Did the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban COVID-19 vaccines in April 2023? No, that's not true: On April 18, 2023, the agency amended its previous emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to remove authorization for monovalent vaccin
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York City Is NOT ‘Trying To Ban Meat’
Is New York City, one of the world's culinary capitals, "trying to ban meat"? No, that's not true: The rumor followed a Mayor's Office announcement about the reduction of food-related carbon emissions, not a complete prohibition of meat.
The Dispatch→ Pro-Life Leaders Are Turning Against Trump
Pro-life demonstrators listen to President Donald Trump at the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2020. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)An irresistible force meets an immovable object.Continue reading Pro-Lif
The Dispatch→ DeSantis Can’t Sell Trump Lite
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives remarks at the Heritage Foundation's 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit on April 21, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Supporters of the former president care less about elec
Logically→ No, Atiq Ahmed’s lawyer Vijay Mishra’s home in Prayagraj was not attacked with a crude bomb
The Dispatch→ Biden’s Pick for Labor Secretary Faces Skeptical Senate
Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during her confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of the Labor Department on April 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla
The Dispatch→ Poll: DeSantis Outperforming Trump in Michigan
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on March 5, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)New GOP research says the Florida governor matches up better against Joe Biden.Continue reading Poll: DeSantis Outperforming Trump in Michigan »
The Dispatch→ Mike Pence Plots His Presidential Bid
Former Vice President Mike Pence at a Heritage Foundation event in October 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)But some question what the former vice president’s electoral path to the White House looks like. Continue reading Mike P
The Dispatch→ It’s Not The Media’s Fault That DeSantis Isn’t Doing Well
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Well, mostly.Continue reading It’s Not The Media’s Fault That DeSantis Isn’t Doing Well »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Map Does NOT Show Where 3-Year-Old Children Can Get ‘Sex Change Surgery’
Does a map circulating on social media prove 3-year-old children can get a gender-affirming surgery in the United States? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such surgeries have ever been performed on patients of this age, and
The Dispatch→ DeSantis Scuffling
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to police officers in the Staten Island borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Plus: The Ukraine war is draining U.S. weapons stockpiles.Continue reading DeSantis Scuffling »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Snub UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak When He Arrived In Belfast On April 11, 2023
Did President Joe Biden "push away" or snub U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak when Biden arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on April 11, 2023? No, that's not true: The video in this post has been digitally edited. It was shortened to see
The Dispatch→ No Regrets
People walk by the News Corporation headquarters in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Would Fox News do anything differently? Continue reading No Regrets »
The Dispatch→ DeSantis, Not Yet Running for President, Courts Republicans in D.C.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference in Lake Buena Vista. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)Plus: Do Republican voters care about the debt ceiling?Continue reading DeSantis, Not Yet Running for President, Courts
Logically→ Edited clip used to falsely claim President Biden did not recognize Rishi Sunak after landing in Belfast
The Dispatch→ Fox News Reaches Eye-Popping Settlement With Dominion Voting Systems
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - APRIL 18: Lawyers representing Dominion Voting Systems talk to reporters outside the Leonard Williams Justice Center following a settlement with FOX News in Delaware Superior Court on April 18, 2023. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Ge
The Dispatch→ Video: Fox Settles With Dominion
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.Continue reading Video: Fox Settles With Dominion »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Washington State Bill Does NOT Allow ‘Government To Take Minor Children Away From Parents If They Refuse To Agree To Gender Transition Surgery’
Does a bill passed by the Washington State Legislature allow the "government to take minor children away" from their parents if "they refuse to agree to gender transition surgery"? No, that's not true: The legislation has no provision for
The Dispatch→ Scenes From the Revolution
(Photograph of Donald Trump by Scott Olson/Getty Images; photograph of Ron DeSantis by Scott Eisen/Getty Images.)A tale of two ads.Continue reading Scenes From the Revolution »
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Angry Mob of Antifa’: Robocall Attacks ‘Tennessee Three’ with Regurgitated Smears
A “robocall” circulating in Tennessee is spreading false accusations about the trio of Democratic state lawmakers dubbed the “Tennessee Three” in the wake of their being targeted by their Republican counterparts for expulsion fr
The Dispatch→ Rise of the Independents
Campaign signs sit in the front yard of a home on November 1, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)But not of third parties.Continue reading Rise of the Independents »
The Dispatch→ The Unbearable Opportunity Cost of Trumpism
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a press conference after the passage of the Lower Energy Costs Act on Thursday March 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Matt McClain/Washington Post/Getty Images)What politicians sacrifice when they leap to defe
Truth or Fiction?→ Proposed Bill Would ‘Fine Texans for Multiple Environmental Complaints’ That Don’t Result in ‘Enforcement’
On April 17 2023, posts about purported proposed environmental legislation in Texas circulated on social media: A bill proposed in TX would allow TCEQ to fine *residents* for complaining too much about facilities that pollute their air/water/land. E
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Claim Biggest Problem During Revolutionary War Was Lack Of Airports — He Was Referencing Trump
Did then-presidential candidate Joe Biden claim that the biggest problem during the Revolutionary War was the fact that they did not have airports? No, that's not true: Biden was referring to something then-President Donald Trump had said
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Address American People In English About Their Democracy — It’s AI
Is there a video clip of Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in English to Americans and saying that they are interfering with their own democracy? No, that's not true: The clip is a "deepfake," a form of artificial intelligence use
Truth or Fiction?→ Clarence Thomas ‘Defunct Real Estate Firm’ Controversy
On April 16 2023, a Twitter screenshot was shared to r/WhitePeopleTwitter, claiming that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas claimed income from “a defunct real estate firm” for almost two decades: Resign! by u/monaleepari
The Dispatch→ Arizona GOP Primary Gets First Major Contender
Mark Lamb speaks in 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Plus: The McCormick/Mastriano cold war in Pennsylvania.Continue reading Arizona GOP Primary Gets First Major Contender »
Logically→ No, the Modi-led government did not first introduce bio-toilet systems in Indian Railways in 2014
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on the Classified Document Scandal, the Turkish Election, and the Whigs
A photo illustration shows the Discord logo reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Photo by Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)A little history with your news and politics roundup. Continue reading Our Best Stuff on the Classified Doc
The Dispatch→ Smears and Myths—The October Surprise Revisited
Ronald Reagan takes the oath of office on January 20. 1981 during inauguration ceremonies in Washington, DC. (Photograph from the Bettman Collection/Getty Images.)The New York Times revives the claim that Reagan won in 1980 by conspiring to prolong th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JFK Jr. Did NOT Write A Letter To Donald Trump After His Death In 1999
Did John F. Kennedy Jr. write a letter to Donald Trump following the 38-year-old magazine publisher's death on July 16, 1999? No, that's not true: former President Trump wrote in his book "The America We Deserve," published in 2000, that
The Dispatch→ Poison Pill
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida’s 15-week abortion ban into law on April 13, 2022. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Will abortion politics swallow the Republican primary? Continue reading Poison Pill »
The Dispatch→ Putin’s Useful Idiots
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on April 4, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)The MAGA crowd is calling fellow Americans enemies while treating our real enemies as misunderstood friends.Continue reading Putin’s Useful Idiots »
The Dispatch→ Democrats Can’t Shake Chicago Blues
Mayor Lori Lightfoot (left) accompanied by Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson (center) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker during an event to announce Chicago as the host city for the 2024 Democratic National Convention on April 12, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Ph
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Of Passport Do NOT Prove President Barack Obama Was Born In Kenya — It was His Father’s Passport
Do photos of British Passport #84764 issued in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 29, 1959 to Mr. Barack Hussein Obama prove that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya and "was thus a FAKE and ILLEGITIMATE President"? No, that's not true: A fath
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Military Enforcement Of No-Fly Zone Over Antarctica
Does this video show the military enforcement of a no-fly zone over Antarctica? No, that's not true: This video shows a demonstration of the U.S. military intervening when a plane violates presidential airspace. Filmed by the "Today" show
The Dispatch→ Trump 2028?
Former President Donald Trump on April 8, 2023. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)It won’t happen. I think.Continue reading Trump 2028? »
Truth or Fiction?→ Missouri State Senator on ’12-Year-Old Marriage’
On April 12 2023, a Reddit user shared a post to r/WhitePeopleTwitter, claiming that Missouri State Sen. Mike Moon (R) argued in favor of child marriage: The party of “FaMilY ValUeS” by u/IReallyDontCare91 in WhitePeopleTwitter
Truth or Fiction?→ Clay Higgins’ ‘Library’ Tweet
On April 13 2023, an Imgur account shared a screenshot of a March 2023 tweet about libraries attributed to Rep. Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana): It was dated March 23 2023, and it pledged to “change the whole public library paradigm”: Over time
The Dispatch→ The Worst Pardon
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images.)A travesty in Texas.Continue reading The Worst Pardon »