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| FALSE | Claim by the National Republican Senatorial Committee: “Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.
Politifact rating: False (Baldwin has supported increasing access and funding for Social Security and Medicare over the years. However, she voted yes on the American Rescue Act, which had the potential to cut Medicare benefits. But, she also co-sponsored a bill that avoided the risk of the cuts. No, Tammy Baldwin isn’t trying to take away Social Security and Medicare |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by halturnerradioshow.com: COVID-19 shots cause “vaccine-induced AIDS” (VAIDS) and they caused a 500% increase in HIV in the U.S. military during 2021.
Lead Stories rating: False (Not Vax-Caused) |
| FALSE | Claim by Occupy Democrats: “156 congressional Republicans … just voted to RAISE the retirement age to 70”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Congress has not voted on the proposal.) Liberal Group’s Meme Mentions Nonexistent GOP Vote to Raise Social Security’s Retirement Age |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump Booed During CPAC 2023 Speech?
Newsweek rating: False (Video and tweets from the scene confirm the boos were directed at a protester who attempted to interrupt Trump’s speech at CPAC.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Social media: Edward Snowden exposed HAARP’s ‘global assassination agenda’
USA Today rating: False (The article featured in the video comes from a satirical news website. Snowden has not released any kind of documentation of an assassination agenda associated with the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, also known as HAARP.) Fact check: False claim Edward Snowden exposed HAARP ‘assassination agenda’ |
| FALSE | (International: India): BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia criticised PM Modi.
The Quint rating: False Fact-Check: BJP Spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia Didn’t Criticise PM Modi, Viral Video is Clipped |
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