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Did Visitors to Joshua Tree National Park Cut Down Trees During the Government Shutdown?
  • 11 January 2019
The iconic wilderness area fell victim to staff shortages caused by the budget standoff in...
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Did Visitors to Joshua Tree National Park Cut Down Trees During the Government Shutdown?
Is it Legal for a Migrant ‘Fleeing Violence’ to Enter the U.S. Without Authorization?
  • 25 October 2018
A viral meme confused the legalities of entering the United States with the legalities of...
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Is it Legal for a Migrant ‘Fleeing Violence’ to Enter the U.S. Without Authorization?
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Five Years in Prison for Stealing Sneakers, 90 Days’ House Arrest for Raping a Young Girl?
  • 19 October 2018
Two criminal cases that were widely disparate in the sentencing were also widely disparate in...
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Five Years in Prison for Stealing Sneakers, 90 Days’ House Arrest for Raping a Young Girl?
Did Georgia’s Secretary of State ‘Block’ the Registrations of 53,000 Voters, Most of Them African-American?
  • 17 October 2018
Left-wing Facebook pages weighed into Georgia's gubernatorial race with widely shared memes about alleged voter...
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Did Georgia’s Secretary of State ‘Block’ the Registrations of 53,000 Voters, Most of Them African-American?
Did Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Register Her Yacht in the Cayman Islands?
  • 17 August 2018
Several viral memes made unfounded assumptions based on the complicated inner workings of the DeVos...
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Did Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Register Her Yacht in the Cayman Islands?
Christian Non-Profit Faces Scrutiny Over Government Foster Care Contract for Separated Children
  • 11 July 2018
Bethany Christian Services, which has links to the family of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, has...
  • News
Christian Non-Profit Faces Scrutiny Over Government Foster Care Contract for Separated Children
Did a Christian Foster Care Provider ‘Kidnap’ Migrant Children for Profit?
  • 25 June 2018
Reports and viral memes made several claims about Bethany Christian Services and its purported links...
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Did a Christian Foster Care Provider ‘Kidnap’ Migrant Children for Profit?
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Did Trump Kill 100,000 Boeing Jobs By Pulling Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal?
  • 9 May 2018
A viral meme circulating on Facebook jumps to conclusions about the effects of the president's...
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Did Trump Kill 100,000 Boeing Jobs By Pulling Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal?
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Did Samuel L. Jackson Tweet About Overpaid ‘Modern Mumble Rappers’ and Teachers’ Pay?
  • 3 May 2018
A poorly-formatted purported Twitter quote attributed to the actor is just a hoax.
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Did Samuel L. Jackson Tweet About Overpaid ‘Modern Mumble Rappers’ and Teachers’ Pay?
Did Abraham Lincoln Order the Execution of 38 Dakota Fighters?
  • 14 March 2018
After a violent Native American uprising in 1862, President Lincoln signed off on 39 executions...
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Did Abraham Lincoln Order the Execution of 38 Dakota Fighters?
Papa John’s John Schnatter vs. Little Caesar’s Mike Ilitch
  • 2 November 2017
A meme comparing the founders of Papa John's (John Schnatter) and Little Caesar's (Mike Ilitch)...
  • Fact Check
Papa John’s John Schnatter vs. Little Caesar’s Mike Ilitch
Why Are NFL Players on the Sidelines for the National Anthem?
  • 27 September 2017
For much of the NFL's history, players weren't present on the field during the playing...
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Why Are NFL Players on the Sidelines for the National Anthem?
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