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Thursday, July 11, 2024

Checking the Facts: False claim Project 2025 calls for tracking menstruation | Fact check

No such proposal is included in Project 2025's playbook, and a spokesperson for the effort said the claim is "absolutely false." ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Thu Jul 11 2024

 
Boxes of menstrual pads made available by Helping Women Period photographed on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Lansing. Helping Women Period offers free feminine hygiene products to at-risk and homeless women.    200429 Menstrual Needs 015a

No such proposal is included in Project 2025's playbook, and a spokesperson for the effort said the claim is "absolutely false."

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A man walks next to rock armour, built to protect the coastline from erosion, in the tourist town of Hammamet, about 65 kilometres southeast of Tunisia's capital, as authorities fight to protect the coast from rising sea levels. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP) (Photo by FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images)
 

Tidal baths in Malta don't disprove climate change | Fact check

The existence of climate change or global sea level rise cannot be determined based on the status of one landmark.

Jun 27, 2024; Atlanta, GA, USA; Former President Donald Trump during the debate at CNN's studios in Atlanta. CNN Anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash are moderators of the debate. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY
 

False claim Project 2025 is Trump's second-term plan | Fact check

Though the project includes people in Trump's orbit, he said he is not involved with the effort. Project 2025 said it doesn't speak for any candidate.

The Supreme Court from left, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan.
 

No, Biden didn't order DOJ to arrest SCOTUS justices | Fact check

The post doesn't provide any evidence that Biden ordered the arrests, and there are no credible reports of him doing so.

President Joe Biden exits Air Force One at Dane County Regional Airport for a campaign stop at Sherman Middle School in Madison on Friday, July 5, 2024.
 

Baseless claim Biden had emergency on Air Force One | Fact check

A journalist traveling with President Joe Biden reported no signs of an emergency, and Biden was filmed walking off the plane alone.

FILE PHOTO: A boat sails on the Gulf Of Thailand during the sunset at Ko Samui in Thailand March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
 

Data misrepresents CO2 emissions from human activity | Fact check

The calculations in the post are flawed. Around one-third of CO2 in the atmosphere from human activity.

A group of migrants from Venezuela walk between the southern border wall and the Rio Grande toward a temporary Border Patrol processing facility on October 6, 2022 in El Paso. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune    Texas Biden
 

Biden's executive order changes green card process | Fact check

Biden's order will allow about half a million spouses and children of U.S. citizens to apply for permanent residency without leaving the country.

Jun 27, 2024; Atlanta, GA, USA; Former President Donald Trump during the debate at CNN's studios in Atlanta. CNN Anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash are moderators of the debate. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY
 

Report about Trump, sexual abuse charges is fabricated | Fact check

The Associated Press did not report this, a spokesperson said. Site searches yielded no such articles by the AP.

Juan Ramirez, of Waterloo, carries a large wooden cross as he protests Iowa's illegal entry law on Monday, June 10, 2024, in downtown Des Moines.
 

Idaho city reversed ban on religious symbols at parades | Fact check

While the Coeur d'Alene Regional Chamber did impose a ban on religious imagery at parades earlier, the decision was reversed days before July 4.

FORT CARSON, CO - APRIL 28: Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team load a Javelin missile onto the Common Remotely Operated Weapons System on a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle before a live-fire training exercise on April 28, 2022 in Fort Carson, Colorado. The Javelin anti-tank missile system uses automatic infrared guidance to track targets and has the ability to use top attack to hit targets from above where armor is thinnest. The U.S. military   has sent almost a third of its javelin missile supply to Ukraine which plays a vital role in it's fight against Russia.  (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 775805461 ORIG FILE ID: 1240310207
 

No, military aid in pictures is not for Philippines | Fact check

Images of military and humanitarian aid being prepared for shipment from the U.S. are not bound for the Philippines, contrary to social media claims.

 

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