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Friday, July 12, 2024

Checking the Facts: Post shows men arrested in 2022, not Nashville marchers | Fact check

The post shows the mugshots and names of 31 men who were arrested after a separate incident in Idaho in 2022. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Fri Jul 12 2024

 
Members of the white nationalist group NatSoc Florida wave to motorists as they hold banners against U.S. support for Israel, during the Israeli-Hamas conflict, in Lady Lake, Florida, U.S., October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

The post shows the mugshots and names of 31 men who were arrested after a separate incident in Idaho in 2022.

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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 17: Matthew Perry attends the GQ Men of the Year Party 2022 at The West Hollywood EDITION on November 17, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for GQ)
 

False claim that LAPD said Matthew Perry was murdered | Fact check

LAPD launched an investigation into the source of the ketamine that led to Perry's death. There has been no announcement of a murder investigation.

Ricardo B. Brazziell AMERICAN-STATESMAN 8/9/10 President Barack Obama addresses a large crowd on the University of Texas at Austin campus inside the Gregory Gymnasium to talk about higher education. He was warmly received and spoke passionately about sending more Americans to college. Obama waves to the crowd before making his way through the audience for handshakes.
 

Presidential criminal immunity established by 2024 case | Fact check

While the Supreme Court ruled in 1982 that presidents have immunity from civil liability, its decision doesn't apply to criminal prosecution.

BAKER, CALIFORNIA - JULY 08: The 'World's Largest Thermometer' displays an unofficial temperature reading of 126 degrees in the afternoon heat during a long-duration heat wave which is impacting much of California on July 8, 2024 in Baker, California. Baker is known as the 'Gateway To Death Valley'. Death Valley National Park visitors have been warned, ‘Travel prepared to survive’ as extreme high temperatures are predicted to reach close to 130 degrees this week.   Death Valley is the hottest and driest place in the United States. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
 

No, old July heat records don't disprove modern warming | Fact check

Average U.S. and global temperatures are increasing due to climate change, according to long-term temperature records.

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
 

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."

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.

 

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