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“An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
Says Joe Biden is “following through with a fracking ban.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Photo shows former President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador kissing.
Publisher’s rating: False
Says a list of prominent Democrats have concealed their "real names" from the public.
Publisher’s rating: False
California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is considering plans to secede from the union.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Wajir Governor is giving away 200 free motor bikes
Publisher’s rating: False.
Sen. J.D. Vance is “known for his obsession with couches.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Says Attorney General William Barr tweeted that the US "gave Iran USA taxpayer dollars" so Iran could purchase uranium from Russia.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Video shows Hillary Clinton popping a brown paper bag during a press conference.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
"Obama released 10 Russian agents from U.S. custody in 2010 during Hillary’s uranium deal."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
"You know, just this week Donald Trump said cuts to Social Security and Medicare are on the table."
Publisher’s rating: Out of Context
“Trump was secretly inaugurated as president of the restored Republic.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Related reporting reproduces a claim that Donald Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 11, 2021, but it does not say he was inaugurated as president of a restored Republic. Instead, it says he was “inaugurated as head of the Patriot or Constitutional Party,” making him “a candidate for US President, again.” The same passage says the military was about to restore the Republic and that an election was planned for March 4, 2021. This is a different account from the claim’s asserted presidential inauguration. The evidence is a reposted compilation, not independent reporting that verifies an inauguration. One excerpt includes the compiler’s disclaimer that social-media material “may or may not be true” and is reported “not as fact.” The supplied material does not document an inauguration ceremony or establish that Trump secretly became president of a restored Republic.
This video shows Chuck Grassley demanding Joe Biden’s “resignation.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Says Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted, “It’s ‘odd’ that the ANTIFA insurgency happened just as COVID-19 loses steam It’s ‘odd’ that COVID-19 happened the moment impeachment failed. It’s ‘odd’ that impeachment happened the moment Russian hoax failed. The Russian hoax happened because Hillary lost? Notice the pattern?”
Publisher’s rating: False
Witnesses have been part of "every other impeachment trial the Senate has ever had."
Publisher’s rating: True
