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Did Trump Tap Giorgio A. Tsoukalos for Secretary of the Space Force?

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 29, 2018 A satirical article jokingly claimed that the television personality and producer best known as ...
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Melania Trump smiling.

Did Melania Trump Wear an 'Exterminate' T-Shirt to a Holocaust Memorial?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
June 29, 2018 A satirical web site left some readers unsure about a fake article that followed a real controve ...
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Trump Administration Asks the Pentagon to House Immigrant Families on Military Sites

Written by:
Bethania Palma
June 27, 2018 Meanwhile, the federal government has not answered questions about how it will comply with an in ...
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Did 80 Percent of Undocumented Minors Arrive in the United States Without Parents?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
June 27, 2018 Both the White House and Attorney General have used (and misused) a rudimentary and unverifiable ...
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Is the Red Hen Located at 666 E. Washington?

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 27, 2018 Hacked Google Reviews and manufactured Yelp pages led some to believe that the Red Hen restauran ...
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Joe Biden.

Was Joe Biden Refused Service at 'Crumb and Get It' in 2012?

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 27, 2018 A Virginia cookie shop declined to host a media event with the former U.S. vice president during ...
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Did Anti-Trump Protesters Call for Republicans to Be Assassinated?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
June 26, 2018 Hyperpartisan web sites used shoddy image editing to spread inflammatory disinformation.
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Did 233 Representatives Vote to 'Steal' Social Security's $2.9 Trillion Surplus?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
June 25, 2018 Claims that lawmakers voted to spend a Social Security surplus to pay off government debt stem f ...
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Did a Christian Foster Care Provider 'Kidnap' Migrant Children for Profit?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
June 25, 2018 Reports and viral memes made several claims about Bethany Christian Services and its purported l ...
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Did Melania Trump's Controversial Jacket Contain a Pro-Fascism Message?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 25, 2018 Some elements of a viral post about Melania Trump's jacket are factual, but there's no proof it ...
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Did the King of the Netherlands Tell Donald Trump That The Hague Is Waiting for Him?

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 22, 2018 A parody account posing as Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands tweeted that the International Co ...
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Justin Trudeau.

Did Canada's Prime Minister Say Canadians Don't Need American Farmers Because 'We Have Grocery Stores'?

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 22, 2018 Hyperpartisan social media pages and bots used yet another fake quote in order to attempt to dru ...
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Child's hand on a chainlink fence.

Is the Trump Administration Paying Southwest Key $458 Million to Run Immigrant Child Detention Centers?

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Bethania Palma
June 22, 2018 Southwest Key's chief executive officer earned an annual salary of $1.5 million in 2016.
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Portland, Oregon's interstate freeway.

Did an Oregon Department of Transportation Employee Say That Immigrants Should be 'Shot at the Border'?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
June 21, 2018 Lori McAllen has faced a backlash after screenshots emerged of her calling for immigrants to be ...
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Is an 'Obama Don't Separate Me From My Mommy' Protest Sign Real?

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 21, 2018 A photograph showing protesters holding a sign is real, but the sign is referring to separations ...
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Were These Children Separated From Their Parents Under Obama?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 21, 2018 A 2014 photograph of unaccompanied minor immigrants is misleadingly being described as showing c ...
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Does This Photograph Show Border Agents Forcibly Separating Children From Families?

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 21, 2018 A Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a federal agent seizing Elián González was recycled nearl ...
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President Barack Obama.

Did This Video Show Obama Agreeing with the Trump Administration on Immigration Policies?

Written by:
Dan Evon
June 20, 2018 A video showing former United States President Barack Obama "agreeing" with President Donald Tru ...
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Immigrant Advocates: Trump Executive Order Would 'Replace One Crisis For Another'

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
June 20, 2018 Activists say that the president should get no credit for his order requiring undocumented famil ...
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U.S.-Mexico border wall in Arizona

Are Immigrant Children Separated From Their Families Being Forcibly Sedated?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 20, 2018 A lawsuit filed in April 2018, compiled before a new family separation policy was instituted, al ...
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