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Says photo from Hunter Biden's laptop shows Paul Pelosi Jr. abusing a girl and doing drugs.
Publisher’s rating: False
Un hombre roba un tanque en Estados Unidos en 2020 durante las protestas contra el racismo tras la muerte de George Floyd
Publisher’s rating: Falso
An image of rising homicide rates in seven cities with the words, “Welcome to President Biden’s America.”
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
“George Floyd’s ‘murder’ filmed before COVID-19.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
"Off duty border patrol agent Jacob Albarado. With no 2nd thought entered Robb Elementary School and eliminated the active shooter."
Publisher’s rating: False
The Marcoses were cleared of their ill-gotten wealth cases in the United States
Publisher’s rating: Needs context
A photo shows sex traffickers using an abandoned child car seat to lure in victims.
Publisher’s rating: False
বিয়ের আসর থেকে জুতা চুরি, মামলা ঠুকে দিলেন ম্যাক্সওয়েল!
Publisher’s rating: False
"If you need to call 911 but are scared to because of someone in the room dial and ask for a pepperoni pizza."
Publisher’s rating: False
Biden administration quietly DROPS all charges against Sam Bankman-Fried.
Publisher’s rating: False
In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."
Publisher’s rating: True
“Out of 7,750 protests last summer associated with BLM and Antifa, 570 turned into violent riots that killed 25 people and caused $1- $2 billion of property damage."
Publisher’s rating: Three Pinocchios
Video shows someone wearing a Donald Trump mask appeared in court instead of the former president.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Research from related reporting identifies Thomas Crooks—not Maxwell Yearick—as the gunman who opened fire at Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. One report states that Trump “narrowly escaped being killed” there and names “gunman Thomas Crooks” as the person who opened fire. That identification conflicts with the claim that Yearick was the shooter. The excerpts provide no reporting or evidence connecting Maxwell Yearick to the Butler shooting, and they do not describe how the shooter’s identity was established. The supported conclusion is therefore limited: the supplied reporting names Crooks as the gunman, not Yearick. A separate 2026 shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner involved a different accused suspect and does not bear on who attacked Trump in Butler.
Says under his plan to end cash bail "the Waukesha perpetrator wouldn’t have been released "
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
“CEO of Pfizer arrested, charged with fraud.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Hunter Biden was "laundering money" and "accepting bribes."
Publisher’s rating: Unsupported
"Nancy Pelosi Fined $40K for Destruction of Government Property"
Publisher’s rating: False