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  • Fact Check: NO Registration On File For 'Haitians' Who Claim They Voted In Georgia For Kamala Harris -- State Official Calls It 'Classic Disinformation'

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    Does a video show "illegal Haitians" saying they're voting for Kamala Harris in Georgia in Fulton and Gwinnett counties with driver's licenses they got after becoming citizens with just six months in the United States? No, that's not true: Names on the licenses flashed in the video were not found in the Georgia database of registered voters. The Georgia Secretary…

    • Oct 31, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Registration On File For 'Haitians'  Who Claim They Voted In Georgia For Kamala Harris -- State Official Calls It 'Classic Disinformation' State Denies
  • Fact Check: NO Actual Evidence Rapper P. Diddy Paid Harris and Emhoff $500,000 For Tip Before Raid -- Source Is AI Generated Video

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    Did Sean "Diddy" Combs pay Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff $500,000 for a tip that alerted him to the police raids that were about to search his homes in Florida and California, according to a video with an article? No, that's not true: The federal government announced that "Russian influence actors" manufactured the video. The article was published…

    • Oct 31, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: NO Actual Evidence Rapper P. Diddy Paid Harris and Emhoff $500,000 For Tip Before Raid -- Source Is AI Generated Video Shady Source
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Armed Militias Are 'Hunting FEMA Employees,' Despite Rumors Following Hurricane Helene

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    Are armed militias hunting Federal Emergency Management Agency employees in North Carolina? No, that's not true: Although federal and local authorities acknowledged rumors about armed militias in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, no confirmed reports about such groups targeting FEMA employees exist. After pausing for what it termed a "potential threat" to its North Carolina staff, FEMA has resumed door-to-door…

    • Oct 28, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Armed Militias Are 'Hunting FEMA Employees,' Despite Rumors Following Hurricane Helene Fact Check: NO Evidence Armed Militias Are 'Hunting FEMA Employees,' Despite Rumors Following Hurricane Helene No Militias
  • Fact Check: Video Claiming To Show Destruction Of Trump Mail-In Ballots In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, IS FAKE, Officials Confirm

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    Does a video show someone in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, destroying real mail-in ballots from voters who voted for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The Bucks County Board of Elections, the Bucks County District Attorney and the Bucks County Republican Committee all confirmed the video is fake. The local GOP pointed out discrepancies in the filmed election…

    • Oct 25, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Video Claiming To Show Destruction Of Trump Mail-In Ballots In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, IS FAKE, Officials Confirm Fake Ballots
  • Fact Check: There Are NOT 53 Pennsylvania Voters Registered At Vacant Address -- Nuns Live There

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    Are 53 voters registered at an Erie, Pennsylvania, address where no one lives? No, that's not true: The address corresponds to a monastery. The Benedictine Sisters of Erie have said publicly that they live there. The claim appeared in an article (archived here) on X on October 22, 2024, on the official X account of Cliff Mahoney, leader of The…

    • Oct 24, 2024
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: There Are NOT 53 Pennsylvania Voters Registered At Vacant Address -- Nuns Live There Nuns: Our Home
  • Fact Check: Fake Photo Shows Hitler's Mercedes In Front Of Zelenskyy's Office Building -- Digitally Manipulated

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    Does a photo in an online article prove that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bought Hitler's Mercedes during his 2024 trip to the United States? No, that's not true: The article's image of the vehicle, supposedly in front of the Ukrainian presidential administration building, was digitally manipulated. The picture of this antique car has been online since 2018 and was first…

    • Oct 8, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Fake Photo Shows Hitler's Mercedes In Front Of Zelenskyy's Office Building -- Digitally Manipulated Altered Image
  • Fact Check: US Intelligence Does NOT Undercut DOJ With 'No Foreign Interference' Announcement

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    Did an announcement by U.S. intelligence officials that there's no foreign interference in U.S. elections through early September 2024 undermine the Department of Justice's indictment of alleged Russian operatives? No, that's not true: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence stated that there's no evidence of a "foreign actor" directly interfering in the process of conducting an election, while…

    • Sep 10, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: US Intelligence Does NOT Undercut DOJ With 'No Foreign Interference' Announcement Not Same Thing
  • Fact Check: Mexico's President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum Did NOT Hold Menorah High During Speech -- Manipulated Photo

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    Did Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum hold up a menorah while making a speech? No, that's not true: The photo of Sheinbaum on X that shows her doing this has been edited. In the original photo, which dates back to 2017, her fist is raised high in the air, but she does not hold a menorah and is not wearing large…

    • Aug 23, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Mexico's President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum Did NOT Hold Menorah High During Speech -- Manipulated Photo Edited Photo
  • Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Present Plan To 'Flood' Public Square With 'Raw Sewage' In 2022 Speech; He Described Propaganda Tactics

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    When former President Barack Obama described a metaphorical plan in 2022 to "flood" the public square with "raw sewage," did he present it as either his own or as that of the Democratic Party? No, that's not true: He was describing how propaganda works, not what he or the party was planning to do. He said this in a speech…

    • Aug 16, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Present Plan To 'Flood' Public Square With 'Raw Sewage' In 2022 Speech; He Described Propaganda Tactics Not In Context
  • Fact Check: AI-Generated Text Does NOT Prove Putin Said US Was Planning To Launch 2nd Pandemic In 2024 To Disrupt US Presidential Election

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    Did Russian President Vladimir Putin say at a "military press conference in Russia" that the U.S. was planning to launch a second pandemic "aimed at disrupting the 2024 election" domestically? No, that's not true: Neither a viral AI-generated article making the claim nor earlier pieces speculating about it offered any proof that Putin actually said that. Lead Stories searched both…

    • Jul 3, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: AI-Generated Text Does NOT Prove Putin Said US Was Planning To Launch 2nd Pandemic In 2024 To Disrupt US Presidential Election Made-Up Story
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    Fact Check: Photo Of Epstein With Trump On Private Jet Is NOT Real

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    • Jan 11, 2024
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    Fact Check: Kansas City Chiefs Coach Andy Reid Did NOT Announce He Will Cover Funeral Expenses For Families Of Texas Flood Victims

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    Fact Check: Story About Mississippi Food Stamps Hacker Arrested In Hinds County In Early July 2025 Is NOT Real

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    • Jul 7, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
  • Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show 'Trump Dancing With A 13 Year Old Girl' -- It's NOT Real Photo AI-Generated

    Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show 'Trump Dancing With A 13 Year Old Girl' -- It's NOT Real Photo

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    • by: Uliana Malashenko

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    Fact Check: Viral Quote Does NOT Accurately Represent Elizabeth Warren's Words About Mollie Tibbetts

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    • by: Uliana Malashenko
  • Fact Check:  Image Claiming Kamala Harris Got 68M Votes Does NOT Correctly Represent 2024 Election Results More Than That

    Fact Check: Image Claiming Kamala Harris Got 68M Votes Does NOT Correctly Represent 2024 Election Results

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    • Jul 10, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Ask Americans to 'Focus on Mexicans and Flooding' Instead of the 'Epstein Files' Fabrication

    Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Ask Americans to 'Focus on Mexicans and Flooding' Instead of the 'Epstein Files'

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    Fact Check: FAKE Persona 'Brad T. Faciti' (BadFaithAct) Posted About Forgiving Trump 'Even If He Rapes Women and Children'

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