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False"Doctors say colon cancer is on the rise due to toxins absorbed while cooking food (in) the microwave.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactFeb 1, 2023False"I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total."Said by Jim JordanPolitiFactFeb 1, 2023False“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”Said by Alexandria Ocasio-CortezPolitiFactFeb 1, 2023FalseBlack Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 31, 2023FalseGlenn Youngkin is “the first sitting Governor in the modern era to have their party have less legislative seats than when they were elected.”Said by Louise LucasPolitiFactJan 31, 2023FalseGlobal warming is a “fraud.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 31, 2023FalseSame-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."Said by Rick ScottPolitiFactJan 31, 2023FalseThe Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 31, 2023FalseThe United Kingdom banned COVID-19 booster vaccines for people under 50.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 31, 2023FalseThe government caused a fire at Hillandale Farms in Connecticut “so that they can force us into eating their fake GMO meats, or starve us into compliance.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 31, 2023FalseU.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 31, 2023FalseVideo shows Congress “erupting” over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s remarks.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 31, 2023FalseVideo shows a “man burning the Quran in Sweden.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 31, 2023FalseVideo shows people collapsing because of COVID-19 vaccines.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 31, 2023False“BREAKING GOP approves resolution to expel Omar from Congress! It’s over for her!”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 31, 2023False“Biden smirks while saying he has added more to the debt than any president before him.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 31, 2023TrueIn December 1952, London bus driver Albert Gunter made a split-second decision to accelerate his double-decker bus and jump across a gap created by the Tower Bridge unexpectedly opening for a ship to pass under.SnopesJan 31, 2023Can’t tellA photograph authentically shows a police squad known as the “gas stove unit” posing around a gas stove that they confiscated.SnopesJan 31, 2023Can’t tellFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statewide ban on the music of the English rock band Pink Floyd.SnopesJan 31, 2023FalseA Google product designed to compete with Apple's AirTag and Samsung's SmartTag is named the "G-Spot."SnopesJan 31, 2023FalsePresident Joe Biden said, “To the Ukrainian people, I say to them all, you might you might they they might be able to make right and they’re not able to.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 30, 2023FalseThe United States of America “no longer exists” because President Joe Biden “signed away our sovereignty as a nation.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 30, 2023FalseThis photo shows former President Donald Trump “last week.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactJan 30, 2023False“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”Said by Richard HudsonPolitiFactJan 30, 2023