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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Checking the Facts: Post misrepresents executive order as election takeover | Fact check

The executive order doesn't mention anything about suspending elections. It revokes executive orders on COVID-19 deemed no longer necessary by Biden. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Thu May 2 2024

 
Members of the Illinois Air National Guard assemble medical equipment at the McCormick Place Convention Center in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago, Ill., March 30, 2020. Approximately 30 members of the Illinois Air National Guard were activated to support the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to temporarily convert part of the McCormick Place Convention Center into an Alternate Care Facility (ACF)   for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms who do not require intensive care in the Chicago area. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Jay Grabiec)

The executive order doesn't mention anything about suspending elections. It revokes executive orders on COVID-19 deemed no longer necessary by Biden.

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AI behind image of 'My First Seance' toy Ouija board | Fact check

Experts and an online detection tool say the image was created with artificial intelligence. It originated in a Facebook group for AI-generated art.

An illustrative picture shows the article 'Jaegers Grenze' (Hunters' Border) by Juan Moreno and Claas Relotius in the German magazine 'Der Spiegel' (issue No. 47 from 17 November 2018) in Berlin, Germany, 19 December 2017. German weekly magazine 'Der Spiegel' announced on 19 December 2018 that their writer Claas Relotius faked a number of stories in the past years. This was uncovered by his colleague Juan Moreno after he worked together with   Relotius on the story 'Jaegers Grenze'.
 

Post passes off old Der Spiegel cover of Trump as 'current' | Fact check

The illustration and related story did not appear on Der Spiegel's cover in April 2024, as the post claims. The post recycles an old image.

Spanish soldiers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) drive an armoured emergency vehicle after picking up the body of a 36-year-old UN peacekeeper from Spain who was killed as the Israeli military shelled border areas following a Hezbollah attack that left two Israeli soldiers dead, in the southern Lebanese village of Abbassiyeh near to the disputed Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms area, on January 28,   2015. The soldier was part of the 10,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL), which includes 600 Spanish soldiers. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYATMAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 537247604
 

No, the UN is not creating a 'one world government' | Fact check

A document circulating on social media is supposed to show the U.N. plans to institute a "one world government" by July 4, 2025. It is fabricated.

Protesters link arms outside Hamilton Hall barricading students inside the building at Columbia University in New York City on April 30, 2024.
 

Photo doesn't show protesters blocking Columbia in 2024 | Fact check

The picture was captured during a separate pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University in October 2023.

Megyn Kelly announces an exclusive interview with fired CBS staffer over Amy Robach's leaked video.
 

No, Megyn Kelly did not admit she is Nicole Brown Simpson | Fact check

A video of Megyn Kelly was trimmed to make it sound like she admitted to being Nicole Brown Simpson. In reality, Kelly was debunking that rumor.

BNSF Railway freight train is back and running Sunday afternoon, days after it was derailed near the Arizona/New Mexico state line.
 

Image of train on cliffside is AI-generated | Fact check

The image was generated by AI, according to an expert and an AI-detection tool. There is no evidence of a "Northern Line" on ScotRail's website.

Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard's 267th Military Police Company listen to 1st Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester. The unit left Sunday, May 21, 2023 on the first leg of a year-long deployment overseas to the Middle East.
 

False claim Tennessee National Guard troops sent to Memphis | Fact check

A spokesperson for the mayor of Memphis says the claim is not true. The guard says it has not received any formal requests for assistance in the city.

Tanks and armored vehicles of the Iraqi forces advance south of Mosul, Iraq.
 

Video no muestra a EE.UU. atacando a Irak en el 2024 | Hechos

Pista de audio describe ataque estadounidense a miembros de Kataib Hezbollah en Irak en diciembre de 2023, no a EE.UU. atacando a Irak en 2024.

epa04380033 Members of the Iraqi Shiite militia, Kataib Hezbollah (Hezbollah Brigades), along with Iraqi soldiers take up position during fighting against Islamic State (IS) fighters, in Amerli town, northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, 01 September 2014. Iraqi government and Kurdish forces on 01 September retook two more towns from the militant Islamic State organization, officials said, building on recent gains against the radical   jihadists. Government troops, backed by Shiite militiamen and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, recaptured the northern town of Suleiman Pek and Amerly towns, an official said.  EPA/STR ORG XMIT: EBAG08
 

Video does not show US attacking Iraq in 2024 | Fact check

The audio track describes the U.S. attack on members of Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq in December 2023, not the U.S. attacking Iraq in April 2024.

 

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