Join our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Dispatch Live: Trump and GOP Leadership Fights appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That US Aid To Ukraine Was ‘Laundered’ Through Crypto Exchange FTX, Channeled To Democrats
Was U.S. government aid to Ukraine misused by funding Democratic candidates during midterm campaigns through the crypto exchange FTX? No, that's not true: Social media posts did not differentiate between private donations and U.S. governm
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona ‘Poll Watcher’ Did NOT Have Access To Voter Check-In Data — 200 Extra People Did NOT Cast Ballots
Did a Republican poll watcher in Arizona have access to voter check-in information where she claims to have seen evidence that 200 extra ballots were counted? No, that's not true: The Maricopa County Elections Department told Lead Stories
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Election ‘Poll Pads’ NOT Caught Adding Hundreds Of Voters In Real Time As Poll Is Being Closed
Were "poll pads" in Texas caught adding "hundreds" of voters in real time as a poll was being closed? No, that's not true: The state-certified Election Systems & Software (ES&S) voting systems e-pollbooks in Dallas County, Texas,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Downticks In Election Graphs Do NOT Show ‘Election Crime In Real Time’ In Pennsylvania — Those Were Typos By County Board of Elections
Do large downticks in cumulative voting graphs for the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate and governor's races prove election fraud? No, that's not true: Edison Research, which supplies election data to news organization websites, told Lead Stories
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Iranian Whistleblower’ Did NOT Reveal Successful Hack Of Voter Registration Database To Create Fraudulent Military Ballots
Does a video show an "Iranian whistleblower" revealing how they hacked a federal voter registration database during the U.S. 2020 election and created fraudulent overseas ballots? No, that's not true: The footage -- shown at an election i
PolitiFact→ Mark Finchem – More than 1.13 million votes were counted within 24 hours of Election Day, not just 62,000
“We waited 24 hours and got a measly 62k votes" in Maricopa County
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Maggie Hassan didn’t win 1,106 votes in Columbia, New Hampshire. It was a typo
Maggie Hassan won “1,100 votes from town with population under 700.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump, the least accurate politician we've ever covered, eyes another White House run
PolitiFact has fact-checked Donald Trump 960 times since 2011. He has the worst record for accuracy of any politician we’ve covered.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 1,000s Protesting Alleged Voter Fraud In Brazil’s 2022 Presidential Elections
Does a photograph of a packed street in the city of Sao Paulo show thousands of Brazilians protesting against alleged voter fraud after the country's 2022 presidential election? No, that's not true: The picture is from a 2016 protest agai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Assailants Are NOT Using Zip Ties To Target Women In Texas College Town
Are zip ties being attached to trash cans outside homes in a Texas college town to target the women who live there for assault? No, that's not true: Police in College Station, Texas, say they and other law enforcement agencies have invest
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT Suspicious – Just Factual — That Allegheny County Requested More Dem Mail-In Ballots Than Philadelphia Despite Having Fewer Dems
Was it suspicious that more Democrats in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, requested mail-in ballots than Democrats in Philadelphia County, even though 273,765 fewer registered Democratic voters live in Allegheny County in 2022? No, that's
AllSides→ LARRY ELDER: Biden’s Versus Trump’s ‘Lies’ — What A Difference An Administration Makes
https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/12/opinion-bidens-versus-trumps-lies-what-a-difference-an-administration-makes-larry-elder/
Logically→ Ann Arbour election officials broke the law by allowing voters to register and vote after polls closed.
In this instance, voters were allowed to participate if they arrived in line prior to the 8 p.m. deadline. This is not illegal.
The Dispatch→ Member Discussion for “The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet”
Share your questions and thoughts in the comments section. The post Member Discussion for “The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet” appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ A Just Stop Oil activist was hit with a traffic cone on the M25 motorway.
The video is unrelated to the ongoing Just Stop Oil protests in the U.K. The clip dates back to at least 2019, well before the group was even founded.
Logically→ Incorrect numbers on RSBN’s live graphic on Election Night are proof of election fraud in the 2022 Pennsylvania governor’s race.
The graphic with the incorrect vote count was an error made by the network and was rapidly corrected. It is not evidence of election fraud.
The Dispatch→ Stalin’s Georgia Comeback
The dictator’s image is improving thanks to Russian propaganda efforts and a lackluster Western response.The post Stalin’s Georgia Comeback appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Stop the Stealers (Mostly) Concede
With some holdouts, losing GOP candidates accept the will of the voters. The post Stop the Stealers (Mostly) Concede appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The Wave Against Weirdness
Republicans’ massive miss wasn’t for a cause, just an inability to act normal.The post The Wave Against Weirdness appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ The U.K.’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is an attempt to control people’s income.
CBDCs are intended to make financial transactions safer and better regulated. Claims that it would be used to control people's income are baseless.
Logically→ The British Army has been deployed on the M25 motorway in the U.K. to evacuate Just Stop Oil protestors.
The British Army has not been deployed on the M25 motorway. The post appears to be satire.
Logically→ United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been arrested.
Nancy Pelosi has not been arrested. Video clips of Pelosi with her security detail are being shared with unsubstantiated claims.
Washington Post→ The debunked claims and faux ‘facts’ supporting Trump’s plan to execute drug dealers
At campaign rallies, Trump keeps touting a plan to execute drug dealers, but the claims he makes as part of this riff are easily debunked or cannot be verified.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates The Billionaire Is NOT On The Board Of Maricopa County
Is Seattle billionaire Bill Gates now chairman of the Maricopa County, Arizona Board of Supervisors? No, that's not true: A representative for Maricopa County told Lead Stories that a different Bill Gates serves Maricopa County. Gates the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NATO Did NOT Host "Demonic" Dance Performance At Conference
Did The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) host a contemporary dance performance that some commenters have called "demonic" at one of its conferences? No, that's not true: The performance took place in 2017 at Ghent University, Bel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Delayed Election Results In The US ARE Normal And Not Proof Elections Are Rigged
Are delayed election results not normal, a Democratic Party plot that slows counting until days after Election Day? No, that's not true: It's becoming increasingly routine to get U.S. election results after election night because of state
The Dispatch→ Fifth Episode of The Dispatch Book Club Out Now
A new Book Club podcast is out for members-only. The post Fifth Episode of The Dispatch Book Club Out Now appeared first on The Dispatch.
Health Feedback→ Scientific evidence shows that unvaccinated people are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 and die, contrary to claim in viral social media posts about Germany data
REVIEW Despite scientific evidence demonstrating that COVID-19 vaccination effectively reduces the risk of severe disease[1-5], claims that COVID-19 vaccines don’t work or even make things worse persist in online spaces and social media. Such clai
The Dispatch→ What Happened to FTX?
One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has declared bankruptcy: A Dispatch Explainer.The post What Happened to FTX? appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Fighting Against the Brevity of Life
‘Ikiru’ at 70.The post Fighting Against the Brevity of Life appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Steven Spielberg’s Search for America
Revisiting the director’s civic-minded oeuvre before his latest film.The post Steven Spielberg’s Search for America appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germ Theory Is NOT ‘Unproven’ — It Is Basis For Modern Microbiology, Virology, Bacteriology
Is it true that germ theory has "NEVER" been proven? No, that's not true: This claim was posted without corroborating materials, nor medical credentials for the person to whom the claim is attributed. The germ theory is a scientifically e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Map Does NOT Show Returns In NY Gubernatorial Race After Counting 99% Of Votes
Does a viral map claiming that identical tallies turned New York predominantly blue in the gubernatorial race with ">99%" votes allegedly counted prove election fraud? No, that's not true: Even three days after the video with the map w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nuclear Fission Reactors In Gabon Were NOT Built By Ancient Civilization — Naturally Formed
Did an ancient civilization in Africa build a nuclear reactor two billion years ago that was more advanced than a modern nuclear reactor and ran on 100-percent pure water? No, that's not true: About two billion years ago, in the area now
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cyber Sleuths Did NOT Spot Immigrants Voting With Fake IDs In Colorado
Did the U.S. Army Cyber Command find evidence that immigrants lacking permanent legal status in Colorado used fraudulent state identification cards to vote for Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections? No, that's not true: The claim origin
FactCheck.org→ Ballot Processing Continues in Closely Watched States Amid Unfounded Claims of Fraud
Quick Take Close Senate races are underway in some states that have different laws regarding ballot deadlines and tabulation. But some high-profile Republicans — including former President Donald Trump — have suggested, without any evidence
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Fries Do NOT Contain An Insecticide Named Monitor
Does McDonald's use a toxic insecticide named Methamidophos, or Monitor, on the potatoes used for fries? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Lamb Weston, one of McDonald's primary potato suppliers, denied the claim to Lead Stories. Use o
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – No evidence for Donald Trump's claim about stopping a 'steal' in 2018 for Ron DeSantis
In the 2018 Florida governor's race "votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended. … I stopped his Election from being stolen."
PolitiFact→ Why vote spikes on graphs shared by Mike Lindell are not evidence of stolen elections
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell shared Election Day graphs that showed spikes in votes in various races, alleging they were evidence of stolen elections. But that’s a misunderstanding of how votes are processed and reported, experts said.