“Elon Musk tweeted “looking into this” in response to a claim that the “KKK never did anything wrong to Black people.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Former FBI agent Ted Gunderson was murdered.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“No human remains or aircraft debris were found at the Pentagon or in Pennsylvania after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Photo shows a highway in Houston.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photo shows former President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on a couch with girls.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The tornado that destroyed a Pfizer building in North Carolina was orchestrated using weather manipulation to provide “an insurance claim for big pharma.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The World Economic Forum “launches ‘mark of the beast’ CBDC microchip that will ‘end gun ownership in America.’”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The World Economic Forum “says CBDCs must be ‘implanted under your skin’ if you want to participate in society.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows that Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigators determined that “dozens of wildfires in Canada” were caused by arson in 2023.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Walmart is selling bicycles for $6.95 instead of recycling them.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A video shows people holding up their phones to film President Joe Biden, but “every phone there is turned off.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: People weren’t holding up turned-off cellphones at a White House event July 4. The late afternoon sun’s brightness made the phone screens appear dim.
“Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Multiple rankings by industry-related groups show that Florida has the highest homeowners insurance costs.
“Health professionals are being “urged” to call vaginas “bonus holes” to avoid offending transgender or nonbinary patients.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There is no widespread push for health care professionals to use the term "bonus hole" instead of "vagina." A U.K. charity listed it as an alternative term that some transgender and nonbinary patients may prefer.
“The Associated Press reported that cameras show a TikTok influencer leaving a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The image in the TikTok video was manipulated. An Associated Press article with this headline does not exist.
“The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Justice Department deleted some verbiage on its website about child sex trafficking. The Justice Department deleted some verbiage on its website about child sex trafficking.
“Biden points and waves to nobody again.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Donald Trump and Joe Biden both died years ago.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Donald Trump arrested” July 5.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Joe Biden announced that the U.S. dollar will now become cryptocurrency.”
PolitiFact rated this: False