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Lorraine Badoy, SMNI host

“Jonathan De Santos, former editor of Philstar.com, is an urban operative of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front.”

Vera Files rated this: Baseless

Vera Files says: Lorraine Badoy, a former undersecretary at the Presidential Communications Office and a spokesperson at the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, did not present any proof that Jonathan De Santos ha…

Mike Pence, former vice president and 2024 presidential candidate

“After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China was planned months before a Chinese surveillance balloon was spotted over U.S. airspace in February. The meeting was postponed until June.