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Climate Feedback→ Of the many factors that cause wildfires, the influence of climate change and human activities is growing
This past summer was the hottest ever recorded…again. As monthly heat records fell one by one worldwide, wildfires also became front-page news throughout 2023. From across North America, Greece, Chile, Algeria, and Kazakhstan among many others, wildf
PolitiFact→ Social Media – ‘Gates of hell’ in Gaza? No, a viral video shows fireworks in Algeria
A video shows red flares and fireworks going off in Gaza.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Hamas militants ‘pouring’ across U.S. southern border? Donald Trump's claim is Pants on Fire!
“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Rockets Fired By Hamas From Gaza Strip Toward Israel In 2023 — Old Footage From 2020
Does this video show a salvo of rockets fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip toward Israel in October 2023? No, that's not true: This video was posted over three years earlier on YouTube, on February 28, 2020, with a Russian-language captio
Logically→ Old video of ‘salvo’ of rockets being fired is misattributed to Hamas attack on Israel
Logically→ No, photo doesn’t show Congressman Bowman being arrested for pulling U.S. Capitol fire alarm
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Gaza Right Now’ With Sky Lit Up Red With Smoke And Rockets — 2020 Fireworks From Soccer Fans In Algeria
Does a video show "Gaza right now" with the sky in Gaza lit up bright red as rockets and bombs burst in the air? No, that's not true: The video is from a huge celebration with fireworks by fans of soccer team Belouizdad (who were crowned
Logically→ No, video doesn’t show Jamaal Bowman arguing after pulling the fire alarm at U.S. Capitol
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, President Joe Biden didn’t admit to a ‘shady role’ in the Hawaii wildfires
Video shows President Joe Biden admitting “shady role in Maui fires.”
AllSides→ Old photo circulating does not show US Rep. Bowman triggering Capitol fire alarm
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/old-photo-circulating-does-not-show-us-rep-bowman-triggering-capitol-fire-alarm-2023-10-05/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘120 Million Tons Of Lithium’ In Maui, Or That Lithium Prompted Fires To Be Started
Were the 2023 Maui wildfires started because the island holds 120 million tons of lithium? No, that's not true: A U.S. Geological Survey representative and an associate professor emeritus of geology both said there is no evidence that the
PolitiFact→ Randi Weingarten – Texas teacher fired for assigning illustrated adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary, not the diary itself
"Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”
FactCheck.org→ Post Makes False Claim About Children Missing After Maui Wildfires
Quick Take The wildfires in Maui caused widespread destruction on the island and claimed the lives of 97 people. The Maui Police Department and the FBI have released the list of 31 individuals still unaccounted for following the fire. Yet an Instag
PolitiFact→ Benny Johnson – Fact-check: Was Trump ‘marching into a war zone of fire and ashes’ on 9/11 to ‘save Americans’?
“Donald Trump spent 9/11 marching into a war zone of fire and ashes with an army of his own men to save Americans.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No proof of Oprah Winfrey hiring a private firefighting team before Maui wildfires
Oprah Winfrey “managed to hire a private firefighting team” to protect her Maui properties before the August wildfires occurred.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Hawaii isn’t home to tons of lithium, despite baseless claims linking wildfires and lithium access
Hawaii wildfire was intentionally set because there’s “120 million tons of lithium in Maui.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Ron DeSantis mandated COVID-19 vaccines in Florida? No, that Donald Trump claim rates Pants on Fire!
“Florida sort of had a mandate because they were giving the vaccine, they were demanding everybody take the vaccine.”
Logically→ HAARP did not cause the floods and wildfires in Greece
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK’s MI6 Did NOT Reveal ‘Weather Weapon’ Used To Cause Wildfires In Hawaii
PolitiFact→ Viral image – More than 60 people missing after Maui fires, not 1,000 children
“Over 1,000 missing children in Maui.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Decades-old video doesn’t show police evicting Hawaiians after Maui wildfires
Video shows Hawaiians being evicted after Maui wildfires.
PolitiFact→ What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires?
Conspiracy theories attempt to link recent wildfires with plans for “smart cities,” but there’s no connection. Most smart city technology is small-scale and incremental — such as adding software and sensors — and doesn’t require destroying
Logically→ Edited image passed off as police arrests 30 days after Maui fires
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Demo Video And Blue Objects Do NOT Prove A Laser Caused Hawaii’s Maui Fires
Do an unburned blue car and beach umbrella seen in a social-media video about the August 2023 wildfire that ravaged the town of Lahaina on Hawaii's island of Maui prove that lasers caused the blaze since the color blue can resist lasers?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2,000 Kids NOT Missing From Maui A Month After 2023 Wildfires — School Enrollment Data ≠ Missing Persons Data
Were 2,000 kids missing in Maui a month after the wildfires of August 2023? No, that's not true: There are not 2,000 missing children on the island of Maui, Hawaii Governor Josh Green's office told Lead Stories on September 11, 2023. The
Logically→ No, an airborne laser (ABL) and other energy weapons did not cause the Maui fires.
Logically→ No, the charred carcass of a dog does not prove the Maui fires were caused by energy weapons
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Appoint FEMA Director Before Maui Fires, Did NOT Confirm He Knew They Would Occur
Did the timing of President Joe Biden appointing a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director before the Maui fires and subsequently saying that director was already in Hawaii when the fires broke out confirm Biden knew the wildf
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, President Joe Biden didn’t say the Maui, Hawaii, wildfires were ‘planned’
Video shows President Joe Biden confirmed “the Lahaina fires were planned.”
PolitiFact→ Isabel Brown – Do Americans make less money now than during the Great Depression? That’s Pants on Fire!
Americans “currently are making less than at the height of the Great Depression.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Yes, a top FEMA official was in Hawaii before the Maui fires, but it was for a conference
CLAIM: President Biden admitted that a top Federal Emergency Management Agency official was already on the ground in Hawaii even before the Maui wildfires started.
Logically→ Ample evidence to prove Hawaii wildfire ‘blue theory’ isn’t true
Logically→ No, hundreds of dead bodies have not washed ashore in Lanai after the Maui wildfire
Logically→ No, hundreds of dead bodies have not washed ashore in Lanai after the Maui wildfire
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obamas Do NOT Have Maui Estate That Would Have Been Affected By August 2023 Wildfires
Do former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama own an estate in Maui, Hawaii, and was that supposed Maui estate "spared from the fires" that affected Maui in early August 2023? No, that's not true: The Obamas do not own an e
AllSides→ Biden trashed for embellishing house fire while trying to relate to natural disaster victims: ‘Lying again’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-trashed-for-embellishing-house-fire-while-trying-to-relate-to-natural-disaster-victims-lying-again
Logically→ 2007 news of fake FEMA press conference shared as ‘staged’ briefing on Maui wildfires
Full Fact→ Maui fire books on Amazon don’t prove disaster was pre-planned
A number of books that quickly appeared as available for sale on Amazon were self-published, which can be done in a matter of days.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Social media videos push baseless conspiracy theory that blue items were spared from Maui wildfires
CLAIM: Only blue items survived the Maui wildfires and lasers do not impact that color, suggesting the island was actually hit by a directed energy weapon “attack.”