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Pants-Fire: A Pentagon plan and a CDC poster proves that a “zombie apocalypse” is coming. An unclassified document from the Defense Department detailed a plan against a zombie apocalypse as a training exercise. It was not a real scenario. The Centers for Disease Control included a poster of a zombie in a a campaign to highlight the importance of being prepared for any type of disaster, such as a hurricane or pandemic. (Source: PolitiFact)

True: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.” • Law enforcement agency participation in the FBI’s hate crime data collection is well short of 100%. Even after allowing additional time for law enforcement agencies to comply, just more than one-fifth of agencies nationwide failed to send hate crime data to the FBI. (Source: PolitiFact)

Half-True: “Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.” • One study did find the ratio Tonko cited, but that research has limitations, especially the age of its data, which is more than two decades old. • A more recent study found ratios that were lower: from 40 to 74 times higher.• Regardless of the precise ratio, both studies show a significantly elevated risk of drug overdose for people recently released from incarceration. (Source: PolitiFact)

Labeled Satire: In April 2023, the National Guard blocked all entrances to Disney World. Advertisment: About this rating On April 23, 2023, Mouse Trap News published an articleclaiming that the National Guard had blocked all entrances to Disney World: National Guard Blocks All Entrances to Disney World It's not every day the National Guard is called in for something. (Source: Snopes)