https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/not-direct-energy-weapon-attack-maui/ A conspiracy theory that went v
AllSides→ Fact checking a bizarre claim that government ‘direct energy weapons’ caused the Maui fires
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2023/what-started-maui-hawaii-fires-2023-direct-energy-weapons-conspiracy/
AllSides→ Image shows aftermath of SpaceX launch, not weapon starting Hawaii fires
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/08/14/maui-fires-not-caused-by-light-beam-in-image-fact-check/70579240007/
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Sometimes trees stay standing after wildfires. That’s because of how the fire typically spreads
“Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hawaii Digital Government Summit Was NOT Planned To Rebuild Maui As ‘The First Smart Island,’ ‘Governed by AI’
Was the 2023 Hawaii Digital Government Summit scheduled with the purpose of turning Maui into "the first smart island," "governed by AI" and was the August 2023 wildfire started to create a crisis to be solved by AI? No, that's not true:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stephen King’s Book Sales Have NOT Dropped 70 Percent Since He ‘Went Woke’ — This Is Satire Story
Have Stephen King's book sales dropped 70 percent since he "went woke"? No, that's not true: The claim appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. The claim originated in an article published by
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gas Station Explosion Was NOT Ignited By Red Laser Beam Weapon — CGI Effect Added To Real Video
Does this video of a gas station attacked with a red laser beam show an example of a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW)? No, that's not true: This video has been edited. The original eyewitness video does not feature a laser beam. Filmed in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Babies DO Need Hepatitis B Vaccine — Not Just ‘Hookers & Drug Users’
Do babies not need the hepatitis B vaccine because it was only created for "hookers & drug users" and are babies being used by the pharmaceutical companies to mitigate losses? No, that's not true: There are legitimate reasons for babi
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A Mexican lawmaker spoke nearly naked, but didn’t make statement attributed to him on social media
While nearly naked, a member of Mexico’s congress said, “You are ashamed to see me naked, but you are not ashamed to see your people in the streets naked.”
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Trump’s Georgia Indictment, Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal
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The Dispatch→ Appropriations Turmoil Incoming
A Biden administration request that includes additional aid for Ukraine may cause problems for House Republicans.
Full Fact→ Andrew Bridgen misrepresents study in letter to PM
The MP has called for a halt to the Covid-19 vaccine booster programme based on a Swiss study. But the study has a number of limitations, and the authors view their findings differently.
Full Fact→ Health secretary Steve Barclay wrong to claim NHS consultants receive tax-free pensions
Retirement benefits paid to consultants are subject to tax, as they are for all pensioners.
Full Fact→ A UN expert did not say Christians who don’t accept paedophiles will be ‘excluded from society’
The claim appears to come from an online blog and has been shared widely on social media.
Full Fact→ The number of asylum seekers in hotels has increased
The number of “legacy backlog” cases has fallen over the year to date, while the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has increased.
AllSides→ Fact check throws cold water on global ‘boiling’ claims
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/fact-check-throws-cold-water-on-global-boiling-claims
AllSides→ Republicans Oversell Archer’s Testimony About Hunter and Joe Biden
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/republicans-oversell-archers-testimony-about-hunter-and-joe-biden/ Co
AllSides→ 8 Pants on Fire statements by Donald Trump about Georgia 2020 election
https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/15/8-pants-on-fire-fact-checks-of-donald-trump-about/ Forme
Logically→ The FDA has not changed its position on ivermectin
Logically→ No, vaccines did not cause autism in Vietnam
PolitiFact→ 3 key differences between Donald Trump’s Georgia indictment and his other 3
Donald Trump’s indictment in a case in Fulton County, Georgia, is his fourth in five months. Here are three ways this case differs the previous three.
PolitiFact→ Read indictment of Donald Trump in Georgia 2020 election case
Former President Donald Trump has been charged 13 times in a 41-count indictment by a Georgia grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 presidential election. Read the charges against him here.
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: 8 Pants on Fire statements by Donald Trump about Georgia 2020 election
After Donald Trump lost the 2020 election in Georgia, he made multiple Pants on Fire statements about it, including that he won, there was improper counting of ballots and signature verification and there were copious fake ballots.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Worsening Legal Woes
Plus: Devastating wildfires in Hawaii.
The Dispatch→ Unsatisfying Obscenity (Doctrines)
Obscene for some and not for others.
The Dispatch→ The Disastrous Implications of the $6 Billion Iran Hostage Deal
That it will encourage hostage diplomacy among our foes is the least of the problems.
The Dispatch→ Will Donald Trump Attack the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court?
He’s mostly directed his outrage at lower-court judges, but his calculus could change over the next year.
The Dispatch→ The Law Is No Substitute for Public Virtue
Only voters can break the spell of corruption.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hawaii Wildfires Caused By ‘Direct Energy Weapon Assault’
Was the deadly wildfire that began the evening of August 8, 2023, on the Hawaiian island of Maui caused by a "direct energy weapon assault"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support that assertion. Instead, natural factors, not
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A video of fire blowing across a street is from Ohio in 2022, not the Maui wildfires
CLAIM: A video shows a fire spreading across a street amid strong winds during the Maui wildfires. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video claiming to show a directed-energy weapon is actually an edited clip of an explosion in Russia
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nattokinase NOT A Proven COVID ‘Spike Protein Detox’ NOR Has US Even Set Dosages — It’s A Food Supplement
Is nattokinase an effective treatment for "spike protein detox" associated with COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: COVID vaccines are not shown to be toxic, so it is not necessary to "detox" from them. Nattokinase is a soybean supple
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A video doesn’t show a laser beam igniting Maui’s wildfires. It’s a transformer explosion in Chile
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Trees and poles standing amid Maui fire wreckage aren’t unusual, contrary to conspiracy theories
CLAIM: Scenes from the Maui wildfires show cars and buildings badly damaged near trees and poles that remain standing, suggesting a wildfire wasn’t the cause.
The Dispatch→ Yes, Small Donors Are Bad
Large donors? Also not great.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Hawaii fires weren’t set intentionally to turn Maui into a ‘smart island’
Maui fires are part of an intentional effort to rebuild the island into a “smart island.”
PolitiFact→ Steve Kirsch – Activist misuses federal data to make Pants on Fire claim that COVID-19 vaccines killed 676,000
COVID-19 vaccines have killed 676,000 Americans.
Truth or Fiction?→ Massachusetts Millionaires’ Tax and Free School Lunches
On August 13 2023, a post about a Massachusetts “millionaire tax” funding school lunches appeared on Reddit’s r/politics: Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire’s tax last year. Now every public school student is going
PolitiFact→ The Gateway Pundit – No, suspected voter registration irregularities in Michigan did not result in 2020 election fraud
Police report shows “massive 2020 voter fraud uncovered in Michigan.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed in 1945, despite conspiracy theories
“Hiroshima and Nagasaki were never nuked.”