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False“Elon Musk just ordered all federal workers to be tested for drugs and those that fail have 30 days to retest clean or be fired.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactFeb 20, 2025TrueAerial footage authentically shows protesters gathered in February 2025 around New York City's Washington Square Arch who were rallying against U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and billionaire Elon Musk.SnopesFeb 20, 2025FalseIn February 2025, Toyota and Honda were planning to shutter manufacturing plants in the U.S. as a result of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.SnopesFeb 20, 2025FalseCountry singer Chris Stapleton filed an official objection after Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" won the 2025 Grammy award for best country album.SnopesFeb 20, 2025TrueTwo photos circulating on social media for years authentically showed jazz legend Louis Armstrong drawing a trumpet on a fan's head in France.SnopesFeb 19, 2025TrueActor Zach Galifianakis was friends with an unhoused woman for years, paying her rent and inviting her to Hollywood events.SnopesFeb 19, 2025TrueA photo authentically showed a boy holding a sign reading "TRUMP IS A CHUMP!" at a protest in front of New York City's Trump Tower in the 1980s.SnopesFeb 19, 2025FalseAn image genuinely shows that Elon Musk posted on X, "Spoiled crybabies across the country are protesting against America's golden age. Brats like them should go to prison."SnopesFeb 19, 2025FalseMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I told President (Donald) Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in the U.S. is for their citizens to stop electing them.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 19, 2025FalseMichael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 19, 2025FalseVideo shows X owner Elon Musk promoted a “bedtime trick” to cure diabetes.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 19, 2025FalseVolodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactFeb 19, 2025TrueWisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”Said by Susan CrawfordPolitiFactFeb 19, 2025False“An ICE minivan was reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactFeb 19, 2025False“Barack and Michelle Obama locked in bombshell divorce of the century.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 19, 2025FalseJill Biden was a teenager working as the Biden family babysitter when she started dating then-Sen. Joe Biden.SnopesFeb 18, 2025FalsePhotographs authentically show twins, one of whom smoked and tanned for 16 years while the other did not.SnopesFeb 18, 2025FalseRep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth.Said by X postsPolitiFactFeb 18, 2025FalseThe federal workforce grew from 2.1 to 3 million under President Joe Biden, “a 46% increase since Biden took office.”Said by X postsPolitiFactFeb 18, 2025False“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactFeb 18, 2025False“The NFL admits to canceling Elon's DOGE Super Bowl ads.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactFeb 18, 2025TrueIn February 2025 social media posts, U.S. President Donald Trump shared this quote usually attributed to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law."SnopesFeb 18, 2025TrueIn February 2025, Republican U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney introduced a bill that would make President Donald Trump's birthday a federal holiday.SnopesFeb 18, 2025TruePhotographs genuinely show a man with yellow "cholesterol nodules" on his palms caused by a "carnivore diet."SnopesFeb 17, 2025