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Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Fact Check: GSA Has NOT Been Paying Chelsea Clinton $46,000 a Month Since 2003 -- Story Originated On Satire Website
- Fact Check: Satirical Video Shows Bill Clinton Statement Anticipating Epstein Files Release -- Was Watermarked 'Meme/Satire'
- Fact Check: Claim DOGE Halted $2.6 Million Annual Payment To Obama For 'Obamacare Royalties' Originated On Satire Site
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Fact Check: AI Video Is NOT Actual Footage Of Karoline Leavitt And Whoopi Goldberg On 'The View' Together
- Fact Check: Apple Acknowledges 'Issue' Shown In TikTok Video of iPhone Replacing 'Racist' With 'Trump' -- Bug Is With 'R' Words
- Fact Check: Rumors About Four-Star General Shredding Documents And Fleeing Country Originated In Anonymous TikTok Video -- No Proof Offered
- Fact Check: DOGE Did NOT Announce Discovering Louisiana Man With 34 Names, Addresses, Social Security Numbers Collecting $1,168,646 Per Year
- Fact Check: Story About Nancy Pelosi's Vineyard Receiving Millions In USAID Or Federal Grants Originated On A Satire Website
Monday, February 24, 2025
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
- Fact Check: DOGE Did NOT Uncover $2 Billion Grant To Nonprofit Power Forward Communities, Linked To Stacey Abrams
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Carrie Underwood Won $1 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Involving 'The View' -- Originated On Clickbait Channels
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Fact Check: AI Image Of President Trump Wearing Crown On Magazine Cover Was Posted By Official White House Account
- Fact Check: Claim DOGE Forwarded Names Of 163 Members Of Congress To IRS Originated On Satire Page
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Fact Check: Ex-USAID Chief Samantha Power's Net Worth Did NOT Increase By $23 Million In Three Years
- Fact Check: AI Video FALSELY Claims Joy Behar Was Arrested At The Airport Over $50M Lawsuit Involving Karoline Leavitt
Sunday, February 16, 2025
- Fact Check: Barron Trump Did NOT Tweet About 'Uncovering A Dark Legacy In This Country' -- Unaffiliated Account Did
- Fact Check: Claim the White House Offered Ashli Babbitt's Family A Plot In Arlington National Cemetery's Section 16 Originated On Satirical Facebook Page
- Fact Check: AI Generated Videos Of 200-Foot Jesus Statue Being Placed On White House Lawn Contain Visible Mistakes
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Fact Check: DOGE Did NOT 'Just Discover' $2.7 Trillion In Improper Medicare And Medicaid Payments -- GAO Did In 2024 And Not All Are Fraudulent, Nor Medicare/Medicaid
- Fact Check: Rep. Jasmine Crockett Does NOT Have Net Worth Of $9 Million
- Fact Check: Military Document Does NOT Show USAID 'Actively Helping To Destabilize Nations'
- Fact Check: 9th Circuit Court "Ruling" About 84 Unconstitutional Pardons By Joe Biden Originated On Satirical Facebook Page
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Fact Check: No Evidence Oprah Winfrey Said She Is Moving To Italy Because Of Elon Musk -- It's AI-Written Clickbait
- Fact Check: Story NFL 'Admitted' To Canceling Elon Musk Super Bowl Ads Originated On Satirical Facebook Page
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Place A Real Ad Saying 'Help Eliminate Elon' On Washington, DC, Street
- Fact Check: Fake Malia Obama Quote About Getting $2.3M From USAID Originated On Satirical Facebook Page
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Fact Check: Picture Of Goat Statue Covered In Fake Trump Banknotes At Mar-A-Lago Appears To Be Real -- Art Project
- Fact Check: FAKE Sign Has Apology To 'White People' For Self-Checkout Closure 'Due To Dishonesty' -- Original Said 'Honest People'
Saturday, February 8, 2025
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
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