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a list of massacres in the u.s. purported to be done with an ar-15

Were AR-15s Used in These Mass Shootings? A viral meme asserted that AR-15 style weapons have frequently been used to commit deadly...

Mostly True

No, Fox News Did Not Say Trump Vowed To Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell in 2024 Left-wing critics of the former president enthusiastically shared weakly-sourced claims in light of Maxwell's conviction,...

Mostly False

A Guide To Viral Rumors in the Kyle Rittenhouse Acquittal A viral copypasta text alleges numerous things about the teenager, his murder trial, and the...

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Did Rittenhouse’s Grandparents Own Gas Station in Kenosha? Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges in November 2021 in the case of a...

False

steve bannon charged with contempt of congress

Bannon 1st Person Charged with Contempt of Congress Since 1983 Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon was indicted by a grand jury in November...

True

Was an Elderly Nevada Couple Shot Dead by an Undocumented Immigrant? In October 2021, Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman pleaded guilty to shooting dead Gerald and Sharon David,...

True

Did U.S. Military Arrest Bill Gates? A website dedicated almost solely to headlines about famous people being arrested and tried by...

Originated as Satire

Did Pelosi Prevent National Guard from Responding to Capitol Attack? The Speaker of the House does not have control of the National Guard.

False

The claim is that the passage of Prop 47 means that thefts involving property valued at less than $950 will no longer be prosecuted in California.

Did Prop 47 Legalize Theft Under $950 in California? The people of California voted for Prop 47 to become a law in 2014.

False

No, the US Military Didn’t Arrest Deborah Birx for Spreading COVID Lies We can think of a few other public figures who have spread unverified claims about...

False

Barry Morphew, a Colorado man accused of murdering his wife Suzanne, who has been missing since May 2020, is also accused of submitting her mail-in ballot with a vote for former U.S. President Donald Trump in November 2020.

Did a Man Forge His Dead Wife’s Vote for Trump? Barry Morphew has been charged with first-degree murder in the case of his missing wife,...

Unproven

Was Andrew Brown Jr. a ‘Known Drug Dealer’ Before NC Deputies Killed Him? As police reform advocates searched for answers in the killing of Andrew Brown Jr., others...

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