Were the shootings at massage parlors and spas in or near Atlanta a planned "false flag" event to push gun control through Congress? No, that's not true. The shootings in Atlanta on March 16, 2021, that killed eight people happened when a 21-year-old man opened fire in three spas and massage parlors, according to law enforcement agencies and national news…
Did President Biden cause the early 2021 increase in the price of gasoline? No, that's not true: petroleum industry analysts agree that prices nearly doubled in less than a year for several reasons not under the control of any president: rising demand as more people travel due to a stronger economy and waning COVID concerns, a stagnant supply caused by…
Was the "Keystone" pipeline "just about completed" when President Joe Biden stopped it? No, that's not true: Less than one tenth of the Keystone XL segment of the Keystone system was complete when Biden revoked the permit for Keystone XL by executive order on January 20, 2021. The XL, which is the fourth phase of the Keystone system, had not…
Does a list of claims about diseases and more rely only on factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: Most of the claims are common conspiracy theories repeatedly disproven. Medical experts, for example, agree that the Spanish flu was caused by a virus, not radio waves. Similarly, generations of scientists have established polio is caused by a virus, not…
Do newly released flight logs put Joe Biden on Jeffery Epstein's "Lolita Express" jet? No, that's not true: The website that published the story is a satire website and the contents, including purported quotes, are fabricated. No new flight logs from Epstein's private plane have been released, and Joe Biden was never mentioned in any of the previously published flight…
Was Bob Chapek, the CEO of Disney, arrested on child sex abuse, bestiality and child pornography charges? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this story is anything but fabricated click-bait. The "Conservative Beaver" is well-known as a fake news publisher, and there is no evidence of this arrest ever happening. The sergeant listed as a source is…
Was an interim military U.S. government installed in the days after a fake staged inauguration of Joe Biden was broadcast, and were 80 to 140 members of Congress arrested by the National Guard in the middle of the night on January 25, 2021, and did U.S. and Taiwanese fighter jets win a war with the Chinese Communist Party in a…
Did Irish Health Service officials "admit" COVID-19 does not exist? No, that's not true: The claim rests on a purported Irish Health Service (HSE) letter the agency says does not exist. The person based her claim on a bit of sophistry: She declares that since she demanded and did not receive HSE documentation of lab isolation of the novel coronavirus,…
Did Warren Buffett make a $58 million political contribution to Joe Biden's presidential campaign because a railroad the billionaire owns would have financially suffered if Biden allowed the Keystone XL pipeline to be completed? No, that's not true: Federal political contributions records show that Buffett gave no money to the Biden campaign. For years Buffett has supported the pipeline, even…
Did outgoing President Donald Trump leave a letter for his successor, Joe Biden, that said "Joe, you know I won"? No, that's not true: The letter is not real. Speaking at the White House, Biden told reporters that Trump left him a "very generous letter." There are also several discrepancies between the fake letter and other recent letters known to…
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