Did former President Obama respond to the Inspector General Watchdog report saying Attorney General William Barr is Trump's lap dog? No, that's not true: the self-proclaimed satirical article says Obama is being investigated, which he is not.
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Lead Stories→ Fake News: Socialist California Does NOT Refuse To Fly US Flag ‘Until Trump Is Gone’
Did California refuse to fly the U.S. flag 'until Trump is gone?' No, that's not true: there is no evidence that Californians won't fly the American flag for the remainder of Trump's presidency, regardless of the outcome of the impeachment pro
Lead Stories→ TheBL Editor Reacts As Facebook Takes Down Foreign ‘Fake People’ Network, Admits ‘We Spent Lots Of Money On Trump’
Just days after Lead Stories revealed hundreds of "fake faces" used to mask a Vietnamese-based network of Facebook profiles and groups promoting political content on American timelines, those "people who do not exist" vanished from the social
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Adam Schiff Did NOT Pay Witnesses Over $40 Million To Testify Against Trump
Did House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff pay witnesses over $40 million to testify against Trump? No, that's not true: the story comes from a satire website, there is no evidence that such a payment took place and the people refer
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Justice Roberts Does NOT Call Impeachment Vote ‘Immoral And Possibly Illegal’
Did Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts call the impeachment of President Trump "immoral and possibly illegal"? No, that's not true: Roberts, who would preside over the impeachment trial of Trump in the Senate, has not talked publicly abo
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Approve $4.8 Million In ‘Impeachment Consulting Fees’ To Clinton Foundation
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi authorize $4.8 million in impeachment-related consulting fees to the Clinton Foundation? No, that's not true: Pelosi never approved such fees to the foundation. The story is a work of fiction and originated on a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: A House Impeachment Can NOT Be Overturned If 80% Of Those Voting For It Are Arrested And Judged By A Military Tribunal
Can a House impeachment of President Trump be overturned if 80% of those voting for it are arrested and judged by a military tribunal? No, that's not true: The U.S. constitution gives the House "sole power" to impeach and the Senate "sole powe
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Do You Know What’s Deplorable? Being Impeached’ Tweet
On December 18 2019, United States President Donald Trump was impeached on two counts by the House of Representatives; that night and the following day, screenshots and quotations of a tweet purportedly from his son Donald Trump Jr. to then-presidenti
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Greta NOT Going on Hunger Strike Until Trump is Removed
Did youth climate activist Greta Thunberg threaten to go on a hunger strike until President Trump is removed? No, that's not true: Greta never made such a claim. The story originated on a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supp
Lead Stories→ Fake News: 4 Democrat Senators Are NOT Turning Republican Because They Oppose Impeachment
Did four Democratic senators turn Republican because they oppose the impeachment hearings against President Trump? No, that's not true: Four Democrats are not switching parties. The claim was first published by a liberal satire website that tr
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi Did NOT Say: ‘If Impeachment Fails, I Will Resign Immediately’
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi say, "If impeachment fails, I will resign immediately"? No, that's not true: Pelosi never made such a statement. The story was originally published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporte
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NAACP Does NOT Officially Endorse Trump For 2020 Election
Did the NAACP officially endorse Donald Trump for the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: The NAACP never issued such a statement. It was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters into sharing ma
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Spend $106K Of Your Money To Get Drunk With Hollywood Elitists
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spend $106,000 of your money to get drunk with Hollywood elitists? No, that's not true: The story making the claim was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters into sharing mad
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Impeachment Begins – Pelosi Did NOT Order President Confined To White House
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi order President Trump to be confined to the White House? No, that's not true: Pelosi never made such a statement, which was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republi
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Rep. Veronica Escobar Did NOT Warn: ‘American Voters Must Not Be Allowed To Vote In Favor Of Donald Trump In The Upcoming Election’
Did U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar warn that American voters must not be allowed to vote for Trump in the 2020 election? No, that's not true: Escobar, a Texas Democrat, never said those words in a CNN interview, as claimed in a story that carried
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Impeachment NOT Backfiring: Second Democrat Did NOT Leave The Party In 24 Hours
Is the defection of a second Democrat from the party evidence that the impeachment of President Trump is backfiring? No, that's not true: Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey did reveal on Saturday, December 14, 2019, that he would leave his party
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Supreme Court Could NOT Overturn ‘Obstruction Of Justice’ Charges Against Trump
Could the U.S. Supreme Court overturn the "obstruction of justice" impeachment resolution against President Trump? No, that's not true: The U.S. constitution specifies that the House of Representatives has "the sole power of impeachment" and t
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Supreme Court Can NOT Extend Trump’s Term By Up To 3 Years If He’s Acquitted In The Senate
Can the U.S. Supreme Court extend President Donald Trump's term by up to three years if he is acquitted by the Senate? No, that's not true: The U.S constitution makes no provisions for a presidential term to be extended by the high court if th
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Attack Of 14-Year-Old White Kid On School Bus Is NOT Part Of An American Civil War
Was a violent attack on a 14-year-old White boy on a school bus triggered by his wearing a MAGA hat and is it part of a civil war in the United States? No, that's not true: Law enforcement and school officials said there is no indcation the fi
Snopes→ Did President Trump Redefine Judaism as a Nationality?
An executive order signed by Trump could have big consequences for institutions of higher learning.
Truth or Fiction?→ Mike Huckabee, Sean Hannity, and ‘Trump 2024’
On December 12 2019, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee tweeted ahead of a purported appearance on Sean Hannity‘s show on Fox News that he planned to go on the air to explain how United States President Donald Trump is “eligible”
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump Rally Crowd Size In Chicago Did NOT Show Dems Are Turning To Trump
Did the Trump rally crowd size in Chicago show Democrats are turning to Trump? No, that's not true: The claim that the crowd size at President Donald Trump's rally in Chicago suggested Dems were leaning toward Trump was satire, published by a
Truth or Fiction?→ President Donald Trump’s 32 Percent Approval Rating per CBS Poll vs. ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’ at 33 Percent per Rotten Tomatoes?
On December 8 2019, the Facebook page “Dadmin” shared a photograph of a woman holding a protest sign, purportedly comparing United States President Donald Trump’s approval rate (32 percent) with that of the film Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Dr. Phil Did NOT Say ‘Women Who Support Trump Are Damaged.’
Did Dr. Phil say on his show that women who support President Trump are damaged? No, that's not true: The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Donald Trump’s Wig NOT Blown Off By Plane Engine Propeller — Hair NOT Sucked By Jet
Was President Trump's wig blown off of his head by the engines of Air Force One? No, that's not true: Video posted on YouTube was taken from a comedy clip created for Jimmy Kimmel's monologue on his November 11, 2019 ABC show. Kimmel's staff d
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Jeffrey Epstein Saga Does NOT Get Fishier And Fishier With Banker’s Hanging Death
Did the Jeffrey Epstein saga get fishier and fishier with the hanging death of a banker? No, that's not true: Thomas Bowers, who worked at two large banks over recent decades, committed suicide by hanging at his Malibu, California, home on Nov
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi Did NOT Demand Doctor Hand Over Trump’s Medical Records
Did Nancy Pelosi demand that a doctor hand over President Trump's medical records? No, that's not true: The claim that House Speaker Pelosi ordered the president's doctor to send the medical file to Congress is a work of satire, published by a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Brian Stelter Did NOT Say Trump Is A Destructive Cult Leader
Did CNN host Brian Stelter say that President Donald Trump is a "destructive cult leader"? No, that's not true: A psychologist who studies cults made the comment while being interviewed by Stelter on CNN's "Reliable Sources" program. Stelter d
Lead Stories→ Fake News: CNN Does Not Break Down And Admit Entire Russian Collusion Theory Was A Hoax
Did CNN break down and finally admit the entire Russian collusion theory was a hoax? No, that's not true: CNN reported that an FBI agent is "under investigation" for altering a document "related to 2016 surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO Ukrainian Indictment Claims $7.4 Billion Obama-Linked Laundering, Does NOT Put Biden Group Take At $16.5 Million
Does a Ukrainian indictment claim there is a $7.4 billion Obama-linked money laundering scheme, and does the indictment put a Biden group's take at $16.5 million? No, that's not true: There was no such indictment as of November 21, 2019. The f
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Approve $1 Million Expense Accounts For Any Rep That Votes For Impeachment
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offer an extra $1 million expense account to any member of congress who votes for the Trump impeachment? No, that's not true: The claim that Speaker Pelosi offered a financial bribe for impeachment support was pu
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi Did NOT Tell Dems ‘Too Dangerous’ To Wait For Election To Decide President
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells Democrats that it is "too dangerous" to wait for an election to decide the presidency? No, that's not true: Pelosi's letter to House Democrats on November 18, 2019, warned that relying on the November 2020
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Star Witness Vindman Does NOT Incriminate Himself As Whistleblower’s Source
Did Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman "incriminate" himself by admitting that he was the source for the intelligence official whose whistleblower report led to the house impeachment hearings against President Trump? No, that's not true: Lt. Col. Vind
Lead Stories→ Fake News: No Evidence Hillary Clinton Killed Jeffrey Epstein And She Did Not Admit It
Is there any evidence that Hillary Clinton killed Jeffrey Epstein and did the former secretary of state declare that she did it? No, that's not true: Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on August 10, 2019 in a federal prison cell in New York, where
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Robert Mueller Did NOT Tweet Back At Donald Trump Over ‘Witch Hunt’ Post
Did Robert Mueller tweet a reply to President Donald Trump's tweet that "not a single American citizen has been charged with anything related to Russian collusion"? No, that's not true: The former special counsel who investigated Trump's campa
Truth or Fiction?→ Conspiracy Theorist Roger Stone Is Latest Trump Associate to be Convicted
Roger Stone — a longtime ally to both President Donald Trump and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — was convicted on November 15, 2019 on seven counts of obstruction, witness tampering, and lying to Congress. The 67-year-old self-proclaimed “d
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Donald Trump Fined $2 Million for Misappropriating Funds Donated for Veterans but Used for His Campaign?
In November 2019, a constellation of Facebook posts appeared, collectively making one claim: that United States President Donald Trump was fined $2 million after a judge ruled that funds he had raised were improperly diverted to finance his campaign.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Reveal He Is In Fact Q
Did President Trump reveal that he is Q, the anonymous leaker of purported "deep state" secrets to followers? No, that's not true: The claim is based on a video clip of a Trump rally in Kentucky on November 4, 2019 in which the president says
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Ivanka Trump Quote Thomas Jefferson’s Denial of ‘Something He Did, in Fact, Do’?
In early November 2019, a tweet by Ivanka Trump quoting Thomas Jefferson in defense of her father, United States President Donald Trump alongside a response in screenshot form on Facebook: On October 31 2019, Ivanka Trump tweeted a partial quote:
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Former Speaker Paul Ryan Is NOT Photographed With ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi
Was former House Speaker Paul Ryan photographed with ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? No, that's not true: A photo purportedly of the former Republican house leader with the now-dead ISIS leader is actually a photo of Ryan with Syrian activis