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Thursday, February 27, 2025

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There's no evidence listening devices were discovered in the Oval Office. A similar version of the claim cites fabricated sources. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Checking the Facts

Thu Feb 27 2025

 
A poster with a map captionned "Gulf of America" is seen as US President Donald Trump stands by the signed commission to make Howard Lutnick US Secretary of Commerce (R) sitting on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2025.

There's no evidence listening devices were discovered in the Oval Office. A similar version of the claim cites fabricated sources.

Elon Musk gestures onstage as he attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
 

No, this Musk post about 'spoiled' protesters isn't real | Fact check

The image is a fabrication. There's no record of the post on Musk's X profile.

A selection of titles pulled from the shelves of Iowa public schools, photographed at the Des Moines Register Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
 

Viral book ban list not from Project 2025

Project 2025 did not compile the list. It was created by a TikTok user tracking banned and challenged books.

President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate is displayed with indications of what was said to be computer generated forgery as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is seen on a monitor during a news conference at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Training Center Auditorium in Phoenix, Arizona March 1, 2012. Arpaio spoke about the authenticity of President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate and   claims the certificate is fraudulent after being investigated by Arpaio's Cold Case Posse. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
 

No, Barack Obama's birth certificate isn't 'fraudulent' | Fact check

The video is from 2016. The White House published a copy of the original birth certificate in 2011, showing Obama was born in the U.S.

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