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FalsePhoto shows former President Donald Trump “asleep at the 2017 NATO summit.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactAug 9, 2024FalseSays Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had his stomach pumped “after overingesting horse semen.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactAug 9, 2024FalseSays his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 9, 2024False“Caitlin Clark declines $1 million offer from ABC to appear on ‘The View.’”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 9, 2024False“I went down in a helicopter with (Willie Brown). We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together and there was an emergency landing.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 9, 2024False“Mike Tyson says he’s willing to box Olympic DUDE with all proceeds to go to a battered women’s charity.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactAug 9, 2024False“When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, do you know what he did? He dropped out of the Army and allowed his unit to go without him.”Said by JD VancePolitiFactAug 9, 2024TrueLifeguards are present at Olympic swimming competitions.SnopesAug 9, 2024FalseAs Minnesota governor, Tim Walz signed a law making it illegal for people to discriminate against pedophiles.SnopesAug 9, 2024FalseThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) investigated LeBron James for taking performance-enhancing drugs during the 2024 Paris Olympics.SnopesAug 9, 2024Can’t tellDirecTV canceled all Olympic broadcast contracts indefinitely, stating it would only show future Games if the International Olympic Committee "makes certain guarantees."SnopesAug 9, 2024Can’t tellCraft supply retail company Hobby Lobby pulled $50 million in ads from the 2024 Paris Olympics, ending its 20-year sponsorship of the Games.SnopesAug 8, 2024FalseFox News reported in late July 2024 that U.S. gymnast Simone Biles announced her first publicly disclosed pregnancy and her retirement.SnopesAug 8, 2024FalseAn image being shared online in late July 2024 authentically showed Adolf Hitler posing near-identically to Donald Trump in a separate, authentic photo captured after his attempted assassination.SnopesAug 8, 2024Can’t tellComedian Jack Black vowed to leave the U.S. permanently, saying: “I just can’t take it anymore.”SnopesAug 8, 2024FalseA video from 2017 suggests U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris does not want anyone to say "Merry Christmas," no matter the year.SnopesAug 8, 2024False"Actornautas aparecen en los videos de la NASA desde hace años mostrando el set de filmación en el supuesto alunizaje”.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 8, 2024FalseA plane crashed into the Milad Tower, July 31, 2024.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 8, 2024Mixed“In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.Said by Ron DeSantisPolitiFactAug 8, 2024Can’t tellItalian boxer Angela Carini will get another chance to fight in the Paris Olympics ring because her first fight against Algerian Imane Khelif was "unfair."SnopesAug 8, 2024TrueOnline image authentically depicts the mug shot taken of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after he was arrested on a drunk driving charge in 1995.SnopesAug 8, 2024Can’t tellU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris wore a $62,000 necklace while recording a video in which she asked people to donate to her 2024 presidential campaign.SnopesAug 8, 2024MixedOn Aug. 5, 2024, the U.S. stock market lost $1.93 trillion in market capitalization, Nasdaq fell by more than 1,000 points and Nasdaq and the Dow Jones hit all-time lows.SnopesAug 8, 2024TrueThen-U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris once said, "You know, we have to stay 'woke.' Like, everybody needs to be 'woke.' And you can talk about if you're the 'wokest' or 'woker' but just a more 'woke' than less 'woke.'"SnopesAug 7, 2024