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  • Fact Check: President Trump DID Post He Was 'Giving Serious Consideration To Taking Away' Rosie O'Donnell's Citizenship

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    Did President Donald Trump post on his Truth Social account that he was "giving serious consideration to taking away" Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship? Yes, that's true: The message appeared on Trump's Truth Social account at approximately 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, July 12, 2025. The post was still visible at the time of writing, about two hours later. The president…

    • Jul 12, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: President Trump DID Post He Was 'Giving Serious Consideration To Taking Away' Rosie O'Donnell's Citizenship He Posted It
  • Fact Check: FBI Director Kash Patel Did NOT Release Sealed Documents Tying Hillary Clinton And Vladimir Putin To 'James Comey Scandal'

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    Did FBI Director Kash Patel declassify records detailing Hillary Clinton's and Vladimir Putin's ties to the 'James Comey Scandal'? No, that's not true: The viral rumor originated from a comedian's page. Neither the FBI nor credible media organizations said anything about the purported "trove" of "intelligence documents". The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on X on July…

    • Jul 11, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: FBI Director Kash Patel Did NOT Release Sealed Documents Tying Hillary Clinton And Vladimir Putin To 'James Comey Scandal' Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Liberian President Joseph Boakai Attacking 'Racially Prejudiced' Trump

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    Did a widely-shared video authentically show Liberian President Joseph Boakai attacking the "racially prejudiced attitude" of his American counterpart Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The video included fake audio, likely the product of AI. The underlying footage of Boakai was in fact recorded in 2017. The video appeared in a July 10, 2025, post on TikTok (archived here) with…

    • Jul 11, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Liberian President Joseph Boakai Attacking 'Racially Prejudiced' Trump Fake Audio
  • Fact Check: Satirist's 2,343-Character 'CREEP JEFFREY EPSTEIN' Rant Is NOT An Actual Trump Truth Social Post -- Truth Social Limits Posts To 500 Characters

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    Did President Donald Trump post a 435-word tirade about the public's interest in the canceled investigation into the clients of the dead child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: There have been no genuine Trump posts about Epstein on Truth Social since January 2024. The mock-up using Trump's Truth Social profile image was posted by a self-described humor…

    • Jul 10, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Satirist's 2,343-Character 'CREEP JEFFREY EPSTEIN' Rant Is NOT An Actual Trump Truth Social Post -- Truth Social Limits Posts To 500 Characters Satirist's Jab
  • Fact Check: Viral Quote Does NOT Accurately Represent Elizabeth Warren's Words About Mollie Tibbetts

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    Did U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren suggest that Mollie Tibbetts' family has "to remember we need to focus on real problems like illegal immigrants not being able to see their kids"? No, that's not true: The viral meme distorted Warren's 2018 comments on the case in which an undocumented worker was charged and later convicted of the 20-year-old woman's murder. During…

    • Jul 10, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Viral Quote Does NOT Accurately Represent Elizabeth Warren's Words About Mollie Tibbetts Altered Words
  • Fact Check: Image Claiming Kamala Harris Got 68M Votes Does NOT Correctly Represent 2024 Election Results

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    Did Democratic nominee and then-sitting Vice President Kamala Harris get 68 million votes in 2024? No, that's not true: In reality, she got more than 75 million, according to data on the Federal Election Commission website. That's fewer than Joe Biden's 2020 total of 81 million, but 7 million more than is claimed by a viral meme. The claim appeared…

    • Jul 10, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check:  Image Claiming Kamala Harris Got 68M Votes Does NOT Correctly Represent 2024 Election Results More Than That
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Ask Americans to 'Focus on Mexicans and Flooding' Instead of the 'Epstein Files'

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    Did President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post, ask the public to "focus on Mexicans and flooding" rather than whether he is "all over the Epstein files"? 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…

    • Jul 10, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Ask Americans to 'Focus on Mexicans and Flooding' Instead of the 'Epstein Files' Fabrication
  • Fact Check: FAKE Persona 'Brad T. Faciti' (BadFaithAct) Posted About Forgiving Trump 'Even If He Rapes Women and Children'

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    Did a widely-shared X post about forgiving President Donald Trump "even if he rapes women and children" come from a real person named "Brad T. Faciti"? No, that's not true: The X account (@BadFaithAct) appears to be a trolling campaign that posts political satire. The profile picture appears to be AI-generated, and the profile contains a link to an AI…

    • Jul 10, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: FAKE Persona 'Brad T. Faciti' (BadFaithAct) Posted About Forgiving Trump 'Even If He Rapes Women and Children' Trolling
  • Fact Check: Reporter Did NOT Ask Donald Trump If He Would Self-Deport

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    Did a reporter ask President Donald Trump whether he would self-deport, in light of his plan to end birthright citizenship? No, that's not true: A viral video on TikTok fabricated quotes from an unnamed reporter. A clip of Trump saying "Don't ask me questions like that" was actually recorded in 2016, and had to do with his stance on abortion.…

    • Jul 9, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Reporter Did NOT Ask Donald Trump If He Would Self-Deport Didn't Happen
  • Fact Check: Fake Axon Bodycam Video Does NOT Capture A Real Cop Arresting A 'Crazy Karen' For Shooting And Keying A Tesla

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    Does a viral video really show body camera footage of a "crazy Karen" being arrested for keying a Tesla and shooting the driver's side three times with a handgun? No, that's not true: The "Axon bodycam" timestamp in the video is a fake that does not match the struck-through zeroes seen in real police video time stamps. The bullet holes…

    • Jul 7, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Fake Axon Bodycam Video Does NOT Capture A Real Cop Arresting A 'Crazy Karen' For Shooting And Keying A Tesla Bodycam Fakery
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