It is striking that people often try to accuse Harris of things that actually apply to Trump. They're pushing fake Kamala-Epstein stories, but ignoring Trump's real Epstein ties. We're here to flip the script with facts. Ready for the truth? 🔄 #KamalaHarris #FactCheck
https://www.volksverpetzer.de/faktencheck/6-fakes-about-harris-that-backfired/?utm_source=mstdn
162 #lies & #distortions in a “news conference”. #NPR’s #FactCheck of #Trump
There were a host of false things that Donald Trump said during his hour-long “news” conference Thurs that have gotten attn.
A team of NPR reporters & editors reviewed the transcript of his “news” conference & found AT LEAST 162 #misstatements, #exaggerations & outright #lies in 64 minutes. That's >2 a minute.
#TrumpLies
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-5070566/trump-news-conference
#JDVance’s false claim that ‘#GreenEnergy scam’ ships jobs to China
…one of Vance’s consistent claims is that VP #KamalaHarris shipped jobs to China by casting the tiebreaking vote in 2022 in the Senate for the #InflationReductionAct, a bill that included $370B in #climate & #energy funding to combat #ClimateChange.
…Vance’s claims make little sense. The #IRA was designed to foster #green #manufacturing #jobs IN the #UnitedStates.
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/12/jd-vances-false-claim-that-green-energy-scam-ships-jobs-china/
#Wrong & #offensive on so many levels
#JDVance said he thinks the #DNC is being held in #Chicago so #Walz can say he visited a combat zone.
1. US Army non-commissioned officer command sergeant major #TimWalz served in the #military for 24 years. He was deployed to Italy during the #War in #Afghanistan / War on #Terrorism. All military #service members know they don’t have a choice as to where they are deployed.
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#Trump repeats false claim that 'nobody was killed' during Capitol #Insurrection he incited
During a campaign event today in Howell, Michigan, Trump repeated the #lie that no one died on #Jan6, 2021, during the Capitol #siege by his supporters.
Trump attempted to compare the #Jan6 insurrection w/the racial justice protests that took place across the country in the wake of George Floyd's death in 2020.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/live-blog/election-2024-dnc-live-updates-rcna165227
#Trump’s Baseless Claims [#lies] About the Assassination Attempt Are #Dangerous
His growing effort to blame #Biden & #Harris for the shooting isn’t supported by ANY #evidence. But experts say it could stir #violence.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies
#Incitement #extremism #radicalization #PoliticalViolence #DomesticTerrorism
#weird #insane #Nonsense #ConspiracyTheories
#WeAreNotGoingBack
#CommonSense #sanity #RealityBasedPolitics #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/trump-assassination-attempt-blame-biden-harris/
Pro-#Trump group attacks #Harris for murder that took place 14 yrs ago
Preserve America #PAC is a pro-Trump group, largely funded by #billionaire #MiriamAdelson, that expects to spend $100 million in this election cycle. This ad, which comes in 30-sec & 60-sec versions, links VP #KamalaHarris, to the murder of a teenager nearly 14 yrs ago.
Harris at the time was the DA for San Francisco. The murder took place in Texas.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/03/pro-trump-group-attacks-harris-murder-that-took-place-14-years-ago/
#Viral attack on #TimWalz features #fake fmr student making false claim
A Hawaii man who attended a school where #Walz taught — but says they never met — was dismayed to see person in a video using his name to make a false allegation against the VP candidate
#FactCheck #RepublicanLies #Fraud #SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #ElectionInterference #Trumpaganda #Propaganda #MatthewMetro #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/10/21/tim-walz-matthew-metro-video/
Inside #Trump’s #TruthSocial #ConspiracyTheory Machine
An analysis of Trump’s posts reveals the #paranoid & unfounded content he creates & amplifies each day.
Trump’s penchant for amplifying easily debunked #ConspiracyTheories is well known. But an extensive analysis of his posts & reposts on #SocialMedia reveals a candidate who promotes sinister theories at a scale & frequency well beyond his already infamous playbook.
#TrumpIsUnfit #FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/29/us/politics/trump-truth-social-conspiracy-theories.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE4.rVaX.fODZOmIDRJmP&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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#Trump Admin Knew Vast Majority of #Venezuelans Sent to #ElSalvador Prison Had Not Been Convicted of US Crimes
#DHS records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having NO #criminal record in the US & had only violated #immigration laws.
#law #AlienEnemiesAct #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess #judiciary #FactCheck #TrumpLies #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/30/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela
Oh yeah, this admin totally cares about #antisemitism 🙄
#Trump has fired members of the US #HolocaustMemorialMuseum's board appointed by President Joe #Biden, including fmr 2nd gentleman #DougEmhoff.
#RonKlain, once Biden's chief of staff, told CBSNews he & all others appointed to the #Holocaust Memorial Council in early 2025 by Biden have been fired. Biden appointed 12 people to the 68-member board in Jan before leaving office.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #RevengePolitics
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-biden-appointed-holocaust-museum-board-members/
It’s literally in the oath of office he has sworn twice
#Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold #Constitution
Trump, asked during an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker,” whether he believes that he needs to uphold the Constitution during his presidency, responded, “I don’t know.”
#law #FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/04/trump-nbc-interview-constitution-economy/
#Trump posted a photo of himself holding up a picture claiming to show #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s tattoos that prove he’s MS-13.
The picture he’s holding has obviously been digitally altered to add the characters MS-13.
The source of this BS is a neo-Nazi X user who claims the tattoos are code for “MS-13.”
This is why you try people in court of #law & not on social media.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #gaslighting #propaganda #dehumanization #immigration #HumanRights #CivilRights #DueProcess
Multiple #Trump ofcls have links to #antisemitic #extremists
Trump campaigned on a pledge [🤔] to fight #antisemitism.
"Antisemitic bigotry has no place in a civilized society," Trump said in 2024.
However, …antisemitism…found a place within his administration.
NPR has identified 3 Trump ofcls w/close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a man described by federal prosecutors as a "Nazi sympathizer," & a prominent #HolocaustDenier.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5387299/trump-white-house-antisemitism
FYI this is some kerazy f⁕⚠︎ed up shit
#TulsiGabbard #fires leaders of #intelligence group that wrote #Venezuela assessment
[because, facts]
The director of national intelligence [#DNI] fired top officials weeks after their group authored an assessment contradicting #Trump’s #legal rationale for #deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members.
#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://wapo.st/4kjboU8
#Trump says he could bring back #KilmarAbregoGarcia, an #immigrant his admin wrongly deported to the infamous #CECOT prison in #ElSalvador. But he won’t, despite #SCOTUS’ order to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia, who was deported unlawfully in the first place.
by Adam Serwer
#law #immigration #FactCheck #TrumpLies #DueProcess #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-abrego-garcia-smears/682773/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxXUvK2gAhWVb3xi8qi5xPpA
#Trump solicited the damn thing, so—not a freaking gift at all.
The Inside Story of Trump’s Search for a New #AirForceOne
#Qatar had been trying to sell off a luxury jet for years, with no luck. Then Trump’s team set its sights on it.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #emoluments #corruption #NationalSecurity
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/us/politics/trump-air-force-one-qatar-jet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ik8.kIs0.LGc-fUJ-F_4u&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump alleges 'genocide' in #SouthAfrica. #White Afrikaner farmers reject that
Days before South Africa’s president meets w/ Trump at the White House, #Afrikaner #farmers at the center of an extraordinary new #US #refugee policy roamed a memorial to farm attacks in their country’s agricultural heartland, some touching the names of the dead — both #Black & white.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #immigration #law
https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-afrikaners-trump-refugees-ramaphosa-c87264523d555a64c0588d8734bba83a
#Trump is currently [live now] repeating #ConspiracyTheories from the Oval Office
about the protesters in #LosAngeles, saying they are “paid” by #Democrats. Total #disinformation.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #propaganda #law #democracy #RightToProtest
#Trump expressed his disdain for #WindPower during a meeting with his Cabinet recently, calling it an expensive form of #energy that “smart” countries
don’t use.
His comments contained false & misleading information about the use of wind power in the #UnitedStates & around the world, & came on the heels of an #ExecutiveOrder he signed Monday that would end subsidies around “#green” energy.
#FossilFuels #disinformation #Climate #ClimateChange
https://apnews.com/article/wind-turbines-power-electricity-energy-trump-5eb370dfb407b86a11d420917e4acaba
谣言盛行的时代，你该如何进行信息核查？
https://darmau.co/zh/article/how-to-fact-check
👋 🤔 In today's world there's a war on truth and now with AI it's often more difficult to differentiate a real news story from one that is fake.
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When I read a headline from a 'new to me', unfamiliar source, I try to remember to check it's credibility before I trust and share the article.
Here are steps I take to fact check a source and perhaps you might find this helpful:
1: Is this story reported elsewhere? (run a search)
2: If it is, and the additional sources are credible : more than likely it's true so, share✅ , if not then I proceed as follows:
If the story is Not reported elsewhere, I *combine* the following steps:
a) ask trustworthy friends if they've heard of the source
b) run a media bias check
c) check that source's previously published articles for credibility (see step #1)
d) Analyze the text/writing style and structure of the article--often AI generated print/writing appears "off", 'sterile'.
And a new step I just now discovered, thanks to @oliver_schafeld , is check the source to view information about the website using this link :
e) https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup
f) trust my "gut feeling" (often our subconscious picks up clues something is amiss. )
🧵 continued 👇
🤣…Though #Trump appears to support #AI, that does not mean AI supports him….
To counter any inadvertent bias or systemic failures, we asked each of 5 leading AI models — #OpenAI’s #ChatGPT; #Anthropic’s #Claude; X/ #xAI’s #Grok; #Google’s #Gemini; & #Perplexity — to verify Trump’s most oft-repeated claims or assertions.…
AI discredited ALL the Trump claims we presented, fact-checking him with startling accuracy & objective rigor.
