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FalseVideo shows “geoengineering happening” as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 8, 2024False“Taylor Swift’s concert tickets” fell to $75 after she endorsed Kamala HarrisSaid by Facebook postsPolitiFactOct 8, 2024FalseEight immigrants who resided in the U.S. illegally slashed the tires of 51 semitrucks carrying relief supplies for victims of Hurricane Helene.SnopesOct 8, 2024FalseAs of October 2024, Geico no longer insures Tesla Cybertrucks.SnopesOct 8, 2024FalseU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris published photos of herself with a woman she claimed was her paternal grandmother, who died four years before Harris was born.SnopesOct 8, 2024FalseAn image shared online for years authentically shows a scientist holding a basketball covered in “the world’s blackest substance.”SnopesOct 7, 2024Can’t tellAmerican singer-songwriter Hank Williams Jr. said that he "wouldn't be caught dead" on stage with country star Garth Brooks.SnopesOct 7, 2024Can’t tellLaw enforcement discovered an underground tunnel in Sean "Diddy" Combs' Los Angeles mansion that connects to the nearby Playboy Mansion.SnopesOct 7, 2024FalseDockworkers went on strike because “they hear screaming children inside shipping containers!”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 7, 2024FalseFEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 7, 2024MixedIn Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.”Said by Kelly AyottePolitiFactOct 7, 2024FalseVideo shows Oct. 6, 2024, fires in Beirut caused by Israeli airstrikes.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 7, 2024FalseVideo shows a missile strike on Israel.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 7, 2024MixedWhen New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.”Said by New Hampshire Democratic PartyPolitiFactOct 7, 2024False“Breaking: Kansas City Chiefs refuse to host a Pride Night, ‘It’s woke agenda’”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactOct 7, 2024False“Kamala Harris permitió la entrada a Estados Unidos de 13.000 extranjeros ilegales condenados por asesinato".Said by X postsPolitiFactOct 7, 2024False“Out of the 28 North Carolina counties destroyed by Hurricane Helene, 26 of them supported President Trump in the 2020 election … If you’re wondering why the government hasn’t helped these people, now you know why.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 7, 2024Can’t tellIn 1994 or 1995, Donald Trump said of his 13-year-old daughter, Ivanka, "Is it wrong to be more sexually attracted to your own daughter than your wife?"SnopesOct 7, 2024MixedTheodor Seuss Geisel — aka Dr. Seuss — cheated on his ill wife, causing her to kill herself, and then married his lover.SnopesOct 7, 2024Can’t tellMale kangaroos purposely flex their biceps to impress females.SnopesOct 6, 2024TrueAn image authentically depicts Sean "Diddy" Combs with Prince Harry and Kanye "Ye" West.SnopesOct 6, 2024FalseThe Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactOct 6, 2024False“The $750 from FEMA that Kamala Harris is offering them is actually a loan, not real relief. And that if they don’t pay it back the feds can seize their property.”Said by X postsPolitiFactOct 6, 2024TrueA photo shared on social media authentically showed a U.S. soldier in Germany during World War II replacing a street sign that read “Adolf-Hitler-Str.” with another that read “Roosevelt Blvd.”SnopesOct 6, 2024