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2024 October


Another Pants on Fire claim about AOC’s financial worth

Another Pants on Fire claim about AOC’s financial worth

Ocasio-Cortez’s office did not immediately return a request for comment, but her most recent financial disclosure report — filed Aug. 13 and covering 2023 — shows the representative is nowhere close to being worth $29 million.


Fact-checking Donald Trump’s closing economic arguments

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s closing economic arguments

Economists have told PolitiFact that although some Biden policies exacerbated inflation, the primary drivers were the supply chain’s inability to meet demand during the pandemic and Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which caused global energy prices to spike.


Photo shows 2011 Obama Ireland visit, not Trump’s MSG rally

Photo shows 2011 Obama Ireland visit, not Trump’s MSG rally

Trump’s Madison Square Garden campaign rally drew thousands and filled the 19,500-seat venue, with people lining up for blocks hours before the event’s scheduled start.


Q&A on the 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccines

Q&A on the 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccines

As part of its preventive services coverage requirement, the Affordable Care Act mandates that health plans cover vaccines recommended by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices with no cost-sharing, as long as they are provided in-network.


Kamala Harris did not call Donald Trump “Adolf Hitler”

Kamala Harris did not call Donald Trump “Adolf Hitler”

The New York Times also cited a 2021 article in The Guardian about a book by Michael Bender, then a Wall Street Journal reporter, who wrote that during a 2018 visit to Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, Trump said to Kelly: "Well, Hitler did a lot of good things."


X users, Elon Musk circulate image of fake Atlantic headline

X users, Elon Musk circulate image of fake Atlantic headline

Searching The Atlantic’s site for the phrase "Trump is literally Hilter" returned only the publication’s statement rebutting the fabricated image.


Will Musk be prosecuted for $1 million lottery? Unlikely

Will Musk be prosecuted for $1 million lottery? Unlikely

Citing the pushback Special Counsel Jack Smith has faced in attempting to quickly bring cases to trial against former President Donald Trump, Brand said he doubts a prosecution of Musk "would pay a high percentage return to engage."


Parental consent laws in NY would not change, experts say

Parental consent laws in NY would not change, experts say

Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, executive director of the Birnbaum Women's Leadership Center at NYU School of Law, told Gothamist that making a claim that children will be treated differently in medical settings is part of a political strategy.


Baldwin claim that Hovde “just proposed cutting Social Security by 28%” is misleading

Baldwin claim that Hovde “just proposed cutting Social Security by 28%” is misleading

The Baldwin ad features an April 24, 2012 appearance by Hovde, then in his first run for U.S. Senate, at the Milwaukee Press Club, where he was asked if he favors "either raising the retirement age and/or cutting benefits for those who are considered wealthy."


False claims about new news on Princess Kate’s health

False claims about new news on Princess Kate’s health

The posts’ comments include links to a blog story titled, "Royal Tragedy: William and Kate Devastated," published on multiple websites, which says Middleton had a successful abdominal surgery and is expected to return home.


X user pushes unverified sexual abuse claim against Walz

X user pushes unverified sexual abuse claim against Walz

McKenzie Sadeghi, NewsGuard’s artificial intelligence and foreign influence editor, told PolitiFact, "DocNetYouTube played a key role in promoting the false Kazakhstan former exchange student narrative and distributing it to a larger audience."


Detroit’s absentee ballot return rate doesn’t prove fraud

Detroit’s absentee ballot return rate doesn’t prove fraud

They said the return rate is not surprising and is likely caused by multiple factors, including expanded access to absentee voting, greater awareness and enthusiasm among voters to cast ballots for or against candidates or measures.