“NASA admits space and planets are fake.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
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“New York Attorney General Letitia James said President Joe Biden “is an embarrassment to all that we stand for.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photos are evidence actor Courteney Cox uses adrenochrome from kidnapped children.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Protesters in Kerala India accidentally brought the Italian flag instead of the Palestine flag to pro-Hamas protest.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom falling down airplane stairs.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows Hoda Kotb interviewing Kelly Clarkson about “her weight loss journey.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows “Israel Zionist blowing up people in hospitals” in 2023.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows late night host Jimmy Fallon interviewing singer Kelly Clarkson about a weight loss product.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows someone impersonating President Joe Biden visiting Israel in October 2023.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Bill Gates wrote a 2011 article titled “Depopulation Through Forced Vaccination.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“DeSantis deployed troops to the southern border to stop the invasion.”
PolitiFact rated this: Needs more context
PolitiFact says: DeSantis twice sent Florida National Guard service members to the southern border during Biden’s presidency. But it’s unclear how those deployments have affected illegal immigration mitigation.
“Every President we ever had in the United States of America was a draconian reptilian.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Claims that politicians are reptilian are part of an unfounded and long-standing conspiracy theory.
“Ohio’s Issue 1 “allows for abortion after viability for…financial reasons.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Issue 1 would codify abortion access in the state’s constitution, allowing for abortion bans after a fetus is viable, but require exceptions for the mother’s life and health. "Financial reasons" are not included.
“Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Congressional Budget Office’s long-standing practice has been to classify cuts to the IRS’ enforcement budget — which decrease collections — as reducing tax revenue. Businesses use the same logic.
“Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Biden is right about the decline in the number of U.S. farms and is close on the acreage lost, which is roughly equal to the land area of the three states he cited. The reason: Higher productivity.
“Photo shows “American soldiers praying for their country, for Israel before being deployed to defend Israel” in 2023.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Spending cuts proposed by a Republican-led House subcommittee would cut millions from HIV-related spending, but not entirely eliminate federal HIV spending, just certain programs.
“Some individuals or businesses in Wisconsin are charging $2 or $2.25 an hour for child care.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“Switzerland’s distribution of iodine tablets means the government is worried about nuclear war.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson is the 45th speaker of the House.”
PolitiFact rated this: False