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pomt-11700
Says Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants.
half-true
/texas/statements/2017/dec/21/lupe-valdez/lupe-valdez-says-unauthorized-immigrants-account-1/
Long before Democrat Lupe Valdez declared her candidacy for governor, she differed with Republican incumbent Greg Abbott over the change in law put in place by Texas lawmakers this year to bar local communities from harboring immigrants living in the country illegally. The state’s sanctuary cities bar, which as of Dece...
null
Lupe Valdez
null
null
null
2017-12-21T19:18:04
2017-07-31
['None']
tron-02950
Protest Donald Trump’s Inauguration By the Changing Channel
mostly fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/protest-donald-trumps-inauguration-changing-channel-mostly-fiction/
null
politics
null
null
['2016 election', 'donald trump', 'facebook']
Protest Donald Trump’s Inauguration By the Changing Channel
Jan 18, 2017
null
['None']
goop-02245
Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez Marrying In The Spring?
3
https://www.gossipcop.com/jennifer-lopez-marrying-alex-rodriguez-spring-wedding/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez Marrying In The Spring?
9:42 am, November 6, 2017
null
['Jennifer_Lopez', 'Alex_Rodriguez']
pose-00716
Will "work with our Congressional delegation to attract more funds federally for investing in different transit options that best fit a community and working with business creatively to provide workers more flexibility to reduce their driving, work from home or adopt flex time to address congestion problems and enhance...
stalled
https://www.politifact.com/oregon/promises/kitz-o-meter/promise/746/attract-more-federal-transit-funds/
null
kitz-o-meter
John Kitzhaber
null
null
Attract more federal transit funds
2011-01-04T21:58:42
null
['United_States_Congress']
tron-01488
Members of Congress Refuse to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance
fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/members-congress-sit-pledge-of-allegiance/
null
government
null
null
['congress', 'dnc', 'patriotism']
Members of Congress Refuse to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance
May 9, 2017
null
['None']
pomt-13218
Zephyr Teachout says she is against Super PACs despite taking money from Super PAC donors
true
/new-york/statements/2016/oct/20/national-republican-congressional-committee/some-teachouts-donors-also-gave-super-pacs/
Zephyr Teachout has been a vocal opponent of super PACs. For a short time last year the Democrat even headed a super PAC whose goal was to end all super PACs. But the National Republican Congressional Committee said that hasn’t stopped her from accepting contributions from those who gave to Super PACs. "Zephyr Teachout...
null
National Republican Congressional Committee
null
null
null
2016-10-20T06:00:00
2016-09-21
['None']
pomt-12980
It is more difficult to obtain a Costco membership than it is to get a NYC Municipal ID
pants on fire!
/new-york/statements/2016/dec/21/ron-castorina-jr/getting-costco-membership-not-easier-getting-nyc-m/
It takes a membership card to shop at a Costco warehouse store. There are 87.3 million Costco cardholders around the world - some of whom shop at the company’s New York City locations. Municipal identification cards are also common in the wallets of New York City residents. The New York City identification card gives t...
null
Ron Castorina, Jr.
null
null
null
2016-12-21T00:00:00
2016-11-28
['None']
farg-00238
We ended up getting substantially more [of the black vote] than other [Republican] candidates who had run in the past years.
misleading
https://www.factcheck.org/2017/02/groundhog-day/
null
the-factcheck-wire
Donald Trump
D'Angelo Gore
['campaign 2016']
Groundhog Day
February 2, 2017
[' Remarks on African American History Month – Wednesday, February 1, 2017 ']
['Republican_Party_(United_States)']
snes-01454
A tradition of celebrating Veterans Day with ravioli dinners was initiated by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/remembrance-of-things-pasta/
null
Holidays
null
David Mikkelson
null
Is Ravioli a Traditional Veterans Day Meal?
7 November 2012
null
['Woodrow_Wilson', 'Veterans_Day']
pomt-03644
The Internal Revenue code has ballooned to a 5,600-page, 4 million-word complicated mess that is seven times as long as the Bible with none of the good news.
mostly true
/new-jersey/statements/2013/may/02/leonard-lance/leonard-lance-claims-federal-tax-code-contains-4-m/
The U.S. Internal Revenue code may make War and Peace read like a novella. That’s how onerous and confounding the nation’s tax code is, according to Rep. Leonard Lance (R-7th), who issued a news release April 15 calling for "meaningful tax reform" and blasting the complexity of the tax code. "The Internal Revenue code ...
null
Leonard Lance
null
null
null
2013-05-02T07:30:00
2013-04-15
['Bible']
vees-00403
SONA 2016 promise tracker
none
http://verafiles.org/articles/2016-sona-promise-tracker
null
null
null
null
Duterte,SONA promise tracker
SONA 2016 promise tracker
July 21, 2017
null
['None']
pomt-07869
Twelve judges have thrown out legal challenges to the health care law because they rejected "the notion that the health care law was unconstitutional."
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/feb/08/barack-obama/president-obama-says-12-judges-have-rejected-notio/
Ever since a federal judge in Florida ruled the health care law unconstitutional, the White House has portrayed the opinion as an outlier made by an activist judge. Many other judges have come to a different conclusion, the argument goes. This was the tack President Barack Obama took in a pre-Super Bowl interview with ...
null
Barack Obama
null
null
null
2011-02-08T12:02:33
2011-02-06
['None']
bove-00171
It’s Not Mass Panic, It’s Crowd Science: How To Escape A Stampede
none
https://www.boomlive.in/its-not-mass-panic-its-crowd-science-how-to-escape-a-stampede/
null
null
null
null
null
It’s Not Mass Panic, It’s Crowd Science: How To Escape A Stampede
Sep 30 2017 9:00 am
null
['None']
pomt-03226
According to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, under Obamacare, 7 million people will lose their employer-sponsored insurance.
mostly false
/texas/statements/2013/aug/19/ted-cruz/cruz-claim-about-fewer-americans-employer-backed-h/
Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who has championed Republican efforts to stop the Obamacare law from rolling out, says some workers will lose employer-supported health plans under the law. In an Aug. 12, 2013, commentary, Cruz initially noted that President Barack Obama, who signed the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare ...
null
Ted Cruz
null
null
null
2013-08-19T12:00:00
2013-08-12
['Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act']
pose-00043
Increase the amount of unpaid wages and benefits workers can claim in bankruptcy court against their employer.
promise broken
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/46/allow-workers-to-claim-more-in-unpaid-wages-and-be/
null
obameter
Barack Obama
null
null
Allow workers to claim more in unpaid wages and benefits in bankruptcy court
2010-01-07T13:26:46
null
['None']
pomt-08115
The state has "less employees this year than we did last year."
mostly true
/florida/statements/2010/dec/10/bill-montford/democrat-senator-says-state-already-cutting-jobs-c/
On the campaign trail, Gov.-elect Rick Scott promised to cut the state workforce by 5 percent. But now some Democrats are using a new state study to say the cuts aren't needed. The Department of Management Services released its annual state workforce report on Dec. 8, 2010. The report profiles the number of state emplo...
null
Bill Montford
null
null
null
2010-12-10T16:05:55
2010-12-08
['None']
pomt-05000
Every "major newspaper in Texas calls" David Dewhurst "a moderate."
mostly false
/texas/statements/2012/jul/18/club-growth/club-growth-says-every-major-texas-newspaper-calls/
A Washington-based political action committee, Club for Growth Action, calls Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz a "champion fighter" in a radio ad titled "Time" while saying his July 2012 runoff foe, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, has advocated a wage tax and more spending. The super-PAC ad’s narrator says: "It’s no w...
null
Club for Growth
null
null
null
2012-07-18T15:48:19
2012-07-12
['Texas']
pomt-08789
There’s a mosque inside of the Pentagon.
false
/florida/statements/2010/aug/19/kendrick-meek/kendrick-meek-theres-mosque-pentagon/
Plans to build a mosque two blocks away from Ground Zero in New York City have stirred a national debate over the site’s appropriateness, and politicians from New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg to President Barack Obama are chiming in. So it seemed a timely question for Michael Putney, host of WPLG-10’s "This Week...
null
Kendrick Meek
null
null
null
2010-08-19T20:17:14
2010-08-15
['None']
snes-02067
Automobile components emit dangerous levels of cancer-causing benzene fumes.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/air-scare/
null
Medical
null
David Mikkelson
null
Do You Know the Danger of Turning on the A/C After Starting the Engine?
8 June 2009
null
['None']
tron-03190
Tony Snow testimoney of faith during cancer
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/tonyshow/
null
politics
null
null
null
Tony Snow testimoney of faith during cancer
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
pomt-06732
Gov. Rick Scott "is trying to get a waiver under the federal health care law that would deny consumers in Florida the right to the $60 million in rebates they have from their own HMOs."
half-true
/florida/statements/2011/aug/29/scott-randolph/rep-randolph-says-gov-scott-wants-take-away-60-mil/
Under the leadership of Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the state's Republican-dominated Legislature, Florida has rejected at least $19 million to implement parts of the controversial federal health care bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The decision shouldn't be much of a surprise. Scott, after all, sp...
null
Scott Randolph
null
null
null
2011-08-29T11:13:40
2011-08-11
['None']
pomt-02713
Protesters in La Crosse blocked an exit and surrounded a State Patrol car carrying the governor and were "beating on the windows and rocking the vehicle." When the car was "extricated" from the crowd, a truck blocked a second exit.
false
/wisconsin/statements/2013/dec/23/scott-walker/gov-scott-walker-says-protesters-surrounded-his-ca/
The title of Gov. Scott Walker’s new book is "Unintimidated." So, it makes sense that it would be filled with details about how he stood up against his opponents. The book describes death threats against the governor and his family, protests outside the governor’s residence and -- of course -- the massive protests at t...
null
Scott Walker
null
null
null
2013-12-23T05:00:00
2013-11-19
['None']
chct-00172
FACT CHECK: Does The US Have Trade Deficits With 'Almost All' Countries?
verdict: false
http://checkyourfact.com/2018/03/21/fact-check-us-trade-deficits-almost-all-countries/
null
null
null
Emily Larsen | Fact Check Reporter
null
null
4:39 PM 03/21/2018
null
['None']
pomt-12376
Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s.
true
/texas/statements/2017/jun/02/ann-hudspeth/austins-ann-hudspeth-says-texas-leads-nation-anima/
A toxic bomb that kills wild animals and sometimes even pets should be banned, an Austin resident urged in a letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman. Ann Hudspeth stirred our curiosity by writing: "Fourteen states are using cyanide bombs to kill wildlife — and Texas leads the country in animal deaths by s...
null
Ann Hudspeth
null
null
null
2017-06-02T14:59:26
2017-04-26
['Texas']
hoer-00866
Facebook Warning Claims Pedigree Dry Dog Food Killed Dogs
unsubstantiated messages
https://www.hoax-slayer.com/pedigree-dry-dog-food-warning.shtml
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
Facebook Warning Claims Pedigree Dry Dog Food Killed Dogs
August 16, 2013
null
['None']
pomt-07274
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are "toxic" and "not environmentally friendly."
half-true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/may/24/ameripac/group-opposed-light-bulb-law-claims-consumers-are-/
A fundraising letter making the rounds from a conservative political action committee draws a political line in the sand over light bulbs. "The Democrats have already voted to BAN our conventional lights bulbs (that you and I use even today!) in favor of DANGEROUS fluorescent light bulbs," writes Alan Gottlieb, chairma...
null
AmeriPAC
null
null
null
2011-05-24T13:27:20
2011-05-16
['None']
snes-01551
Images show a baby half-human, half-lion hybrid that was found in Indonesia.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/half-human-half-lion-hybrid-creature-indonesia/
null
Fauxtography
null
Dan Evon
null
Was a Half-Human, Half-Lion Hybrid Creature Found in Indonesia?
20 October 2017
null
['Indonesia']
pomt-00516
The party in the White House is responsible for "a massive tax increase on the middle class."
mostly false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/23/jeb-bush/jeb-bush-obama-caused-massive-tax-increase-middle-/
After six years with a Democrat in the White House, middle-class Americans face a bigger tax bill than they did before, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said in a speech launching his 2016 presidential campaign. "The party now in the White House is planning a no-suspense primary, for a no-change election," he said in his J...
null
Jeb Bush
null
null
null
2015-06-23T16:36:54
2015-06-15
['White_House']
goop-00510
Victoria Beckham Planning Fashion Reality Show?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/victoria-beckham-fashion-reality-show/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
Victoria Beckham Planning Fashion Reality Show?
6:03 pm, August 6, 2018
null
['None']
snes-03640
A groundbreaking study showing that algae can draw an alternative source of energy from other plants suggests that humans might be able to draw energy from each other in a similar way.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/study-suggests-humans-can-literally-feed-off-each-others-energy/
null
Science
null
Alex Kasprak
null
Study Confirms Humans Can Literally Feed Off Each Other’s Energy
2 November 2016
null
['None']
afck-00416
“Nearly 80,000 land claims, totalling 3.4 million hectares, have been settled and 1.8 million people have benefited.”
mostly-correct
https://africacheck.org/reports/a-first-look-at-president-jacob-zumas-2014-state-of-the-nation-address/
null
null
null
null
null
President Jacob Zuma’s sixth State of the Nation address fact-checked
2014-02-14 12:39
null
['None']
pomt-04640
On U.S.-Israeli relations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "set the record straight — he said, our two countries have 'exactly the same policy' (and) 'our security cooperation is unprecedented.'"
half-true
/florida/statements/2012/sep/13/john-kerry/john-kerry-says-netanyahu-praised-us-israel-relati/
Responding to Republican complaints that President Barack Obama has not been fully supportive of Israel, Democrats are launching a strident defense. U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and his party’s 2004 presidential nominee, defended Obama’s policies at the Democratic Na...
null
John Kerry
null
null
null
2012-09-13T13:43:44
2012-09-06
['Benjamin_Netanyahu']
snes-00365
Does Trump Donate All of His Presidential Salary, While Obama Donated None?
mixture
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-obama-salary-donations/
null
Politics
null
David Emery
null
Does Trump Donate All of His Presidential Salary, While Obama Donated None?
8 July 2018
null
['None']
goop-02798
Kanye West Furious He Didn’t Make Forbes Richest Rappers List,
1
https://www.gossipcop.com/kanye-west-forbes-richest-rappers-2017-five-wealthiest-hip-hop-list/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
Kanye West NOT Furious He Didn’t Make Forbes Richest Rappers List, Despite Report
5:21 pm, May 12, 2017
null
['None']
goop-01456
Kate Middleton Planning Meghan Markle’s Wedding,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/kate-middleton-meghan-markle-wedding-planning/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Kate Middleton NOT Planning Meghan Markle’s Wedding, Despite Report
3:00 am, March 3, 2018
null
['None']
snes-02785
It is illegal to take photographs of the Eiffel Tower at night without explicit permission.
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photographs-of-eiffel-tower-at-night/
null
Uncategorized
null
Stephanie Larsen
null
Is it Illegal to Take Photographs of the Eiffel Tower at Night?
13 March 2017
null
['None']
goop-01310
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Wedding “Wrecked” By “Bitter Family Feud”?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/meghan-markle-prince-harry-wedding-family-feud/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Wedding “Wrecked” By “Bitter Family Feud”?
2:32 am, March 27, 2018
null
['None']
snes-01661
Fentanyl-laced marijuana use is a real and growing concern in the United States.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fentanyl-laced-marijuana-rise/
null
Medical
null
Alex Kasprak
null
Is Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana Use on the Rise?
26 September 2017
null
['United_States']
tron-02925
Obama Aide Evelyn Farkas Admits Spying on Donald Trump’s Team
mostly fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/evelyn-farkas-admits-spying-trump/
null
politics
null
null
['barack obama', 'congress', 'donald trump', 'fbi', 'russia']
Obama Aide Evelyn Farkas Admits Spying on Donald Trump’s Team
Mar 30, 2017
null
['None']
goop-01875
Kendall Jenner “In Tears” Over Golden Globes Backlash,
1
https://www.gossipcop.com/kendall-jenner-golden-globes-backlash-wrong/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Kendall Jenner NOT “In Tears” Over Golden Globes Backlash, Despite Report
2:49 pm, January 9, 2018
null
['None']
snes-06281
A dog was killed when it bit into a tennis ball booby-trapped with explosives.
true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dog-killed-by-tennis-ball/
null
Critter Country
null
David Mikkelson
null
Was a Dog Killed by a Tennis Ball?
28 November 2000
null
['None']
pomt-08946
The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state.
false
/ohio/statements/2010/jul/23/john-boehner/john-boehner-gop-claims-federal-taxpayers-will-fun/
As Congress struggled to pass health reforms earlier this year, anti-abortion groups and members of Congress fretted the legislation would permit taxpayer dollars to be used for the controversial procedure, overturning years of precedent that banned use of federal money for abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or...
null
John Boehner
null
null
null
2010-07-23T11:30:00
2010-07-13
['Pennsylvania']
abbc-00155
The claim: Jo Harding, the manager of Bush Blitz, says there's estimated to be about 75 per cent of Australia's biodiversity that's largely unknown
in-the-green
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-07/75-per-cent-of-species-unknown-fact-check/5649858
The claim: Jo Harding, the manager of Bush Blitz, says there's estimated to be about 75 per cent of Australia's biodiversity that's largely unknown
['biological-diversity', 'environment', 'animals', 'science-and-technology', 'australia']
null
null
['biological-diversity', 'environment', 'animals', 'science-and-technology', 'australia']
Fact check: Are 75pc of Australia's living species unknown?
Sun 7 Sep 2014, 10:18pm
null
['Australia']
abbc-00093
The claim: Barry O'Farrell says NSW collects more from proceeds of crime than all other states and the federal government combined.
in-the-red
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-26/barry-ofarrell-wrong-on-proceeds-of-crime/5088132
The claim: Barry O'Farrell says NSW collects more from proceeds of crime than all other states and the federal government combined.
['police', 'crime', 'police-sieges', 'law-crime-and-justice', 'states-and-territories', 'government-and-politics', 'liberals', 'nsw', 'australia']
null
null
['police', 'crime', 'police-sieges', 'law-crime-and-justice', 'states-and-territories', 'government-and-politics', 'liberals', 'nsw', 'australia']
Proceeds of crime: Do NSW police seize more than the rest of Australia?
Tue 10 Dec 2013, 12:40am
null
['None']
para-00076
Says companies with women on their boards of directors are more financially successful.
true
http://pandora.nla.gov.au//pan/140601/20131209-1141/www.politifact.com.au/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/aug/09/julie-collins/how-make-more-money-put-women-board/index.html
null
['gender equity']
Julie Collins
David Humphries, Peter Fray
null
How to make more money: put a women on the board
Friday, August 9, 2013 at 2:53 p.m.
null
['None']
snes-00157
A scientific study demonstrated that conspiracy theorists are generally more sane than other people.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/conspiracists-most-sane/
null
Science
null
Alex Kasprak
null
Did a Scientific Study Prove That “Conspiracists” Are “The Most Sane of All?”
27 August 2018
null
['None']
pomt-05374
The Obama White House recognizes a "baby that has not been born" for security purposes.
mostly false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/may/08/national-right-life-committee/obama-white-house-security-unborn-babies/
The National Right to Life Committee cried foul on Tuesday after it obtained an email from an Obama administration aide asking future White House visitors to provide information about their unborn babies. In a news release, the anti-abortion group said the policy was hypocritical because of the Obama administration's s...
null
National Right to Life Committee
null
null
null
2012-05-08T18:50:03
2012-05-08
['None']
vees-00288
Asked in a Feb. 13 press conference who would represent the government before the ICC should its preliminary examination on drug-related killings move forward, Calida questioned the authority of the international court to investigate the president. He said the 1987 Constitution is “higher than any treaty,” including th...
none
http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-calida-falsely-claims-duterte-immunity
Duterte’s immunity from suit during his tenure does not stop the ICC from investigating him.
null
null
null
Duterte,ICC,immunity,CHR,calida
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Calida falsely claims Duterte immunity exempts him from ICC probe, accuses CHR of bragging about probing the president
February 23, 2018
null
['Rome_Statute_of_the_International_Criminal_Court']
pomt-10444
If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70.
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/may/06/hillary-clinton/only-if-you-are-a-family-of-four/
Sen. Hillary Clinton has urged a three-month gas tax holiday as a way of lightening the load on drivers this summer. The gas tax is 18.4 cents a gallon for gasoline — and even higher at 24.4 cents for diesel — so a cut could help consumers. Clinton has said consumers will save $70 from the holiday. Sen. Barack Obama, w...
null
Hillary Clinton
null
null
null
2008-05-06T00:00:00
2008-05-04
['United_States']
tron-00948
Mail Server Virus
truth! & fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/mail-server-virus/
null
computers
null
null
null
Mail Server Virus
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
pomt-04832
Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988."
true
/new-jersey/statements/2012/aug/15/chris-christie/chris-christie-says-mitt-romney-isnt-counting-new-/
Mitt Romney can rely on the vote of at least one New Jerseyan in November: Gov. Chris Christie. But even Christie, a top Romney surrogate tapped to deliver the keynote address on Aug. 28 at the Republican National Convention, admits the rest of the state isn’t likely to swing in favor of the presumptive Republican pres...
null
Chris Christie
null
null
null
2012-08-15T07:30:00
2012-08-07
['New_Jersey', 'Republican_Party_(United_States)']
tron-01433
Hershey moving to Mexico?
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/hershey/
null
food
null
null
null
Hershey moving to Mexico?
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
pomt-04893
Says U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV passed "only one bill" in seven years.
mostly true
/florida/statements/2012/aug/06/american-bridge-21st-century/group-says-connie-mack-has-passed-only-one-bill-co/
Woody Allen once said 80 percent of success is showing up. And that’s the point American Bridge 21st Century, a Democratic super PAC, makes in a farcical online video that criticizes U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV for a shabby attendance record, and for not getting much done. "Connie Mack: Only one bill passed in seven years...
null
American Bridge 21st Century
null
null
null
2012-08-06T12:09:22
2012-08-06
['United_States']
pomt-13035
On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand."
mostly true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/01/bill-de-blasio/new-york-city-mayor-says-president-cant-defund-san/
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio isn’t backing away from policies that protect immigrants living illegally in the country, even if that means cuts to his city’s budget. President-elect Donald Trump has said he will block federal funds to cities with policies or laws that limit their assistance to immigration authorit...
null
Bill de Blasio
null
null
null
2016-12-01T10:44:52
2016-11-18
['None']
tron-01317
NASA Finds Antarctica is Gaining Ice, Not Losing Ice
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/nasa-finds-antarctica-is-gaining-ice-not-losing-ice/
null
environment
null
null
null
NASA Finds Antarctica is Gaining Ice, Not Losing Ice
Nov 18, 2015
null
['None']
tron-01442
Arby’s Franchise Owner Wins Approval for Whites-Only Restaurant
fiction! & satire!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/arbys-white-only/
null
food
null
null
null
Arby’s Franchise Owner Wins Approval for Whites-Only Restaurant
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
bove-00087
Did Rahul Gandhi Say SC/ST Act Has Been Scrapped? A FactCheck
none
https://www.boomlive.in/did-rahul-gandhi-say-sc-st-act-has-been-scrapped-a-factcheck/
null
null
null
null
null
Did Rahul Gandhi Say SC/ST Act Has Been Scrapped? A FactCheck
Apr 05 2018 7:58 pm, Last Updated: Apr 09 2018 11:43 am
null
['None']
snes-02046
Americans can use their birth certificates to access secret "strawman" funds.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/birth-certificates-financial-accounts/
null
Fraud & Scams
null
Arturo Garcia
null
Can U.S. Birth Certificates Unlock Hidden ‘Strawman’ Financial Accounts?
17 January 2017
null
['None']
pomt-13580
Milwaukee police use deadly force at a rate that is "among the lowest" in the country.
half-true
/wisconsin/statements/2016/aug/19/edward-flynn/milwaukee-police-rarely-use-deadly-force/
The day after a sniper killed five Dallas police officers, Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn held a news conference to share his reaction and to comment on policing in his city. He made an important claim that would become even more significant in the weeks to come. The chief stated: "We stand ready to be judged by t...
null
Edward Flynn
null
null
null
2016-08-19T09:00:00
2016-07-08
['None']
vogo-00124
Statement: “Last 28 days hotel occupancy down 4.8% due to no advertising. San Diego ads would have started Feb. (11),” Kerri Kapich, one of the top executives at the San Diego Tourism Authority, wrote in a March 25 tweet.
determination: misleading
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/fewer-bodies-in-beds-fact-check/
Analysis: Tourism officials say a fight with Mayor Bob Filner over marketing dollars is crippling the region’s ability to draw visitors.
null
null
null
null
Fewer Bodies in Beds: Fact Check
March 29, 2013
null
['San_Diego']
pomt-06352
Says that under his tax plan, "no matter where you are in the stratosphere, you're going to be getting a tax cut."
false
/texas/statements/2011/nov/07/rick-perry/rick-perry-says-under-his-tax-plan-everyone-will-b/
Talking up his flat-tax plan, Texas Gov. Rick Perry told Neil Cavuto of the Fox News Channel that every taxpayer should be happy because of its simplicity. Plus, he said, it’s "a tax cut for every group out there. No matter where you are in the stratosphere, you're going to be getting a tax cut." Everyone? Perry, seeki...
null
Rick Perry
null
null
null
2011-11-07T06:00:00
2011-10-25
['None']
pose-01059
My goal is for each neighborhood or area to have its own vibe, to be its own destination. Visually appealing signage at neighborhood entrances and wayfaring signage in populated areas is an easy first step and a resource for both residents and visitors.
promise kept
https://www.politifact.com/florida/promises/krise-o-meter/promise/1141/install-signage-neighborhood-entrances-and-wayfari/
null
krise-o-meter
Rick Kriseman
null
null
Install signage at neighborhood entrances and wayfaring signage in populated areas
2013-12-31T12:18:33
null
['None']
pomt-03162
Salaries for URI faculty are second to last among New England land grant universities and in lowest 20 percent of major U.S. research institutions
half-true
/rhode-island/statements/2013/sep/07/frank-annunziato/uri-faculty-union-director-frank-annunziato-says-p/
For years, officials at the University of Rhode Island have complained that the state has underfunded the university, leaving academic salaries stagnant and forcing excessive tuition hikes. Frank R. Annunziato, executive director of the URI chapter of the American Association of University Professors, touched on the fo...
null
Frank Annunziato
null
null
null
2013-09-07T00:01:00
2013-08-06
['United_States', 'New_England']
goop-02264
Kris Jenner Ordering Kendall Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian To Get Pregnant?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/kris-jenner-pregnant-kendall-kourtney-kardashian-babies/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Kris Jenner Ordering Kendall Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian To Get Pregnant?
10:33 am, November 2, 2017
null
['Kendall_Jenner', 'Kris_Jenner']
pomt-15034
The Benghazi probe is "the longest-running congressional investigation ever."
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/oct/02/hillary-clinton/clinton-campaign-benghazi-probe-congress-longest-i/
Critics of the House of Representatives’ Benghazi investigation have recently begun to make a strong claim -- that it is officially the longest congressional investigation in history. The Select Committee on Benghazi came into existence in May 2014, charged with investigating the 2012 terrorist attack on a U.S. diploma...
null
Hillary Clinton
null
null
null
2015-10-02T10:00:00
2015-09-30
['None']
wast-00198
Hillary Clinton doesn\'t believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense.
4 pinnochios
ERROR: type should be string, got " https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/08/15/the-nras-false-claim-that-hillary-clinton-doesnt-believe-americans-can-keep-guns-at-home/"
null
null
National Rifle Association
Glenn Kessler
null
The NRA's false claim that Hillary Clinton doesn't believe Americans can keep guns at home
August 15, 2016
null
['None']
afck-00100
“Heart disease is the leading cause of death in South Africa”
incorrect
https://africacheck.org/reports/no-heart-disease-is-not-sas-leading-cause-of-death-as-health24-tweeted/
null
null
null
null
null
No – heart disease is not SA’s leading cause of death, as Health24 tweeted
2017-09-05 11:06
null
['None']
pomt-08604
It's "not true" that since he's been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/sep/23/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/iranian-president-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-denies-execu/
In an interview on ABC's This Week, host Christiane Amanpour asked Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad if he was aware that "since you've been the President executions in Iran have increased by four times." "That is not true at all," Ahmadinejad responded. "Not at all. Not at all." "So you deny that?" Amanpour asked,...
null
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
null
null
null
2010-09-23T11:31:38
2010-09-19
['Iran']
vees-00285
NO, the whole world is NOT talking about Duterte’s compassion for overseas Filipino workers
none
http://verafiles.org/articles/week-fake-news-no-whole-world-not-talking-about-dutertes-com
null
null
null
null
Duterte,fake news,Joanna Demafelis
THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: NO, the whole world is NOT talking about Duterte’s compassion for overseas Filipino workers
March 02, 2018
null
['None']
pomt-11688
(Fritz) Kaegi managed a fund that invested nearly $30 million in private prisons.
mostly false
/illinois/statements/2017/dec/29/joe-berrios/joe-berrios-reaches-too-far-attack-fritz-kaegi/
In a recent cable TV ad, Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios accused his Democratic primary opponent, Fritz Kaegi, of profiting from the private prison industry during his tenure as an investment analyst at Columbia Wanger Asset Management. "Kaegi personally managed a fund that invested nearly $30 million in private pr...
null
Joe Berrios
null
null
null
2017-12-29T12:16:36
2017-12-11
['None']
goop-00925
Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez “Headed For A Split,”
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/jennifer-lopez-alex-rodriguez-split-false/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez NOT “Headed For A Split,” Despite Claim
5:24 pm, May 28, 2018
null
['Alex_Rodriguez', 'Jennifer_Lopez']
pomt-06431
During my tenure as governor, Wisconsin’s overall tax burden went DOWN.
mostly true
/wisconsin/statements/2011/oct/23/tommy-thompson/thompson-says-wisconsins-tax-burden-went-down-whil/
Battered by some conservatives for supporting tax hikes as Wisconsin governor, Tommy Thompson is fighting back as he launches his U.S. Senate bid. When he announced his candidacy in early October 2011, the Republican signed a pledge to oppose higher income tax rates. Thompson said that over his 14 years as Wisconsin’s ...
null
Tommy Thompson
null
null
null
2011-10-23T09:00:00
2011-10-04
['None']
pomt-01519
In 2012, "Wall Street" gave Scott Brown "more campaign contributions than any other candidate -- $5.3 million."
mostly true
/new-hampshire/statements/2014/sep/19/jeanne-shaheen/jeanne-shaheen-says-wall-street-gave-scott-brown-m/
As the race between Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Republican challenger Scott Brown heats up, the attacks are growing more intense. In a recent radio ad, Shaheen accused Brown of being too friendly with Wall Street when serving as a senator from neighboring Massachusetts from 2010 to 2012. Here’s the 60-second ad’...
null
Jeanne Shaheen
null
null
null
2014-09-19T16:08:08
2014-09-15
['None']
pomt-01975
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted for a measure that would have amounted to a new national energy tax."
mostly false
/new-hampshire/statements/2014/jun/18/scott-brown/scott-brown-says-jeanne-shaheen-voted-new-national/
As he traveled across New Hampshire in early June 2014, Republican candidate Scott Brown sounded an alarm on U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s views on energy policy. Brown warned that Shaheen, a Democrat who faces re-election in the fall, is pushing for a "national energy tax." The claim was repeated on Brown’s website and i...
null
Scott Brown
null
null
null
2014-06-18T11:45:59
2014-06-10
['None']
pomt-12162
Untaxed corporate earnings used to be "$2.5 trillion … I guess it’s $5 trillion now. Whatever it is, it’s a lot more. So we have anywhere from 4 (trillion) to 5 or even more trillions of dollars sitting offshore."
false
/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/aug/03/donald-trump/are-there-over-4-trillion-untaxed-corporate-earnin/
President Donald Trump said U.S. companies have anywhere from $4 trillion to $5 trillion in offshore accounts — a substantial increase from just last year. Trump blamed the large sum of money on what he (inaccurately) considers the highest tax rate in the world in a July 25 Wall Street Journal interview obtained by Pol...
null
Donald Trump
null
null
null
2017-08-03T17:08:31
2017-07-25
['None']
chct-00006
FACT CHECK: Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship With An Executive Order?
verdict: unsubstantiated
http://checkyourfact.com/2018/11/01/fact-check-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order/
null
null
null
Brad Sylvester | Fact Check Reporter
null
null
4:43 PM 11/01/2018
null
['None']
goop-00745
John Travolta Won’t Allow Daughter Ella To Become An Actress?
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/john-travolta-daughter-ella-actress/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
John Travolta Won’t Allow Daughter Ella To Become An Actress?
4:20 pm, June 26, 2018
null
['None']
hoer-00372
'Daddy it Hurts' Anti-Child Abuse Chain Letter
facebook scams
https://www.hoax-slayer.com/daddy-it-hurts.shtml
null
null
null
Brett M. Christensen
null
'Daddy it Hurts' Anti-Child Abuse Chain Letter
3rd April 2012
null
['None']
peck-00039
Are Nine Out Of Ten Tanzanian Children Undernourished?
true
https://pesacheck.org/are-nine-out-of-ten-tanzanian-children-undernourished-b558a8380b16
null
null
null
Belinda Japhet
null
Are Nine Out Of Ten Tanzanian Children Undernourished?
Jan 11
null
['None']
pomt-14477
The Chris Hani Baragwanath in South Africa is "the world’s third-biggest hospital."
half-true
/global-news/statements/2016/feb/29/chris-hani-baragwanath-hospital/no-soweto-hospital-not-third-largest-world/
The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital has been in the black township of Soweto in Johannesburg since World War II when it opened to care for British soldiers. Today, it is a sprawling compound of over 400 buildings housing about 3,200 beds. Those numbers clearly mean a lot to management because on the hospital’s website,...
null
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
null
null
null
2016-02-29T12:27:35
2016-02-29
['South_Africa']
snes-03061
Sneak Impact
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/will-a-doomsday-asteroid-destroy-earth-in-february-2017/
null
Science
null
Alex Kasprak
null
Will a Doomsday Asteroid Destroy Earth in February 2017?
26 January 2017
null
['None']
pomt-10936
I’m the first Democrat to ever lead Scott Walker in an election year.
false
/wisconsin/statements/2018/jul/26/tony-evers/evers-boast-beating-walker-poll-short-finish-line/
Is a blue wave going to hit Wisconsin come November? It’s a question that has been heavily debated since the election of President Donald Trump in 2016 -- and the wave of Democratic candidates who have won elections across the country in the months since. Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who was first elected in 2010, has...
null
Tony Evers
null
null
null
2018-07-26T06:00:00
2018-06-27
['Democratic_Party_(United_States)', 'Scott_Walker_(politician)']
faly-00076
Fact Check: Did Manmohan Singh undertake more foreign visits than Narendra Modi?
none
https://factly.in/fact-check-manmohan-singh-undertake-foreign-visits-narendra-modi/
null
null
null
null
null
Fact Check: Did Manmohan Singh undertake more foreign visits than Narendra Modi?
null
null
['None']
snes-01786
A major Hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego has been pinned on undocumented immigrants there.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hepatitis-a-outbreak-in-san-diego/
null
Medical
null
Arturo Garcia
null
Are ‘Illegal Immigrants’ To Blame For a Hepatitis A Outbreak in San Diego?
5 September 2017
null
['San_Diego']
goop-02463
Katie Holmes Meeting With Tom Cruise About Jamie Foxx,
0
https://www.gossipcop.com/katie-holmes-tom-cruise-meeting-jamie-foxx/
null
null
null
Andrew Shuster
null
Katie Holmes NOT Meeting With Tom Cruise About Jamie Foxx, Despite Report
1:50 pm, September 14, 2017
null
['Jamie_Foxx', 'Tom_Cruise']
pomt-07247
There's a 1.5 percent to 2 percent overhead in Medicare. The insurance companies have a 20 percent to 30 percent overhead.
half-true
/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/may/30/barbara-boxer/barbara-boxer-says-medicare-overhead-far-lower-pri/
Amid a fierce debate over the future of Medicare, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., recently compared the administrative costs for the government-run program with the costs for private insurers. "There's a 1.5 percent to 2 percent overhead in Medicare," Boxer said during an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on May 24, ...
null
Barbara Boxer
null
null
null
2011-05-30T06:00:00
2011-05-24
['None']
vees-00409
A year under Duterte: Curses and insults
none
http://verafiles.org/articles/year-under-duterte-curses-and-insults
null
null
null
null
Duterte,duterte one year
A year under Duterte: Curses and insults
June 30, 2017
null
['None']
pomt-00558
Millennials "will be 75 percent of the workforce in the next 10 years."
mostly false
/virginia/statements/2015/jun/15/mark-warner/warner-says-millennials-will-have-75-percent-jobs-/
The dominance of millennial workers -- the generation born from the early 1980s to the late 1990s -- is fast emerging in the United States, according to Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. "Millennials are now 80 million strong. They pushed folks like me, the baby boomers, off the stage in terms of the percentage of the workforce....
null
Mark Warner
null
null
null
2015-06-15T00:00:00
2015-06-04
['None']
snes-00841
Was a Scuba Diver Hospitalized After Getting His Penis Stuck in a Giant Clam?
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-scuba-diver-hospitalized-clam/
null
Junk News
null
Dan Evon
null
Was a Scuba Diver Hospitalized After Getting His Penis Stuck in a Giant Clam?
27 March 2018
null
['None']
tron-02685
Obama’s tax proposals
mostly fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/taxes-election/
null
money-financial
null
null
null
Obama’s tax proposals
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
goop-02326
“How To Get Away With Murder” Recap: “Was She Ever Good At Her Job?”
10
https://www.gossipcop.com/how-to-get-away-with-murder-recap-was-she-ever-good-job-htgawm-october-19-2017/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
“How To Get Away With Murder” Recap: “Was She Ever Good At Her Job?”
10:53 pm, October 19, 2017
null
['None']
tron-00929
Video of an Amazing Three Dimensional Printer
truth!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/three-d-printer/
null
computers
null
null
null
Video of an Amazing Three Dimensional Printer
Mar 17, 2015
null
['None']
snes-00389
Did Barack Obama Say ‘If We Don’t Do Something About This President, I Will?’
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-do-something-about-president/
null
Politics
null
Dan Evon
null
Did Barack Obama Say ‘If We Don’t Do Something About This President, I Will?’
2 July 2018
null
['None']
tron-01084
There’s a Mandatory Gun Ownership Law in Kennesaw, Georgia
truth! & fiction!
https://www.truthorfiction.com/theres-a-mandatory-gun-ownership-law-in-kennesaw-georgia/
null
crime-police
null
null
null
There’s a Mandatory Gun Ownership Law in Kennesaw, Georgia
Aug 6, 2015
null
['None']
snes-03608
A van full of "illegals" traveled from voting booth to voting booth in Arizona in order to vote (illegally) for Hillary Clinton.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/van-full-of-illegals-shows-up-to-vote-clinton-at-six-polling-places/
null
Conspiracy Theories
null
Brooke Binkowski
null
Van Full of ‘Illegals’ Shows up to Vote Clinton at Six Polling Places
8 November 2016
null
['Arizona', 'Hillary_Rodham_Clinton']
pomt-05052
Sixteen thousand new Internal Revenue Service agents will be "empowered to enforce" the new health care legislation.
mostly false
/georgia/statements/2012/jul/10/tom-price/price-16000-irs-agents-will-enforce-obama-health-c/
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has let President Barack Obama’s signature health care law stand, Republicans are grousing like it’s 2009. The law’s foes are dusting off 3-year-old talking points they used in their unsuccessful attempt to squelch it in Congress. U.S. Rep. Tom Price, a Republican from Roswell, recently ...
null
Tom Price
null
null
null
2012-07-10T06:00:00
2012-06-29
['None']
pomt-09341
Obama said troops "whine about bearing the costs" of going to war.
pants on fire!
/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/apr/09/chain-email/fiction-touted-fact-anti-obama-e-mail/
This chain e-mail caught our attention after readers debated its validity on the PolitiFact Facebook page. It purports to be Obama's comments about veterans who opposed a proposal to change their health insurance. "Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained. "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have...
null
Chain email
null
null
null
2010-04-09T14:44:43
2010-04-09
['None']
goop-02790
“Survivor: Game Changers” Recap: Who Was Voted Out 13th And 14th?
10
https://www.gossipcop.com/survivor-game-changers-recap-may-17-2017-michaela-eliminated-andrea-voted-off/
null
null
null
Shari Weiss
null
“Survivor: Game Changers” Recap: Who Was Voted Out 13th And 14th?
8:54 pm, May 17, 2017
null
['None']
snes-03738
An image shows Maria Bartiromo holding a phone decorated with a "Trump/Pence" sticker at the annual Al Smith Dinner.
false
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/al-smith-dinner-sticker/
null
Uncategorized
null
Dan Evon
null
Reporter Displays Trump/Pence Sticker at Al Smith Dinner
21 October 2016
null
['None']
pomt-13554
In Congress, (Cresent Hardy) voted to defund DACA.
half-true
/nevada/statements/2016/aug/25/ruben-kihuen/daca-funding-ruben-kihuen-oversimplifies-votes-tak/
Democratic congressional candidate Ruben Kihuen is accusing his Republican opponent of voting to defund programs that protect millions of people not legally in the country from being deported. At a recent press conference celebrating the fourth anniversary of President Barack Obama’s signing of the Deferred Action for ...
null
Ruben Kihuen
null
null
null
2016-08-25T16:00:49
2016-08-15
['United_States_Congress']