Did California approve a Senate bill "this week" in December 2022 that "legalizes pedophilia"? No, that's not true: Senate Bill 145 passed in California in 2020, not 2022, and it's intended to protect LGBTQ minors from discriminatory laws
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Tweet About ‘Elon Musk’s Suicide’ On December 2, 2022
Did Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, tweet about "Elon Musk's suicide" in response to the Twitter CEO releasing corporate discussions, now known as "The Twitter Files," about Tw
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Response Coordinator Was NOT Arrested By Military On December 12, 2022
Was Jeff Zients, a former White House coordinator for COVID-19 response under President Joe Biden, arrested by the military on December 12, 2022? No, that's not true: The Department of Defense told Lead Stories that the claim, which was p
The Dispatch→ The GOP’s Hope for a Flipped Senate Script
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media Wednesday inside the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)As Senate Democrats face a tough map in 2024, Republicans recalibrate their strategy. The post The GOP’s Hope for a Fli
The Dispatch→ Living Under ‘Marshall Law’
Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene. (Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty Images)We’ve been sentenced to government by illiterates.The post Living Under ‘Marshall Law’ appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Voter Fraud When Herschel Walker’s Numbers Go Down On Fox News
Does a sudden decrease in the displayed vote tally for U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker during Fox News coverage of Georgia's December 6, 2022, runoff election prove that voter fraud occurred? No, that's not true: Human error by the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Ex-Twitter CEO Took Millions In Censorship Kickbacks From Democrats
Did Elon Musk tweet that Democrats paid former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey millions of dollars to block or delete the pages of people who posted about Hunter Biden's laptop during the 2020 election? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could fin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Murdered US Senate Aide Harold Rosenthal Did NOT Expose Jewish Plot For World Domination Before His Death
Did Harold Rosenthal, a U.S. Senate aide killed in a 1976 terrorist attack, expose before he died a clandestine Jewish plot to become global "task masters"? No, that's not true: The claim is part of an antisemitic hoax that white supremac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Is NOT Calling For Slaughter Of Millions Of Pet Cats, Dogs To Fight Climate Change
Is the World Economic Forum (WEF) calling for a new initiative to "slaughter" millions of cats and dogs in order to decrease the effects of climate change? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this is a real WEF initiative. News
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jen Psaki Did NOT Announce ‘Inflation Relief’ In December 2022 For Americans Making Less Than $50,000
Did Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary for President Joe Biden, announce in December 2022 that the U.S. Senate has approved "Monthly Health Credits" or "Inflation Relief For Americans Making Less Than $50 000/year"? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ZIP Codes For 31,000 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Changed In Arizona
Were ZIP codes for 31,000 mail-in ballots changed before they were sent out, quietly changed back when they were returned as undeliverable and then fraudulently used to vote in Arizona? No, that's not true: The secretary of state's office
Truth or Fiction?→ Conspiracy-Slinging Republican Claims ‘Sarcasm’ After January 6 Remarks Were Caught on Video
Right-wing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) claimed that she was being “sarcastic” when she told a GOP group that they “would have won” if she had organized the January 6 2021 coup attempt against the United States govern
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live for December 13
Join our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Dispatch Live for December 13 appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pharmacists, Doctors Do NOT Rely Solely On Blank Page In COVID-19 Vaccine Package In Deciding Whether To Inoculate
Is a blank-page insert in some mRNA COVID-19 vaccine packaging the only resource for providing doctors and pharmacists with the vaccine information they need to ensure a patient's informed consent to vaccination? No, that's not true: COVI
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Evacuation Of 800K From Crimea
Does a video show the Russian government evacuating 800,000 people from the "island" of Crimea? No, that's not true: Russian officials said in media reports and on social media sites that no evacuations have occurred in Crimea. Also, Crim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Clips Do NOT Show Yuval Noah Harari Celebrating Plans For Dystopian Mass Surveillance
Does this video compilation of Yuval Noah Harari, a best-selling author and a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, show him celebrating plans for dystopian mass surveillance? No, that's not true: Harari often warns that humank
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pictures Do NOT Prove Hitler Was Replaced By CIA Agent — History Tells Different Story
Does a portrait of a familiar-looking historical figure actually show a CIA agent instead of German dictator Adolf Hitler? No, that's not true: The picture can be found in the National Archives Catalog and is described as a "Portrait of A
Logically→ The U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps charged Nancy Pelosi with treason and seditious conspiracy.
Nancy Pelosi was not arrested, and no such charges were filed against her. Real Raw News, known for spreading misinformation, made up this story.
The Dispatch→ Democrats’ Empire State Split
New York’s progressives launch a salvo against centrists over the future of the state party.The post Democrats’ Empire State Split appeared first on The Dispatch.
Truth or Fiction?→ Michigan Republican Leaves State Senate Regurgitating ‘Great Replacement’ Smears
A normally sedate occasion gave outgoing Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey the opportunity to instead peddle highly weaponized conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns. “I can see things that are about to happen or are going to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Did NOT Vote All Red Except For The Governor
Did Arizona drag out midterm election ballot-counting for a week so that the tally would award the governor's race to Katie Hobbs -- the Democrat in charge of all state elections -- despite voters going "red in every other category"? No,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Katie Hobbs Did NOT Contact Twitter To Have Posts Removed To Censor Political Opponents
Did Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs' office contact Twitter to have posts removed to censor political opponents? No, that's not true: Hobbs' office asked the Center for Internet Security in 2021 to alert Twitter about an account th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Switzerland Did NOT Ban ‘Electric Cars Due To Their Excessive Energy Use’ On December 7, 2022
Did Switzerland ban electric vehicles "due to their excessive energy use" on December 7, 2022? No, that's not true: The country only discussed a draft of legislation that suggested that electric car use might be limited to essential activ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian Man Was Sentenced For Treason, Kidnapping, NOT For Hanging Russian Flag In Odesa
Was a man from the Ukrainian city of Odesa sent to prison for 15 years for hanging up the Russian flag? No, that's not true: The unnamed person in question was found guilty of treason, collaboration with Russian forces and kidnapping. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Graffiti Showing Zelenskyy Eating Money Ever Appeared In Paris
Did graffiti showing Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy eating money appear in the capital of France during November 2022? No, that's not true: Neither local authorities nor the personnel of a store located near the supposed graffiti
The Dispatch→ Walker Goes Down to Warnock
Why Georgia’s Senate runoff felt like a post-Trump election.The post Walker Goes Down to Warnock appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The GOP’s Primary Weakness
The nominating process has made the party too reliant on Donald Trump, and too cowardly to do anything about it. The post The GOP’s Primary Weakness appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Understanding the ‘Twitter Files’
Do ‘leaked’ internal documents prove Twitter’s left-wing bias? A Dispatch Explainer.The post Understanding the ‘Twitter Files’ appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Video: Georgia Holds Its Senate Runoff Election
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation. The post Video: Georgia Holds Its Senate Runoff Election appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democratic Win in AZ Governor’s Race NOT Sign of ‘Rigged’ Election Despite Republican Wins In Other Race
If Arizonans voted primarily for Republican candidates in the November 8, 2022, election, but a Democrat still won the race for governor, was the election rigged? No, that's not true: Election data from past years show ticket-splitting is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Six Million’ Population Figure In Pre-WWII American News Stories About Jews Does NOT Confirm There Was No Holocaust
Does the repeated use of the figure 6 million in pre-World War II American newspaper reports about the world's Jewish communities prove there was no Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews are estimated to have died? No, that's not true: The r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Military Did NOT Arrest ‘Several Deep Staters’ On December 1, 2022
Did the U.S. military arrest "several Deep Staters" who attended President Joe Biden's state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron on December 1, 2022? No, that's not true: The U.S. military is not allowed to arrest civilians. This
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fact Check: U.S. Special Forces Did NOT Detain Nancy Pelosi On Charges Of Treason, Conspiracy
Did U.S. Special Forces take House Speaker Nancy Pelosi into custody after the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps charged her with "multiple counts of treason and seditious conspiracy"? No, that's not true: A representative of the U
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Lame Duck Edition
Join our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Dispatch Live: Lame Duck Edition appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "Handled" and "Removed" Tweets in "Twitter Files" Were Hunter Biden Nudes Distributed Without Consent in Violation of Twitter Rules
Did the staff of presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee suppress political speech leading up to the 2020 election against then-President Donald Trump when it requested certain tweets be reviewed? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Swastika-Shaped Decoration Is NOT Nazi Symbol On Christmas Tree In Latvia
Is a swastika-shaped decoration on a Christmas tree in Latvia a Nazi symbol? No, that's not true: The symbol has been a part of the history and mythology of Latvia since the third century. A tree in Latvia this year was decorated with the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi, ‘Other Deep Staters’ Were NOT Arrested By US Military At Biden Banquet On December 1, 2022
Were Nancy Pelosi and "other Deep Staters" arrested at a President Joe Biden banquet in a faux White House owned by filmmaker Tyler Perry? No, that's not true: No branch of the U.S. military is allowed to arrest civilians, per the Posse C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Low Serial Number ‘Holocaust Tatt(…)’ Does NOT Prove There Were Fewer Victims
Does a low serial number of the Nazi concentration camp tattoo disprove the scale of the Holocaust? No, that's not true: Those serial numbers are irrelevant to estimating the death toll among the Jewish population because most of the vict
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Chief Klaus Schwab Did NOT Suffer ‘Second’ Heart Attack
Did World Economic Forum (WEF) Chairman Klaus Schwab suffer a second heart attack? No, that's not true: A WEF press spokesman said Schwab has never experienced a heart attack and confirmed that he is in "good health." The claim appeared i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ronald Reagan Is NOT Denying Holocaust In This Clip
Did former President Ronald Reagan deny that 6 million Jewish people were killed in concentration camps during World War II? No, that's not true: There is missing context to this video. A transcript of this event shows that Reagan is answ