas Governor Greg Abbott's stance on immigration? No, that's not true: The footage was posted online two years earlier. It captured truc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Texas Tractors’
Does a video shared on Facebook genuinely show "Texas tractors"? No, that's not true: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol confirmed to Lead Stories that there is no evidence that such an event occurred. The clip in question was taken from a lo
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Texas tractors are not lining up on the U.S. southern border, that Facebook video is from Germany
“Texas tractors defend border.”
Logically→ No, video does not show farmers protesting in Texas amid border standoff
Logically→ Old video of Texas security forces moving to U.S.-Mexico border passed off as recent
The Dispatch→ Joe Biden and Greg Abbott’s Fight Over the Texas Border, Explained
Who has the authority to do what at the U.S.-Mexico border?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas National Guard Did NOT Send Tanks To Border in January 2024
Did the Texas National Guard send tanks to its southern border in January 2024? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the Texas National Guard told Lead Stories they are not sending tanks to the border. Multiple posts made versions of t
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – This video doesn’t show people headed to Texas. It shows a 2019 protest in Oregon.
Video shows people “heading to Texas to stop the Biden Border Invasion.”
Logically→ Old video of trucker convoy misrepresented as recent Texas border dispute
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video shows prankster, not activist, speaking at Plano, Texas, City Council meeting
An activist spoke about LGBTQ+ issues at a Plano, Texas, city council meeting.
PolitiFact→ Razor wire and a blocked Border Patrol. What’s going on in Eagle Pass, Texas?
Texas and the Biden administration are locked in legal battles over immigration enforcement at the southern border. Here’s what we know about what’s happening at Eagle Pass, where Texas has blocked Border Patrol’s access.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Threaten To ‘Wage War Against Texas’
Did President Joe Biden threaten to send F-15s and "wage war against Texas"? No, that's not true: A White House spokesman told Lead Stories the claim is false. Additionally, no credible news organization has reported the quote, which, if
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Audio clip of President Joe Biden threatening war against Texas is fake
President Joe Biden said he will “send F-15s” to “wage war against Texas.”