Rep. George Santos is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, January 12, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images.)It may be up to voters in 2024 to mete out punishment to the New York Republican: A Dispatch Explainer.The post Will George Santos Fa
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The Dispatch→ Accountability and the Air Traffic Control Debacle (That I Experienced Firsthand)
Cancelled flights are seen on the billboard at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington D.C., United States on January 11, 2023. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.)There is an obvious way to implement urgently needed refo
The Dispatch→ The Dog Died
Rep. George Santos (R-NY) leaves the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images.)Curious George and the limits of populist grift.The post The Dog Died appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Is NOT ‘Unelected’ Or ‘In Violation Of The Constitution’ — He Is The US President
Is President Joe Biden actually "unelected" and is his status as president "in violation of the Constitution"? No, that's not true: In accordance with the Constitution, Biden was duly elected as president of the United States. This proces
Truth or Fiction?→ Failed GOP Candidate Embraced Disinformation, Violence in Shooting Plot
The history of the 39-year-old alleged “mastermind” behind a plan to attack multiple Democratic Party officials in New Mexico showed an embrace of both violence and conspiracy theories that have driven right-wing political violence in the U
Truth or Fiction?→ Before Being Elected, George Santos Pushed His Own ‘Stolen Election’ Hoax
Amid continuing criticism and demands — even from local party members — that he leave office, a video circulating online shows right-wing Rep. George Santos (R-New York) appearing at a January 5 2021 rally and falsely claiming that an elect
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Reports Do NOT Show More Than 16,000 People Have Died Because Of COVID Vaccination
Has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded more than 16,000 people who have died within a few days of taking the COVID-19 vaccine where the deaths were proven to have been caused by the vaccine? No, that's not true:
Truth or Fiction?→ GOP Installs Election Denier Atop Homeland Security Committee
Days after finally electing a House Speaker, the incoming right-wing majority in the House of Representatives installed election-denying Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee (R) atop the Homeland Security Committee. Green confirmed his election on Twitter whil
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
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Ever Drop His Support of Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership Bid?
U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) A fabricated image purporting to show a statement from former President Donald Trump began circulating onli
AllSides→ Fact-Checking 4 Claims in Biden’s Jan. 6 Anniversary Speech
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ray Epps didn’t tell Congress he orchestrated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Here’s what he did say
“Ray Epps confessed to Jan. 6 Committee he ‘orchestrated’ attack on Capitol”
Truth or Fiction?→ George Santos Hand Gesture
Amid ongoing and fruitless efforts to elect a U.S. House Speaker on January 5 2023, a photograph of embattled freshman Rep.-elect George Santos (R-New York) using the “OK sign,” a hand gesture appropriated for signaling by white supremacist
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The House Jan. 6 Committee Did NOT Withdraw Trump Subpoena Because ‘They Knew Trump Did Nothing Wrong’
Did the U.S. House of Representatives' committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol withdraw its subpoena of former President Donald Trump because "they knew Trump did nothing wrong"? No, that's not true: The wi
Washington Post→ Jan. 6 committee yet again debunks Trump claim of 10,000 troops
Trump keeps claiming he requested 10,000 troops to protect the Capitol on Jan. 6, but interviews show that's not true.
FactCheck.org→ Our Most Popular Articles in 2022
Before we ring in 2023, we look back at the most popular articles that we posted to our website in 2022. For the third consecutive year, COVID-19 tops our list. Nine of the 10 most popular articles were about the pandemic. And most of those were fa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI File Does NOT Suggest 1994 Threat Letter To Joe Biden Was Written By JFK Jr.
Do records in an FBI file indicate that John F Kennedy Jr. wrote a letter in 1994 to then-Sen. Joe Biden calling him a traitor and also saying, "You must die"? No, that's not true: The FBI did investigate a threat letter sent from Worcest
FactCheck.org→ The Facts Underpinning Jan. 6 Committee Criminal Referrals
After a year and a half and more than 1,000 interviews, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol released a 154-page summary of its final report on Dec. 19 that concludes former President Donald Tru
PolitiFact→ What we know about the Jan. 6 committee's criminal referrals
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol voted to refer criminal charges against former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department. Here's what we know about the committee's referrals and what happens
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘We Took Police At Their Word’: Florida News Outlets Fuel Latest Police ‘Overdose’ Story
A story out of Florida in December 2022 quickly gained traction online and made it to the national spotlight, becoming the latest story to push the claim — contrary to medical expertise — that even brief exposure to fentanyl can induce an o
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
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
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking GOP’s Censorship Claim in Arizona Over Deleted Tweets
Republican officials have called for state and federal investigations of Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs after learning her office on Jan. 7, 2021, asked Twitter to review two tweets about the state’s voter registration database that it d
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Twitter Files’ Round 2: Bari Weiss Edition
Conservative columnist Bari Weiss became the second person to receive “Twitter Files” documents from Twitter’s then-new CEO Elon Musk in December 2022. This generated quite a lot of exceptionally vague controversy, as well as discussi
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Germany Arrests 25 in Coup Plot
On December 7 2022, 25 people in Germany were arrested in early morning raids in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government: Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting to overthrow the government from worldnews In
Truth or Fiction?→ An Arizona County Won’t Certify Election Results After 2022 Midterms
On November 29 2022, an Imgur account shared a text-based image containing the claim that a county in Arizona is refusing to certify the results of the November 2022 midterm election: The text said: A thing is going on in Arizona. A few counties, wher
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
FactCheck.org→ Inaccurate TV Graphic Sparks Erroneous Claims of Election Fraud in Pennsylvania
Quick Take Social media posts falsely suggest there was fraud in the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race, citing a TV graphic that showed Republican State Sen. Doug Mastriano with nearly 500,000 more votes than Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro, but
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the Suspected Colorado Shooter the Grandson of a ‘GOP California State Assemblyman’?
On November 21 2022, in the days following a mass shooting attack at the LGBTQ Club Q in Colorado Springs that left at least five people dead, screenshots circulated on Reddit and Imgur (twice) of a tweet claiming that the suspected shooter was the gr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk NOT Charging Journalists Using ‘They/Them’ Pronouns $16 For Blue Check Verification Of Accounts
Is Twitter owner Elon Musk charging journalists who use the non-gendered pronouns "they/them" $16 per month to secure a blue check verification -- twice the price as other users? No, that's not true: The claim is satire and neither Twitte
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Bizarre Claim of Stopping DeSantis’ 2018 Election ‘From Being Stolen’
Former President Donald Trump claimed he “sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys” to Broward County during the 2018 election to stop “ballot theft” and help Ron DeSantis become Florida’s governor. But a spokesman for the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden’s Presidential Term Did NOT Start Right After 2020 Election Was Called — Results’ Timing Does NOT Influence Term Limits
Did President Joe Biden's term start immediately after the 2020 election was called, thus influencing Donald Trump's decision to announce a second presidential bid for 2024? No, that's not true: Biden was not formally sworn into office un
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Mother & Son Poll Workers Were NOT Fired For ‘Free & Fair Election’ Tweet — It Was Because Of A January 6th Post
Did Fulton County, Georgia, election officials fire a mother and son hired as poll workers because the mom posted a tweet on the morning of the election saying she was "working at the polls to ensure a free and fair election?" No, that's
FactCheck.org→ The 2022 FactCheck Awards
Summary We are very serious fact-checkers, but we also like to have a bit of fun. That’s why every two years, on Election Day, we recognize a few of the many political ads we see during the campaign cycle with some not-to-be-taken-seriously award
Truth or Fiction?→ Here’s Where the Justice Department Will Monitor the Midterm Election Polls
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will monitor polls in Maricopa County, Arizona — which has seen an influx of armed right-wing operatives harassing voters — as well as polls in 63 other locations across the United States in the November 8 20
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GPS Data From Cellphones Does NOT Facilitate Election Fraud
Does GPS data from voters' cellphones help election fraudsters identify those who were registered but did not vote so the fraudsters can cast illegal ballots in the name of those people? Should voters avoid bringing cellphones to polling
FactCheck.org→ What Republican Officials Have Said About the Violent Attack on Paul Pelosi
Many Republicans have condemned or spoken out against the violent assault on Paul Pelosi, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 82-year-old husband, who was knocked unconscious by an intruder at the couple’s San Francisco home the morning of Oct. 2
Truth or Fiction?→ U.S. President Joe Biden’s Speech on Threats to Democracy
On November 2 2022, United States President Joe Biden gave a speech ahead of the November 8 2022 U.S. midterm elections decrying a spike in political violence and urging voters to participate at the polls. Some Twitter users claimed that Biden’s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Paul Pelosi Did NOT Tell 911 Dispatcher David Is A Friend — These Were The Attacker’s Words
Does a publicly available 911 recording feature the voice of Paul Pelosi identifying the man in his house as David and stating that he is a friend? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, the recording of the actual 911 call has not