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Not Military: Armed Military Escorting Donald Trump Means He Is Still President of The United States Not MilitaryDoes a video show "armed military escorting" former President Donald Trump during a June 10, 2023, visit to a Waffle House in Columbus, Georgia, and does this escort prove that Trump is still the president of the United States? No, that's not true: By law, the U.S. Se (Source: Lead Stories)

Not Campaigner: Twitter account under the name of Erica Marsh is run by someone with that name who identifies themself as a "Proud Democrat: Former Field Organizer to elect President Biden. Volunteer for the Obama Foundation." Not CampaignerIs a Twitter account under the name of Erica Marsh run by someone with that name who identifies themself as a "Proud Democrat: Former Field Organizer to elect President Biden. Volunteer for the Obama Foundation"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to suggest t (Source: Lead Stories)

Wrong Vector: Bill Gates Develops Malaria Drugs, Then Releases Genetically Modified Mosquitoes into the US Wrong VectorDid Bill Gates hatch a convoluted plan to create a demand for anti-malaria drugs he funded by also funding malaria-fighting programs while developing a means to introduce malaria to the United States through genetically modified mosquitoes? No, that's not true: Geneti (Source: Lead Stories)

False: Patients running on the street as Chengdu hospital collapsed in June 2023. Footage from a movie set in China has surfaced in posts that falsely claim it shows patients escaping from a psychiatric hospital in the southwestern city of Chengdu. The video, which attracted more than 1.5 million views on Twitter, shows people running and screaming in the street. The production team behind the movie said it in fact shows the filming of an upcoming comedy, while a similar video circulating online shows a member of the production crew shouting "action!" at the start of the clip. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)