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FalsePhoto shows Gatlinburg, Tennessee, flooded on Sept. 30, 2024.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 3, 2024TrueProject 2025 would “cut” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and “kill federal-backed flood insurance.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactOct 3, 2024FalseRep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.”Said by Kari LakePolitiFactOct 3, 2024FalseSays Elon Musk said on X, “Go to my crypto project.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 3, 2024FalseSays immigrants with temporary protections in Springfield, Ohio, are “illegal immigrants.”Said by JD VancePolitiFactOct 3, 2024FalseSays opponent Sen. Tammy Baldwin “gave our taxpayer money to a transgender-affirming clinic … that does it without even telling parents."Said by Eric HovdePolitiFactOct 3, 2024FalseSean “Diddy” Combs wrote the book “The Adrenochrome Witch.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 3, 2024FalseVideo shows an Iranian missile attack.Said by X postsPolitiFactOct 3, 2024False“Breaking: Pete Buttigieg reveals that he is HIV-positive.”Said by X postsPolitiFactOct 3, 2024FalseCanadian singer Justin Bieber sued Ellen DeGeneres "for misusing him when he was a minor."SnopesOct 3, 2024FalseOn Sept. 30, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden said the federal government would not be sending additional aid to help victims of Hurricane Helene.SnopesOct 3, 2024Can’t tellWalmart canceled a children's clothing line worth $150 million from Taylor Swift, citing political reasons.SnopesOct 3, 2024MixedU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed a $25,000 home down payment to assist immigrants, including those who are undocumented.SnopesOct 3, 2024Can’t tellMinnesota Gov. and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was banned from college football games after the audience booed him.SnopesOct 3, 2024MixedU.S. Sen. and Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance grew up in suburban Ohio in a large house, with a middle-class family, and he took golf lessons.SnopesOct 3, 2024TruePhotographs shared in late September 2024 authentically depict music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs standing with pop star Taylor Swift.SnopesOct 2, 2024MixedMr. Monopoly, the mascot of the board game Monopoly, has never worn a monocle.SnopesOct 2, 2024MixedPhotograph documents an actual mask used to block AI-based facial recognition “from all angles."SnopesOct 2, 2024FalseImage shows a photo of former President Donald Trump wading through floodwater after Hurricane Helene.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 2, 2024FalseKamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them."Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactOct 2, 2024FalseVideo shows Sean “Diddy” Combs speaking “from prison.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 2, 2024FalseVideo shows “FBI finds human remains at a McDonald’s meat supplier.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 2, 2024False“Weatherman loses it live on air” during broadcast about Hurricane Helene.Said by Threads postsPolitiFactOct 2, 2024Can’t tellThe Primanti Bros. sandwich shop chain fired a manager for refusing service to JD Vance.SnopesOct 2, 2024