Did Kamala Harris threaten to round up Trump supporters and did she hint she would put them in prison camps after President Trump was impeached? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump
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Truth or Fiction?→ Is Donald Trump Deleting Anti-Immigrant Tweets?
As several mass shootings within just days of one another left the United States reeling, the ideologies of the shooters began to come under scrutiny for possible ties to sites that specialize in radicalizing disaffected young men into violent white
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump’s Team Has NOT Appeared To Delete Tweets Where He Used ‘Invaders’ To Describe Immigrants
Did President Trump's team appear to delete tweets where he used "invaders" to describe immigrants in the wake of the El Paso and Dayton attacks? No, that's not true: Tweets using the words "invaders" and "invasion" remained on the president's
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO Paintings or Artworks Worth $10 Million Stolen From House of Elijah Cummings
Were paintings and artworks worth $10 million stolen from the house of Rep. Elijah Cummings? No, that's not true: the story was put out by a parody Twitter account after a real report about a failed burglary at Cummings' house surfaced. The
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Rep. Jim Jordan Did NOT Say ‘Obama And Biden Were Cowering In Fear On Air Force 1’ After 9/11 Attacks
Did Republican Congressman Jim Jordan say that Barack Obama and Joe Biden "were cowering in fear" while Donald Trump was "on the ground with first responders searching for survivors and pulling people to safety" after the September 11, 2001 te
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Photo Does NOT Show Michelle Obama With A Penis
Does a photo of Michelle Obama show a penis bulge under her dress, proving the former first lady is a man? No, that's not true: The image is of Michelle Obama onstage to deliver an addresses at the Democratic National Convention on August 25,
Truth or Fiction?→ Did U.S. President Donald Trump Say ‘What You’re Seeing’ Is ‘Not What’s Happening’?
In July 2019, the Facebook page “Bristol for Europe” shared side-by-side prints that contrasted a purported quote by United States President Donald Trump with one from English author George Orwell: On the left was a quote attributed t
Lead Stories→ Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Tweet ‘Handicapped And Minority Children Are Too Disruptive In The Classroom’
Did President Trump post an insulting tweet about 'handicapped and minority children," saying that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos "is right" and they "are too disruptive in the classroom?" No, that's not true: It is a fabricated tweet that wa
Truth or Fiction?→ Did ICE Detain an American Citizen Despite His Proof of Citizenship?
In July 2019, multiple news organizations reported that American-born teenager Francisco Galicia was apprehended and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the previous month — who then kept him for close to a month: A United States
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ Flight Logs Do NOT List Joe Biden, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Pope Francis And 4 CNN Hosts As Passengers.
Do Jeffrey Epstein's private jet flight logs list Joe Biden, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Pope Francis, four CNN Anchors, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and two dozen other well-known political leaders as passengers on
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nancy Pelosi’s Church Did NOT Ask Her To Leave Until She ‘Finds God and Gets Help’
Did Nancy Pelosi's church ask her to leave until she finds god and gets help? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are cl
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Rashida Tlaib NOT Under Investigation For Election Fraud For Making Sure Her Name Was A Voting Option
Is Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib under investigation for election fraud because she made sure her name would appear as a voting option? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Donald Trump Did NOT Call Republicans ‘Dumbest Group Of Voters’ In 1998
Did Donald Trump say in a 1998 interview that if he ran for president it would be as a Republican because they are the "dumbest group of voters in the country"? No, that's not true: It is a made-up quote that has made the rounds of social medi
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Rep. Ilhan Omar Become a Citizen Before Melania Trump?
On July 16 2019, the Facebook page “Yes She Can” shared a meme with claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar had been an American citizen longer than First Lady Melania Trump (née Knauss): Text posted with the meme went as follows: Isn’t it in
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Student Bernie Sanders NOT Arrested For Throwing Eggs At Black Protesters In 1964
Was the student Bernie Sanders arrested for throwing eggs at black protesters in 1964? No, that's not true: The Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate was arrested in 1963 for taking part in an anti-segregation protest -- in sup
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi Did NOT Stop Bill to Make English the Official Language of the U.S.
Did Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stop House Bill BT1138 to make Engish the official language of the U.S.? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters and Republicans into sh
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Did NOT Say ‘We Pay Soldiers Too Much’
Did AOC say "We pay soldiers way too much" during a Congress session? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly ma
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Did NOT Say ‘We Pay Soldiers Too Much’
Did AOC say "We pay soldiers way too much" during a Congress session? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly ma
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump 2020 Campaign Will NOT Simply Air Unedited Footage Of Democrats Talking
Will the Trump 2020 presidential campaign simply air unedited footage of Democrats talking as a strategy to win votes? No, that's not true: It is a satirical article intended to make a joke of the controversy between progressive Democrats and
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump 2020 Campaign Will NOT Simply Air Unedited Footage Of Democrats Talking
Will the Trump 2020 presidential campaign simply air unedited footage of Democrats talking as a strategy to win votes? No, that's not true: It is a satirical article intended to make a joke of the controversy between progressive Democrats and
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Blackouts In Major Cities Are NOT Likely White Hat EMP Attacks In Wake Of Epstein Arrest
Was the recent power blackout in New York City likely a White Hat EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) attack designed to disable security measures during federal raids on enemy facilities related to the arrest of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstei
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Blackouts In Major Cities Are NOT Likely White Hat EMP Attacks In Wake Of Epstein Arrest
Was the recent power blackout in New York City likely a White Hat EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) attack designed to disable security measures during federal raids on enemy facilities related to the arrest of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstei
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Google Photos Of Jeffrey Epstein And Bill Clinton Have NOT Been Scrubbed And Are NOT Disappearing From The Web
Have Google photos of Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton, previously available on Google Images, been scrubbed and are they disappearing from the web? No, that's not true: The photograph that accompanied this claim shows former President Clinton
Lead Stories→ Fake News: George Washington Quote About Arms and Ammunition Is NOT Real
Did George Washington say: A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined. But they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them. Which would include their own
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Epstein Island Barack Obama Connnection NOT Made
Does a photograph of former President Barack Obama link him to accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's purported "Orgy Island"? No, that's not true: The photo used in social media posts shows Obama on a small boat with billionaire Richard Branson,
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Democrats Did NOT Vote 228-197 In Favor Of Allowing Illegals To Vote
Did Democrats vote 228-197 in favor of allowing illegals to vote? And is that "insanity" because they have been fighting against "foreign involvement in our elections" for two years? No, that's not true: the claim made in a viral internet imag
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Michael Jordan Did NOT Rip Up His Democrat Party Card
Did Michael Jordan rip up his Democrat Party Card, saying 'I Just Can't Do It Anymore'? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that often fools Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories tha
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ross Perot Did NOT Leave $100 Million to the Trump 2020 Campaign
Did Ross Perot leave $100 million to the Trump campaign after he passed away on July 9, 2019? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the ne
Lead Stories→ Fake News: U.S. Women’s Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Does NOT Hold ‘Trump 2020’ Flag In Photo
Is U.S. Women's National Soccer Team co-captain Megan Rapinoe holding a Trump campaign flag in a photo? No, that's not true: It is a digitially-enhanced image of Rapinoe, who President Trump targeted on Twitter after she said she would not vis
Lead Stories→ Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Say "I Will Pay For July 4 Parade Out Of My Own Pocket"
Did President Donald Trump say he will pay for the entire July 4 parade in Washington out of his own pocket? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republica
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Kamala Harris Is An American Black & She Was In 2nd Integrated Class Of Her School
Is Kamala Harris not an American Black considering that her parents are Indian and Jamaican and was she lying when she said she was part of the second class to be integrated at her elementary school? No, neither is true: While racial definitio
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump Did NOT Say John McCain Is Probably In Hell For Refusing To Repeal Obamacare
Did President Trump say John McCain is probably in hell for refusing to repeal Obamacare? No, he did not: President Trump did make a not-so-hidden reference to McCain having gone to "perhaps far less green pastures" in a June 26, 2019 speech t
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump Did NOT Say John McCain Is Probably In Hell For Refusing To Repeal Obamacare
Did President Trump say John McCain is probably in hell for refusing to repeal Obamacare? No, he did not: President Trump did make a not-so-hidden reference to McCain having gone to "perhaps far less green pastures" in a June 26, 2019 speech t
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Photos Of Children On Cement Floor With Aluminium Blankets NOT Taken During Trump Administration
Did two photos tweeted by actress Nancy Lee Grahn show immigrant children sleeping on cement floors covered in aluminium blankets during the Trump administration? No, that's not true: the pictures were taken in 2015 during the Obama administra
Lead Stories→ Fake News: ‘I Will Revoke The U.S. Citizenship Of All Puerto Ricans,’ Donald Trump Did NOT Say
Did Donald Trump, while a presidential candidate, say "I will revoke the U.S. citizenship of all Puerto Ricans"? No, that's not true: A satire website published a humorous article including that quote, but other websites republished the satire
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO Pelosi Letter to Iran: ‘Trump Will Be Out By Next Year’
Did Nany Pelosi send a letter to Iran saying that "Trump will be out by next year"? No, that's not true: The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to actu
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Donald Trump Send Six Tweets Warning President Barack Obama Would Attack Iran as a Diversion?
As tensions between the United States and Iran escalated in June 2019, a number of memes circulated that purportedly depicted tweets sent by Donald Trump between 2011 and 2013 — predicting that former United States President Barack Obama would fabri
Truth or Fiction?→ Have Arrest Warrants Been Issued for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama?
Despite fears of “deepfake” videos and other high-tech ways disinformation could potentially proliferate in the very near future, the stories that still get the most traction are often decidedly low effort. Take, for example, the case of a
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Malia Obama Cash a $1.2 Million Check?
A headline about former First Daughter Malia Obama (archived here) depositing a suspiciously large check got a lot of traction on social media in June 2019: However, this story is suspect for two reasons. First, it contains little beyond a provocati
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Malia Obama Did NOT Cash $1.2 million ‘Tax Refund’ Check
Did Malia Obama cash a $1.2 million tax refund check? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to actually click and read links befo