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Missing Context: The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is giving itself a pay raise even as it proposes slashing federal spending for military veterans. A post circulating widely on social media claims House Republicans have hypocritically given themselves a pay bump even as they propose steep cuts in veteran’s aid and other critical federal spending amid the political showdownover thenation’s debt limit. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)
Pants-Fire: NASA's T-minus launch countdown is a mocking reference to Satan. The "T" in a "T Minus" countdown simply stands for "time" or "test." (Source: PolitiFact)
Pants-Fire: Video shows Kamala Harris talking nonsensically about today, tomorrow and yesterday. Vice President Kamala Harris did not make these comments during an April 25 speech at Howard University. This video was manipulated. (Source: PolitiFact)
False: Simulation with fictional virus shows ‘“what they're preparing for us" in 2025. Catastrophic Contagion was a tabletop exercise held October 2022 in Belgium that centered on a fictional, rapidly spreading, deadly virus. The exercise’s goal was preparing government and public health officials to better respond to a crisis. (Source: PolitiFact)
Barely-True: Florida lawmakers danced “after passing anti-trans legislation.” Florida lawmakers danced in the state House chamber when the House opened for session May 2. The dancing was not related to the passage of any bill. (Source: PolitiFact)
False: The phone President Richard Nixon used to talk to the first astronauts on the moon is evidence the 1969 moon landing was faked. The moon landing was real. The photo of the phone Nixon used to call the astronauts belies the technology used to make that communication happen. (Source: PolitiFact)
False: Obama removed 500,000 pedophiles from a background check database No, Obama did not remove 500,000 pedophiles from a background check database | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption Barack Obama, Joe Biden stump for Pennsylvania Democratic candidates Former President Barack Obama stumped fof Senate candidate John Fetterman and gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro during a rally in Pennsylvania. Patrick Colson-Price, Associated PressThe claim: Obama removed 500,000 pedophiles from a background check databaseA May 1 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a screenshot of a 2018 news article with the headline "Obama Removed 500,000 Pedophiles From Background Check Database." The article's subhead reads, "Barack Obama ordered the FBI to remove over 500,000 names of potential murderers and pedophiles from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, acting FBI director David Bowdich testified Wednesday." About 500,000 fugitives were taken out of the background check database, according to Daniel Webster, a gun policy expert at Johns Hopkins University. Otherwise they were not known to be a fugitive under the law.”He never said Obama ordered the FBI to remove the names. (Source: USA Today)
False: This Muslim man killed his wife because she was a Hindu Authors Arjun Deodia An Electronics & Communication engineer by training, Arjun switched to journalism to follow his passion. After completing a diploma in Broadcast Journalism at the India Today Media Institute, he has been debunking mis/disinformation for over three years. His (Source: Newschecker)