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“President Joe Biden just revoked the 250 million United Negro College fund that Trump pledged to give historical black colleges for the next 10 years.”
FactCheck.org says: Federal funding of HBCUs has increased every year under Biden.
“Social media users claimed that a number of country music legends, such as Hank Williams and Willie Nelson, were boycotting CMT over their decision to pull Jason Aldean's song "Try That in a Small Town.”
“Esa densa neblina en forma de V que se ve en un video es un “extraño fenómeno” que “sucedió en Irán”.”
“There was a recent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump in Reno, Nevada.”
PolitiFact says: A Facebook video presented as “breaking” news about an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is not new. It’s from November 2016.
“Ayer por la tarde” ocurrió un incidente en el que un avión de pasajeros fue golpeado por un meteorito.”
“Beyoncé “is a defendant in a major human trafficking case.”
PolitiFact says: Beyoncé was among 38 defendants named in a 2020 lawsuit by a woman alleging they were part of a criminal enterprise engaged in decades of abuse, including sex trafficking. The lawsuit was dismissed as "frivolous."
“Doctors in the Netherlands “ordered” to euthanize “citizens with autism and other minor disabilities, even if the patient does not currently express any desire to die.”
PolitiFact says: Netherlands’ government clearly states that a patient, not family or friends, must consent to euthanasia, and a doctor is not required to perform the procedure.
“Esta foto muestra los pies de Messi pequeños y los de Busquets muy grandes.”
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis opposed my China tariffs — the ones where I gave farmers $28 billion.”
Washington Post says: This is an invented dispute
“LeBron James se vistió de rosa, falda incluida, para acudir al estreno de la película "Barbie".”
“MSNBC’s Joy Reid hawked diet gummies in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.”
PolitiFact says: Joy Reid said on Facebook the video is a deepfake, and a CNN spokesperson confirmed that the alleged interview with Anderson Cooper did not happen.
“My father "drove a tank through the streets of Paris when the U.S. forces liberated the city.”
Washington Post says: His father was 90 miles from Paris at the time.
“Senator Mitt Romney threatens to leave the Republican party and join Democrats.”
PolitiFact says: Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah has not publicly threatened to switch to the Democratic Party. A spokesperson for the senator called online claims to the contrary "misinformation spread by online bots."
“The government just stated under oath that they are in possession of UFOs and nonhuman alien bodies.”
PolitiFact says: A former intelligence officer testified at a congressional hearing that the U.S. has had a program to retrieve crashed Unidentified Aerial Phenomena aircraft, but he wasn't speaking for the government.
“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”
PolitiFact says: CDC data shows that, on average, heat deaths outpace deaths from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes combined. But scientists say that 600 heat deaths a year is almost certainly too low.
“The numbers are not going down. CBP’s One app shell game, not releasing the OFO numbers, moving the numbers from crossing over to the ports of entry and then getting automatic parole to those individuals.”
Washington Post says: The OFO numbers are being published
“Video shows a van “‘Queer testing’ kids without parental approval … (that) involves clothing removal.”
PolitiFact says: The video shows what appears to be a van LabQ Diagnostics used for COVID-19 testing, and we found the same video shared in 2022 with text saying students were being tested for COVID-19.