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Thursday, June 27, 2024

Checking the Facts: Post shows all STD tests in Texas, not positive results | Fact check

The post shows the number of STD tests distributed within a week throughout all of Texas. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Thu Jun 27 2024

 
An Indian nurse carries out a test for HIV/AIDS during an event to mark International Condom Day in New Delhi on February 13, 2018.  The event was organised by AIDS Healthcare Foundation to promote the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) like HIV, and unwanted preganancies, through condom distribution and to create awareness of safe sex. / AFP PHOTO / Sajjad HUSSAIN  (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

The post shows the number of STD tests distributed within a week throughout all of Texas.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the House Oversight committee hearing on the basis for an impeachment inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. On Sept. 12, 2023, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced that the House would open a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, escalating a Republican investigation that started in January when the GOP took majority control of the lower chamber.
 

AOC socialism quote came from satirical website | Fact check

A satirical headline that quotes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez making a comment about socialism is being shared as if it's legitimate.

The Passu glacier sits in the Karakoram mountain range in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, October 8, 2023. Himalayan glaciers are on track to lose up to 75 per cent of their ice by the century's end due to global warming, according to the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). When glacial lakes overfill or their banks become unsound, they burst, sparking   deadly floods that wash out bridges and buildings and wipe out fertile land throughout the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalayan mountain ranges that intersect in northern Pakistan.  REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro  SEARCH "SOOMRO PAKISTAN GLACIERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.
 

False claim Earth was warmer 55,000 years ago | Fact check

Earth was cooler 55,000 years ago than today, according to researchers.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JUNE 21: Ayala Kerem of Israel competes during the women's boulder and lead qualification on June 21, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by David Balogh/Getty Images)
 

Post falsely claims Israel is 'out' of Paris Olympics | Fact check

There's no credible evidence Israel is "out" of the Games for any reason. Organizers say the country is sending around 85 athletes to Paris.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) rushes up the court Thursday, June 13, 2024, during the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Indiana Fever defeated the Atlanta Dream, 91-84.
 

No, Caitlin Clark did not join Canada women's basketball | Fact check

Clark's omission from the U.S. 2024 Olympic team was controversial among some fans, but there is no evidence she joined the Canadian team instead.

Nine days before the August and November elections, Branch County voters will be able to vote in person at the Dearth Center for all precincts under Michigan’s new constitutionally required federal elections as they did for the February Presidential primary. .
 

No, 105% of Michigan population is not registered to vote | Fact check

The number reflects the percentage of Michigan residents 18 and older on the voter rolls, not the state's total population.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 04: Taylor Swift accepts the Best Pop Vocal Album award for “Midnights” onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
 

Video doesn't show protestors painting Taylor Swift's jet | Fact check

Police said neither of the jets vandalized by the protestors were connected to Swift.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 31: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators associated with the 'Within Our Lifetime' protest group, drop a banner at the Brooklyn Museum on May 31, 2024 in New York City. Demonstrators started at Barclays Center and marched to the Brooklyn Museum where they occupied the inside lobby and the outside demanding that the Brooklyn Museum divest from investments in Israel. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
 

Video of Iranian banner at Brooklyn Museum is edited | Fact check

The banner was digitally added to the video of the protest. Footage from the day shows that a "Free Palestine" banner was the only one displayed.

A Palestinian flag is show during a rally on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 in Wayne, N.J.
 

Treasury Department raised pride flag, not Palestinian flag | Fact check

The Treasury Department raised a pride flag on its Washington, D.C. building for the first time in 2022 to commemorate Pride Month in June.

A person cools off in a water fountain near the Hudson River during a heatwave on June 20, 2024 in New York City. Deadly heat that has blanketed the US, Mexico and Central America recently was made 35 times more likely due to global warming, World Weather Attribution (WWA) climate scientists said on June 20. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)
 

False claim May data disproves 128 years of warming | Fact check

NOAA data shows a warming trend globally and in the U.S. over the last 128 years.

 

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