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Social posts about Kyle Rittenhouse registering a lien against Whoopi Goldberg started as satire
But the claim in the posts that show Rittenhouse and Goldberg, a co-host of ABC’s "The View" talk show, originated as satire. The posts were flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and ...
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No, Billie Eilish is not leaving the country after Donald Trump’s election win
Pop singer Billie Eilish criticized President-elect Donald Trump the day after he won the Nov. 5 election, but social media posts have added fiction to her comments by saying shes ...
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No, President-elect Donald Trump didn’t ‘expose’ a secret program offering $6,400 to every American
A video shared Nov. 18 on Facebook claimed that President-elect Donald Trump had "exposed" that Democratic officials and President Joe Biden had hidden a federal subsidy for up to $6,400 for all ...
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How big was Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory? 8 charts explain
For votes counted through Nov. 20, Trump’s margin over Harris was 1.62%. That’s smaller than any winner since Bush in 2000, when the margin was 0.51%. Going back further, only John F. Kennedy in 1960 ...
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No, FEMA hasn’t sent 300 semi trucks to Michigan’s Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport
A viral video falsely claimed the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent 300 semitrucks to Michigan’s Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Michigan. FEMA Press Secretary Daniel Llargues told PolitiFact ...
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No, ballots counted after Election Day don’t mean elections were stolen
States have different laws regulating when and how ballots can be counted. Provisional ballots must be verified after Election Day, and voters can correct errors in their ballots in many states.
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No, Trump didn’t call Joe Scarborough a ‘scolded dog’ on Truth Social
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Sorry, wrong number: Elon Musk didn’t announce a $299 Tesla phone
Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn’t announce a new phone to rival Apple’s iPhone, but recent Facebook posts wrongly credit him with the purported product.
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No, Trump isn’t axing a ‘trans-species child tax credit.’ Because it doesn’t exist
A TikTok video spreading on other social media platforms appears to claim that President-elect Donald Trump is ending a "trans species child tax credit." "Parents of trans-species ...