Commentator Keith Rose floated a scenario of a U.S. president canceling or postponing elections. Only Congress can change a presidential election’s date.
AllSides→ Pro-Trump Super PAC Edits Biden’s Past Comment About Deportations
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/pro-trump-super-pac-edits-bidens-past-comment-about-deportations/ Whi
The Dispatch→ Israel Orders Evacuation of Eastern Rafah, Begins Targeted Strikes
The weekend may have been a turning point in Israel’s war against Hamas.
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch 2024-05-07 07:00:00
"The one thing we can say about Roe is that it did not settle the issue."
The Dispatch→ Pretending to Be Something Better
College students need mentors who will show them how to be grown-ups.
Internet Archive→ Pres. Biden & First Lady Speak at Cinco de Mayo Celebration : CSPAN : May 7, 2024 12:16am-12:35am EDT
President Biden and the first lady spoke at a Cinco de Mayo celebration held at the White House. The president also highlighted his administration's work and efforts to address issues most important to Hispanic communities....This item belongs to: movi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Gazans Preparing To Fake Injuries To Influence World Opinion — It Shows Actors In TV Drama
Does a viral video capture people in Rafah applying makeup in order to fake injuries? No, that's not true: The claim mislabels a behind-the-scenes video from the production of a Palestinian TV series, not real-life scenes taking place in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Document Donald Trump Kissing Melania And Ivanka On The Mouth — Timing And Angles Mislead
Do two photos posted to social media accurately document that Donald Trump kisses both his wife and his daughter on the mouth, the latter more warmly? No, that's not true: Although there is no evidence of photo manipulation, neither photo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Harvard Protesters ‘Replaced’ U.S. Flag With Palestinian Flag — U.S. Flag Was Not Flying At The Time
Does a video show pro-Palestinian protesters at Harvard University replacing the U.S. flag with a Palestinian flag at a university building? No, that's not true: The Palestinian flags were raised when U.S. flags were not flying at the bui
The Dispatch→ The Audition
Which Trump VP contender should conservatives prefer?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Is this woman encouraging her son to use a litter box? No, it’s satire.
Video shows a mother encouraging her son “who identifies as a cat to use the litter box at school.”
FactCheck.org→ Pro-Trump Super PAC Edits Biden’s Past Comment About Deportations
While talking about illegal immigration at a town hall in 2020, Joe Biden, then a Democratic presidential candidate, said that if he were elected, “nobody is going to be deported in my first 100 days.” But a TV ad from a super PAC su
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, France did not deploy troops to fight with Ukraine against Russia
Social media users are pointing to the blog post as proof that French troops have been sent to fight Russia alongside Ukraine as the war continues in its third year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New German Law Does NOT Introduce Fines For Incorrect Pronouns To Address Trans People — It Punishes Forced Outing
Did Germany pass a law that includes fines of up to 10,000 euros for using a wrong pronoun while referring to a transgender person? No, that's not true: The law specifically says that what is punishable is a malicious disclosure of that p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Mislabels As ‘Current’ A 4-Year-Old Der Spiegel Caricature Of ‘Fire Devil’ Trump Wielding Lit Match
Does a social media post from April 2024 show a "current" cover of German news magazine Der Spiegel, featuring Donald Trump with a lit match and a headline that calls him a "Fire Devil"? No, that's not true: The Der Spiegel edition shown
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Record Keanu Reeves Rejected $1.7 Billion ‘Woke’ Movie Offer And Said ‘Woke Mind Virus Should Be Destroyed’
Did Keanu Reeves reject a $1.7 billion "woke" movie offer after saying "woke mind virus should be destroyed," as a social media post claimed? No, that's not true: The claim was first published on a self-described satire website, and an an
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims That George Strait Dissed Beyoncé
A satirical post is being circulated as though it’s genuine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Robert De Niro Yelling At Anti-Israel Protesters — He Was Rehearsing For An Upcoming Netflix Series
Does a video show actor Robert De Niro yelling at anti-Israel protestors? No, that's not true: A spokesperson at Netflix told Lead Stories that this video was taken during the rehearsal of an upcoming series. Lead Stories found photograph
PolitiFact→ What we know about the ‘outside agitators’ being blamed for campus protests
Police, city and university officials have blamed “outside agitators” for anti-war protests on U.S. campuses. Experts say this type of narrative is frequently used to delegitimize protests.
The Dispatch→ Staff Shakeups Continue at the Republican National Committee
Plus: A Maryland Democrat tries to overcome her Senate primary opponent’s big money advantage.
The Dispatch→ The Future Belongs to Them?
‘The People’ being on the side of a cause doesn’t tell you anything about its rightness or goodness.
AllSides→ Trump’s Bogus Attack on FBI Crime Statistics
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/trumps-bogus-attack-on-fbi-crime-statistics/ Former President Donald
Internet Archive→ 2024 Campaign Trail Arizona’s U.S. Senate Race & the Latest Campaign Messages : CSPAN2 : May 6, 2024 8:00am-8:32am EDT
Up-to-date highlights from candidates' speeches, interviews with political insiders, the latest poll numbers, fundraising stats, and political ads. Witness the campaign unfold in every episode. This week, highlights from Vice President Harris's trip to
The Dispatch→ Georgian Protests Try to Reverse Russian Pivot
The Caucasus nation’s ‘existential choice’ between Russia and the West.
Internet Archive→ Meet the Press : MSNBCW : May 6, 2024 1:00am-2:00am PDT
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.); Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.); World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain; roundtable discussion with Maria Teresa Kumar, Sara Fagen and Vaughn Hillyard..This item belongs to: movies/TV-MSNBCW.This item has files of the f
The Dispatch→ The Second Coming of Trump
Does Trump still have the same appeal as he did in 2016?
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week Straight Out of 1968
Pro-Palestinian protests disrupt campuses across the country.
The Dispatch→ My Catholic-Jewish Neighborhood
Sometimes neighbors being neighbors is all it takes to transcend strife.
The Dispatch→ Three Numbers, Six Months, and One Slog of a Campaign
Before thinking about the election, let’s think about the electorate.
The Dispatch→ Three Numbers, Six Months, and One Slog of a Campaign
Before thinking about the election, let’s think about the electorate.
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on H5N1 Bird Flu
On March 25, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that avian influenza had been detected in American dairy cattle. On April 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported that the agency had detected genetic material from the bird flu viru
The Dispatch→ The Ruminant of Infinity
"The unplannedness of the discovery of letting innovation bloom is really, really important."
The Dispatch→ Arendt Chic
Lyndsey Stonebridge’s ‘We Are Free to Change the World’ dumbs down the iconic 20th-century writer.
The Dispatch→ ‘Franklin’ and the Ideals of the Revolution
The new miniseries explores American identity through the Founding Father’s eight-year diplomatic mission in France.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of ‘Dr. Sebi’s Cousin’ In Court Is Likely AI Creation
Does a still image in a video on social media show the cousin of "Dr. Sebi" being sentenced to prison for supposedly revealing "health secrets"? No, that's not true: A tool used to detect AI-generated images found evidence that the image
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Hit Squad’ From Boeing Killed Whistleblowers
Did Boeing send a "hit squad" to murder two whistleblowers who raised safety alarms about Boeing aircraft? No, that's not true: As of this writing, no credible sources confirmed foul play in the deaths of these two men. While inquiries in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove Pro-Palestinian College Protesters Largely Had The Same Tents
Do photos circulating on social media prove that pro-Palestinian college protesters in the U.S. are using largely identical tents? No, that's not true: While there is an abundance of green tents at the nationwide protests, images from mul
The Dispatch→ Fire, Ready, Aim
On Noem’s bark and DeSantis’ beef.
FactCheck.org→ Threads Post Distorts Trump’s Remarks on Iron Dome for U.S.
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take At a campaign rally in Michigan, former President Donald Trump promised to build an Iron Dome missile defense system for the U.S. that would serve as “a shield a
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Trump-era executive order doesn’t prove Joe Biden isn’t the president
An executive order proves President Joe Biden “isn’t real and isn’t president.”