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“Video shows Elon Musk saying “I just unbanned President Trump’s Twitter and I already have crybaby liberals threatening to quit Twitter.”
“Video shows Fox News host Sean Hannity saying an impostor is pretending to be President Joe Biden.”
“A Minnesota lawmaker introduced a bill that would make it “illegal to discriminate against child rapists.”
PolitiFact says: The bill updates the definition of "sexual orientation" in Minnesota’s Human Rights Act. But this does not create a protected class for pedophilia.
“Chelsea Clinton: ‘It’s Time To Force-Jab Every Unvaccinated Child in America.’”
FactCheck.org says: An international initiative aims to increase vaccination among children who have missed routine vaccines. Chelsea Clinton did not say it was time to “force-jab every unvaccinated child in America."
“Chick-fil-A “donates another $1.8 million to anti-LGBTQ groups,” backtracking on its promise not to.”
PolitiFact says: The donations to the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes amounting to $1.8 million were made in 2018, a year before the company said it would no longer donate to the organizations.
“Duke Health, UNC Health and ECU Health “in North Carolina are diagnosing toddlers who play with stereotypically opposite gender toys as having gender dysphoria and are beginning to transition them!!”
PolitiFact says: The toys children play with do not signal gender dysphoria, and Duke Health, UNC Health and ECU Health said claims that they provide transition care to toddlers are false.
“Former President Barack Obama was arrested after his campaign “took $30 million illegally from Commie China fugitive.”
PolitiFact says: Rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel was convicted of charges related to an international conspiracy to influence Obama and Trump. Former President Barack Obama was not indicted.
“La prostatitis se puede curar "en solo 3 horas" con una “fórmula natural producida por científicos de Oxford”.”
“NASA's T-minus launch countdown is a mocking reference to Satan.”
PolitiFact says: The "T" in a "T Minus" countdown simply stands for "time" or "test."
“Página vinculada con la compañía Coca-Cola promueve sorteos de vehículos Honda Civic.”
“Photo shows first person from a Honduras caravan to be granted asylum in the U.S.”
PolitiFact says: This claim first appeared in 2018, when a caravan from Honduras made its way to the United States border. The photo is not of an asylum seeker from that group; it’s from a 2009 adult photoshoot.
“Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.”
PolitiFact says: In 2022, Texas officials moved $210.7 million out of the Health and Human Services Commission for a border initiative. But they replaced the funds with federal COVID-19 dollars.
“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
PolitiFact says: Urban centers do account for a disproportionate share of gun homicides, but not as big as Short suggests. Including suicides, as the term “gun violence” would, makes the share even smaller.
“A robot with artificial intelligence “self-terminated” after 15 minutes of manual labor.”
PolitiFact says: During a trade show, a robot fell a few times while demonstrating its ability to move boxes in a warehouse setting. The manufacturing company said the falls did not mean the robot consciously decided to stop working.