Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate plans to hold its first vote on Aug. 6 on the Inflation Reduction Act, surprising legislation that he and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a previous holdout, announced on July 27. The budget reconc
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FactCheck.org→ Sorting Out the Partisan Tax Spin on Inflation Reduction Act
Both political parties are spinning the facts on whether the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act would raise taxes. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says the climate bill “does not raise taxes” but merely closes tax “loopholes.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Diesel Generator At El Paso Airport Is NOT Powering EV Charging Station
Does a photo show an electric vehicle charging station powered by a diesel generator? No, that's not true: The photo of a charging station in the short-term parking area of the El Paso, Texas, International Airport does show a generator n
AllSides→ Fact-check: Do 100 corporations produce 70% of total greenhouse gas emissions?
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/07/26/fact-check-do-100-companies-produce-70-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions/65382311007/
Snopes→ Will Shading AC Unit With Canopy Lower Energy Bills?
While it is better for your AC unit to be in the shade, a canopy or an umbrella likely isn't enough to lower your electricity bills.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, 100 corporations do not produce 70% of total greenhouse gas emissions
"If every person on earth just recycled, stopped using plastic straws, and drove an electric car, 100 corporations would still produce 70% of total global emissions."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Guarantee ‘Medical Grade Water’ Will Get Through A TSA Checkpoint
Is it always "possible to get through TSA with your water, as long as it's living electrically reduced water" or "medical grade water"? Not necessarily: A spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told Lead Stories
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Is NOT Using More Fossil Fuels To Go Green
Will the state of California need to use more fossil fuels than usual to power electric vehicles to achieve its goal of going green? No, that's not true: A representative from the California Department of Energy said this claim was false,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Beating Do NOT Show Vigilante Justice in Mississippi But A Ukrainian Being Tortured
Was a pedophile who molested a 2-year-old girl whipped to death by Eddie Lavelle Wilson, a man who "loves the child dearly"? No, that's not true: These stills were taken from a real video that was filmed in the area around Kommunar in eas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Apple Logo Is NOT Honoring Inventor Alan Turing Who May Have Died By Poisoned Apple
Is the Apple logo honoring Alan Turing, whose theoretical work led to the computer and died, possibly by suicide, after eating an apple that may have been poisoned? No, that's not true: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs denied it, saying, "It i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Moscow Was NOT Blown Up By Rockets
Was Moscow blown up by rockets? No, that's not true: Video posted in support of the claim actually shows footage from a Russian airstrike on a mall in central Ukraine. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on June 28, 2022. It includes a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof 5G Causes Nosebleeds, Cancer In The Brain, Low Sperm Count, Headaches Or Insomnia
Does 5G cause nosebleeds, cancer in the brain, low sperm count, headaches or insomnia? No, that's not true: A video offers no proof of the claims made about the wireless technology. While the long-term effects of 5G technology are still b
Truth or Fiction?→ Gas Boycott July 3 to 5 2022
On June 19 2022 a Facebook user posted a concise status update, encouraging others to participate in a June 3 to 5 2022 gas boycott; it read: Do NOT Buy gas July 3-5!! Do NOT Buy gas July 3-5!! Do NOT Buy gas July 3-5!! As of June 22 2022, the post rac
AllSides→ Fact-check: Are Biden, Green New Deal legislators to blame for high energy costs?
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/06/19/fact-check-biden-green-new-deal-blame-high-energy-costs/10002920002/
FactCheck.org→ NRSC’s Misleading Green New Deal Attack on Fetterman
John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, says he “never supported the Green New Deal” though he does support a longer-term transition away from fossil fuels. Nonetheless, a TV ad from the National Republican S
FactCheck.org→ Posts Baselessly Link Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome to COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, or SADS, has been studied for decades and is caused by genetic heart problems. But social media posts suggest, with no evidence, that SADS is related to COVID-19 vaccines.
Truth or Fiction?→ Texas Governor Tweets, Quietly Deletes ‘@ElonMusk Picked the Right State to Move to’
On May 20 2022, journalist Kara Carlson tweeted an apparent screenshot of a deleted tweet from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), in which Abbott retweeted Musk and addressed Musk’s relocation to Texas: now deleted: pic.twitter.com/QYtGbZhpp1 —
Full Fact→ Green levy costs do not make up 25% of energy bills
"We need to get rid of the green levies, that are 25% of our energy bills." Robert Halfon MP, 12 May 2022. During an appearance on Radio 4’s Today programme on 12 May, Conservative MP Robert Halfon wrongly claimed that green levies account for 2
Snopes→ Big Cross-Border Tunnel Found Linking Tijuana, San Diego
The secret passage from Tijuana to San Diego featured rail and ventilation systems, electricity and reinforced walls.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canadian EV Charging Station Is NOT Powered With Diesel Generator — Proximity In Photo Is Coincidental
Did King Township in Ontario, Canada, install new electric vehicle charging stations that are powered with a diesel generator? No, that's not true: A communications officer with King Township informed Lead Stories the generator that appea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fetuses Do NOT Have Fingerprints At 9 Weeks
Do fetuses have fingerprints at nine weeks? No, that's not true: According to the Mayo Clinic, fingerprints don't start to form until around week 23 of fetal development. This claim, along with a number of others, appeared in a Facebook p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Radiation From AirPods Is NOT Dangerous; They Do NOT Emit More Radiation Than Microwave
Are Apple AirPods headphones dangerous and do they emit more radiation than a microwave oven? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to suggest that the radiation emitted from any model of AirPods is high enough to cause concern for us
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Amount Elon Musk Just Paid for Twitter ($44 Billion) is Nearly Equal to Biden’s Proposed Climate Budget ($44.9 Billion)’
On April 27 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a viral tweet claiming the amount of money Elon Musk would purportedly pay in order to acquire Twitter was nearly equal to funds allocated in the Biden administration’s proposed climate budge
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bourbon County, Kentucky, Is NOT Dry — List Of Such Kentucky ‘Facts’ Is Mix of True/False/Unresolved
Is it against the law to sell alcohol in Bourbon County, Kentucky, which would make it "dry"? And is Christian County, Kentucky "wet"? No, that's only partly true: A map by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development titled, "Alcoholic
Full Fact→ There is no upper limit for how much MPs can claim to cover heating costs
A post on Facebook makes the following claim: “In case people aren’t aware, MP’s [sic] can claim up to £3,400 towards their heating costs. They can also claim their petrol/diesel on their expenses. They just got a £2,000 p
Snopes→ California Utility to Pay $55 Million for Massive Wildfires
Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major wildfires started by aging Northern California power lines belonging to the nation’s largest utility.
Health Feedback→ Higher myocarditis risk after COVID-19 than mRNA vaccination; contrary to Peter McCullough’s claim, young persons decrease their risk by getting vaccinated
REVIEW Acute myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscles (myocardium). Inflammations in this location can impact the heart’s electrical system, causing rapid or irregular heartbeats; they can also weaken the heart muscles, affecting its ab
Full Fact→ Chris Bryant wrong on 0% EU VAT for heat pumps
“Thanks to Brexit, we are no longer constrained by EU law, so I can announce that for the next five years, homeowners having materials such as solar panels, heat pumps and insulation installed will no longer pay 5% VAT; they will pay zero.&rdquo
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The Biden administration is trying to buy less lithium from China, not more
Biden "wants to buy lithium from China for electric cars."
FactCheck.org→ Ads Attacking Dr. Oz
A super PAC that supports Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick has been flooding the airwaves in the Keystone State with ads attacking his opponent, cardiac surgeon and TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, as a “Hollywood liberal̶
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Real Patients Were Killed, Injured In Russian Bombing Of Mariupol Maternity Hospital
Did a pregnant crisis actor wear bloody makeup to play the role of several different injured pregnant women in order to be photographed in the aftermath of the real bombing of a "long non-operational maternity hospital" in Mariupol, Ukrai
Truth or Fiction?→ Chabad Emissaries’ Shabbat Evacuation Effort
On March 6 2022, several popular Facebook posts shared an image and story about how Ukrainian-speaking Chabad emissaries spent Shabbat making phone calls to urge Ukrainian Jews to evacuate; a version of the post was broken up into several tweets on th
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Quote about watching TV by candlelight originated with a comedian, not Marjorie Taylor Greene
Says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “If it weren’t for electricity, we’d all be watching TV by candlelight.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Is Now a Good Time [to] Remind Truckers That EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN Voted Against Saving Truckers’ Pensions Last Year?’
In mid-February 2022, an Imgur user and the Facebook page “The Other 98%” shared a screenshot of a tweet from broadcaster and talk show host Chip Franklin: Is now a good time remind truckers that EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN voted against sav
Snopes→ US Inflation Jumped 7.5% in the Past Year, a 40-Year High
The acceleration of prices ranged across the economy, from food and energy to apartment rents and electricity.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say His Company Was Trying To Make Coronavirus Outbreak — Video Is Altered
Did Bill Gates say that he has a company trying to make a coronavirus outbreak and that they were successful? No, that's not true: This video is an altered fabrication. While Gates did say these words and phrases in an interview, several
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Smart’ Engagement Rings?
On February 1 2022, as Valentine’s Day season got off to a roaring start, a story on the topic of romance and marriage appeared on social media and subsequently went viral: The rumor appears to have been sparked by a Twitter account called ̶
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Researchers Did NOT Discover ‘Various Foreign Objects’ Like Worms In Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Did researchers discover "various foreign objects" -- like worms hatching from eggs -- in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: None of the listed ingredients in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine are intentionally har
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers
Summary A year ago, Joseph R. Biden took office as the 46th president of the United States — inheriting an economy weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic, but with effective vaccines to finally deal with it. To mark Biden’s first year in office, we ta
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘I Tore Open Your Letter and Licked the Envelope’s Seal for Any Lingering Taste of You’
A viral January 12 2022 tweet purportedly quoting a letter by Emily Dickinson to a female friend (“I tore open your letter and licked the envelope’s seal for any lingering taste of you”) quickly spread in screenshots on Facebook and I