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FalseU.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.”Said by Senate Leadership FundPolitiFactOct 11, 2024FalseVideo shows “people attempting to flee Florida & Hurricane Milton.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactOct 11, 2024False“Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.”Said by Kari LakePolitiFactOct 11, 2024False“Hurricane Nadine was a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane that struck Central America and the Bahamas in October 2024.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 11, 2024Mixed“Two weeks ago 100 GOP lawmakers voted against additional FEMA funding.”Said by Robert ReichPolitiFactOct 11, 2024False“Univision accidentally shows that Kamala Harris is reading from a teleprompter live on air.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 11, 2024False“We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.”Said by Kamala HarrisPolitiFactOct 11, 2024FalseIn October 2024, screenshots from two articles authentically showed the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) renamed Hurricane Milton to Hurricane Millicent in honor of Transgender Awareness Month.SnopesOct 11, 2024MixedA video clip and three still images circulating via social media in October 2024 genuinely showed views of Hurricane Milton from space.SnopesOct 11, 2024Can’t tellOn his deathbed, Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, said: "Oh my, oh my, what have I done! There's something very wrong, there's something very wrong, there's something very wrong!"SnopesOct 10, 2024TrueVice presidential candidate JD Vance once said childless people should pay more taxes.SnopesOct 10, 2024False"Los 750 dólares que nuestra generosa administración ha ofrecido a las víctimas del huracán Helene son un PRÉSTAMO! Tienen un año para devolverlo".Said by X postsPolitiFactOct 10, 2024False"Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."Said by Kamala HarrisPolitiFactOct 10, 2024FalsePatents dating back to the 1800s show that people can control the weather.Said by Marjorie Taylor GreenePolitiFactOct 10, 2024TrueSays Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde "brags about being in the 1%."Said by Democratic Senatorial Campaign CommitteePolitiFactOct 10, 2024FalseU.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “allow transgender biological men to compete in girls’ sports.”Said by Senate Leadership FundPolitiFactOct 10, 2024False“FEMA is supposed to help out white people last for the purpose of ‘equity.’ … It’s literally on the FEMA website.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactOct 10, 2024False“Taylor Swift blames Instagram for losing millions of followers after Harris endorsement: ‘It must be a glitch!”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactOct 10, 2024False“They create hurricanes via cloud seeding” and “direct them where they want the Hurricane to go!”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactOct 10, 2024FalseIn his novel "Counting Miracles," published Sept. 24, 2024, author Nicholas Sparks predicted the hurricane that devastated western North Carolina starting Sept. 27, 2024.SnopesOct 10, 2024Can’t tellFormer U.S. President Donald Trump offered "Trump Gas" costing at least $49.99 per gallon to Floridians fleeing Hurricane Milton.SnopesOct 10, 2024Can’t tellDisney announced women can now go topless inside Disney World.SnopesOct 10, 2024FalseFormer U.S. President Donald Trump offered free lodging at his timeshare properties, including his Mar-a-Lago Club, to all of his displaced supporters during Hurricane Milton in October 2024.SnopesOct 10, 2024Can’t tellAt a rally in Pennsylvania for former U.S. President Donald Trump, Tesla founder and X owner Elon Musk pledged $5 billion to the Republican candidate's reelection campaign.SnopesOct 10, 2024