PolitiFact

“Joan Rivers was killed for revealing that Barack Obama is gay and Michelle Obama is transgender.”

PolitiFact says: The late Joan Rivers’ claim about former First Lady Michelle Obama was wrong — Obama is not transgender.

“Leaked audio recording of Biden and Zelenskyy talking in private.”

“Mickey Mouse will be replaced as official Disney mascot.”

PolitiFact says: This claim originated from a satirical site. The Mickey Mouse copyright that expires in 2024 covers the version featured in the 1928 short film "Steamboat Willie."

“Richard Belzer died because of a COVID-19 vaccine.”

“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”

PolitiFact says: The National Transportation Safety Board said foul play or sabotage is not suspected in the Ohio incident. We found no evidence that the other incidents cited in the Facebook post were anything but accidents.

“The Transportation Security Administration spent “a couple hundred million dollars” on gender-neutral screening technology.”

PolitiFact says: The Transportation Security Administration spent $18.6 million on gender-neutral screening technology, not "hundreds of millions," as a video claimed.

“The U.S. State Department has started a special immigrants visa “evacuation operation.”

“The “average tax” for billionaires is “about 3%,” which is “a lower tax than a schoolteacher or a firefighter.”

PolitiFact says: This refers to calculations made under a theoretical proposal. Under today’s laws, the 25 highest-earning billionaires paid an average tax rate of 16%.

“The dog dewormer fenbendazole can cure cancer in humans.”

PolitiFact says: The National Cancer Institute said it has no evidence that supports the claim. The Food and Drug Administration has not approved fenbendazole to treat or prevent cancer in humans.

“A photo shows a deputy U.S. marshal “keeping a close eye” on President Joe Biden at the State of the Union address on Feb. 7.”

“A photo shows birds that “dropped dead” in Kentucky after the train derailment in Ohio.”

“At the World Economic Forum, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel admitted that his company produced 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2019, before the pandemic started.”

PolitiFact says: Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel was not referring to COVID-19 vaccine doses when he said the company produced 100,000 doses in 2019. Moderna collaborated with NIH in January 2020 to develop a vaccine against COVID-19.

“Criminal caught after cutting off 37 man buns.”

“Gen. Mark Milley “never served in combat.”

“Humans are not causing climate change.” Magnetic pole shifting “is causing havoc worldwide in weather, climate, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.”

PolitiFact says: There is wide consensus among climate scientists that the Earth is warming and that humans directly contributed to this change by burning fossil fuels. Experts say there isn’t evidence showing magnetic field variation.

“In Australia, "All joggers must wear a helmet.”

PolitiFact says: A sign warning that a new Australian law requires joggers to wear helmets was created in 2017 by Wowser Nation, a satirical art collective looking to draw attention to what they called the "Australian nanny state."

“KFC tweeted an image of a chicken drumstick for Black History Month.”

“Michigan State University suspect is 22-year-old ‘Raymone Jordan.’”

PolitiFact says: University police identified the gunman in the Feb. 13 Michigan State University shooting as 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae. The photo linked to the supposed shooter is an altered photo of YouTuber Jordie Jordan.

“No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.”

PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden’s federal judicial appointments have made the judiciary more representative of the U.S. population. Even so, white men are still overrepresented.

“Obama imposed stricter rules on trains carrying toxins. Trump killed them.”

PolitiFact says: The Obama administration adopted a rule requiring high-hazard cargo trains to have electronic brakes by 2023. Trump later repealed that rule. However, this rule would not have applied to the train that derailed in Ohio.