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“Photo shows Mount Etna erupting in Sicily in July 2024.”
PolitiFact says: The photo shows Mount Etna erupting in February 2021, not July 2024. Mount Etna did erupt in July 2024, and the Catania Airport suspended operations only for a few hours. It reopened July 5.
“Project 2025 mandates women carry “period passports” to “track their menstrual cycles” and “monitor pregnancies.”
PolitiFact says: This claim originated on a satirical X account.
“U.S. share of global semiconductor production capacity used to be 40%, "and we're down to virtually nothing.”
FactCheck.org says: In a May report, the Semiconductor Industry Association, along with the Boston Consulting Group, said the U.S. share of global fab capacity is currently 10%.
“74% of sudden deaths are shown to be due to the COVID-19 vaccine.”
FactCheck.org says: COVID-19 vaccination is generally very safe, and except for extremely rare cases, there is no evidence that it contributes to death.
“C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals.”
PolitiFact says: C-sections have their own procedural codes for tracking and insurance that cover this type of delivery. These codes do not mention abortion.
“Disney and Google bought the rights to the first King James Bible.”
“For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.”
PolitiFact says: There is no 18-month stretch solely under the Trump administration in which no U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan.
“In official capacity, Biden orders DOJ to arrest 6 justices of SCOTUS.”
“Photo shows “Roman tidal baths in Malta, still at sea level after thousands of years!”
“Riley Gaines won $10 million against Whoopi Goldberg for defaming her reputation.”
“Just Stop Oil activists paint Taylor Swift’s private jets.”
“Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 returns after 10-year mystery”
PolitiFact says: March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared off air traffic control radar. Despite an extensive three-year search, the plane has still not been recovered, but debris has been found.
“Michael J. Fox “doesn’t have Parkinson’s disease.”
“Photo shows a missing child in Pike County, Missouri.”
“President Zelenskyy’s wife orders 4 million dollar Bugatti” in Paris with U.S. tax money.”
PolitiFact says: A Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. spokesperson said Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, did not buy one of its vehicles.
“R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.”
“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”
PolitiFact says: The Obama administration in 2014 rejected Ukraine’s request for Javelins. The Trump and Biden administration provided that aid.