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FalseA meme graphic accurately compares various economic indicators under Trump and Biden.SnopesJul 13, 2024TrueFormer U.S. President Donald Trump said he would appoint Tom Homan, an author for Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 policy handbook, as part of his potential next administration.SnopesJul 13, 2024TrueImage authentically depicts French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. first lady Jill Biden holding hands at the NATO summit in Washington D.C.SnopesJul 12, 2024Can’t tellRapper Diddy pays former Police frontman Sting $2,000 a day for sampling the song "Every Breath You Take" on Diddy's "I'll Be Missing You."SnopesJul 12, 2024FalseA video shows a woman in real life being attacked by paranormal force such as a ghost or demon.SnopesJul 12, 2024False"Project 2025 eliminates OSHA and overtime wages.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJul 12, 2024FalseBBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJul 12, 2024FalseCNN producer “caught on hot mic” commenting on Maxine Waters’ “wig problem.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJul 12, 2024TrueIn 2020, “only nine NATO allies were spending 2%” of their GDP on defense. “This year, 23 will spend at least 2%.”Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactJul 12, 2024FalseList shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes.Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJul 12, 2024FalseLower insulin prices were the work of the Trump administration, not “Crooked Joe Biden. He had NOTHING to do with it.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJul 12, 2024False“Anyone on Social Security or Disability should know, Project 2025 totally eliminates all benefits.”Said by D.L. HughleyPolitiFactJul 12, 2024TrueCoors, Walmart and ExxonMobil have all contributed money to The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank leading the Project 2025 initiative.SnopesJul 12, 2024Can’t tellRobert Downey Jr. is the new member of Mel Gibson's "anti-woke movie production studio."SnopesJul 12, 2024MixedJoseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was the first known U.S. presidential candidate to be assassinated.SnopesJul 11, 2024TrueA photo shared online in early July 2024 authentically showed a young woman seated on a building ledge and watching one of the Twin Towers burn during the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.SnopesJul 11, 2024FalseAlternate-tread staircases were originally constructed in old homes to "confuse or trap witches."SnopesJul 11, 2024TrueBlack women in the U.S. are “three to four times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than other women."Said by Kamala HarrisPolitiFactJul 11, 2024FalseLGBTQ+ leaders sign World Economic Forum treaty to “Accept Pedophiles as 'Legally Protected Minority’”Said by X postsPolitiFactJul 11, 2024FalseOfficial Navy photographs show an unidentified flying object in the Arctic Ocean in 1971.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJul 11, 2024False“(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”Said by Michael McCaulPolitiFactJul 11, 2024False“Deadlines have passed in … Wisconsin” to replace President Joe Biden on the ballot.Said by X postsPolitiFactJul 11, 2024False“Every single McDonald’s french fry comes exclusively from potatoes grown on Bill Gates-owned farmland.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJul 11, 2024FalseAn online graphic authentically shows Taylor Swift endorsing Joe Biden for the 2024 presidential election, saying: “Under their leadership, I believe America has a chance to start the healing process it so desperately needs.”SnopesJul 11, 2024