“This video shows floods in Spain.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The clips in this video are not from recent floods in Spain. They show flooding caused by storm Boris in September in Poland.
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PolitiFact is a United States fact-checking site run by the Poynter Institute. It rates claims by politicians and viral posts on its Truth-O-Meter, from True to Pants on Fire.
“Video shows Kamala (Harris) responding to someone talking through her earrings that she allegedly wore during the Trump vs. Harris debate.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Video shows Vice President Kamala Harris “hammered.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Video shows Vice President Kamala Harris using a teleprompter.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“ICE officials have been ordered NOT to wear their uniforms or badges when they vote today" so as not to intimidate noncitizens.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Federal law prohibits Immigration enforcement activity at polling places. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said employees were reminded not to wear uniforms and insignia to avoid confusing voters.
“It was just Biden and Trump in 2020” general election ballots.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The official 2020 general election results, reported by the Federal Election Commission, listed 36 presidential candidates who were present on at least one state ballot.
“List shows 21 companies or celebrities, including Disney, Marvel and Warner Bros., that have “stopped posting on X.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Contrary to a Threads account’s posts, 15 businesses and two celebrities have not stopped posting on X — 13 post actively and four post sporadically.
“Photo shows Donald Trump statement condemning the Peanut the squirrel’s euthanasia”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A viral statement attributed to former President Donald Trump is fake. We found no evidence of the statement on Trump’s website or social media accounts. A Trump spokesperson told the New York Post the statement is false
“Special Counsel “Jack Smith has been fired” as of Nov. 6.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Special Counsel Jack Smith had not been fired as of Nov. 13, Justice Department spokesperson Peter Carr confirmed nearly a week after publication of a Threads post claiming that he had.
“The Heritage Foundation is behind Project25. Their Director of Finance is David Green. Owner of Hobby Lobby.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The founder and former owner of Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts retailer in the U.S., is not the finance director of the conservative think tank, Heritage Foundation. They are just both named David Green.
“Vice President Kamala Harris “has cleared her Instagram account and cryptically posted 3 videos of a snake.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Vice President Kamala Harris’ Instagram account didn’t remove all posts and didn’t post three videos of a snake. This claim originated as a joke and refers to singer Taylor Swift’s 2017 cleanse of her social media pages.
“Arizona officials caught changing ballots, have been arrested.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Arizona had a two-page ballot and, in the first of Pima County’s Nov. 8 ballot counting reports to the state, Pima mistakenly reported the number of pages counted, rather than ballots.
“BREAKING: Zillow CEO just said on CNBC Trump's deportation plan will help with housing affordability.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman didn’t tell CNBC that Trump’s mass deportation plan would help lower housing costs. Instead, he discussed the supply-and-demand imbalance and said the U.S. is “chronically underbuilt."
“Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Federal and state election officials rebutted 2024 election fraud claims, including ones related to Elon Musk's Starlink. They said there are longstanding systems to ensure votes are fairly and accurately tabulated.
“Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never. They just do a C-section.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Posts that say abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester are False. Some complex medical situations can affect the fetus or pregnant woman late in pregnancy that require a medically-necessary abortion.
“‘Elon Musk sorprende al mundo con la adquisición de Ford’”.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Un portavoz de Ford Motor Company le dijo a PolitiFact que la publicación es falsa.
“20 million Democratic votes “disappeared” in 2024.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Election experts and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency reported no evidence of disappearing votes or widespread fraud during the 2024 presidential election.
“2,038 suicides have been reported (Nov. 6) following Donald Trump’s election win.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The World Health Organization, which was cited as this claim’s source, said the claim is not correct. It has no daily suicide tracker.
“In Nevada, the GOP is succeeding in throwing out the votes of thousands of young people.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Some mail ballots in Nevada were flagged because of missing or mismatched signatures. But these ballots weren’t discarded. Voters have until 5 p.m. PST on Nov. 12 to fix the problem, so their ballots can be counted.
“Santiago Flight 513 “landed after 35 years with 92 skeletons on board!”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Weekly World News, a tabloid known for publishing fiction as if it were fact, published this story about “Santiago Flight 513” in 1989.