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  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Incinerators Being Installed At 'Alligator Alcatraz' Facility In Florida -- Old Video From Minnesota

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    Does a viral video show actual incinerators being installed at the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention facility in Florida? No, that's not true: The footage of large metal containers in the video was recorded in Minnesota in 2024. There are no media reports about incinerators being installed at the time of writing and a DHS spokesperson called the rumor "beyond disgusting".…

    • Jul 4, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Incinerators Being Installed At 'Alligator Alcatraz' Facility In Florida -- Old Video From Minnesota Old Footage
  • Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Write 'I Regret Taking Advise From Elon', Reject 'White Genocide' Theory in South Africa

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    Did U.S. President Donald Trump write on Truth Social that he regretted taking "advise" from tech billionaire Elon Musk, and affirm that there was no "white genocide" in South Africa? No, that's not true: A screenshot shared widely in July 2025 was digitally edited. An archive of the president's account on Truth Social showed that such a post never existed.…

    • Jul 1, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Write 'I Regret Taking Advise From Elon', Reject 'White Genocide' Theory in South Africa No Such Post
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump's Son Barron Was NOT 'Drafted Into The Military' In June 2025

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    Was President Donald Trump's son Barron drafted into the military as of June 30, 2025? No, that's not true: According to the Selective Service website, the United States hasn't drafted anyone for more than half a century, as of this writing. Footage presented as a report by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, on the supposed drafting, was fake. The claim originated in…

    • Jul 1, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Donald Trump's Son Barron Was NOT 'Drafted Into The Military' In June 2025 No Draft
  • Fact Check: Garrett Haake DID Fact-Check Karoline Leavitt, But Dramatic Blog Post Fabricates Quotes

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    Did White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt "end up exposing herself on live national TV" after NBC News correspondent Garrett Haake dramatically sought to "correct the record" during a briefing? No, that's not entirely true: In March 2025, Haake did briefly fact-check Leavitt's description of a federal judge as an Obama appointee. However, a widely-shared June 2025 blog post exaggerated…

    • Jul 1, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Garrett Haake DID Fact-Check Karoline Leavitt, But Dramatic Blog Post Fabricates Quotes Dramatization
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows White Man at Zoo Arguing With Black Woman Over Anti-Trump Hat

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    Did a widely-shared video show a white man at a zoo, arguing with a Black woman over her anti-Donald Trump hat? No, that's not true: The people in the video were simply acting out a scripted scenario. The page that posted the sketch routinely publishes similar scripted scenarios, and is affiliated with Network Media, a company that rents out film…

    • Jun 30, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows White Man at Zoo Arguing With Black Woman Over Anti-Trump Hat Actors Acting
  • Fact Check: That's NOT An Authentic Trump Post On Truth Social Telling Tesla Board To Approve Musk's New Compensation 'ASAP...FFS'

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    Did President Donald Trump post the board of Tesla should approve a new compensation package for Elon Musk, "ASAP" and to get him "P-A-I-D"? No, that's not true: A viral image that showed such a post was fake. The Truth Social post was not found on Trump's account or on a site that archives all his posts. The bogus Trump…

    • Jun 24, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: That's NOT An Authentic Trump Post On Truth Social Telling Tesla Board To Approve Musk's New Compensation 'ASAP...FFS' Counterfeit
  • Fact Check: Pro-Trump Cuban Singer is NOT 'Janet Correa', Whose Husband Later Faced Deportation

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    Did widely-shared social media posts accurately show that a Cuban singer who performed a pro-Donald Trump song was Yanet Correa, whose husband was later ordered to be deported by the Trump administration in 2025? No, that's not true: The woman shown singing "I will vote for Donald Trump" was Ana Pinelli Paez. The second woman, shown crying outside a Miami…

    • Jun 24, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Pro-Trump Cuban Singer is NOT 'Janet Correa', Whose Husband Later Faced Deportation Wrong Person
  • Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say 'If we elect Trump, we will be at war within 6 months'

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    Did Vice President Kamala Harris say "If we elect Trump, we will be at war within 6 months" as multiple viral memes claim she did? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available proof she said it. None of the multiple versions of the meme provides the time or place when she is supposed to have said it. Had…

    • Jun 23, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say 'If we elect Trump, we will be at war within 6 months' Counterfeit
  • Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Authentically Show Trump Missing The Ball While Playing Golf

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    Does a trending video authentically capture U.S. President Donald Trump missing the ball on a golf course in 2025, then grabbing it off the ground before anyone notices? No, that's not true: The footage was digitally altered and had the watermark of an Instagtram account with a bio that read "graphic satirist". The original, of Trump striking the ball at…

    • Jun 21, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Authentically Show Trump Missing The Ball While Playing Golf Edited
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Threaten to 'Drop Chris Christie' on Iran

    Fact Check

    Did President Donald Trump threaten, in a TruthSocial post, to "drop Chris Christie" on Iran, in June 2025? No, that's not true: A widely-shared screenshot which appeared to show such a message was, in fact, fake. A search of the president's TruthSocial account yielded no record of his having written those words. The fake post appeared in a June 18,…

    • Jun 19, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Threaten to 'Drop Chris Christie' on Iran Fake Post
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