Did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez author a bill that would strike from the voting rolls anyone in the United States who is 65 or older? No, that's not true: This story about the liberal New York congresswoman is nothing more than a fabrication published by a well-known satirist who seeks to rile up conservatives. The story originated in an article…

Did Sheryl Crow say on television that she won't let her kids watch TV when President Trump is on, and that she prefers "classy people like Hillary Clinton"? No, that's not true: This clickbait headline has been circulating since 2017. And while the first part about Trump is fairly accurate, the second part - "I prefer classy people like Hillary…

Did President Trump win a $500 million libel lawsuit against CNN? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run fake news websites.…

Was Chelsea Clinton ranked the world's 18th richest woman? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run fake news websites. The people…

Did Oregon change hundreds of Republican ballots to non-partisan, thus denying Republican voters the right to participate in the state's primary? No, that's not true: Oregon voters received the non-partisan ballots because they never took the second step of declaring a party affiliation, a spokeswoman for the Oregon secretary of state told Lead Stories. The procedure would affect Democrats, as…

Did Nancy Pelosi tell seniors: 'You Are Not Entitled To Social Security! It's Gone!'? No, that's not true. The quote was made up by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by…

Did House Democrats sneak into their $3 trillion stimulus bill tied to coronavirus relief a recess that would keep them out of having to work -- but with fully pay -- until July 21? No, that is not true. HR 6800, which passed the House on May 15, 2020, does not contain the word "recess." Speaker Nancy Pelosi would not…

Was a "Clinton Foundation Investigator" named Kenneth McCormick found dead? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run fake news websites. The…

Did House Democrats move to remove the National Anthem from sporting events? No, that's not true. The story about the removal of the Star Spangled Banner was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the…

Did Democrats introduce a bill to euthanize seniors in order to save Social Security? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run…

Is Pennsylvania's governor breaking his own social distancing rules in a photo? No, that's not true: A meme making that claim uses a old photo from a news conference held 11 days before Gov. Tom Wolf issued the first "stay at home" order for Pennsylvania and a month before a statewide order that required store workers and customers to wear…

Did President Barack Obama say that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs," and "that order and progress can only come when individuals surrender their rights to an all-powerful soverign"? No, that's not true: a video of a 2014 speech was edited to make it appear that the former U.S. leader was saying those words,…

Did President Barack Obama award $3.7 million to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015 to study the coronavirus that has grown into a global pandemic? No, that is not true: Government documents show that the money -- actually about $3.4 million -- was awarded to a New York nonprofit doing research on zoonotic-borne diseases. The Trump administration actually re-upped…

Did Barack Obama write "If the political winds should shift, I will side with the muslims" in his book titled "Audacity of Hope"? No, that's not true: This exact quote does not exist in the book and is a misrepresentation of what he was explaining in the text paraphrased from page 261. It was first wrongly credited to Obama during…

Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi order a 100-year-old Ten Commandments monument removed from the U.S. Capitol? No, that's not true: This is a fake story published by a satire website. The publisher is infamous for trolling conservative readers with sensational claims, mostly about Democrats. These articles are often plagiarized by other websites without the proper satire warnings. The claim originated…

Did Canada's new ban on assault weapons include a coffee company that has "rifle" in its name? No, that's not true: The "Black Rifle Company BR15B" that is included on a long list of assault rifles ordered banned by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a real gun and is not the same as the Black Rifle Coffee Company. The…

Did former First Lady Michelle Obama really slam the country music industry, saying the the the genre was "for morons?" No, this is not true. She never made such a statement, and the story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made-up stories that are clearly marked as satire when…

Did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say Christianity should be ignored as "superstitious nonsense"? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made-up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run fake news…

Does the claim that Joe Biden doesn't remember Tara Reade, his accuser on sexual assault allegations, hold up after a supposed photo of him with her emerged from Biden's years in the Senate? No, that is false on two counts: An image purporting to show Biden with Reade making the rounds on social media gets the woman wrong, and a…

Did U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar say she wants Americans to wear traditional Muslim coverings to avoid spreading the coronavirus? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made-up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are…