Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Video: Dispatch Politics on Dispatch Live appeared first on The Dispatch.
Search Results (63416) for: he
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Microwave ovens aren’t causing colon cancer, despite social media claims
"Doctors say colon cancer is on the rise due to toxins absorbed while cooking food (in) the microwave.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Cause of Hillandale Farm fire is unclear, but claims of government plot are unsubstantiated
The government caused a fire at Hillandale Farms in Connecticut “so that they can force us into eating their fake GMO meats, or starve us into compliance.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, House Republicans aren’t trying to expel U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar from Congress
“BREAKING GOP approves resolution to expel Omar from Congress! It’s over for her!”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – ‘Sudden cardiac arrest awareness’ form resulted from 2019 law following student deaths
The Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of Quran-burning man was from Denmark in 2021, not Sweden in 2023
Video shows a “man burning the Quran in Sweden.”
PolitiFact→ Rick Scott – Rick Scott wrongly said election officials can’t verify voters who use Election Day registration
Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘ExxonMobil Reported a Record-Smashing Profit of $55.7 BILLION in 2022 …’
On January 31 2023, Imgur user Mech0T1 shared a screenshot of a tweet, which contained a claim that ExxonMobil had reported $55.7 billion in profit for 2022: BREAKING: ExxonMobil reported a record-smashing profit of $55.7 BILLION in 2022.While taxpay
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Marie Kondo ‘Giving Up’ on Tidying ‘After Three Kids’?
On January 30 2023, an Imgur screenshot of a Reddit post suggested that clearning and organization guru Marie Kondo had “given up” on having a clean house after having three children: Marie Kondo Stops Tidying Up: ‘My Home
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Biden’s debt comments taken out of context
“Biden smirks while saying he has added more to the debt than any president before him.”
The Dispatch→ Making China Pay if It Attacks Taiwan
Members of Taiwan's armed forces during drills to show combat readiness. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)Lawmakers are laying the groundwork for economic sanctions on China if it invades Taiwan. The post Making China Pay if It Attacks Taiwan
PolitiFact→ Comparison of presidents’ classified records handling distorts cooperation with authorities
A social media post purports to show that Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been less careful about protecting classified documents than Donald Trump has been. But the comparison is built on distortions.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics on Dispatch Live
Join our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Dispatch Politics on Dispatch Live appeared first on The Dispatch.
Full Fact→ Installing defibrillators in schools is not proof that Covid-19 vaccines are unsafe
Defibrillators were being installed in schools prior to the pandemic and there is no evidence linking vaccines to cardiac arrest.
Full Fact→ Police Scotland says it hasn’t renamed paedophiles as ‘minor attracted people’
It clarified its use of the phrase after it appeared in a report produced by the force.
Full Fact→ BBC didn’t ‘censor’ footage of Brexit march
Thousands of people have shared claims that the BBC censored footage of a People’s Vote march.
Logically→ United Kingdom is set to ban COVID-19 boosters for people under 50.
U.K. is not banning COVID boosters for those under 50. Boosters will continue to be available for those at a higher risk in this group.
Full Fact→ Vaping harms overstated in viral video
A widely shared video on TikTok and Instagram exaggerates and misrepresents the risks of vaping.
The Dispatch→ Tyre Nichols’ Death Renews Calls for Police Reform
People attend a candlelight vigil in memory of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)As new details of the violent arrest emerge, lawmakers weigh what can be done at the federal level.The post Tyre Nichols’ Death Rene
Logically→ Footage shows an American Abrams tank failing to climb a snowy hill in Ukraine.
Abrams tanks are not yet present in Ukraine, and this footage predates the Russian invasion in 2022.
The Dispatch→ Is That A Mein Kempf In Your Pocket?
Sarah takes the reins.The post Is That A Mein Kempf In Your Pocket? appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Louise Lucas – Lucas falsely inflates Youngkin’s special election setback
Glenn Youngkin is “the first sitting Governor in the modern era to have their party have less legislative seats than when they were elected.”
FactCheck.org→ Democrats Misleadingly Suggest Widespread GOP Support for FairTax Bill Unlikely to Become Law
Few Republican lawmakers have publicly supported a bill to replace most federal taxes with a national sales tax, a plan that has almost no chance of becoming law, or even passing in the GOP-led House of Representatives — certainly not in the 118
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Biden stumbled in December speech, but altered video removes context and clarity
President Joe Biden said, “To the Ukrainian people, I say to them all, you might you might they they might be able to make right and they’re not able to.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Final frontier? No, NASA didn’t stop studying oceans, it’s exploring in ocean depths and from space
“NASA stopped exploring the ocean.”
Truth or Fiction?→ 2023 Connecticut Egg Production Plant Fire Rumors
On January 29 2023, right-wing Twitter personality and longtime disinformation purveyor Elijah Schaffer tweeted a video which tied together two popular narratives by purportedly depicting “one of the largest egg production plants” burning d
The Dispatch→ Is Harvard Medical School Teaching Students to Treat ‘LGBTQIA+’ Infants?
Harvard Medical School. (Photo by: Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group /Getty Images.)The treatments in question are only for intersex babies. The post Is Harvard Medical School Teaching Students to Treat ‘LGBTQIA+’ Infants? appeared fi
The Dispatch→ Pompeo Sounds Off on Classified Documents Scandal
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.)Plus, Ronna McDaniel seeks to unite the RNC after her reelection.The post Pompeo Sounds Off on Classified Documents Scandal appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Last Call in Brussels
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a press conference at the June 2022 NATO summit in Madrid. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Why should NATO continue to let Turkey hold it hostage?The post Last Call in Brussels appeared f
Logically→ A satellite image shows a power outage in Pakistan on January 23, 2023.
A 2000 image by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has been digitally altered and linked to the current economic crisis in Pakistan.
The Dispatch→ Ukraine’s Fight Against Corruption
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a meeting in Lviv, Ukraine. (Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)Plus: Introducing Dispatch Politics, our newest newsletter offering.The post Ukraine’s Fight Against Cor
The Dispatch→ Mike Pompeo’s Preemptive Strike on Donald Trump
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waves as he arrives to speak during a Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 18, 2022. (Photo by Wade Vandervort / AFP) (Photo by WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty
The Dispatch→ Trump Tries Slogging It Out
Donald Trump at an event in Dallas, 2015. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)He’s lost his crucial advantage from 2016—the ability to surprise.The post Trump Tries Slogging It Out appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ ೨೦೨೩ ರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ಮುಂಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಮರಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಕಾರ್ಯವಿಧಾನಗಳ ಮಾನದಂಡ ಘೋಷಿಸಿದೆ.
೨೦೧೮ ರ ತೆಲಂಗಾಣ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ನಾಯಕರು ಪಕ್ಷದ ಪ್ರಣಾಳಿಕೆ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಛಾಯಾಚಿತ್
The Dispatch→ A Last Word From David French
On his way to the New York Times.The post A Last Word From David French appeared first on The Dispatch.
Health Feedback→ Studies indicate that COVID-19 vaccination doesn’t increase risk of death, despite misleading video on Europe excess death by John Campbell
REVIEW On 23 January 2023, retired nurse educator John Campbell published a YouTube video commenting on excess mortality data from EuroMOMO, a project monitoring mortality in 29 European countries or subregions, led by scientists at the Statens Seru
The Dispatch→ Nikki Haley’s Campaign-in-Waiting Starts its Engines
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022.(Photo by WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty Images)Two existing Haley groups form the foundation of a poss
The Dispatch→ Satellite Censorship?
Signage for the Newsmax on display at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting on May 28, 2022. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)Newsmax claims DirecTV dropped the channel to silence political speech. Is there more to the sto
The Dispatch→ Self-Flagellation Nation
The National Museum of American History is seen closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak starting Saturday, March 14. This decision was made in an effort to limit large gatherings of people, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the Washington, D.C., Maryland
The Dispatch→ Any Given Doomsday
There's no scientific risk analysis going on here.The post Any Given Doomsday appeared first on The Dispatch.