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.
PolitiFact says: Technically, voters are required to pay for postage if they don’t have a postage-paid ballot. But the U.S. Postal Service says its policy is to deliver mail ballots to election offices even if the ballots lack postage.
PolitiFact says: Trump is fixating on one piece of the jobs puzzle, the job gains in May and June, while ignoring the rest of the picture. Those gains made up less than 40% of the jobs lost in April.
PolitiFact says: Bank of America announced it would donate $1 billion to communities of color and minority-owned businesses affected by COVID-19. The bank did not pledge to contribute any funds directly to Black Lives Matter.
PolitiFact says: Trump has not denounced Russia, but that tracks with the statements he has made, saying the intelligence about Russia bounties was not credible, and that the information reported by the New York Times was a “hoax.”
PolitiFact says: Antifa has not been designated as a terrorist organization. And Americans suspected of terrorism are still afforded due process rights.
PolitiFact says: The FBI has made no such public statement. Antifa is not a designated terrorist organization.
PolitiFact says: Biden expressed concern about the coronavirus weeks before Trump did, and he recommended the Obama approach on Ebola, including international cooperation and the use of sound science, in January.
PolitiFact says: There is no federal requirement that businesses accept cash or coins as payment for goods and services. Several states and cities, however, require most businesses to accept cash.
PolitiFact says: The court's ruling was narrow and focused on the Administrative Procedure Act.
PolitiFact says: Black Lives Matters has grown into a national anti-racism movement broadly supported by Americans, few of whom would identify themselves as Marxist.
PolitiFact says: The nine were arrested in Portland in 2016 during a protest against Donald Trump’s election, not during recent demonstrations stemming from the death of George Floyd. There's no evidence of antifa membership.
PolitiFact says: Multiple scientists have encouraged people to wear masks in public in addition to other measures including hand washing and social distancing.