The Dispatch→ Bonus: Steve’s Extra Questions for McKay Coppins
Some politics.
Full Fact→ Clip claiming to show new ‘iron beam’ system in Israel is taken from a video game
Footage from the video game has spread on Facebook, with claims it shows a new air defence system in operation in Israel.
Logically→ Old video of Pakistani lawmaker calling for nuclear attack on Israel linked to Israel-Hamas war
The Dispatch→ Poles at the Polls
Plus: McKay Coppins previews his upcoming book, Romney: A Reckoning.
Logically→ বেইৰুট বন্দৰ বিস্ফোৰণৰ পুৰণি ভিডিঅ’ ইজৰাইল-হামাছৰ যুদ্ধৰ বুলি মিছাকৈ দাবী কৰা হৈছে
The Dispatch→ McKay Coppins on Mitt Romney
Running toward crises
The Dispatch→ Biden’s Iran Policy Is About to Change—One Way or the Other
The administration could shift from appeasement to nuclear acceptance quietly, or it could try to build a bolder, bipartisan consensus.
The Dispatch→ Chaos in Congress and Around the World
Another week of dysfunction at home and war abroad.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A video from 2012 is being misrepresented as an attack on the Israel Embassy in Bahrain
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The video was filmed in 2012.
The Dispatch→ Politics Without Consequences
While Joe Biden is gaining momentum, House Republicans can’t even agree to the rules of their own game.
The Dispatch→ The Italian Job
A religion of empire.
The Dispatch→ What Explains America’s Marriage Downturn?
Cultural, legal, and economic changes have made it less central to daily life—and that’s a problem.
The Dispatch→ The Mirage of Middle East Peace
Robert Kaplan’s new book explores how the region has historically wobbled between order and anarchy.
The Dispatch→ High Steaks #8: Live from DC
Live in DC.
The Dispatch→ Down Goes Jordan
The speakership race enters its ‘Mad Max’ era.
The Dispatch→ Explaining the Allegations That Jim Jordan Covered Up Sexual Abuse at Ohio State
The scandal emerged in 2018, but there is no solid evidence to either support or refute the claim.
The Dispatch→ The Normalcy Candidate
The political peril of linking Ukraine and Israel.
PolitiFact→ Vivek Ramaswamy – Vivek Ramaswamy claims Russia leads the US in hypersonic missiles. That's Half True
"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
PolitiFact→ Israel-Hamas war: How politicians, media outlets amplified uncorroborated report of beheaded babies
The claim that Hamas beheaded 40 babies during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel was amplified by U.S. and Israeli leaders, media and celebrities. But the report has not been corroborated. Here’s what we know.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video no muestra disturbios en una manifestación propalestina en Barcelona, es de 2020
"AHORA: Manifestantes pro palestinos y policías se enfrentaron en las calles de Barcelona, España. Las protestas son parte de represalias después del bombardeo de un hospital en Gaza".
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: London Mayor Did NOT ‘Sign Up All Nine Million Londoners For The Planetary Health Diet’ And ‘Vegetarian Plan’ In October 2023 — Claim Distorts His Statements
Did London Mayor Sadiq Khan impose restrictions on meat consumption on all city residents as of October 20, 2023? No, that's not true: While the mayor publicly promotes increased vegetable consumption, he neither introduced rationing of m
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – North Korea’s Kim Jong Un delivered this speech in October 2020. He didn’t name Trump, Biden
Video shows North Korean President Kim Jong Un blaming President Joe Biden for the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and saying, “I support Donald Trump for President in 2024.”
The Dispatch→ Tolerating the Radically Intolerant
Hamas’ attack on Israel shined a light on the left’s war on liberalism.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Turkey’s president hasn’t threatened to intervene in the Israel-Hamas war. He is being misquoted
CLAIM: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to intervene in the Israel-Hamas war. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Chris Christie – Chris Christie’s math on apprehensions and detention space is mostly right, but omits context
“In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? 38,000."
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Car that disrupted traffic in New York waved Puerto Rican flag, not Palestinian flag
A video shows “a car carrying men waving the Palestinian flag abruptly and dangerously stopping traffic to run ‘donuts.’”
PolitiFact→ Never Back Down PAC – No, Nikki Haley didn't say she wants the U.S. to take in Gaza refugees, as DeSantis PAC claims
“Nikki Haley argues in support of bringing Gaza refugees to America.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Joe Biden no advirtió en octubre de 2023 de un ataque de Corea del Norte contra EE. UU.
Joe Biden advirtió el 15 de octubre de 2023 “que Corea del Norte podría estar preparando un ataque parecido al Hamas en Israel pero este sería en suelo americano”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mass Vaccinations Did NOT Cause Spanish Flu
Did mass vaccinations cause the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918? No, that's not true: According to medical research and medical experts, the pandemic, which killed at least 50 million people worldwide, was caused by an influenza A (H1N1) vir
PolitiFact→ Jim Justice – Is Gov. Jim Justice right that West Virginia had its biggest tourism year in 2022?
“2022 was the biggest tourism year ever in West Virginia”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Gates Foundation ‘Insider’ Admits Depopulation Drugs Are Pumped Into Fast Food Meals
Did a Gates Foundation "insider" say that depopulation drugs had been injected into U.S. fast food to sterilize most of the world? No, that's not true: The People's Voice, the website that made this claim, provided no proof that someone a
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video on 'American Debt Relief' program misleads
Video shows a family learning their debt was resolved by the “American Debt Relief program” for American citizens and legal residents who “have over $20,000” in credit card debt.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ An old and unrelated video from Spain is being misrepresented as a pro-Palestinian protest
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Embassy In Bahrain On Fire — It’s A 2012 Attack On A Sitra Police Station
Does a video show individuals setting the Israeli embassy in Bahrain on fire on October 19, 2023? No, that's not true: This video was filmed in 2012. It shows protesters throwing Molotov cocktails at a police station on the Bahraini islan
Full Fact→ HMA label on Asda beef does not mean it’s halal
The claim has been circulating online for at least eight years.
Full Fact→ Fake audio falsely suggests CNN staged Israel-Gaza border footage
The video shows a CNN correspondent and her team scramble for cover.
Full Fact→ Around a quarter of 10- to 11-year-olds are obese
Suzanne Webb MP claimed in Parliament that 40% of those in this age group are obese, but her office says she meant to say “obese or overweight”.
Logically→ Video from WYD Lisbon 2023 passed off as ‘Palestinians sleeping in the open’ during Israel-Hamas war
Logically→ Old video of ‘crying boy’ from Syria falsely linked to Israel-Hamas war