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False“Trump can’t be on the Texas ballot because of our state constitution.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJun 14, 2024FalseJoel Osteen is leaving his ministry after event organizers kicked him out of a Toby Keith tribute.SnopesJun 14, 2024TrueSocial media posts in June 2024 accurately stated Ancestry.com listed a Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. as having died in Guantánamo, Cuba, in 2018.SnopesJun 14, 2024Can’t tellGordon Ramsay resigned as a spokesman for Tyson Foods in June 2024 because he did not want to promote bugs being used in its food products.SnopesJun 13, 2024Can’t tellIn summer 2025, the hit sitcom television show "Roseanne" will return for an 11th season.SnopesJun 13, 2024MixedReality TV star Kim Kardashian once flew from Los Angeles to Paris specifically to eat a special kind of cheesecake from a particular hotel.SnopesJun 13, 2024Can’t tellA newspaper clipping accurately quotes antisemitic comments by Benjamin Franklin in 1787.SnopesJun 13, 2024False"La reapertura de la Catedral de Notre Dame en París, después del incendio de las torres. Espectacular!".Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJun 13, 2024FalseFuddruckers is “closing ALL locations.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJun 13, 2024FalsePhoto shows “the Sandy Hook girls that did not die like they said they did!”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJun 13, 2024FalseVideo shows Rep. Nancy Pelosi “takes responsibility for not having the National Guard” at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Said by Social MediaPolitiFactJun 13, 2024TrueActor Kevin Spacey once said "young girls" were on a plane belonging to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that Spacey flew on with Clinton Foundation members.SnopesJun 13, 2024Can’t tellFormer U.S. President Donald Trump thrashed and threatened his New York probation officer during his presentencing virtual call on June 10, 2024.SnopesJun 13, 2024FalseA video shared online in June 2024 authentically showed a giant rat on the loose in a New York City bodega.SnopesJun 12, 2024FalseA photograph showed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and first lady Olena Zelenska posing in front of stacks of money.SnopesJun 12, 2024TrueA photograph shared to social media in mid-2024 genuinely showed an estimated 280-million-year-old fossil found in Australia.SnopesJun 12, 2024Can’t tellAnthony Bourdain once said, "Today, nearly everything is made in China. Except for courage. Courage is made in Palestine."SnopesJun 12, 2024TrueA photo authentically depicts Donald Trump and financier Jeffrey Epstein together in 1997.SnopesJun 12, 2024TrueIf the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.”Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactJun 12, 2024FalsePhoto shows the scene of a fatal crash that killed a Filipino artist.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJun 12, 2024False“Congo, Africa, just released a lot of people, a lot of people from their prisons and jails and brought them into the United States of America.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactJun 12, 2024Can’t tellIn June 2024, Elon Musk announced the "Tesla Phone," a new smartphone to compete with Apple's iPhone.SnopesJun 12, 2024FalseA video shared online in June 2024 authentically showed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saying the word "cease-fire" literally means someone sees a fire.SnopesJun 12, 2024Can’t tellActors Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg are joining Sylvester Stallone’s new production studio focused on promoting "traditional values."SnopesJun 12, 2024