“California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats “literally decriminalized looting.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The LAFD are using women’s handbags to hold water to put out fires.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom “refused to sign” a declaration that would have allowed water to flow from Northern California to "the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way" to “protect an essentially worthless fish.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: But water policy experts told us there’s no connection between state water regulations or water flowing from the north and the ability to fight the fire.
“Image shows the Hollywood sign was on fire as of Jan. 8.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows a man saving a bunny during the 2025 Los Angeles fires.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Beyoncé alleges Diddy has been secretly hiding Michael Jackson, who faked his death.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire!
“H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Blue items that survive” California wildfires are “indicative of DEW's (Directed Energy Weapons).”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Even if the California wildfires spare some blue items, it doesn’t prove that directed energy weapons were involved. Experts told PolitiFact that wildfires don’t leave a uniform trail of devastation.
“Elon Musk has just acquired Boeing.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Joe Biden rescinded a Medal of Freedom given to Trump’s “campaign manager, Bradley Birkenfeld, in 2021.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire!
“BREAKING: A second attack in New Orleans has been uncovered, police are searching.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: On Jan. 1, a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on a busy street in New Orleans, killing 14 people. We found no credible information substantiating a Facebook post’s claim about a subsequent “breaking” attack in New …
“Ella es Amelia Carter un hombre le prendió fuego mientras dormía en el tren de Nueva York”.”
PolitiFact rated this: Falso
“En Shanghai, se incendió ayer una bodega de la firma Temu”.”
PolitiFact rated this: Falso
“Video shows “Fort Worth, Texas pileup, January (1st), 2025.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Jimmy Carter verbatim said, “evangelical Christianity has been hijacked by people who would have given Jesus himself the boot if he knocked on their door.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Social media posts are falsely attributing this quote about “evangelical Christianity” being “hijacked” to Jimmy Carter as if it were a verbatim quote. These words were used in a 2005 Minnesota Star Tribune article, but…
“Image shows Kate, the Princess of Wales, without hair.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The NFL has abruptly fired three referees who officiated the game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The NFL punished three referees in “the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings.”
PolitiFact rated this: False