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| TRUE | Claim by Elizabeth Warren (D): “40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”
Politifact rating: True (The figure cited by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., could be an underestimate. About 60% of student debt borrowers lack a four-year degree, according to data from the U.S. Education Department.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Social Media Post: claims a new drug called ‘Strawberry Breeze’ is being sold to children in schools.
Check Your Fact rating: False (There are no credible news reports to suggest that such a drug is currently being sold to children in schools. The claim previously appeared in the past.) FACT CHECK: Is A New Drug Called ‘Strawberry Breeze’ Being Sold To Children? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Executive Order 14067 will allow the federal government to “turn on and turn off your money.”
Politifact rating: False (Executive Order 14067 directed the federal government to weigh the risks of using digital currency and research the possibility of using a central bank digital currency. The order does not implement a digital currency or give the government the power to electronically control it.) Executive Order 14067 does not allow the federal government to electronically control money |
| NO EVIDENCE |
Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump Not Invited to Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral?
Newsweek rating: Unverified (There is no evidence that Trump was specifically not invited, as other former U.S. presidents are also not on the guest list.) Fact Check: Is Donald Trump not invited to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “U.S. is testing new most deadly nuclear bomb from B-1B Lancer.”
PolitiFact rating: False (This isn’t accurate, according to the U.S. Air Force.) No, the United States isn’t testing a nuclear bomb from the B-1B Lancer |
| FALSE | (International: Ukraine): Claim by Nikolai Patrushev: “During the special military operation [in Ukraine], many facts were revealed confirming that such laboratories developed components of biological weapons and their means of delivery.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False (debunked conspiracy theories) Russia Can’t Stop Lying About U.S. Bioweapon Labs in Ukraine |
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