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FalseA video shows police arresting Robert Card, whom police had named a "person of interest" in the October 2023 Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting.SnopesOct 27, 2023Can’t tellIn October 2023, Elon Musk tweeted, "I’d rather break my leg than see Taylor Swift during an NFL game."SnopesOct 27, 2023Can’t tellIn August 2023, the International Olympic Committee banned former U.S. women's national team soccer player Megan Rapinoe from participating in any future Olympic Games.SnopesOct 26, 2023Can’t tellDuring the 2023 NFL series, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin threatened to fire any player who kneeled during the national anthem.SnopesOct 26, 2023False"95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.Said by Vivek RamaswamyPolitiFactOct 26, 2023True“In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.”Said by Mike JohnsonPolitiFactOct 26, 2023Mixed“Prices have increased over 17% in the last two years.”Said by Mike JohnsonPolitiFactOct 26, 2023Mixed“When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactOct 26, 2023Can’t tellThe white adoptive parents of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick "came clean" and said "he's not Black and he knows it."SnopesOct 26, 2023FalseCountry Singer Toby Keith died in 2023.SnopesOct 26, 2023FalseIn October 2023, a video showed Turkey had moved a warship towards Gaza to defend Palestinians.SnopesOct 26, 2023FalseThe headline of an Oct. 23, 2023, column in The Guardian stated, “Without Israeli Oppression Gaza can become a LGBTQIA2S+ Mecca,” with the subheading, “Gaza would be a sanctuary city for trans women in a free and inclusive Palestine.”SnopesOct 26, 2023Can’t tellDuring the 2023 NFL series, two players for the Pittsburgh Steelers were benched by their coach for kneeling during the national anthem.SnopesOct 25, 2023Can’t tellA 1950s photograph shows a genuine device that enabled its user to smoke an entire pack of 20 cigarettes at once.SnopesOct 25, 2023Mixed"The repeal of Roe v. Wade has exacerbated the state’s OB-GYN shortage as residency programs report a decline in enrollment due to the inability of residents to receive training in-state."Said by Opportunity WisconsinPolitiFactOct 25, 2023FalseA video proves that the United Nations is “setting up shop in U.S. states.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactOct 25, 2023FalseGreta Thunberg urged people to use “vegan grenades” because “no animals should have to give their life for all this mayhem and chaos.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 25, 2023FalsePhoto shows President Joe Biden lounging on the beach in October 2023 amid the Israel-Hamas war.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 25, 2023FalseVideo shows protesters attacking Israel’s embassy in Bahrain with molotov cocktails.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactOct 25, 2023FalseVideo shows protesters in Lebanon “storming the border with Palestine in support of Gaza” in October 2023.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactOct 25, 2023FalseWriter Bari Weiss wrote that what the Trump administration did “was pretty incredible in hindsight.”Said by X postsPolitiFactOct 25, 2023True“Since 1981, the state Senate has only rejected five executive appointments. The GOP today is more than doubling that number.”Said by Melissa AgardPolitiFactOct 25, 2023Can’t tellAn article accurately states that five football players at the University of Texas lost their scholarships because they kneeled during the national anthem.SnopesOct 25, 2023Can’t tellDisney character Elsa will marry a woman in "Frozen III."SnopesOct 25, 2023