Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Kyle Young in U.S. District Court in Washington to the long term, noting he had admitted to helping in the assault of a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
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Snopes→ Hurricane Hunters Fly Through Ian’s Powerful Winds To Get the Forecasts You Rely on – Here’s What Happens When the Plane Plunges into the Eyewall of a Storm
A scientist described these flights as "a rollercoaster ride, only you don’t know exactly when the next up or down is coming."
Washington Post→ Biden’s unwarranted bragging about reducing the budget deficit
The president argues he is not a big spender, pointing to a decline in the budget deficit. But his policies have increased the debt.
Snopes→ San Francisco Police Get Real-Time Access to Private Cameras
Supervisors in San Francisco voted for a trial run allowing police to monitor in real time private surveillance cameras in certain circumstances, despite strong objections from civil liberties groups alarmed by the potential impact to privacy.
Snopes→ When Should You Get the New COVID-19 Booster and the Flu Shot? Now Is the Right Time For Both
When COVID-19 and the flu co-infect, it’s ‘flurona.’ But such cases are rare, and there are effective ways to protect yourself from both viruses.
PolitiFact→ California Together, No On Proposition 1 – Opponents of California’s abortion rights measure mislead on expense to taxpayers
“With Proposition 1, the number of abortion seekers from other states will soar even higher, costing taxpayers millions more.”
Snopes→ US Adults Should Get Routine Anxiety Screening, Panel Says
It’s the first time the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended anxiety screening in primary care for adults without symptoms.
Full Fact→ Asylum seekers do not get £175 per week on a prepaid card
It’s closer to £175 per person per month.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: High School Athlete Did NOT Get COVID-19 Vaccine Before 6-Foot-Long Clot In His Leg
Did Ohio high school football player Kaden Clymer get the COVID-19 vaccine before he was found with a 6-foot-long clot in his leg? No, this claim lacks context. A local TV station covering the story later reported that Clymer had been dia
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Juice Recipe Does NOT ‘Cleanse The Kidneys And Liver’ Or ‘Get Rid of UTIs’
Does this juice recipe "cleanse" a person's kidneys and liver and "get rid of urinary tract infections"? No, that's not true: A dietician and professor both told Lead Stories that the kidney and liver are self-cleaning organs and "once yo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Strawberry Breeze’ Is NOT A Real Drug Targeted At Children
Are drug dealers selling schoolkids a new type of methamphetamine called "Strawberry Breeze," that looks like strawberry-flavored candy? No, that's not true: Warnings about "Strawberry Breeze," "Strawberry Quick" and "Strawberry Quick Met
PolitiFact→ Herschel Walker – What Herschel Walker gets wrong, and right, about federal funding for more trees
Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
Snopes→ Tech Tool Offers Police ‘Mass Surveillance on a Budget’
Police have used “Fog Reveal” to search hundreds of billions of records from 250 million mobile devices.
Snopes→ Long COVID: How Researchers Are Zeroing in on the Self-Targeted Immune Attacks that May Lurk Behind It
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, much attention focused on reports of harmful inflammation.
Full Fact→ Pregnant and breastfeeding women are still advised to get the Covid-19 vaccine
The advice has not been “quietly changed” as some online have claimed.
Snopes→ US Clears Updated COVID Boosters Targeting Newest Variants
The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives.
Snopes→ Rioter Who Encountered Senator Gets over 4 Years in Prison
Joshua Pruitt, 40, was one of the few Capitol rioters to come face-to-face with a member of Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Donald Trump supporters.
PolitiFact→ Deidre DeJear – Differences exist in how to spend it, but state budget surplus has cash
“$1.5 billion of your taxpayer money is sitting in an account” that can be used for other purposes.
Snopes→ Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Get PPP Loan Forgiveness?
Greene and her husband own a construction company.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, your body’s pH levels can’t prevent you from getting cancer
"If your body's pH is alkaline, you cannot get cancer. And if you have cancer, it goes away."
Full Fact→ Energy companies aren’t getting 91p for every £1 they invest in green energy
A post on social media appears to misunderstand a recent change in UK law.
Snopes→ Did Ben Shapiro Get PPP Loan Forgiveness?
Today we found out how many real estate agents in California are named "Ben Shapiro."
Snopes→ Paul Pelosi Gets 5 Days in Jail, 3 Years of Probation in DUI
The husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges related to a May crash in California's wine country.
Snopes→ The Moon Is About to Get Crowded. How Will Humans Manage Its Resources?
Michelle L.D. Hanlon, a professor of air and space law, considers the question.
Snopes→ Defective Sex Toys Get a 2nd Chance — as Fashionable Shoes
Looking a lot like Merrell's popular Hydro Moc or Yeezy's Foam Runners, Plastic Soul is about 15% sex toy.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, older Americans aren’t getting $1,728 more in Social Security
“People born before 1957 are getting $1,728 added to their Social Security checks.”
FactCheck.org→ IRS Will Target ‘High-Income’ Tax Evaders with New Funding, Contrary to Social Media Posts
Quick Take The Inflation Reduction Act includes $79 billion for the IRS. Social media posts misleadingly claim the IRS will now hire “87,000 new agents” to investigate average citizens. But most new hires will provide customer services, and
Snopes→ Scam for Target and Walmart Refrigerators and Ovens Hits Facebook
We strongly recommend sharing this article with any family members or friends who might be susceptible to falling for this potentially dangerous scam.
Snopes→ Giuliani’s Lawyers Told He’s a Target of Ga. Election Probe
Special prosecutor Nathan Wade alerted Giuliani’s local attorney in Atlanta, Bill Thomas.
Snopes→ Getty Museum in LA to Return Illegally Exported Art to Italy
The Getty will return a nearly life-size group of Greek terra-cotta sculptures known as “Orpheus and the Sirens," believed to date from the fourth century B.C.
Snopes→ Cigarette Ads Aggressively Target Kids in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, New Study Finds
The tactics included displaying cigarettes near snacks, sweets, and sugary drinks.
Snopes→ Man Who Shot Ahmaud Arbery Gets Life Sentence for Hate Crime
The white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the 25-year-old Black man in a Georgia neighborhood was sentenced to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.
Logically→ Six doctors died within two weeks in Canada after getting COVID-19 vaccine.
Three doctors suffered from previous illnesses, and the other three died of causes unrelated to COVID-19.
Logically→ Non-vegetarian food is now banned in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The Rashtrapati Bhavan has not made any changes to the food system after President Draupadi Murmu took charge.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, these grocery list staples do not cause young people to get sick
Consuming “rice and beans, milk, cheese, butter and eggs” causes disease by age 30.
PolitiFact→ Three things about the abortion debate that many people get wrong
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal right to abortion, things are more than a litt
Logically→ This video of tractors parked together shows Italian farmers protesting in July 2022.
The video depicts Tractor Beer Fest, held in Villafranca Piemonte on July 23, 2022. This event was unrelated to any farmers' demonstrations.
Poynter→ Factually: In Georgia, fact-checkers have become targets of the ruling party
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. While Georgian democracy has never flourished, fact-checkers in th
AllSides→ Could Genetics Be the Key to Never Getting the Coronavirus?
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/07/why-some-people-never-get-covid/670929/ Last Christm
Truth or Fiction?→ Bank of America ‘We Hope Conditions for American Workers Will Get Worse’ Memo
On July 31 2022, posts to Twitter and Reddit referenced signs about a leaked Bank of America memo and a quote — “we hope conditions for American workers get worse”: Posters Everywhere At Bank Of America #BankOfAmericaScandal #Boycot