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The Dispatch→ Is the GOP Becoming a Dysfunctional Chatroom?
Supporters of former President Donald Trump protest outside the Manhattan District Attorney's office in New York City on April 3, 2023.(Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP) (Photo by LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)Trump worshippers and conspiracy t
The Dispatch→ Repealing the Payroll-Tax Cap Won’t Save Social Security
(Picture via Getty Images)Funding progressive dreams doesn’t mean just raising Elon Musk’s taxes.Continue reading Repealing the Payroll-Tax Cap Won’t Save Social Security »
Logically→ Video from 2019 falsely shared to claim Sonam Kapoor performed at King Charles’s coronation
Logically→ Video of a dispute between neighbors in Uttarakhand falsely shared with a communal spin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: RESTRICT Act COULD Impose $1M Fine, 20-Year Prison Term For TikTok Access If App Is Banned — But Attorneys Say Prosecution Unlikely
Under the RESTRICT Act, would a person be fined up to $1 million and imprisoned for a minimum of 20 years for accessing content on TikTok if it's banned in the United States in the future? Yes, that's partially true: However, none of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Trump Wearing Helmet, Military-Style Vest Is NOT Authentic
Was former President Donald Trump photographed wearing a helicopter helmet and a military-style vest? No, that's not true: The image from social media is most likely AI-generated. The claim originated from a tweet (archived here) publishe
PolitiFact→ Here's what AFT’s Randi Weingarten said about reopening schools during COVID-19
Teachers union President Randi Weingarten advocated for reopening schools with pandemic safety measures. She criticized the Trump administration’s 2020 calls to reopen schools fully, but it’s misleading to claim that she opposed reopening at all.
The Dispatch→ The Revolution Will Be Televised
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a CNN Debate in 2016. (RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images)CNN and Trump, reunited. Continue reading The Revolution Will Be Televised »
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Has Not Endorsed Donald Trump
President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump at the final presidential debate before the 2020 General Election. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post / Getty Images) A video clip of Joe Biden speaking at a campaign rally in 2020 has bee
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Use A Different Hand To Sign Documents — Image Is Reversed
Does an image showing President Joe Biden using two different hands to sign documents prove that a "body double" is being used for him? No, that's not true: The picture showing him signing with his left hand -- Biden is right-handed and s
The Dispatch→ No Dispatch Live Tonight
Join us Thursday for a special Remnant Podcast pre-release instead.Continue reading No Dispatch Live Tonight »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Recommend 9- To 12-Year-Olds Have First Sexual Experience At Those Ages
Did the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend that 9- to 12-year-olds have their first "sexual intercourse experience" at that age? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence of this recommendation in the document referenced
Logically→ A photograph of smoke rising from an airport has been misattributed to a biolab in Sudan
The Dispatch→ The Party Centrist Extinction Is Upon Us
Sen. Joe Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leave the Senate Chamber on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)What will become of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema?Continue reading The Party Centrist E
Logically→ Fabricated CNN tweet shared to spread false claims about Zelenskyy and plans of ‘mass immigration’
The Dispatch→ Lawmakers Dig In Despite New Debt Ceiling Deadline
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens during an open session of a Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting on April 21. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says ‘X-date’ is approaching faster than anticipated.Con
Logically→ U.K.’s ONS data has been misrepresented to show that COVID vaccines caused 600,000 deaths in the U.S.
Logically→ Old video of woman receiving envelope of money falsely linked to upcoming Karnataka elections
Logically→ Video of mob attacking policemen in West Bengal falsely linked to Ram Navami violence
Full Fact→ Why can you use the 60+ Oyster card as voter ID, but not the 18+ Student Oyster card?
A number of social media posts highlight that one can be used as voter ID and the other can’t—but fail to explain that the 60+ Oyster card has more stringent application requirements.
Logically→ No, Diljit Dosanjh did not disrespect the Indian flag during his Coachella performance
Logically→ Photo of padlocked grave in India’s Hyderabad falsely shared as precaution against ‘necrophilia in Pakistan’
Logically→ No, this video does not show a Ukrainian being forcibly drafted
The Dispatch→ Another Bank Goes Down
A passerby stops to read a posted announcement from the FDIC about the seizure of First Republic Bank Monday in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)First Republic becomes the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history.Continue readin
Logically→ No, the U.N. report didn’t call for decriminalizing all sexual activity between adults and children
Logically→ No, the U.N. report didn’t call for decriminalizing all sexual activity between adults and children
Logically→ Advertisement digitally altered to add ‘Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao’ slogan ahead of Karnataka elections
Logically→ Video from Myanmar falsely shared as thunderstorm in Assam’s Tinsukia district
The Dispatch→ Killing Zombies at the Justice Monastery
Chevron's last meal. Continue reading Killing Zombies at the Justice Monastery »
The Dispatch→ Why are Businesses Fleeing Portland?
Store Closing sign seen outside Walmart at Delta Park in North Portland, Oregon. (via Getty Images)Examining claims that crime in Portland is to blame for recent business closures.Continue reading Why are Businesses Fleeing Portland? »
The Dispatch→ McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Plan Is Built on Unrealistic Spending Caps
Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks on Capitol Hill on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)The fiscal benefits would likely be far below what is advertised.Continue reading McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Plan I
The Dispatch→ The Flooded Zone
Ben Smith, shown here in the newsroom at BuzzFeed headquarters, December 11, 2018. in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Review of ‘Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral’ by Ben Smith.Continue
FactCheck.org→ Kansas School Sports Act Doesn’t Require ‘Genital Inspections,’ Contrary to Online Posts
Quick Take Kansas passed a bill allowing only “biologically female” students to play on girls’ and women’s athletic teams from elementary through college. Social media posts misleadingly claim the bill will allow “forc
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Clip of Fighting AI Robot Is Computer Generated, Not Real
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot is displayed during the SoftBank Robot World 2017 on November 21, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) A viral TikTok clip purporting to show a robot performing a backflip and various pun
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Anheuser-Busch isn’t closing half its breweries. Those claims stem from a satirical website.
“Anheuser-Busch closing half its U.S. breweries” after Dylan Mulvaney backlash
The Dispatch→ Elected Republicans Have No Reason to Endorse DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives remarks at the Heritage Foundation's 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit on April 21, 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)No rational reason, at least.Continue reading Elected Re
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Is Nikki Haley right that $500 billion in COVID-19 funding could be rescinded? It’s not that simple
There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded.
PolitiFact→ Jonathan Martin – Was Biden older on his first day as president than Reagan was on his last day? Yes
“Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trisha Yearwood Is NOT Endorsing, Selling Weight-Loss Gummies
Is country singer Trisha Yearwood endorsing or selling weight-loss gummies? No, that's not true: Yearwood has denied that she made any such endorsement and Lead Stories did not find publicly available evidence that she has previously endo