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The Dispatch→ House Republicans Begin to Pick Up the Pieces
GOP leaders find themselves with a slim majority—and questions about how to avoid disappointment again. The post House Republicans Begin to Pick Up the Pieces appeared first on The Dispatch.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘I Hope They Are Better Prepared’: Experts Raise Alarm on Trump-Fuentes-Ye Meeting Coverage
The multimedia spectacle touched off by the meeting between former United States President Donald Trump and white supremacist Nick Fuente has already stirred concerns around how larger media outlets will handle the further incursion of extreme right-wi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Americans Can Legally Avoid Income Tax Payment
Is there no law requiring American citizens to file an annual 1040 income tax return or to pay income tax on their labor? No, that's not true: The U.S. Constitution's 16th Amendment, ratified in 1913, authorizes Congress to collect income
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Media NOT ‘Put To Death For Lying’ At Nuremberg Trials — Those Executed Were Convicted Of War Crimes Against Humanity
Was "even the media" prosecuted during the 1945-46 Nuremberg trials of Nazi Germany's leadership and "put to death for lying to the public"? No, that's not true: This claim misrepresents the purpose of these historical legal proceedings,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hitler Did NOT Invent Highways And Microphones As Ye (Formerly Kanye West) Said
Did Hitler invent highways and microphones, as Ye said in a radio interview? No, that's not true: The Nazis appropriated highway plans and construction already occurring. Several people are credited with inventing the microphone in the la
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Fraud As Wisconsin’s Active Military Votes Tumble From 2020 To 2022
Does a large drop in Wisconsin's active military votes between 2020 and 2022 suggest fraud? No, that's not true: There's no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Turnout can vary greatly from election to el
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Did NOT Pick ‘Satan Worshipper’ to ‘Oversee American Health’
Did President Joe Biden choose a "Satan worshipper" to oversee the health of Americans? No, that's not true: Biden picked Dr. Demetre Daskalakis to serve as the deputy coordinator of a national health response team for a single disease, m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. Warnock Is NOT The Man In The Photo With Women Wearing Penis Pants
Does a photo on social media show Georgia's U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, clad in a jumpsuit, walking in front of a line of women wearing penis pants? No, that's not true: The image is of a Nigerian celebrity attending a funeral in Nigeria f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maricopa County Did NOT Lose Hundreds Of Thousands Of Voters Or Ballots On Election Day
Did Maricopa County, Arizona, lose some 292,000 votes in its final vote tally for the November 8, 2022, elections? No, that's not true: The tweet making that claim left out voters who returned their mail-in ballots in person and people wh
The Dispatch→ Can McCarthy Control the Clown Caucus?
It’s just one of the challenges he’ll face if he becomes House speaker.The post Can McCarthy Control the Clown Caucus? appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The County Where ‘Stop the Steal’ Won’t End
A video explainer from the Dispatch. The post The County Where ‘Stop the Steal’ Won’t End appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Inactive Voter Numbers Increase Does NOT Show Evidence Of Criminal Intent In Arizona 2022 Election
Does an increase in inactive voters show evidence of criminal intent in Arizona for the 2022 election? No, that's not true: The numbers in Maricopa County, Arizona, shown in the claim are accurate, representing tallies after several maili
The Dispatch→ Dobbs Worked, Dobbs Is Working
Taking a long view of how the decision affected, and is affecting, American politics. The post Dobbs Worked, Dobbs Is Working appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ರಾಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ “ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ್ ಜಿಂದಾಬಾದ್” ಎಂದು ಘೋಷಿಸಿದ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತೆಯೊಬ್ಬರನ್ನು ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿಯವರು ಭೇಟಿಯಾದರು.
ಮೀವಾ ಜಾಲಿ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಓರ್ವ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಯನ್ನು ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿಯವರು ಭೇಟಿಯಾದ ಸಂದರ್ಭವು ವೈರಲ್ ಚಿತ್ರದ
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live for November 29
Join our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Dispatch Live for November 29 appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ ಮಹಾತ್ಮಾ ಗಾಂಧಿಯವರ ಜೊತೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ್ದೆ ಎಂದು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷಣವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಂಡರು.
ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿಯವರ ವಿಸ್ತಾರವಾದ ಭಾಷಣವೊಂದರ ಸಣ್ಣ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಭಾಗವನ್ನು ಹಂಚುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಅವರ ಹೇಳಿಕೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Make Boys ‘Think They Should Be GIRLS’ And Do NOT Produce ‘Girls Thinking They Are Boys’
Do vaccines make people identify with a gender other than their gender assigned at birth by changing the composition of that person's DNA? No, that's not true: Vaccines do not change a person's DNA -- they provide immunity against disease
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Arrest US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
Did the U.S. military arrest U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to charge him with "treason and child endangerment"? No, that's not true: The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 states that the U.S. military does not serve any roles in ci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Illegal Immigrants Were Given Citizenship To Vote Democrat
Did the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services give illegal immigrants citizenship in exchange for voting for Democrats for the rest of their lives? No, that's not true: A Homeland Security repre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trident Is NOT A Symbol of Nazism On The Ukrainian Flag
Does a trident superimposed on the gold and blue Ukrainian flag represent membership in, or support for, the Nazi political movement? No, that's not true: The trident is the national symbol of Ukraine that is often added to the country's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 50 Million Doses Of Vaccines Were NOT Recalled, Did NOT Give People AIDS
Were 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines recalled after giving people AIDS? No, that's not true: These vaccines were from a trial in Australia, where a plan to manufacture 50 million doses was suspended in December 2020 after the vaccin
Logically→ Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Zakir Naik at 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
A 2019 image of Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani greeting Naik is falsely claimed to be from the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The Dispatch→ A House Divided
The national vote for the House of Representatives suggests a politics stuck in neutral.The post A House Divided appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Three Dates That Will Shape Politics Through 2024
The Georgia runoff, the debt-ceiling vote, and the fate of Kevin McCarthy. The post Three Dates That Will Shape Politics Through 2024 appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show An Al Jazeera Report About ‘Nazi Ukrainians’ Being ‘Arrested In Qatar’
Does a viral video show Al Jazeera footage of "Nazi Ukrainians" "arrested in Qatar after they drew swastikas on football posters"? No, that's not true: The network denied that it had anything to do with the clip using its logo. More impor
The Dispatch→ Are You Tired of Losing Yet?
A question for the GOP headed into 2024. The post Are You Tired of Losing Yet? appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Russian Ex-President Medvedev Offered To Supply Poland With ‘The Best Air Defence Systems’ In November 2022
Did Russian ex-president and the deputy chair of Russia's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, tweet that Moscow "is ready to supply Poland with the best air defence systems to prevent further aggression from Ukraine"? No, that's not true:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New COVID Death Data Does NOT Prove Vaccines Are ‘Experimental Toxin’ Causing ‘A Majority Of COVID Deaths’
Does a newly released dataset show that COVID-19 is a deadly "experimental toxin"? And does Dr. Anthony Fauci's resignation have anything to do with it? No, neither are true: the claims recycle old falsehoods based on a distortion of publ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Say Using Anything From Nature Is Illegal
Did the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report that "it is illegal to use anything from nature that is not tested for efficacy and safety"? No, that's not true: The FDA regards herbal supplements as foods, not drugs. Therefore, they ar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Government Is NOT Giving Away $1,700 Per Week To Stay Home, Stop Monkeypox Spread
Beginning on November 19, 2022, were all U.S. citizens entitled to $1,700 per week if they mitigated the spread of monkeypox by staying home? No, that's not true: No such compensation program is in place and the claim is a set-up for a jo
The Dispatch→ What Do the Grassroots Do Now?
In Arizona and Georgia, MAGA state parties face reprisals and irrelevance. The post What Do the Grassroots Do Now? appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Republican Officials Are Getting Awfully Quiet About Donald Trump
The same party leaders who condemned the Mar-a-Lago search have had a muted reaction to Merrick Garland’s special counsel announcement.The post Republican Officials Are Getting Awfully Quiet About Donald Trump appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Video: Dispatch Live for November 22
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Video: Dispatch Live for November 22 appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say He Will Go Back On Twitter When Elon Musk Calls Him Daddy
Did former President Donald Trump say in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform, that he will return to Twitter when Elon Musk, the social media platform's new owner and CEO, calls him "daddy"? No, that's not true: Trump has no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Tweet On November 19, 2022
Did former President Donald Trump tweet on November 19, 2022, for the first time since having his Twitter account reinstated? No, that's not true: He has not tweeted since January 8, 2021. The claim appeared in an Instagram post on Novemb
The Dispatch→ The Pennsylvania GOP’s Pushover Primary
Some Republicans in the Keystone State say this year’s election results show ‘how weak’ their party is.The post The Pennsylvania GOP’s Pushover Primary appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Francis Did NOT Write ‘Rivers Do Not Drink Their Own Water’ Quote
Did Pope Francis write an inspirational quote that begins, "Rivers do not drink their own water"? No, that's not true: A Vatican spokeswoman told Lead Stories the quote was not authentic. The same quote is attributed to other spiritual le
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arizona Ballots Spilling From Trash Cans — Scene Was In Australia Two Months Before US Midterm Elections
Does a video show Arizona ballots falling out of trash can on an escalator, implying possible election fraud? No, that's not true: The footage, taken in Australia, was uploaded two months before the November 2022 Arizona mid-term election
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Election Officials Did NOT Say ‘We Accidentally Mixed Un-Counted Votes With Counted Votes, Maybe 15 To 17 Thousand’
Did Arizona election officials say "we accidentally mixed un-counted votes with counted votes, maybe 15 to 17 thousand"? No, that's not true: The elections department spokesperson told Lead Stories that Maricopa County officials never sai