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Congress created “a generous mortgage relief program” for veterans.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Joe Biden received a military funeral service Jan. 20, 2021
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Republicans "are advancing federal judges who won't even say that Brown vs. Board of Education was properly decided."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
Photo shows President Barack Obama posing with a 420 sign.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist.
Publisher’s rating: False
Says Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman confessed to giving a wrong account of President Trump’s phone call with Ukraine.
Publisher’s rating: Doesn't say which call
The relief bill signed by President Joe Biden "punished the states that opened earlier, and it rewarded the states that stayed closed the longest."
Publisher’s rating: Linkage isn't perfect
Photo shows a “clearly intoxicated” Kamala Harris “throwing up in the bushes & staggering aimlessly at the Cleveland airport.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Photo shows Queen Elizabeth II meeting Donald Trump wearing a brooch given to her by Barack Obama.
Publisher’s rating: False
Video shows “breaking news” because “President Trump just dropped a bombshell!!!”
Publisher’s rating: False
Michael Bloomberg "says he will donate 10 million to House Dems if they vote to impeach Trump."
Publisher’s rating: False
"I don’t remember a Democrat ever heckling a president in a State of the Union or any other matter."
Publisher’s rating: Dems Have Booed Before
“While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!”
Publisher’s rating: False
Former President Donald Trump said, “Israel has hypnotized the world.”
Publisher’s rating: False
"The very defective JCPOA expires shortly anyway," referring to the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts
Vice President Kamala Harris “was born in Canada.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
“Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.”
Publisher’s rating: False
A video shows President Joe Biden “getting off plane with little boy dressed like girl.”
Publisher’s rating: False
“U.S. military at the White House arresting Congress.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire