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“A $2 million grant for Georgia’s DeKalb County amounts to a “private takeover of election offices.”

PolitiFact says: Grant funds can be used for equipment and materials, voting sites or personnel, but that doesn't amount to a takeover. Local election officials will continue to administer elections based on state laws.

“Digital IDs were given to residents in East Palestine, Ohio, “to track long term health problems like difficulty breathing” before the Feb. 3 train derailment.”

PolitiFact says: The devices have no tracking capability — either geolocation or biometric monitoring — and none of the devices had been distributed to East Palestine residents as of March 1.

“In Ohio, “there are 75,000 acres of farmland, fertile farmland, that are all now being poured down with acid rain.”

PolitiFact says: The Ohio Department of Agriculture denied that the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, caused acid rain to pour down on farmlands.

“More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”

PolitiFact says: Domestic violence calls can be deadly for police, but FBI data does not show that more police officers are killed responding to those calls than any other calls.

“On drilling on federal lands.”

PolitiFact says: As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised at least twice: "No more drilling on federal lands." As president, he approved a major new drilling project on leased federal land in Alaska.

“Photos of the Statue of Liberty taken in 1920 and 2020 show that the sea level hasn’t changed.”

PolitiFact says: According to the New York City Panel on Climate Change, the relative sea level rise in New York City averaged 0.11 inches per year from 1850 to 2017.

“Audio captures former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama debating Michelle Obama’s gender.”

“Elon Musk tweeted, “The world is flat.”

“Emergency injunction and tribunal order was served to WHO … to immediately cease and desist a criminal conspiracy to commit war crimes.”

“Harry could be exiled to Botswana after he was deported from the United States due to an expired visa.”

“The Simpsons” predicted money missing from Bank of America customers’ accounts in January.”

“‘The View’ settles with the Rittenhouses for $22 million and a formal apology.”

“Video shows U.S. Secret Service agents are demons.”

“Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure.”

“Because of daylight saving time, “NO alarm set for the 2:00 a.m. hour will go off” on March 12.”

PolitiFact says: Cellphone clocks typically adjust automatically. Some phones automatically adjust alarms set to go off within the 2 a.m. hour to instead go off within the 3 a.m. hour. Others might not. Some clocks require manual resets.

“Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party.”

PolitiFact says: Granholm did meet with the Rocky Mountain Institute’s CEO in 2021, but the group's views on gas stoves and China need context, as does the government's ability and inclination to ban them.

“In my first two years in office, I brought down the deficit a record $1.7 trillion, more than any president has in American history.”

PolitiFact says: The number is accurate, but it came after the deficit had risen because of a temporary phase of unusual federal spending during the coronavirus pandemic.

“The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.”

PolitiFact says: Although youth suicide rates and gender-affirming care are both on the rise, experts say there is no evidence the increases are related. Research shows that GAC is associated with reduced suicide and depression.

“Video shows that certain drinks can “test positive” for COVID-19 when using at-home COVID-19 tests.”

PolitiFact says: A COVID-19 rapid test might display a positive result if you "test" droplets of some beverages or other substances. That doesn’t mean the test detected the virus, or that rapid tests are always inaccurate.

“Ashli Babbitt is alive and well.”