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  • Fact Check: Trump DID Attack 'USA Hating Judges' in 2025 Memorial Day Message

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    Did President Donald Trump address a 2025 Memorial Day message to "scum" and "USA hating judges"? Yes, that's true: Trump posted the lengthy message on Truth Social on the morning of May 26, 2025. Both critics and supporters of Trump re-posted it. The message was presented as real in a May 26, 2025, post on Facebook (archived here). The caption…

    • May 27, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Trump DID Attack 'USA Hating Judges' in 2025 Memorial Day Message Real Post
  • Fact Check: Ketanji Brown Jackson Did NOT Take $2.1 Million Italian Vacation Home as Bribe From George Soros

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    Did Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accept a $2.1 million bribe from George Soros, in the form of a vacation home in Italy? No, that's not true: That rumor originated on the Dunning-Kruger Times, a website that describes its own content as satirical. The article included fabricated quotes from "Joe Barron", a fake persona that features regularly as an…

    • May 23, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Ketanji Brown Jackson Did NOT Take $2.1 Million Italian Vacation Home as Bribe From George Soros Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Supreme Court Did NOT Refuse To Hear 'Sexual Orientation Discrimination Lawsuit' From Rachel Levine, As Of May 6, 2025

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    Did the U.S. Supreme Court refuse to hear a case about "sexual orientation discrimination" involving Rachel Levine, the Biden Administration's assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)? No, that's not true: The Supreme Court website did not show any record of such a decision. The story originated from an account on Facebook linked…

    • May 6, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Supreme Court Did NOT Refuse To Hear 'Sexual Orientation Discrimination Lawsuit' From Rachel Levine, As Of May 6, 2025 Satire Label
  • Fact Check: Pantsless Pose NOT Authentic Photo of Former New Mexico Magistrate Joel Cano, Charged With Hiding Illegal Alien

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    Does a social media post include an authentic photo of former New Mexico Magistrate Judge Joel Cano standing pantsless in flip-flops with Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, the Venezuelan man he is accused of hiding from U.S. immigration officials? No, that's not true: The original image, in which Cano is fully clothed, was included with documents filed March 28, 2025, in federal court…

    • Apr 25, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Pantsless Pose NOT Authentic Photo of Former New Mexico Magistrate Joel Cano, Charged With Hiding Illegal Alien Photo Doctored
  • Fact Check: Liz Cheney Did NOT Write Viral Letter to Democrats Saying 'I Need More From You'

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    Did former Congresswoman Liz Cheney write an open letter to the Democratic Party in April 2025, saying "I need more from you"? No, that's not true: The viral letter appeared in a Facebook group called "Liz Cheney/Adam Kinzinger Against Trump", which may have caused the confusion. The earliest available version was posted to that group by a user named Pru…

    • Apr 17, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Liz Cheney Did NOT Write Viral Letter to Democrats Saying 'I Need More From You' Not By Her
  • Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Run Out Of Ballots 'In Red Areas' On State Supreme Court Election Day In 2025

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    Did Wisconsin run out of ballots in Republican-leaning "red areas" on the day of the State Supreme Court election on April 1, 2025? No, that's not true: The shortage affected only the City of Milwaukee, election officials told Lead Stories. In the last three federal elections, the city supported Democratic candidates. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published…

    • Apr 2, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Run Out Of Ballots 'In Red Areas' On State Supreme Court Election Day In 2025 Blue Areas
  • Fact Check: US Supreme Court Did NOT Rule In 'Moore vs Alliant Credit Union' That Mortgages And Fiat Currency Are Illegal -- No Such Case, No Such Ruling

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    Did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in a case titled "Moore vs Alliant Credit Union" that mortgages and fiat currency are illegal? No, that's not true: There was no such case in front of the Supreme Court and therefore, no such ruling. A person named Zachary Moore was involved in a lawsuit against his mortgage company and lost the case,…

    • Feb 25, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: US Supreme Court Did NOT Rule In 'Moore vs Alliant Credit Union' That Mortgages And Fiat Currency Are Illegal -- No Such Case, No Such Ruling Not Real Case
  • Fact Check: Mississippi Senator Did NOT Try To Ban Male Masturbation -- Bill Was Meant To Highlight Gender 'Double Standards'

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    Did a Mississippi state senator file a bill in a sincere attempt to bar men from masturbating? No, that's not true: Bradford Blackmon said he introduced Senate Bill 2319 to highlight what he described as "double standards" in laws affecting men and women. Blackmon said in a press statement, "When a bill has been filed that would regulate what a…

    • Jan 24, 2025
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Mississippi Senator Did NOT Try To Ban Male Masturbation -- Bill Was Meant To Highlight Gender 'Double Standards' Rhetoric
  • Fact Check: US Law Does NOT Allow For Anthony Fauci To Be Extradited To Russia

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    Does U.S. law allow for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be extradited to Russia? No, that's not true: A notoriously unreliable website that published a story about Putin supposedly demanding such an extradition did not offer any named sources or specifics regarding alleged charges. Lawyers who specialize in extradition told Lead Stories that there's no legal basis to send an American…

    • Jan 23, 2025
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: US Law Does NOT Allow For Anthony Fauci To Be Extradited To Russia No Treaty
  • Fact Check: Biden Saying 'End of Quote' In Farewell Address Was NOT A Mistake

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    Did President Joe Biden err in saying "end of quote" during his farewell address on January 15, 2025, as some social media posts suggested? No, that's not true: Speakers often say "end of quote" to show they've finished quoting someone else. Biden has used this phrase in his speeches before to clarify things. Public speaking experts told Lead Stories that…

    • Jan 16, 2025
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Biden Saying 'End of Quote' In Farewell Address Was NOT A Mistake Correct Form
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