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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Did NOT ‘Accidentally’ Send $6 Billion To Ukraine — Funds Will Be Used For Future Aid
Did the United States transfer $6 billion to Ukraine by mistake? No, that's not true: In the summer of 2023, the Pentagon admitted that it overestimated the value of military gear sent to Ukraine due to an accounting mistake but the money
Full Fact→ Bad breath, headaches and pimples not caused by worm urine
A video about parasites from the 1990s has resurfaced on social media. But the claims made about worm infection symptoms and blood results aren’t accurate.
Logically→ The floods in Libya were caused by Storm Daniel, not HAARP
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK’s MI6 Did NOT Reveal ‘Weather Weapon’ Used To Cause Wildfires In Hawaii
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Demo Video And Blue Objects Do NOT Prove A Laser Caused Hawaii’s Maui Fires
Do an unburned blue car and beach umbrella seen in a social-media video about the August 2023 wildfire that ravaged the town of Lahaina on Hawaii's island of Maui prove that lasers caused the blaze since the color blue can resist lasers?
FactCheck.org→ Trump Walked Back Abortion Statement Misleadingly Used in Biden-Harris Ad
As a presidential candidate seven years ago, Donald Trump said women needed to face “some form of punishment” for violating abortion bans — a position he quickly retracted after being criticized. In a statement issued the same day, T
Logically→ No, the charred carcass of a dog does not prove the Maui fires were caused by energy weapons
PolitiFact→ Could the 14th Amendment be used to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot?
Discussion has intensified about using the 14th Amendment to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 presidential ballot. Some scholars have suggested that Trump’s role on Jan. 6, 2021, breaches the amendment, which bars people who join an “insurrection”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Watermelon Cracks Are NOT Caused By Plant Growth Regulator And Do NOT Cause Cancer, Other Health Issues
Should cracked watermelon not be eaten because the cracks may be from the plant growth regulator forchlorfenuron, which causes cancer and neurological complications? No, that's not true: The cracks in the flesh of watermelon are caused by
PolitiFact→ What is Ken Paxton accused of that is leading to his impeachment trial in Texas?
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the first statewide elected official impeached in more than 100 years. What does he stand accused of?
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, a meat allergy caused by ticks is not tied to a Gates Foundation-funded program. Here’s why
CLAIM: Increased incidence of a meat allergy linked to tick spit in the U.S. is connected to a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that involves genetically modifying cattle ticks.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Your Policies Caused This’: DeSantis Heckled Trying to Appeal to Black Floridians
The initial attempt by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to reach out to Black residents in the wake of a racist shooting attack was met with derision and criticism for the contrast to his administration’s prior policies regarding Black history. R
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Jason Aldean Refused $1M To Sing National Anthem At Super Bowl — Claim Comes From A Satirical Website
Did country singer Jason Aldean refuse a $1 million paycheck to sing the national anthem at the 2024 Super Bowl, saying, "I'll do it for free"? No, that's not true: This claim came from a satirical website. Google News' index of thousands
Full Fact→ Windowless cars in Maui aftermath pictures don’t mean fires were caused by weapon
People online have also claimed the fires weren’t hot enough to melt glass. Some fires are hot enough to do that, but often the glass shatters from heat.
Logically→ No, viral clip does not show a plane crash caused by tropical storm Hilary
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Directed energy weapons weren’t used to start the fires in Hawaii and these photos don’t rebut that
Images of burned cars in Lahaina, Hawaii, are evidence wildfires there were started by directed energy weapons.
Logically→ Video of gas station explosion manipulated to suggest blast caused by advanced weapons
AllSides→ Kamala Harris claims climate change caused deadly Maui wildfires
https://thepostmillennial.com/kamala-harris-claims-climate-change-caused-deadly-maui-wildfires While on
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence direct energy weapons caused Maui wildfires
"Hawaii is being attacked by direct energy weapons."
Logically→ Digitally altered image used to claim laser beam started fires in Hawaii
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Explosion Was NOT Caused By Laser From Sky — A Transformer Blew In Macul, Chile
Does a video show a laser beam from the sky, or a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW), cause an explosion in a city, or spark the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii? No, that's not true: This viral video predates the August 8, 2023, Maui wildfires. It sh
Full Fact→ No evidence directed energy weapons caused fires in Hawaii and California
Baseless claims about deliberately-started fires have been shared widely online.
AllSides→ Fact checking a bizarre claim that government ‘direct energy weapons’ caused the Maui fires
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2023/what-started-maui-hawaii-fires-2023-direct-energy-weapons-conspiracy/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hawaii Wildfires Caused By ‘Direct Energy Weapon Assault’
Was the deadly wildfire that began the evening of August 8, 2023, on the Hawaiian island of Maui caused by a "direct energy weapon assault"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support that assertion. Instead, natural factors, not
Logically→ Video of tires burning in Kuwait used to downplay importance of reducing greenhouse gas use
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.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of a beach party in Kyiv is being used to raise doubt around the war in Ukraine
CLAIM: A video showing a beach club in Kyiv proves the war in Ukraine is “fake.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Logically→ No, activated charcoal cannot be used for treating ‘any poisoning or diarrhea’
Logically→ No, climate change is not caused by an upcoming pole shift
Logically→ A video is being used to falsely claim the French Embassy in Niger has been destroyed
Logically→ Old, unrelated video shared to claim illegal migrants caused Greece wildfires
Health Feedback→ Flawed preprint based on autopsies inadequate to demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccines caused 74% of those deaths
REVIEW On 5 July 2023, a manuscript titled “A systematic review of autopsy findings in deaths after COVID-19 vaccination” was uploaded to the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), a preprint server associated with The Lancet. The review analyz
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Donald Trump was accused of racism long before his presidency, despite what online posts claim
CLAIM: Donald Trump was never called a racist until he ran for president. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The federal government sued Trump for allegedly discriminating against Black apartment seekers in the 1970s.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Beyoncé is not accused of human trafficking; 2020 lawsuit dismissed as ‘frivolous’
Beyoncé “is a defendant in a major human trafficking case.”
Logically→ Photo of BJP leader and son falsely shared as accused in Manipur viral video case
Logically→ Old Bengaluru video used to falsely claim Muslim man ‘mixed urine in popcorn’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT All Autoimmune Diseases Are Caused By Parasites
Does having an autoimmune disease mean a person also has a parasite? No, that's not true: An infectious disease specialist told Lead Stories that "parasitic infections are not causes or triggers of autoimmune disease." While some evidence
Logically→ An old video being used to falsely claim Wagner has announced a return to Ukrainian frontlines
PolitiFact→ A pro-Ron DeSantis ad used AI to create Donald Trump’s voice. It won’t be the last, experts say
A recent ad backing Gov. Ron DeSantis in Iowa used AI to create the voice of his presidential rival, Donald Trump. The words “spoken” by Trump were his own from a Truth Social post, but the use of AI in campaign ads could raise ethical questions, e