Q: Was Clare Bronfman an aide to Hillary Clinton — and was she indicted for child sex trafficking? A: No. A false story is based on speculation that Bronfman could be indicted in relation to an alleged sex cult. But she never worked for Clinton. F
Snopes→ Potentially Fentanyl-Tainted Flyers Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Found on Texas Police Cars
One officer reportedly became ill after coming into contact with a paper printed with information from a group alleging covert government mind-control operations.
FactCheck.org→ Fake Sandra Bullock Quote About Trump
Q: Did Sandra Bullock say, “Donald Trump is doing everything to improve our nation”? A: No. There is no record of the actress ever making that comment. FULL ANSWER The viral story that attributes that fake quote to Sandra Bullock surfaced
Snopes→ Did Barack Obama Oversee the Separation of 89,000 Children From Their Parents?
A right-wing Facebook page publishes a grossly misleading meme that compares the immigration policies of the 44th and 45th presidents.
FactCheck.org→ Sanders Didn’t Call Christianity Insulting
Q: Did Sen. Bernie Sanders say that Christianity is an insult to Muslims? A: He didn’t say that. He criticized a statement made by a presidential nominee as Islamophobic. FULL ANSWER In June 2017, Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized a presidentia
Snopes→ Are Tennis Balls Toxic to Dogs?
Medical experts said that they had never heard of dogs suffering "chemical burns" from chewing on tennis balls.
Snopes→ Is This a Photograph of Women ‘Screaming Through Their Vaginas’ to Protest the President?
A long-circulating image from an art project became attached to an unrelated backstory about purportedly disgruntled anti-Trump protesters in June 2018.
PolitiFact→ Does America face a refugee or an immigration problem?
Separating children from their parents at the southwest border ignited a broad emotional outcry not often seen in the country’s long-running immigration debate. After weeks of defending the policy both as a deterrent and necessary to make t
Snopes→ Harlan Ellison, Science Fiction Master, Dies at Age 84
Harlan Ellison, the prolific, pugnacious author of "A Boy and His Dog," and countless other stories that blasted society with their nightmarish, sometimes darkly humorous scenarios, has died.
Washington Post→ Elizabeth Warren’s faulty claim about marijuana convictions
The senator said more people are in prison for marijuana possession than for all violent crimes. But that's not the case.
Washington Post→ Elizabeth Warren’s faulty claim about marijuana convictions
“We need criminal justice reform in this country, but we need to understand it’s not a little slice. We need reform of the whole system. And it starts on the front end with the activities we criminalize, for example, low-level drug offenses — mor
Snopes→ Newspaper Shooting Suspect Had History of Harassment
Comments made by a conspiracy blogger about vigilantes killing journalists also received scrutiny in the aftermath of the mass shooting.
Hoax-Slayer→ Bogus ‘View in OneDrive’ Emails Link to Phishing Website
Inboxes are currently being hit by emails that urge you to click to view documents on Microsoft's file hosting service OneDrive. The post Bogus ‘View in OneDrive’ Emails Link to Phishing Website appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s ‘Travel Ban’ Doesn’t Affect All Muslims
Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison tweeted that the Supreme Court “ratified Donald Trump’s ‘total and complete shutdown’ of Muslims entry into the United States.” That is a Trump quote from the presidential campaign. But his actual executive actio
Snopes→ Shooting Attack at Maryland Newspaper Leaves Multiple Dead, Injured
A Capital Gazette reporter said that the shooter opened fire on multiple employees.
PolitiFact→ The facts behind a Texas Democrat's viral campaign ad
Mary Jennings Hegar, a veteran, mom and Democratic candidate for the Congress in a deep red Texas district, made a splash when her campaign ad went viral. Hegar is challenging 15-year Republican incumbent John Carter. Hegar’s video racked up 4.7
Snopes→ Was The Golden State Fence Company Fined $5 Million For Hiring Undocumented Workers to Build a Border Wall?
A years-old story about a construction company was incorrectly presented as if the company was building a border wall pushed by United States President Donald Trump.
FactCheck.org→ Illegal Immigration Statistics
With the controversy over family separations, much of the political rhetoric in recent weeks has focused on illegal immigration. We thought it would be helpful to take a step back and look at some measures of illegal immigration in a larger context.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in North Dakota
President Donald Trump headed back to the campaign trail to promote the candidacy of Rep. Kevin Cramer, the Republican challenger to North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. In his rally on June 27 in Fargo, N.D., Trump made a number of
Snopes→ Did a Business Owner Picket Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Family After They Left Her Restaurant?
Mike Huckabee claimed in interviews that the owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, organized an impromptu protest against his daughter's family.
Snopes→ Was ‘The Electric Slide’ Written About Vibrators?
Rumors that the pop song is about vibrators are based solely on one interpretation of the song's lyrics, which have not been confirmed by Bunny Wailer.
Snopes→ House Arrest? Home Abandoned on Delaware Road Puzzles Police
Police in Delaware's capital city would like to know who dropped a house onto a two-lane road.
Snopes→ Barbed Senate Words Over Timing of Court Confirmation
The Senate battle over Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee is off to a fiery start — even before the president makes his choice.
PolitiFact→ As Donald Trump seeks changes to immigration courts, what rights do immigrants here illegally have?
President Donald Trump has denounced the immigration court system and said immigrants arriving illegally should be deported without a court’s review. "We have the worst immigration laws in the history of the world, OK? It's a joke. &hell
Washington Post→ President Trump announces a major U.S. Steel expansion — that isn’t happening
U.S. Steel ducks questions about whether an alleged phone conversation ever took place.
Washington Post→ President Trump announces a major U.S. Steel expansion — that isn’t happening
“The head of U.S. Steel called me the other day, and he said, ‘We’re opening up six major facilities and expanding facilities that have never been expanded.’ They haven’t been opened in many, many years.” — President T
Internet Archive→ President Campaigns in Fargo, ND : CSPAN3 : June 28, 2018 1:49am-3:11am EDT
President Trump traveled to Fargo, North Dakota to campaign for Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer, who is running for the U.S. Senate against Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. Sponsor: White House Travel | Domestic Trip.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN3.
Hoax-Slayer→ Absurd Warning – ‘LOL’ stands for ‘Lucifer Our Lord’
Messages circulating via social media advise users to stop using the abbreviation "LOL" because it stands for "Lucifer Our Lord' and including it in messages is actually endorsing Satan. The post Absurd Warning – ‘LOL’ stands for R
Hoax-Slayer→ TRUE – Water Bottle Car Fire Warning
Message warns that a water bottle left inside a car on a sunny day could ignite the upholstery and start a fire. The post TRUE – Water Bottle Car Fire Warning appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Snopes→ Trump Administration Asks the Pentagon to House Immigrant Families on Military Sites
Meanwhile, the federal government has not answered questions about how it will comply with an injunction ordering authorities to return children taken from their families under "zero tolerance."
Washington Post→ For the record: Supreme Court nominees considered in ‘election years’
Democrats are charging hypocrisy by Republicans on considering nominations in election years. But that's just spin.
Washington Post→ For the record: Supreme Court nominees considered in ‘election years’
There’s nothing like Supreme Court nomination to get the political spin going at full speed. In 2016, The Fact Checker awarded a bushel of flop-flops to lawmakers, Democrat and Republican, who conveniently changed their position
Snopes→ Have Rattlesnakes Been Found Inside Pool Noodles?
In June 2018, an Arizona fire department warned local residents to check their pool noodles for rattlesnakes before using them.
Snopes→ Did 80 Percent of Undocumented Minors Arrive in the United States Without Parents?
Both the White House and Attorney General have used (and misused) a rudimentary and unverifiable statistic in order to downplay their roles in the family separation crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Truth or Fiction?→ Lennie Reisch’s Facebook Post on Immigration, Child Separations-Authorship Confirmed!
Lennie Reisch’s Facebook Post on Immigration, Child Separations-Authorship Confirmed! Summary of eRumor: A Houston woman named Lennie Reisch posted on Facebook about her journey to America as an unaccompanied minor from Cuba amid controversy over
Snopes→ Is the Red Hen Located at 666 E. Washington?
Hacked Google Reviews and manufactured Yelp pages led some to believe that the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia had a "Satanic" address.
Snopes→ Was Joe Biden Refused Service at ‘Crumb and Get It’ in 2012?
A Virginia cookie shop declined to host a media event with the former U.S. vice president during a campaign stop in 2012.
FactCheck.org→ Is Illegal Immigration Linked to More or Less Crime?
President Donald Trump said it’s “not true” that immigrants in the U.S. illegally are “safer than the people that live in the country,” providing several crime statistics he claimed represented the “toll of illegal immigration.” Sen. Ber
Snopes→ Will Canadians’ Cell Phones Now Be Searched at the U.S. Border?
In late June 2018, a web site resurrected months-old news about potential cellphone searches by U.S. border officials.
Snopes→ Are Canadian Citizens Now Subject to a Search of their Phones at the United States Border?
In late June 2018, a web site resurrected half-year-old news about rare, but real, phone searches at the Canadian border.