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Checking the Facts: Photo of trashed parking lot is from 2020 Trump rally | Fact check

The photo was included in news reports from January 2020 and shows a trashed parking lot after Trump's rally at the Wildwoods Convention Center. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Wed May 15 2024

 
Donald Trump enters the stage as Trump holds a rally on the beach in Wildwood, NJ on Saturday, May 11, 2024.

The photo was included in news reports from January 2020 and shows a trashed parking lot after Trump's rally at the Wildwoods Convention Center.

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The aurora borealis, also known as the "northern lights", caused by a coronal mass ejection on the Sun, illuminates the sky Friday night over Jericho Beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
 

Solar storms, not HAARP experiments, caused May auroras | Fact check

Decades of research have established that solar flares exist. The widely visible auroras in May were caused by solar storms, not the HAARP program.

Police are seen at Columbia University on May 1, 2024, after police in riot gear entered the campus Tuesday night in New York City. University President Minouche Shafik on Tuesday sent a letter to the NYPD requesting that police remain on campus through at least May 17 to "maintain order and ensure encampments are not re-established."
 

NYPD arrests at Columbia misrepresented online | Fact check

The NYPD said the majority of protestors arrested at Columbia were students. They didn't label the unaffiliated individuals "leftist agitators."

Singer R. Kelly performs onstage during the 2013 BET Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on June 30, 2013 in Los Angeles.
 

R. Kelly is not on a concert tour. Those images are AI | Fact check

Images of R. Kelly performing in prison are fabricated; experts say they are computer-generated. A prison spokesman said such traveling isn't allowed.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton participates in a discussion moderated by Stephen Colbert, host of CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", during a campaign fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall in New York on March 28, 2024.
 

No, Clinton didn't grant 'illegal immigrants' right to vote | Fact check

The law signed by Clinton forbids people who immigrated illegally from voting. Noncitizens can't vote in federal, state or most local elections.

A rendering of the high-speed rail envisioned between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
 

This high-speed rail bridge cost far less than $11 billion | Fact check

A high-speed rail system in California is over budget, but a bridge over the Fresno River did not cost nearly $11 billion or take nine years to build.

Demonstrators gather outside of Columbia University to demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli attacks on Gaza, during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war during a protest in NYC on April 20, 2024.
 

Image of swastikas at Columbia was taken in 2018 | Fact check

While the post implies the image is connected to campus protests of the Israel-Hamas war, it was published by the Columbia student newspaper in 2018.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Waukesha Wednesday, May 1, 2024. This was Trump's second event in Wisconsin in 2024.
 

Trump rallies have been held during breaks in hush money trial | Fact check

Trump has been at the Manhattan courthouse every day there have been proceedings in the case, which started with jury selection on April 15.

Rome, Georgia |  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other guests applaud for Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump as he addresses a campaign rally at the Forum River Center on March 9, 2024 in Rome, Ga.
 

MTG criticized Trump trial judge, this post wasn't hers | Fact check

Greene's spokesperson said the parody account that posted the statement on Trump's trial is unaffiliated with the congresswoman.

The national weather forecast map for New Year's Eve.
 

BBC weather map manipulated to look like molten rock | Fact check

The image does not show an authentic BBC weather map graphic. The molten rock was added to the image.

 

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