"Ruben Gallego wanted to defund the police. He actually co-sponsored legislation to defund the police.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No clear winner on election night? That’s not evidence of election fraud
“The cheat has begun” because “Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania have officially announced that they will not have election results available on election night.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, immigrants who entered the U.S. under Biden’s administration did not get 9 million jobs
The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs.
The Dispatch→ Can Trump, GOP Hit the Jackpot in Nevada?
Plus: Control of the Senate is front and center in the race for Maryland’s open seat.
Full Fact→ McDonald’s did not close in Iceland because of a boycott
Posts shared on Facebook suggest the closure of McDonald’s in Iceland was due to a boycott, but the branches closed in 2009 because of the country’s financial crisis.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Unsupported Claim that RFK Jr. Called for National Guard on Election Day
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take National Guard troops have been activated during past elections to assist with cybersecurity, processing votes and potential protests. But social media posts have made
PolitiFact→ Ad Watch: Trump ad mischaracterizes immigration data, Harris’ remarks on decriminalizing immigration
A Donald Trump campaign ad incorrectly describes newly released data about immigrants convicted of crimes. It also takes comments Vice President Kamala Harris has made about decriminalizing immigration out of context. Here are the facts.
PolitiFact→ Eric Hovde – Ballot drop boxes did not just appear for pandemic
Ballot drop boxes 'were only used for a pandemic.'
PolitiFact→ Would MO abortion Amendment 3 legalize surgery for trans kids? It's highly unlikely, experts say
Critics argue that language in a Missouri ballot measure to protect abortion access could be used to challenge an existing state ban on gender-affirming care. Legal experts say it’s highly unlikely the courts would read the law that broadly.
Full Fact→ Video claimed to show Hurricane Milton predates storm
A clip being shared on social media of lightning dramatically striking the ground has been online since before Hurricane Milton made landfall.
Health Feedback→ Lack of evidence for cancer treatment protocol that recommends antiparasitic drugs ivermectin and mebendazole
REVIEW In October 2024, social media posts and articles appeared, claiming that a cancer treatment protocol involving ivermectin and fenbendazole could cure cancer. One such post, which was liked more than 10,000 times on Instagram, cited the “pee
Full Fact→ Revitalised Online Safety Act should help fact checkers turn the tide on misinformation
One year on from the Online Safety Act becoming law, the vast majority of misinformation tackled by fact checkers remains out of its reach.
Full Fact→ Image of plane landing near explosion is AI
The image is being shared on social media with claims it shows a plane landing at Beirut International Airport during Israeli airstrikes.
Full Fact→ Coriander is not a reliable treatment for heavy metal toxicity
Several posts claim that studies prove that coriander removes varying percentages of heavy metals from the body. This is not the case.
The Dispatch→ Voting as a Marital Crisis
When love meets politics, and ballots break the peace.
The Dispatch→ Putin Pitches Challenge to Western Order at BRICS Summit
The meeting also underscored the internal contradictions at the heart of the group.
The Dispatch→ Elon Musk’s ‘Raffle’ Is Far More Dubious Than ‘Zuckerbucks’
It’s absurd to draw a parallel between Mark Zuckerberg’s 2020 election philanthropy and Musk’s cash outlay to registered voters.
The Dispatch→ The Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022, Explained
After January 6’s chaos, Congress moved to impede partisan efforts to manipulate election outcomes.
The Dispatch→ In the Middle East, Escalation Now
Opportunity is knocking, louder than bombs.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Federal Agencies Raided Amish Pennsylvania Farm In January 2024 — It Was Searched By State’s Department Of Agriculture
Was Amos Miller's farm in Pennsylvania's Amish country raided by federal authorities during the years of Kamala Harris's vice presidency? No, that's not true: The well-publicized "raid" within that time frame took place on January 4, 2024
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein DID Have Upper East Side Brownstone In 1993 — Post Does NOT Disprove Stacey Williams Story About Trump Groping Her
Did Jeffrey Epstein only move into billionaire Les Wexner's Upper East Side brownstone in 1996, thus proving that Stacey Williams' story about Donald Trump groping her after they had left Epstein's "brownstone on the Upper East Side" in 1
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Kamala Harris cited news reports that said Trump praised Hitler. She did not call him Hitler.
Vice President Kamala Harris has been “going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Votes in Shelby County, Tennessee, not swapped by voting machines
Voting machines in Shelby County, Tennessee, are swapping votes from Kamala Harris to Donald Trump.
The Dispatch→ Welcome to the Techlash
The U.S. needs to return to lighter, more flexible regulation when it comes to AI.
The Dispatch→ The Vision Thing
A Harris 2024 premortem.
The Dispatch→ Claims That Tim Walz Abused Former Students Are Entirely Unsubstantiated
The string of claims are linked to a known Russian propaganda campaign.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – An Illinois township’s ballot scanner was down. Ballots were still processed, contrary to claims.
“Schaumburg, Illinois not recording votes, just putting votes ‘in a box.’”
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Kamala Harris correct that immigration at the U.S. southern border has been cut by half or more
"As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Tarrant County, Texas, voting machines are not changing Donald Trump votes for Kamala Harris
"Breaking: Voters in Tarrant County, Texas are reporting that the voting machines are flipping their votes from Trump to Kamala Harris."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Unauthorized Person Receiving Mail-In Ballots In Somerset, Massachusetts
Does a video show an unauthorized person being given mail-in ballots in Somerset, Massachusetts? No, that's not true: The clip shows the assistant town clerk transferring the ballots to the registrar. The Office of the Secretary of the Co
The Dispatch→ GOP Canvasser Falsely Accuses Pennsylvania Nuns of Voter Fraud
The Benedictine Sisters of Erie’s monastery is home to 55 sisters and not complicit in voting fraud schemes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Are NOT 53 Pennsylvania Voters Registered At Vacant Address — Nuns Live There
Are 53 voters registered at an Erie, Pennsylvania, address where no one lives? No, that's not true: The address corresponds to a monastery. The Benedictine Sisters of Erie have said publicly that they live there. The claim appeared in an
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Story about Elon Musk buying CNN originated on a satire site
“Elon Musk reportedly eyeing CNN acquisition: ‘I’ll fix the media, one network at a time.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Break Law By Helping Son Vote — Minnesota Officials Say Restricting Candidates From Assisting Voters Is ‘Unenforceable’
Did Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz break the law by helping his son vote? No, that's not true: It is not against state law for a candidate in an election to help a voter who has requested voting assistance at the polls. A representative from the
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Elon Musk didn’t call for an ABC News boycott
“Elon Musk urges a boycott of ABC Network: ‘Let’s take them down!’”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Unfounded claim about McMaster, FEMA and North Carolina is ‘absolutely false,’ a spokesperson said
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster was arrested “for aiding FEMA in deep state’s ‘eminent domain’ takeover of North Carolina.”
PolitiFact→ United Auto Workers – Michigan Republican Mike Rogers is not calling for cuts to Medicare and Social Security
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “wants to cut Medicare and Social Security.”
Full Fact→ The Atlantic did not publish headline calling Trump ‘Literally Hitler’
The Atlantic has confirmed such an article has never been published by them.
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Ad Watch: Does Donald Trump want to terminate the Affordable Care Act, as Harris campaign ad claims?
Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act.
Full Fact→ Clip of Kamala Harris appearing to call President Biden ‘unstable’ has been edited
A social media clip has been edited to seem as if Ms Harris said Mr Biden is “unstable”, when her remarks were actually about Donald Trump.