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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

FEMA diverted hurricane funds for 'illegals'? Not true.

Both FEMA and the White House called the claim false. It conflates the disaster relief fund with a separate fund that helps the homeless. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Checking the Facts

Wed Oct 9 2024

 
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell promises residents that federal disaster officials will help them recover from two wildfires that ravaged parts of the mountain resort community during a news conference at the Ruidoso Convention Center in Ruidoso, NM, on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

Both FEMA and the White House called the claim false. It conflates the disaster relief fund with a separate fund that helps the homeless.

A crew cleans up trees and a damaged home on Folger Street in Clemson, S.C. after Tropical Storm Helene Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
 

Helene's path not controlled by HAARP or radar | Fact check

Hurricane Helene's path of destruction was not shaped by HAARP, NEXRAD or Doppler radar - nor could it have been, experts said.

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 04: Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force search a flood damaged area with a search canine in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on October 4, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. At least 215 people were killed in six states in the wake of the powerful hurricane which made landfall as a Category 4. President Joe Biden ordered the deployment of 1,000 active duty U.S. soldiers to assist with   storm relief efforts in what is now the deadliest U.S. mainland hurricane since Hurricane Katrina. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
 

No, FEMA can't seize land from disaster victims | Fact check

FEMA can't seize property or land from people who apply for federal disaster assistance, according to the agency's website.

Jimmy Carter during an interview in New York on March 24, 2014.
 

Jimmy Carter would have been unable to vote by Oct. 4 | Fact check

Jimmy Carter would have been unable to cast his ballot on or before Oct. 4. Absentee ballots in Georgia were scheduled to go out Oct. 7.

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a discussion hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
 

2019 video doesn't show Harris with Bluetooth earrings | Fact check

The original video shows Harris wearing an earpiece and a clip-on microphone for a TV interview, not Bluetooth earrings.

FILE PHOTO: JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
 

No, Chase CEO didn't back Trump, contrary to Trump post | Fact check

JPMorgan Chase spokesperson Andrew Gray told USA TODAY the company's CEO, Jamie Dimon, had not endorsed Trump in the 2024 race.

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as attends an event about the damage caused by Hurricane Helene, in Valdosta, Georgia, U.S., September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
 

Nearly all of Trump's Helene GoFundMe goes to victims | Fact check

Both the authorized GoFundMe page and Trump's spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, said all proceeds would be used to support Hurricane Helene victims.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris answers questions during a moderated conversation with members of the National Association of Black Journalists hosted by WHYY September 17, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harris returns to Philadelphia where she debated Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, one week ago. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
 

Couple in Harris ad debunks claim that they're actors | Fact check

The couple in Harris' ad debunked the claim. They said they are Pennsylvania farmers who previously voted for former President Donald Trump.

Fake news.
 

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