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Mixed“The Montana Secretary of State left Kamala Harris off the ballot.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactSep 24, 2024False“The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”Said by Tim WalzPolitiFactSep 24, 2024Can’t tellNew England Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced there will be no "anthem kneeling" at Gillette Stadium ever again.SnopesSep 24, 2024TrueA photo authentically depicts Sean "Diddy" Combs, former U.S. President Donald Trump, and his wife, Melania Trump, seated together.SnopesSep 24, 2024Can’t tellCoca-Cola ended its partnership with pop star Taylor Swift because she said that she would vote for U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.SnopesSep 24, 2024Can’t tellA screenshot shows an authentic social media post by former U.S. President Donald Trump beginning, "Your life is a total mess! You're broke, can't even afford cookies!"SnopesSep 24, 2024FalseLemons are not a "naturally occurring" fruit as they are a manmade hybrid of a sour orange and a citron.SnopesSep 23, 2024TrueThe audience booed at "Fight Club" during its premiere at the 1999 Venice Film Festival.SnopesSep 23, 2024FalsePhotos shared online in August and September 2024 authentically showed a young Kamala Harris in revealing clothes, working as an escort.SnopesSep 23, 2024FalseIn Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.”Said by JD VancePolitiFactSep 23, 2024FalseWhen Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter."Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactSep 23, 2024True“400,000 workers are now in a union that were not in a union when (Biden) became president.”Said by Julie SuPolitiFactSep 23, 2024False“A staffer reveals that Kamala Harris doesn’t actually own a gun.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactSep 23, 2024False“Unlike other amendments, Amendment 4 has no definitions. … Without definitions these words can mean almost anything.”Said by Vote No on 4PolitiFactSep 23, 2024FalseA Louisiana man received a 23-year sentence for eating 75 pounds of prime rib at a Golden Corral restaurant.SnopesSep 23, 2024MixedThe only plane permitted to fly on Sept. 11, 2001, following the U.S. terrorist attacks, was a plane delivering an antivenom to a snake-bite victim.SnopesSep 23, 2024Can’t tellNetanyahu was recorded in 1990 saying: "America is a Golden Calf and we will suck it dry, chop it up, and sell it off piece by piece until there is nothing left but the world’s biggest welfare state that we will create and control."SnopesSep 22, 2024TrueThe state of Minnesota has refused multiple requests from the state of Virginia to return a Confederate battle flag captured during the U.S. Civil War.SnopesSep 22, 2024FalseSen. JD Vance admitted he has a ‘rent-a-dog’ from the Trump campaign to make him “seem like a dog person.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactSep 22, 2024MixedA color photo authentically depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in 1956.SnopesSep 22, 2024Can’t tellThe Walt Disney Company has altered photographs of Walt Disney displayed in Disney theme parks to remove the cigarettes between his fingers.SnopesSep 22, 2024TrueIncest is legal in New Jersey and Rhode Island.SnopesSep 21, 2024Can’t tellA photo authentically shows Mickey Mouse dropkicking a toddler at Disneyland.SnopesSep 21, 2024FalseA video authentically reports a Pennsylvania woman attempted to drop off four mail-in ballots at a drop box for the 2024 U.S. elections.SnopesSep 21, 2024

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