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FalseTwelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 30, 2024FalseVideo shows a convicted terrorist, Movsum Samadov, coming to the U.S. through the southern border.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 30, 2024FalseVideo shows people “heading to Texas to stop the Biden Border Invasion.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 30, 2024True“Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.”Said by Kamala HarrisPolitiFactJan 30, 2024TrueDonald Trump's uncle was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.SnopesJan 30, 2024FalsePhotographs shared in January 2024 showed three U.S. soldiers who were killed in the Jan. 28, 2024, drone strike on a U.S. base in northeast Jordan, near the Syrian border.SnopesJan 30, 2024TrueU.S. President Joe Biden called former U.S. President Donald Trump the "sitting president" during a Democratic Party dinner in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan. 27, 2024.SnopesJan 30, 2024Can’t tellTaylor Swift’s X account posted: “We love each other. And I don’t mean me and Travis. That’s a real quote from Trump about him and the dictator of China. Wake up people, the man is literally every anti-American dictator’s side b****.”SnopesJan 30, 2024FalseAn image shared in January 2024 showed an authentic vintage ad for "poop juice" to relieve constipation.SnopesJan 29, 2024FalseAn authentic photograph shows Osama bin Laden seated with former U.S. President George W. Bush or his father, the late President George H.W. Bush, in a Pentagon meeting that included other U.S. officials.SnopesJan 29, 2024FalseAn activist spoke about LGBTQ+ issues at a Plano, Texas, city council meeting.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 29, 2024FalseThe Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “shuts off” recipients’ hearts.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 29, 2024Mixed“Tens of thousands of auto jobs were lost nationwide during Trump's presidency,” but during Biden’s presidency, “we've created more than 250,000 auto jobs.”Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactJan 29, 2024FalseIn 1998, Donald Trump said he would run as a Republican in a presidential campaign because they are the "dumbest group of voters."SnopesJan 29, 2024FalseInstead of saying “I love you” in Spanish, you say “Yo quiero comer culo,” which in English means “You are the light of my life.”SnopesJan 28, 2024TrueAs a mating ritual, male spiders sometimes wrap up "random trash" instead of bugs, hoping female spiders won't notice.SnopesJan 28, 2024TrueNorwegians say “Texas” as slang to mean wild or crazy.SnopesJan 28, 2024TrueU.S. President Joe Biden wore a hard hat backwards during a photo op with union construction workers in Superior, Wisconsin.SnopesJan 27, 2024FalseAn image shared on X genuinely showed “a dog embryo in the womb after 7 days of gestation.”SnopesJan 27, 2024TrueAuthentic photographs show a destroyed building on the campus of Gaza’s Al Azhar University before and after bombardment by Israeli forces.SnopesJan 27, 2024FalseOn Jan. 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice ruled Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.SnopesJan 27, 2024Can’t tellIn January 2024, the company behind Pabst Blue Ribbon beer stole a multimillion-dollar contract with Kid Rock from Bud Light.SnopesJan 27, 2024False"There are a thousand billionaires now and you know what their average tax rate is? 8%."Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactJan 26, 2024True"Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect."Said by Cindi DuchowPolitiFactJan 26, 2024