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Truth or Fiction?→ Donald Trump Holds Rally in Waco, 30 Years After Waco Siege
On March 24 2023, an Imgur account shared a tweet about former United States President Donald Trump staging a rally in Waco, Texas, from his niece Mary Trump: Donald has a rally in Waco this Saturday [March 25 2023]. It’s a ploy to remind his cu
Truth or Fiction?→ Brazil Insurrection Had Familiar Faces, Themes
A January 8 2023 attempted right-wing coup in Brazil’s capital Brasília followed the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (popularly known as “Lula”) over right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the South American nation’s pres
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Fifth January 6 Hearing Shows Scope of Attempts to Undermine Democracy
The fifth hearing by the January 6 2021 committee covered the pressure that Donald Trump exerted on state and federal officials to call the U.S. presidential election in his favor in 2020 so that he could remain in power. The testimonials came on June
Truth or Fiction?→ Third January 6 Hearings Looks at Pressure, Disinformation Campaigns to Overturn Election
The third hearing by the House committee investigating the January 6 2021 insurrection focused on the pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election — and the deeply corrosive weaponized narratives which undergirded the attempt. The
Truth or Fiction?→ Disinformation Takes Center Stage at January 6 Committee Hearings
The role of weaponized disinformation campaigns in the January 2021 attempted coup at the United States Capitol was the main topic at the second January 6 Committee hearing about the events that culminated in a violent insurrection. The House select
Truth or Fiction?→ Los Angeles County Sheriff Announces Plans to ‘Investigate’ Journalist Over Articles
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has announced plans to target a journalist for an “investigation” over her reporting on their treatment of a man in custody. Conspiracy theory-slinging Los Angeles County sheriff Alex Villan
Truth or Fiction?→ Anatomy of an Inauthentically Organized Campaign
In mid-2021, as the Delta variant rapidly spread among unvaccinated populations across the United States and public officials began publicly flirting with the prospect of still more measures to quell the spread of the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemi
Truth or Fiction?→ Foreign Influence Agents Goaded Trump Forums After U.S. Elections, Researchers Say
Foreign agents — particularly those working from or on behalf of Russia — were active on Donald Trump-themed forums in the weeks and months leading up to the January 6 2021 coup attempt at the United States Capitol, a new report says. Accor
Snopes→ Is Trump Planning To Launch His Own Social Media Site?
We've reached out to the former president's media relations team to discuss the claim.
Snopes→ Is Chinese Furniture Maker Selling a Trump Buddha Statue?
The description of the alleged product says, "Make your company great again!"
Snopes→ Was Melania Trump Not Invited to First Lady Summit at Camp David?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Did Trump Launch 2024 Presidential Campaign?
"I may even decide to beat [Democrats] for a third time," the former U.S. president said at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Snopes→ Does Trump Control US Military for 60 Days After Leaving Office?
The claim stemmed from 2019 legislation introduced by a Republican lawmaker.
Truth or Fiction?→ How to Fight Disinformation: Part II — Gaslighting
This is part of an ongoing series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. You can read Part I here. On January 6 2021, a mob of Donald Trump supporters, enraged by corrosive rhetoric and lies fr
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump’s Disinformation Spree After Losing Election Propelled by Social Media
In the days after a resounding popular vote loss to former United States Vice President Joe Biden, sitting president Donald Trump advanced numerous conspiracy theories before beginning to deny the results of the election outright. The first set of con
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump’s Disinformation Spree After Losing Election Propelled by Social Media
In the days after a resounding popular vote loss to former United States Vice President Joe Biden, sitting president Donald Trump advanced numerous conspiracy theories before beginning to deny the results of the election outright. The first set of con
Truth or Fiction?→ As U.S. Election Looms, Agitprop Floods Social Media Platforms
In the days leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the disinformation that has been a hallmark of the Trump campaign, then administration, then campaign again reached new heights with political smears, Soviet-style weaponized conspiracy t
Logically→ Trump: Biden’s party is totally against fracking on federal land.
While Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has flip-flopped on multiple occasions with respect to his stance on fracking, Biden has never pledged an outright ban on fracking. His environmental plan enlists a ban on new fracking permits
Logically→ If we just wore these masks, the president’s own advisers told him we could save a hundred thousand lives.
That estimate was made by the University of Washington and was repeated by Tom Frieden, who led the CDC under President Barack Obama.
Logically→ Biden: “Look at the states having a spike, they are the red states, the states in the Midwest, in the upper Midwest, that is where the spike is occurring significantly.”
An analysis of coronavirus data by the Associated Press in July 2020 shows that in the first phase of the pandemic, Democrat-run states were harder hit by the virus but spread into Republican areas quickly, with their new cases eventually ac
Logically→ Our NATO partners were far behind in their defense payments. But at my strong urging, they agreed to pay $130 billion more a year.
When speaking about NATO partners increasing their defense payments by $130 billion, President Donald Trump is talking about indirect funding, a Washington Post fact check found. Since 2006, every NATO member has had guidelines to spend at l
Logically→ The expectation is we will have another 200,000 Americans dead between now and the end of the year.
In the second debate, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was quoting a study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, which forecast that a fall wave of infections could drive fata
Logically→ But let me just tell you I paid millions and millions of dollars in taxes.
An investigation by NYT revealed that Trump paid $750 in taxes in 2016 and 2017. He has not paid any federal income tax for 11 years in the past 18 years. President Trump has also not paid any federal income tax for 11 years in the past 18 y
Logically→ Frankly, he ran the H1N1, swine flu, and it was a total disaster…700,000 people would be dead right now. But it was a far less lethal disease.
The kind of disaster which U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting is with regards to the Obama administration's handling of H1N1 is not true. The swine flu is estimated to have killed 12,469 in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disea
Logically→ Trump: They went through everything I had, including my tax returns, and they found absolutely no collusion and nothing wrong.
An inquiry led by the former director of the FBI Robert Mueller, focused on alleged collusion between President Trump's 2016 presidential campaign team and Moscow found no evidence of a conspiracy was found, but it did lay out 10 instances w
Logically→ The country is heading into a dangerous new phase more than 40,000 Americans are in the hospital tonight with covid-19.
The New York Times reported on Oct. 23 that more than 40,000 people are currently hospitalized with the coronavirus in the United States. This figure has risen by 40 percent over the last month as new cases have surged. At least 14 states ha
Logically→ We now have the strongest borders we’ve ever had, with over 400 miles of a brand new wall.
Although 360 miles of the border wall has been constructed so far, only a small portion of it is new construction. During the second presidential debate, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that “we have built over 400 miles of the southern
Logically→ Everyone who testified at my impeachment said I did not do anything wrong.
An impeachment was launched against US President Donald Trump after a whistle-blower complaint alleged that Trump had abused his power for political gain by pressuring Ukraine’s president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. Tru
Logically→ Bills Joe Biden supported in the eighties and nineties led to mass incarceration of tens of thousands of young black men who had small amounts of drugs in their possession.
President Donald Trump was referring to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's history of backing "tough on crime" policies. While overseeing the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden over the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
Logically→ That’s why not one single person with private insurance would lose their insurance under my plan, nor did they under Obamacare unless they choose to do something else
Many people lost their insurance when companies sent them notices canceling their insurance because it did not meet the higher standards of the ACA.
Truth or Fiction?→ Threatening Messages Sent to Democratic Party Voters in Battleground States
In a preview of more organized disinformation campaigns to come in the 2020 U.S. elections and subsequent interregnum period, Democratic Party voters in swing states received threatening emails the week of October 19 2020, ordering them to switch thei
Logically→ She’s lied hundreds of times to the people to Congress and to the to the FBI.
President Donald Trump claimed that Hillary Clinton “lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened to her.” He also left the false impression that the FBI deviated from its standard practice by not putting Clinton under oath. FBI polic
Logically→ And so when I think about what we need to do, we have 33 thousand people a year who died from guns.
Black Lives Matter is responsible for a riot at a Los Angeles hospital. Two Sheriff's deputies, a 31-year-old female and a 24-year-old male were shot in a patrol car near the Compton sheriff's station south of downtown Los Angeles on Septemb
Truth or Fiction?→ The Saga of Hunter Biden’s Laptop
On October 14 2020, as increasingly bold or desperate attempts from all corners to sway the November 2020 U.S. elections reached a fever pitch, a story appeared in the New York Post about Hunter Biden, son of Democratic Party presidential candidate Jo
Logically→ Vice President Pence declined to commit to a peaceful transition of power during his debate.
VP Mike Pence completely avoided answering what he would do if President Donald Trump refuses to step down if he loses the election.
Logically→ We’re going through a pandemic that lost 22 million jobs at the height.
More than 22 million Americans filed for unemployment aid in April due to lockdown imposed to curb the spread of Coronavirus pandemic.
Logically→ The president signed the Outdoors Act, the largest investment in our public lands, public parks in a hundred years.
Although the passing of Great American Outdoors Act was celebrated, Trump has a record of proposing slashing conservation funding
Logically→ Biden and Harris want to bury our economy under a Green New Deal.
The Green New Deal is a congressional resolution to combat climate change. It is not yet legislation. There are no official government cost estimates.