Current Events in October 2024

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Thursday, October 31, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Registration On File For 'Haitians' Who Claim They Voted In Georgia For Kamala Harris -- State Official Calls It 'Classic Disinformation'
• Fact Check: 'Rigged' Voting Machines NOT Seized By 'White Hats' In Georgia, North Carolina
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Crowd At Trump Madison Square Garden Rally -- It's Crowd In Ireland At 2011 Event With Then-President Obama
• Fact Check: NO Actual Evidence Rapper P. Diddy Paid Harris and Emhoff $500,000 For Tip Before Raid -- Source Is AI Generated Video
• Fact Check: Kentucky Voting Machine Did NOT Switch Trump Votes To Harris
• Fact Check: Video Shows Comedian, NOT Man Who Drove Trump's 'Garbage Force One'
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Suspicious 'Guy' Who Dropped Off 'A Ton Of Ballots' In Pennsylvania After Polls Closed -- He's A Postal Worker Delivering Ballots
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Wear Hat With Proud Boy Colors To Madison Square Garden Rally
• Fact Check: Massive Charlotte, North Carolina Crowd Was NOT Related To Harris Campaign As Post Implies
• Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Say A Harris Administration Would Make Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez House Speaker
• Fact Check: Progress 2028 Ads On Facebook Are NOT Official Kamala Harris Campaign Ads -- Created By Conservative Group

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

• Fact Check: South Korea Did NOT Announce It Will Send Its Troops To Ukraine 'To Fight' North Korean Soldiers Supporting Russia, As Of October 30, 2024
• Fact Check: McDonald's E.coli Outbreak Did NOT Happen After Trump Made Fries There
• Fact Check: Multiple Entries For Same 'Voter ID' In Michigan's Voter File Do NOT Indicate Fraud; State Says Formatting Errors Are To Blame
• Fact Check: Virginia Voting Machine Did NOT Misspell Donald Trump's Name On Paper Ballots -- Typo Only On Optional Review Screen
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Joe Rogan Talking About Rat Meat In Chinese Food Has AI-Generated Audio Track
• Fact Check: James Carville Did NOT Say He Believes Kamala Harris Will Lose 2024 Presidential Election
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Kamala Harris Campaign Paid Beyoncé $10 Million To Attend Harris Rally
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Non-English-Speaking Voters Jumped Line To Vote Early In Pennsylvania
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Give 'Blank Stare' When Told Trump Thinks She Needs Cognitive Test

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

• Fact Check: 1939 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination For Hitler Was NOT Serious -- Nominator Described It As 'Irony'
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Elon Musk Is Developing Robots That Can 'Carry' A 'Baby For 9 Months'
• Fact Check: Proposed NY Referendum Does NOT 'Grant' Voting Rights To 'Illegal Aliens'
• Fact Check: FAKE Picture Of Elon Musk, Trump, Mark Robinson Is A Mashup Of Altered Images
• Fact Check: FAKE Trump Audio Called British Protesters To March On UK's Parliament In October 2024

Monday, October 28, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Armed Militias Are 'Hunting FEMA Employees,' Despite Rumors Following Hurricane Helene
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Line For Early Voting In Michigan -- It Was Campaign Rally Line
• Fact Check: Photo Of Kamala Harris In McDonald's Uniform IS FAKE -- Real Image Is Of A Different Woman
• Fact Check: Liz Cheney Did NOT Post About $750 In Hurricane Relief Bill -- It's Fake Tweet
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Puts Trump And Thomas Matthew Crooks Together

Friday, October 25, 2024

• Fact Check: DeSantis Did NOT Lift Ban On Illegal Immigrants For Hurricane Helene, Milton Clean-Up
• Fact Check: Bill Gates Was NOT Indicted In Netherlands -- Judge Only Ruled On Jurisdiction In Civil Case
• Fact Check: Updated Pentagon Directive 5240.01 Does NOT Make It Legal For US Military "To Kill Americans Who Engage In Political Protest"
• Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Real Childhood Quebec Home of Kamala Harris
• Fact Check: Video Claiming To Show Destruction Of Trump Mail-In Ballots In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, IS FAKE, Officials Confirm

Thursday, October 24, 2024

• Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein DID Have Upper East Side Brownstone In 1993 -- Post Does NOT Disprove Stacey Williams Story About Trump Groping Her
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Unauthorized Person Receiving Mail-In Ballots In Somerset, Massachusetts
• Fact Check: There Are NOT 53 Pennsylvania Voters Registered At Vacant Address -- Nuns Live There
• Fact Check: Tim Walz Did NOT Break Law By Helping Son Vote -- Minnesota Officials Say Restricting Candidates From Assisting Voters Is 'Unenforceable'

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

• Fact Check: Possible Voting Machine Glitch On One Ballot in Tarrant County, Texas, Did NOT Indicate Widespread Vote-Switching -- Election Official Says Questioned Ballot Was Not Counted, Voter Was Issued A New Ballot
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Video Shows Kamala Harris Campaign Canvassers Stealing Mail In Erie, Pennsylvania, 'Before Replacing It With Their Own'
• Fact Check: NOT Proof Of Cheating If Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania Do Not Have Final Results Election Night
• Fact Check: 'Food For Everyone' Headline Does NOT Show Trump Leaving Pennsylvania McDonald's Without Paying After 2024 Campaign Stop
• Fact Check: Canceled Mail Ballot Applications In Pennsylvania Do NOT Prove Voter Fraud -- It Proves Election Officials Verify Requests Before Sending Out Actual Ballots
• Fact Check: Inflation 'Since Biden And Kamala Took Over' Did NOT Cause New York Barber's High Electric Bill -- Utility Confirms Billing Error
• Fact Check: The Atlantic Did NOT Publish Article Titled 'TRUMP IS LITERALLY HITLER'
• Fact Check: Post Does NOT Prove That Total Undocumented Populations In 7 States Increased Between 241% and 734% In 2021-24

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

• Fact Check: Two Clips Showing People Carrying Wounded Boy In Gaza Do NOT Prove Scenes Came From Different Staged Events
• Fact Check: Taylor Swift Was NOT Named In Rape Complaint Lawsuit Against Sean 'Diddy' Combs
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Pledging To Eat Dog Food Until Harris Wins Election -- Text Was Added To Original Clip
• Fact Check: McDonald's Did NOT Issue An October 20, 2024, Statement That Kamala Harris Never Worked There
• Fact Check: TikToker Kyle Marisa Roth Did NOT Die Because She Posted Details About Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Parties -- She Died Of Natural Causes
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Offer Caitlin Clark A $10 Million Endorsement Deal -- It's From A Site That Carries A Satire Label
• Fact Check: NO Leaked Fox News Memo Showed Interviewers Used Vicks VapoRub To Mask Trump's Purportedly Offensive Odor -- It's Satire

Monday, October 21, 2024

• Fact Check: 5 Celebrities Did NOT Flee US After Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Arrest
• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Tunnel In Sean 'Diddy' Combs' LA Mansion -- It's Grand Canyon Caverns
• Fact Check: Trump CAN Vote In Florida Despite Felony Conviction
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Sit On Black Towel During Appearance On Fox & Friends On October 18, 2024 -- It's His Suit Jacket
• Fact Check: Michigan's Active Voter Count NOT 8.4 Million, Closer To 7.2 Million, Inactive Registrations Included By Law

Friday, October 18, 2024

• Fact Check: Court Documents Did NOT 'Reveal' Baby Oil Bottles Seized From Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Home Were Laced With Date Rape Drug GHB
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post 'I Don't Poop Myself' To Truth Social
• Fact Check: UNRWA Did NOT Put Black Band Across Its X Profile To Grieve Sinwar's Death
• Fact Check: Foreign Nationals CAN Volunteer For US Political Campaigns But CANNOT Donate To, Spend Money On Or Make Decisions For Campaign

Thursday, October 17, 2024

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Kamala Harris Said 'I Promise To Do Everything I Could Have Done But Didn't Do'
• Fact Check: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Had NOT 'Declared War On Iran And North Korea' As Of October 17, 2024
• Fact Check: FEMA Is NOT Confiscating Supplies, Donations For Hurricane Helene Victims
• Fact Check: AI-Generated Video Does NOT Provide Authentic Claim About Purported Sexual Assault Allegation Against Tim Walz
• Fact Check: Scientists Did NOT 'Admit' They Can Create Hurricanes In Real Life -- Hurricane Simulations Were Done In A Laboratory
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Diddy Died In Hospital Bed As Of October 11, 2024
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Liam Payne Falling From Balcony In Argentina -- It's Of Another Person In A Different Country

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

• Fact Check: New Hurricane NOT Forecast To Hit Florida As Of October 16, 2024 -- Weather System Considered A Disturbance
• Fact Check: 'Purple Skies' Over Florida Before Hurricane Milton Do NOT Indicate HAARP Interference -- It's A Naturally Occurring Phenomenon
• Fact Check: Grandmother In Kamala Harris Autobiography Photo Is NOT Fake -- Woman With Similar Name Died Years Before Harris Was Born
• Fact Check: Mike Pence Did NOT Endorse Kamala Harris, Tim Walz -- Video Is Edited
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jimmy Carter Voting Early In Georgia -- It Shows Carter And Family Gathered For His 100th Birthday
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Projected Path For Hurricane Leslie' -- Simulation Game

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

• Fact Check: The Atlantic Did NOT Run Story Titled 'To Save Democracy Harris May Need To Steal An Election' -- Screenshot Is Fake
• Fact Check: Walz Did NOT Say 'We Can't Have Four More Years Of This' About Biden-Harris Administration -- Was Talking About Trump
• Fact Check: Karl Rove Had NOT Campaigned For Harris In Pennsylvania As Of Mid-October 2024
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hurricane Milton -- It's Compilation Of Old, AI-Generated Or Digitally Manipulated Clips
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Tim Walz's School Board Met To Discuss Any Sexual Relationship With Student In 1990s
• Fact Check: Altered Party Photo Of Sean 'Diddy' Combs Has Kamala Harris Added In The Place of Misa Hylton
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Costco Is Refusing To Accept Returns Of Toilet Paper, Other Items Due To Hurricane Milton -- Sign Appeared In 2020
• Fact Check: C-17 With Helene Supplies NOT Just For Photo Op For Kamala Harris -- Plane Had Issues, Supplies Flown To Storm Victims Next Day

Monday, October 14, 2024

• Fact Check: Social Media Posts Do NOT Provide Authentic Emails About A Purported Sexual Assault Allegation Against Tim Walz
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Kamala Harris' $25K First-Time Buyer Plan Excludes Those Whose Relatives Have Owned Homes
• Fact Check: Tim Walz, Douglas Emhoff Did NOT Get Their Orders For Free At Arizona Cafe
• Fact Check: Ex-CIA Director Did NOT Say Government Uses Stratospheric Aerosol Injection To Control Weather
• Fact Check: FAKE Scene From 'The Simpsons' Shows Depiction Of Hurricane Milton -- Authentic Scene Shows 'Hurricane Barbara'

Friday, October 11, 2024

• Fact Check: Mission Hospital In North Carolina Did NOT Contain 900 Unidentified Bodies, Is NOT Morgue For Hurricane Helene Victims
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Read From Teleprompter During Live Univision Town Hall -- It Was For Moderator
• Fact Check: Images Of 'Disney World Destroyed By Hurricane Milton' Are NOT Authentic -- It's AI-Generated Content From Website With Satire Label
• Fact Check: Oregon Did NOT Leave Trump Out Of Voters' Pamphlet For Political Reasons -- Campaign Declined To Participate
• Fact Check: National Hurricane Center Map Does NOT Show New Storm Approaching Florida After Hurricane Milton

Thursday, October 10, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tornadoes In Florida During Milton Landfall In October 2024
• Fact Check: Texas Secretary Of State Did NOT Open Voting To Noncitizens In 2024 Election
• Fact Check: Video Compilation Does NOT Show Pre-Landfall Milton's Tornado In Florida In October 2024 -- It's CGI And Old Clips
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Official Saying 'We Should Focus Our Efforts On LGBTQIA People' During FEMA Disaster Preparedness Meeting -- Clip Is Misrepresented
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show HAARP Devices 'Positioned Perfectly' Around Florida -- Coral Restoration Project
• Fact Check: Voter Turnout Was NOT Above 100% In 2020 In Some Precincts In Henrico County, VA
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Twin Tornadoes' Hitting Miami During Hurricane Milton -- They're Waterspouts In August 2024, Unrelated To Hurricane Milton
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Traffic Jam On Florida Bridge During Hurricane Milton

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Haitian Man In Springfield, Ohio, Cutting Up Animal Or Pet With Machete; He Was Cutting Ham, Police Say
• Fact Check: Public Records Do NOT Mention 'Mobile Device' That Supposedly 'Visited' House Of Suspect In ISIS Election Day Plot, Office Of US Senator
• Fact Check: Storm Video Compilation Does NOT Show Hurricane Milton -- Clips Were Posted Before Storm's Arrival
• Fact Check: 'NC State Police' Did NOT Say They 'Will Start Arresting Any Federal Employees Trying To Stop Or Hinder Rescue Operations' -- State Official Says 'Made-Up'

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

• Fact Check: Hurricane Control Conspiracy Is NOT Proven By Alexa 'Predicting' Milton Fatality Number Before Landfall
• Fact Check: Fake Photo Shows Hitler's Mercedes In Front Of Zelenskyy's Office Building -- Digitally Manipulated
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Girl With Puppy After Hurricane Helene Flooding
• Fact Check: FEMA Official Did NOT Say They Plan 'To Execute 70 To 80,000 People' -- Gaffe Was Uttered/Corrected During 2021 Hearing On Afghanistan
• Fact Check: Kid Rock Did NOT Bring Millions Of Dollars In Supplies To North Carolina For Disaster Recovery As Of October 8, 2024
• Fact Check: Hurricane Milton Is NOT Unique In Forming In Gulf Of Mexico, Tracking East To Florida

Monday, October 7, 2024

• Fact Check: 2,000 Were NOT Stranded In North Carolina Church Without Food For 6 Days
• Fact Check: FEMA Contractor Used Secondary Runway But Did NOT Prevent Civilian Disaster Aid At Greenville, South Carolina, Airport For Helene Victims
• Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Refuse To Deploy 82nd Airborne Division As Of October 3, 2024
• Fact Check: FEMA Does NOT Have Policy To Help 'White People Last' In Providing Disaster Relief
• Fact Check: FAKE Kamala Harris Campaign Ad Shows Mother Wishing She Had Abortion
• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show US Military Base Under Attack In Baghdad -- It's A Photo From 2011 Taken In New Jersey
• Fact Check: $750 FEMA Aid For Helene Victims Is NOT Loan; It's Non-Repayable Grant, Does NOT Involve Property Seizure

Friday, October 4, 2024

• Fact Check: Airspace Closures For Biden, Harris Visits Do NOT Halt Helene Rescue Missions; FAA Allows Storm Relief Exceptions
• Fact Check: Bill Murray Did NOT Endorse Trump In 2024 -- Quote Is From 2016
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Troops Attacked By Hezbollah In Lebanon
• Fact Check: 'Rep. Jack Kimble' Did NOT Post About Lack Of VP Debate Media Coverage 24 Hours Before Debate
• Fact Check: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Did NOT Refuse To Ask Biden For Federal Emergency Help After Hurricane Helene

Thursday, October 3, 2024

• Fact Check: Hurricanes CANNOT Be Directed To A Specific Location Such As Albemarle Lithium Mine In Kings Mountain, North Carolina
• Fact Check: Jaden Smith Did NOT Publicly Announce He And Justin Bieber Were 'Molested' by P. Diddy, Will Smith As Of October 2, 2024
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Tank Destroyed In Lebanon In 2024 -- It's Russia's T-90 Blown Up In Ukraine
• Fact Check: Federal Disaster Assistance For Helene Victims Exceeds $750; Immediate Payment Covers Essential Needs
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Netanyahu Saying He Sends Condolences To 'Six Million People' Killed In October 1, 2024, Jaffa Terrorist Attack
• Fact Check: Republicans In Pro-Harris Spots Are NOT 'Trained Actors,' NOT 'Prolific Regular Donors To Democrats'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tel Aviv On Fire After Iranian Drone Strike In October 2024

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sean 'Diddy' Combs Speaking From Prison In 2024 -- It's 2010 Tape About Haiti's Earthquake
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Will Smith Said He 'Gave' His Son Jaden To 'Diddy' For His 'Freak Offs'
• Fact Check: Non-US Citizens CANNOT Get Driver's Licenses And Use That To Vote In 2024 Presidential Election
• Fact Check: Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens Did NOT Sign $400 Million CBS Deal For Morning Show To Rival 'The View'
• Fact Check: Video Of Firefighters Rescued By Helicopter NOT From North Carolina Floods But From Czech Republic
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ryan Routh At Kamala Harris Charlotte Rally
• Fact Check: Patent Application Does NOT Prove Hurricane Helene Was Created Artificially
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Netanyahu Running To Bunker To Escape Iranian Missiles In October 2024

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

• Fact Check: 500,000 Immigrant Convicted Criminals, Including Rapists And Murderers, Were NOT Allowed Into US By Biden-Harris Administration; They're Also NOT 'Roaming The Country'
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump Wading Through Flood Waters
• Fact Check: Sign Is NOT Real In Video Of Kamala Harris, Tim Walz Posing In Front Of 'Revolutionary Communists of America' Poster -- Image Has Been Altered
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tim Walz Using Gesture To 'Flip Off' Heckler At Michigan Football Game
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump 'Donated $25 Million' To Hurricane Helene Victims
• Fact Check: Montana Did NOT Leave Kamala Harris' Name Off 2024 Election Ballots -- Mistake On Online Absentee Ballot Corrected
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Tim Walz, Wife Cheering While 'No One' Is On Football Field -- Touchdown On Other End Of The Field