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Social posts about Kyle Rittenhouse registering a lien against Whoopi Goldberg started as satire
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No, President-elect Donald Trump didn’t ‘expose’ a secret program offering $6,400 to every American
A video shared Nov. 18 on Facebook claimed that President-elect Donald Trump had "exposed" that Democratic officials and President Joe Biden had hidden a federal subsidy for up to $6,400 for all ...
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Proposed bill banning stock trading wouldn’t bar Trump from White House
A Threads post said, "The U.S Senate accidentally passed a bill banning Trump from becoming President, and Biden is planning to sign it." The X post the claim originated from referred to the Ending ...
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No, FEMA hasn’t sent 300 semi trucks to Michigan’s Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport
A viral video falsely claimed the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent 300 semitrucks to Michigan’s Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Michigan. FEMA Press Secretary Daniel Llargues told PolitiFact the ...
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No, ballots counted after Election Day don’t mean elections were stolen
Millions of ballots have been counted in the two weeks following the election, as officials have worked to verify vote totals and count ballots that were not counted or had not been received by ...
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On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But many of these posts are made-up and feature AI
Tesla. SpaceX. Twitter’s rebrand to X.  If these seem fake, it’s because they are. Musk didn’t launch or release such creations. But Facebook users post images that make these seem real, and that make ...
Politifact2d
No, Trump isn’t axing a ‘trans-species child tax credit.’ Because it doesn’t exist
A TikTok video spreading on other social media platforms appears to claim that President-elect Donald Trump is ending a "trans species child tax credit." "Parents of trans-species ...
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You can’t buy a $7,000 solar-powered Tesla. Despite social media claims, Elon Musk didn’t make one
As of Nov. 19, PolitiFact found no evidence that Musk is releasing a solar-powered Tesla. Tesla uses lithium-ion batteries, not solar panels, in the electric cars it makes. Tesla also doesn’t have a ...
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No, the NCAA didn’t give transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ medals to Riley Gaines
That swimmer, the University of Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas, became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title that year, and she and Gaines tied for fifth in the 200-yard freestyle ...
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Sorry, wrong number: Elon Musk didn’t announce a $299 Tesla phone
Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn’t announce a new phone to rival Apple’s iPhone, but recent Facebook posts wrongly credit him with the purported product.
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What’s behind warnings about no-fault divorce under Donald Trump’s presidency?
California was the first state to enact no-fault divorce in 1970 after then-Gov. Ronald Reagan signed it into law. Reagan, himself a divorcé, said the law was a step toward removing the "acrimony and ...
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No, ABC didn’t say it was cutting ‘View’ co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg
ABC didn’t immediately respond to PolitiFact’s questions about the post but we found no evidence, such as credible news reporting or public statements from the network, Goldberg or Behar, to ...