The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Montana’s Matt Rosendale supports plans that don’t cover pre-existing conditions A popular feature of Obamacare is its ban on insurance companies denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. With healt
Snopes→ Many of Bomb Suspect’s Conspiracy Theories Tracked Trump’s
Trump is accusing the media of being “the true Enemy of People” in the wake of a mass shooting and a mail bomb plot.
Snopes→ DOJ: Pipe Bomb Suspect Searched Targets, Photos Online
The FBI says Cesar Sayoc ultimately mailed 15 improvised explosive devices to prominent Democrats, Trump critics and media outlets before he was arrested in the van last week.
Snopes→ Electric Chair Builder Worried Tennessee Execution Will Fail
Gov. Bill Haslam said he is confident the execution can be carried out without problems.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Call to ‘Bring Back the Death Penalty’
At a campaign rally hours after the mass murder in Pittsburgh, President Donald Trump told his supporters “we have to bring back the death penalty.” The federal government and 31 states already have the death penalty. But there hasn’t
Snopes→ Online Rants by Would-Be Shooters Create Dilemma for Police
The perpetrators of mass shootings often provide a treasure trove of insight into their violent tendencies, but the information is not always seen by law enforcement until after the violence is carried out.
Snopes→ Pakistan Acquits Christian Woman Facing Death for Blasphemy
The charges against Asia Bibi date back to a hot day in 2009 when she went to get water for her and her fellow farmworkers.
Snopes→ Trump Stokes Pre-Election Fear of Immigrants to Drive Voters
"This has nothing to do with elections," the president insists. But his timing is striking.
Washington Post→ Fact-checking Trump’s macho talk on birthright citizenship, military at the border
With the midterms coming up, the president has been exaggerating what he can do to deter illegal immigration.
Snopes→ Is This a Real Photograph of a Man Holding a ‘Homeless N*****s Go Back to Africa’ Sign?
The photograph is genuine, but the story behind it is significantly more complicated that it may appear at first glance.
Snopes→ Did Pipe-Bombing Suspect Cesar Sayoc Attend Donald Trump Rallies?
Video and photographic evidence establishes beyond doubt that Sayoc attended at least two Trump rallies, both during the 2016 campaign and after the president's inauguration.
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Say Jewish People Were Committing Hate Crimes Against Themselves?
News reports from 2017 quoted the Pennsylvania attorney general recounting a conversation with the president in which Trump suggested bomb threats targeting Jews might not be real.
Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show a Car with a Message Supporting ‘Public Executions’ of Trump Critics?
Photographs of the unidentified vehicle were posted online shortly after a suspect was arrested for allegedly targeting officials with mail bombs.
Snopes→ Can President Trump Use Executive Order to End Birthright Citizenship?
Less than a week from midterm elections, an executive order undermining the 14th Amendment could have consequences at the ballot box.
Snopes→ The Comically Flawed Attempt to Smear Robert Mueller, Explained
A plot to accuse Special Counsel Robert Mueller of sexual assault has fallen apart in a truly remarkable and public fashion.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump Did NOT Strip Citizenship from Children of Immigrants (Yet), Did NOT Disqualify Himself from Presidency
Did Donald Trump legally disqualify himself from being eligible for the office of President of the United States after stripping citizenship from children of immigrants because his own mother was Scottish? No, that's not true: a satirical arti
Snopes→ Was Donald Trump the First President Since 1991 to Speak at the Future Farmers of America Convention?
A meme got the basic facts right about President Trump's visit to Indianapolis in October 2018.
Special Counsel’s Office Asks FBI to Investigate Smear Scheme
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has referred a possible scam to the Federal Bureau of Investigation after a number of reporters were contacted by someone apparently shopping a story about him sexually assaulting unidentified women: 13 days ago I received this tip alleging an attempt to pay off women to make up accusations of sexual misconduct […]
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Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show Children Playing ‘Pin the Molotov Cocktail on a Cop Car?’
Is this picture an example of how "dangerously violent" the left is? The timing and location are key details.
FactCheck.org→ Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship by Executive Order?
Trump has long been a critic of birthright citizenship, and now he says he can and will end it via executive order. But can he? Most constitutional scholars say he can’t. Or if he does, that his order will be overturned by the courts. But there a
PolitiFact→ Can Donald Trump end birthright citizenship with an executive order? Probably not
Just a week before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump said he might eliminate birthright citizenship -- the longstanding policy that virtually anyone born on U.S. soil has citizenship. And he said he could use an executive order to do it. It
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump falsely claims Democrats 'oppose any effort to secure our border'
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump falsely claims Democrats 'oppose any effort to secure our border' As President Donald Trump campaigned in Wisconsin for Republicans seeking election in November, he turned to a repeated line of attack ag
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on Elizabeth Warren’s DNA Test
Two weeks ago, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of a genetic test showing she has a small but detectable amount of Native American DNA. The report concluded there is “strong evidence” she had a Native American ancestor approximately six t
Snopes→ Migrant Caravan Demands Transport as 2nd Group Enters Mexico
"Right now I feel good ... We have barely started, but I think it is going to be very difficult."
Snopes→ Did Patrick Henry Say the Constitution Is ‘for the People to Restrain the Government?’
Despite repeated debunkings, social media users continue to share a quote falsely attributed to one of the founding fathers of the United States.
Snopes→ WWE Sticks with Saudi Arabia Deal Despite Backlash from Fans
WWE is set to hold its Crown Jewel event Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
PolitiFact→ National Republican Congressional Committee – The link between George Soros and Dan Feehan is weak, no matter what the ad says
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | The link between George Soros and Dan Feehan is weak, no matter what the ad says Some people’s names take on special meaning, and when they are mentioned, those in the know nod in recognition. Take George Soros
Climate Feedback→ Sky News Australia airs false climate information in misleading video by Rowan Dean
On Saturday Oct. 27, Sky News Australia aired a video by Rowan Dean, editor of The Spectator magazine, on the topic of astronomy and climate change. Rowan Dean’s claim that the planets in our solar system are actually “chasing the Sun in a spiral
PolitiFact→ John Culberson – Lizzie Fletcher does not want government-funded universal health care as Culberson ad claims
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Lizzie Fletcher does not want government-funded universal health care as Culberson ad claims A new ad from John Culberson, a nine-term Republican congressman from Texas, takes an ad from his opponent Lizzie Pannill F
Snopes→ Whitey Bulger, Boston Gangster, Found Dead in Prison at 89
Officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Bulger died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in a West Virginia prison after being sentenced in 2013 in Boston to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Is the United States the Only Country that Offers Birthright Citizenship?
On October 30th, 2018, three days after a Pennsylvania white supremacist stormed a Pittsburgh synagogue with guns and murdered eleven people during a service and four days after a Florida man was arrested for mailing a series of glass-packed pipe bombs to public figures, United States President Donald Trump spoke out at length not against […]
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