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| TRUE | Claim by Tammy Baldwin (D): “Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men.”
Politifact rating: True (Groups analyzed the numbers and came up with the same figure.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: U.S. Rep Katie Porter, D-Calif., said that pedophilia isn’t a crime, but instead is an identity.
Snopes.com rating: False (She did not say that.) Katie Porter Did Not Say Pedophilia Isn’t a Crime, as Claimed in False Tweet |
| TRUE | Claim by President Joe Biden (D): For the last several months, wages have gone up more than prices.
VERIFYThis.com rating: True (wages have gone up more than prices in the last several months.) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Human traffickers are putting toxin-laced tissues on gas pumps and door handles, then waiting for potential victims to pass out.
Politifact rating: False (The Polaris Project, a nonprofit that combats human trafficking, said its National Human Trafficking Hotline team wasn’t aware of any reports of toxic tissues being used to kidnap victims.) No evidence human traffickers using toxic tissues to kidnap victims |
| TRUE | Claim: After hyping a “major announcement” in December 2022, former President Donald Trump announced he is selling “Donald Trump Digital Trading Cards” for $99 apiece.
Snopes.com rating: True Is Trump Selling Digital Trading Cards Featuring Himself in Superhero Garb? |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the only one in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address the Russia-Ukraine war and the North Korea threat.
Rappler rating: False Several ASEAN leaders, not only Marcos, spoke up on Russia-Ukraine war |
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