A long-running junk news site used a legitimate stock photo for another one of its "satirical" stories.
Snopes→ U.S. Army Expelled 500 Immigrant Recruits in 1 Year
Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizenship in exchange for their service.
Snopes→ Does This Video Show the ‘Left-Wing Mob’ Committing Acts of Violence?
A compilation of acts by a violent American "left-wing mob" uses a mixture of genuine, unrelated, and foreign footage.
Snopes→ Is Senator Susan Collins’ Husband a ‘Lobbyist for Russian Interests’?
Conspiracy mongers attempted to draw a line between two unrelated things by linking them to more unrelated things.
Snopes→ Were Gay Concentration Camp Prisoners ‘Put Back in Prison’ After World War II?
An online comedy series highlighted the fact that the end of the war did not mean the end of persecution for many gay German men.
Is Arkansas Law Enforcement Photographing Inmates in ‘Nike’ Gear?
The Union County, Arkansas sheriff’s department has responded to widespread outrage in October 2018 about its policy of photographing inmates in shirts bearing the Nike slogan: The Sheriff in Union County, Arkansas is putting Nike t-shirts on people they arrest and making them wear them during mugshots. Source says it is to mock Nike and […]
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Snopes→ GOP, Home to Trump and Tea Party, Decries Dems’ Mob Rule
President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are forecasting nightmarish Democratic "mob rule" to amp up GOP voters for next month's critical midterm elections.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Democratic Party NOT Selling Official Riot Supplies
Are the Democrats now selling official riot supplies like pitchforks, torches and rocks in their official web store? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Christian-themed satire website. It is not real. The story originated from a
Snopes→ ‘Apocalyptic:’ One Florida Town Demolished by Michael
Rescuers and residents are struggling to get into the ground-zero town to assess the damage and search for the hundreds of people believed to have stayed behind.
Snopes→ Trump Defends Saudi Arms Sales Amid Fury Over Missing Writer
He said withholding sales would hurt the U.S. economy.
Washington Post→ Trump’s $110 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia: still fake
The president says he does not want to harm a $110-billion arms deal over the Khashoggi disappearance but few deals have actually come to fruition
Snopes→ Facebook Says It Purged More Than 800 Spam Accounts, Pages
Facebook says it has purged more than 800 U.S. pages and accounts for spamming users with garbage links and clickbait.
Snopes→ Did a Sheriff’s Dept. Dress Arrestees in Nike Shirts for Their Mugshots?
Was the use of Nike shirts for mugshots a subtle jab at the company's political choices, or a practical use of available material?
PolitiFact→ National Republican Congressional Committee – Washington's Kim Schrier is no Bernie Sanders, nor is her health plan his
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Washington's Kim Schrier is no Bernie Sanders, nor is her health plan his "Medicare for All" is today’s catch phrase for government supported, single-payer health care, and if you’re a fr
Internet Archive→ President Trump Signs Save Our Seas Act : CSPAN : October 11, 2018 2:55pm-3:14pm EDT
President Trump signed the Save Our Seas Act of 2018 in the Oval Office, which he said would expand the cleanup effort of ocean debris and promote international action to reduce marine garbage. Right before he signed the bill, he provided the latest up
Internet Archive→ President Meets with Kanye West : CSPAN : October 11, 2018 2:31pm-2:56pm EDT
President Trump met with Kanye West and Jim Brown, former NFL running back in the Oval Office to discuss criminal justice reform and other policy issues. The trio had lunch afterwards as well to continue the conversation....This item belongs to: movies
Snopes→ Study: DNA Websites Cast Broad Net for Identifying People
With DNA databases "you need just a minute fraction of the population to really identify many more people," said Yaniv Erlich of Columbia University, an author of the study.
Snopes→ Does a Municipal Code Limit Trick-or-Treating to Children 12 and Younger?
A viral image of one municipal ordinance regarding Halloween activities left viewers wondering whether police were going to be hauling off bigger youngsters for trick-or-treating.
Snopes→ No Surprise: Kanye’s Free-Style Riffs Dominate Oval Office
Ahead of a private lunch, President Donald Trump and West spoke with reporters as they sat across from each other at the Resolute desk.
About Those Submerged Planes in Florida…
When Hurricane Michael slammed into Mexico Beach, Florida on October 10th, 2018, the massive storm caused as-yet untold amounts of damage, leveling homes for miles: Amid images of survivors and the aftermath, the usual hurricane hoaxes began to appear, like this one: Caption: “Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport – Panama City Beach, FL”The post was […]
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