Politics in August 2023
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Thursday, August 31, 2023
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
- Fact Check: Jared Kushner And Ivanka Trump Did NOT Pose In Room With Bone Saws On The Walls -- Photo Is Doctored
- Fact Check: RT Did NOT Publish Article Saying 'Post-Vaccine Myocarditis' Affected Pilot In Plane Crash That Killed Yevgeny Prigozhin
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Monday, August 28, 2023
- Fact Check: Indictments Against Trump Do NOT Carry 'Potential Death Penalty'
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Chanting 'Fk (Fuck) Joe Biden' in Maui -- It Was Digitally Altered
Friday, August 25, 2023
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Wagner Boss Prigozhin Jet On Fire Before Crashing' -- It Was Filmed Two Months Prior
- Fact Check: Candace Owens Did Not Call Megan Rapinoe An 'Angry Toddler', Did NOT Debate Her During 'Candace' Show
Thursday, August 24, 2023
- Fact Check: Trump NOT Wearing Black Pin-Stripe Suit Or Striped Tie In His Real Mug Shot -- Counterfeits Abound
- Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT Declare That All 'Unvaccinated Citizens Must Be Locked Down This Winter'
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Obama's Chef Was Writing Tell-All Book Before 'Mysterious Death'
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
- Fact Check: Bloomberg Did NOT Report That Obama Was 'Named as Jeffrey Epstein's middle man to JP Morgan'
- Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks
- Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report Gavin Newsom Is First Governor To Call For Bill To Remove Trump From Ballot; Newsom Did NOT Say That
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
- Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 'Computers From J6 Operation'
- Fact Check: Hawaii IS A State -- President Eisenhower Signed Proclamation Making It Official
- Fact Check: Steeler's Coach Mike Tomlin Did NOT Say No More Kneeling On His Field, Did Not Cut Pittsburgh's Last Kneeler AND NFL Mediator Did NOT Side With Him
- Fact Check: There Is NO Federal Benefits Program Offering $5,600 'Health Spending Cards'
Monday, August 21, 2023
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show An 'Official Statement' Saying That Putin Was 'Assassinated' or 'Hospitalized' in August 2023
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ODAB-500P Aerosol Bombs In Ukraine In 2023
Friday, August 18, 2023
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Visiting Maui After Wildfires -- It's Alabama In 2019
- Fact Check: Latvia Did NOT Plan To Invade Russia In 2023 Or Between 2011 And 2015 -- It's A Parody Account's Claim
Thursday, August 17, 2023
- Fact Check: NO 'Secret CDC Report' Shows Hundreds Of Thousands Of Children 'Died Suddenly' Following Rollout Of COVID-19 Vaccines
- Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest Former IRS Director Charles Rettig
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Friday, August 11, 2023
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove That Prigozhin Joined Zelenskyy Or That Wagner Mercenaries Agreed To Fight For Ukraine
- Fact Check: NO Evidence Georgia Has More Than 2 Million 'Phantom Voters' On Its Voter Rolls
- Fact Check: Mugshot Is NOT Of A Brawling Alabama Boater -- Shows Man Nabbed For Voyeurism In 2020
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2 Russian Tu-160 Bombers 'Actually Landing In South Africa' In 2023 -- It's From 2019
Thursday, August 10, 2023
- Fact Check: NO Evidence DA Fani Willis Is Challenging Trump To Prove Affair Claim Or Face Charges For 'Sullying' A Prosecutor
- Fact Check: World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab Did NOT 'Openly Call For AI Technology To Replace Democratic Elections' in 2023
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
- Fact Check: UN Chief Did NOT Warn Christians To 'Embrace The Legalization Of Pedophilia' Or Be 'Excluded' From Society
- Fact Check: John Daly Did NOT Make Homophobic Remarks On Megan Rapinoe's Missed Penalty Kick
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
- Fact Check: Illinois Governor Did NOT Sign Law Allowing 'Illegal Immigrants To Become Police Officers'
- Fact Check: Michigan Police Did NOT Find 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Fake Voter Registration Applications
Monday, August 7, 2023
- Fact Check: U.S. Public Schools STILL Teach Declaration Of Independence
- Fact Check: Scene Of Mike Pence Carrying A Rainbow Flag In A Parade Is NOT A Real Photo -- It's An AI-Generated Image
Friday, August 4, 2023
- Fact Check: Video Claiming Trump Ad Is Fire Was NOT Produced Or Released By Trump Campaign
- Fact Check: 'White Hats' Did NOT Arrest 'Black Hats' in New York State
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
- Fact Check: Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Does NOT Face A Chornobyl-Style Disaster From Water Shortage As Of July 2023
- Fact Check: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab's Daughter Nicole Did NOT Say 'Permanent Climate Lockdowns Coming -- Whether You Like It or Not'
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
- Fact Check: 'Lady In Green' Did NOT Hypnotize Mitch McConnell, Freezing Him With A Touch -- Sen. Capito Was Standing Behind Him With Others
- Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show First President Bush Dying On Live TV -- He Lived For Decades After Throwing Up, Fainting Incident
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show USAID Supplying Ephedrine, Methylphenidate To Forces In Ukraine -- Video Is 'Fabricated ... Staged'
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