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AllSides→ Fact check: False claim that Michigan attorney general is warning of gang tactics
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/06/30/fact-check-false-claim-michigan-ag-warning-gang-tactics/7658240001/
PolitiFact→ Catherine Cortez Masto – GOP Nevada Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt backed birth control restrictions as attorney general
Adam Laxalt "wants to restrict" and "worked to limit access to birth control."
Snopes→ FBI Seizes Retired General’s Data Related to Qatar Lobbying
New federal court filings outlined a potential criminal case against former Marine Gen. John R. Allen.
Full Fact→ Was the Attorney General right to say that a single mother will be £1,600 better off?
A single mother on the National Living Wage, with two children, who’s renting, will actually be £1,600 better off this year compared to last year because of these cumulative changes. Suella Braverman MP, 12 May 2022. Your numbers are lite
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘US General Eric Olson’ Did NOT Surrender In Ukraine In May 2022 — Unrelated Image Of Other Soldiers Is From April 2022
Did "US General Eric Olson" surrender with other troops in at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine? No, that's not true: The image of a line of soldiers used in a post is from April 14, 2022, which was weeks before the Ukrainian
Logically→ A letter proves that the General Commander of the Polish Armed Forces ordered troops to invade western Ukraine.
The General Command of the Polish Armed Forces has clarified that the order being circulated on social media is fake.
PolitiFact→ Eric Toney – State Crime Lab doing less testing and generally taking longer than under previous AG
The state crime lab under Attorney General Josh Kaul "is testing significantly less items than former AG Brad Schimel and is still taking longer to test many categories of key items in comparison to Schimel, including DNA."
AllSides→ 20 GOP Attorneys General Threaten Legal Action Over ‘Un-American’ Disinformation Board
https://www.dailywire.com/news/20-gop-attorneys-general-threaten-lawsuit-over-un-american-disinformation-board
FactCheck.org→ Attorney General Never Called Concerned Parents ‘Domestic Terrorists’
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that he couldn’t even “imagine a circumstance” where “parents complaining” at a school board meeting would be “labeled as domestic terrorism.” Yet, several Republicans
Snopes→ South Dakota Attorney General Impeached over Fatal Crash
Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, a Republican, is the first official to be impeached in South Dakota history.
Logically→ Vladimir Putin has appointed Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic, as lieutenant-general of Russia’s armed forces.
Despite the Chechen parliament's announcement on Ramzan Kadyrov's promotion, his role is still unclear. There is a lack of information.
Logically→ The Russian army has captured U.S. Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. in Ukraine.
Cloutier has denied these rumors. He has recently been seen in Turkey at a NATO Allied Land Command event.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Existence Of Reptilian Aliens Underground NOT Confirmed By Retired Romanian General
Was the existence of reptilian aliens living in underground bases confirmed by retired Romanian Gen. Emil Strainu? No, that's not true: Contrary to its headline, this article does not mention underground bases, and there is no evidence pr
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Florida’s surgeon general on COVID-19 vaccine requirements for kids, masking
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo has said masks “are not saving lives,” and said Florida would recommend against COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children over age 5. Public health experts say his recommendations are “irresponsible” and a
Snopes→ ‘General Hospital’ Actor Lindsey Pearlman Found Dead in LA
Her body was found days after he had been reported as missing in Los Angeles, California.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden’s Surgeon General Is NOT CGI
Is Vivek Murthy, the Biden administration's surgeon general, computer-generated imagery (CGI)? No, that's not true: The duty officer in the Pentagon press office told Lead Stories that Murthy "is 100% a real person." The claim came from a
Health Feedback→ Testing in general reveals infections, it doesn’t create them; COVID-19 isn’t the same as the common cold
REVIEW A meme featuring Glinda the Good Witch from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, captioned with the words “If you stop testing it all goes away and people just have colds like before”, began circulating in late December 2021 on Facebook, Insta
Snopes→ Trump, Ivanka, Don Jr Subpoenaed by NY Attorney General
The office of New York’s attorney general confirmed for the first time that it had subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Twitter post misconstrues what WHO Director-General said about COVID-19 vaccines and children
“WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Director-General Did NOT Say Countries Are Giving COVID-19 Booster Shots To Kill Children
Did the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus say that countries are administering COVID-19 booster shots to "kill children"? No, that's not true: A WHO spokesperson told Lead Stories that Gheb
Logically→ WHO director-general said countries are giving COVID-19 booster shots to kill children.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stumbled on his words and corrected himself. The clip was edited to misrepresent what he said.
Snopes→ No, WHO’s Director-General Didn’t Say COVID Vaccines Are ‘Being Used To Kill Children’
A brief clip of a comment made by World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus misrepresented what he said.
Snopes→ Trump Sues NY Attorney General, Seeking to End Civil Probe
Former President Donald Trump sued New York Attorney General Letitia James, resorting to a familiar but seldom successful strategy.
AllSides→ Missouri attorney general’s scathing letter to Biden begins with false claim
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/politics/fact-check-missouri-schmitt-biden-travel/index.html President J
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Helicopter Crash Video Was NOT One That Killed General From India — This Crash Is From Syria
Is this the video of the helicopter crash that killed former Gen. Bipin Rawat of the Indian Armed Forces on December 8, 2021? No, that's not true: This footage documented a helicopter crash in Syria almost two years earlier, in February 2
Snopes→ Storied General Electric to Split into 3 Public Companies
The storied American company General Electric will divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, healthcare and energy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bergen County, NJ, Did NOT Add Unexplained Votes To Its 2021 General Election Totals — Mail-In, Provisional Ballots Were Counted Last
Did Bergen County, New Jersey, report that 100% of its votes were counted in the state's 2021 general election, yet add unexplained votes afterward? No, that's not true: although news websites such as The New York Times reported that 100%
Health Feedback→ Prenatal ultrasound is generally safe when performed by trained personnel and used only when medically necessary; its benefits outweigh the risks
REVIEW Ultrasound (also called ultrasonography) is widely used in medicine for imaging. It uses high-frequency sound waves to produce internal images of the body. One of its advantages is that it doesn’t use X-rays, meaning that patients aren’t
FactCheck.org→ Trump Rejected Generals’ Advice, Too
Rep. Mike Rogers, the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said congressional testimony this week showed that President Joe Biden ignored the advice of top generals about what to do in Afghanistan while former President Donald Trum
FactCheck.org→ Generals Contradict Biden on Afghanistan Advice
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, contradicted President Joe Biden’s claim last month that top military advisers didn’t recommend keeping a residual force in Afghanist
Washington Post→ Video: Biden versus the generals on 2,500 troops in Afghanistan
Testimony by top military leaders appeared to contradict what President Biden said in August. But his comments were open to interpretation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: General Dynamics Has NOT Canceled Vaccine Mandate — Company Has Yet To Make Any Announcement On Vaccinations Or Tests For Employees
Did General Dynamics reject the vaccine mandate from the federal government after 40% of its employees threatened to walk away if the mandate was implemented? No, that's not true: A General Dynamics spokesperson said that the claim is unt
Logically→ Inspector General of Police Bharti Arora Hunna was kicked out of the Dana Mandi by farmers in Karnal.
The Inspector General in Karnal is Ms. Mamta Singh and not Bharti Arora Hunna.
FactCheck.org→ Marine General Supports Vaccinations for Military
SciCheck Digest The secretary of defense announced that COVID-19 vaccination will be mandatory for all service members by mid-September. But social media posts have shared an article from a dubious website that falsely claimed that the leader of the Ma
Snopes→ With Pandemic Worsening in US, Surgeon General Worried
Dr. Vivek Murthy said he's concerned about what lies ahead with cases of COVID-19 increasing in every state.
Snopes→ Surgeon General Urges US Fight Against COVID Misinformation
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wrote that bogus claims have led people to reject vaccines and public health advice on masks and social distancing.
Snopes→ Yes, Tucker Carlson Called a Top U.S. Military General a ‘Pig’
Carlson's comment elicited a strong reaction from critics online.
Snopes→ Top General Blasts Rep. Matt Gaetz for ‘Offensive’ Comment About Military Being ‘Woke’
And the exchange went viral.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines don’t affect ovaries or fertility in general; the vaccines are highly effective at preventing illness and death
REVIEW An article published by Steve Kirsch on TrialSite News in late May 2021 claimed that RNA vaccines would affect fertility. Kirsch is the CEO of a digital money platform. According to social media analytics tool CrowdTangle, the article receive