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Thursday, July 4, 2024

Checking the Facts: Biden has repeatedly used 'end of quote' phrase | Fact check

Biden saying "end of quote" here isn't a gaffe. He used the phrase after reading directly from Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Thu Jul 4 2024

 
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's bid for immunity from federal prosecution for 2020 election subversion, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz  TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Biden saying "end of quote" here isn't a gaffe. He used the phrase after reading directly from Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent.

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FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, U.S., June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
 

No, NATO didn't announce 'mandatory' Ukraine aid | Fact check

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg did not announce members would be required to send military aid to Ukraine, as social media posts claim.

May 12, 1998; New York, NY; John F. Kennedy Jr. in his "George" magazine offices in NY; Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY NETWORK
 

JFK Jr. died in 1999, did not attend 2024 'debate' | Fact check

The images in the Instagram post show journalist and moderator John Stossel, not John F. Kennedy Jr., who died in a 1999 plane crash.

FC017 Taylor Swift private jet
 

Taylor Swift's jet was not vandalized by climate change activists

A social media post falsely claimed activists from the group Just Stop Oil spray-painted Taylor Swift's private jet in London.

Mar 16, 2022; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Penn Quakers swimmer Lia Thomas watches poolside at the NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championship at Georgia Tech. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
 

False claim about Gordon Ramsay, Lia Thomas was satire | Fact check

There is no credible evidence this story is true. It originated on satirical websites but has been reshared without the parody disclaimer.

A 2-week-old baby's foot is pictured in the neonatal intensive care unit at Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 27, 2023.
 

False claim photo shows abandoned baby in Georgia | Fact check

Officials in two locations where the newborn was purportedly found said there was no such incident in their areas. The photo dates back several years.

Sample ready for testing. New York, USA NYC high school students who work in a virology lab at Mount Sinai collect bird droppings in Central Park on April 19, 2022. They are looking for pathogens like bird flu and avian paramyxovirus 1 â€
 

Lab confirmed bird flu infection in Mexico resident | Fact check

A lab confirmed via genetic analysis that a patient in Mexico was infected with a bird flu strain not found before in humans, according to the WHO.

Mar 19, 2022; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Penn Quakers swimmer Lia Thomas swims the 100 free at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships at Georgia Tech. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
 

Ruling did not 'order' Lia Thomas to compete with men | Fact check

Lia Thomas lost a legal challenge that could have reversed a policy blocking her from the Olympics. But she was not ordered to compete with men.

Jul 20, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Columbus Police investigate an armed robbery at the United Food Mart on the South Side after an armed robber jumped through the drive through window and robbed the store clerk at gunpoint around 3:30 A.M.
 

Signs in San Francisco OK'ing small theft aren't official | Fact check

Proposition 47 didn't legalize theft in California. It reclassified some nonviolent property crimes, including shoplifting, as misdemeanors.

Vehicles travel over the 2 lane bridge spanning between Georgia and South Carolina on I-95 South. Plans call for replacing the bridge and widening the interstate all the way to SC Exit 8.
 

Video shows families traveling, not human trafficking | Fact check

The Gwinnett County Police Department said there was no evidence of human trafficking when its officers pulled over the vehicle along Interstate 85.

 

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