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Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other
Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: The U.S. Department of Agriculture told grocery stores they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding lapse during the government shutdown that began in October 2025.
Snopes.com rating: True (But, grocery stores can apply for a waiver to provide special discounts to SNAP customers.) USDA prohibits SNAP discounts during shutdown unless retailers have waivers |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Vail school district teachers only dressed in seemingly blood-soaked “Problem Solved” t-shirts after Charlie Kirk was shot
Lead Stories rating: False (According to the school district’s superintendent, in a since-deleted Facebook post reported on by local media outlets, the T-shirts predated the assassination of Turning Point USA Co-Founder Kirk by more than a year and had nothing to do with him. The items were purchased in 2024 and worn by the teachers for two Halloweens in a row.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump’s border policies, “Trump did a better job. I don’t like Trump, you know, but we should have a secure border and it ain’t that hard to do.”
Snopes rating: True (Sanders made the remark while discussing Democratic and Republican border and immigration policies during a podcast with the comedian Tim Dillon.) |
| FALSE | Claim by JB Pritzker (D): The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”
PolitiFact rating: False (There are no separate “SNAP machines.” SNAP recipients use the same card readers as everyone else, and they were never shut down. The Trump administration initially said it would halt new benefits during the shutdown but later used contingency funds to partially continue payments after a court order.) Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Trump ‘shut down the SNAP machines.’ There are no SNAP machines |
| FALSE | (International: Germany): A video shows thousands of Kenyan migrants entering Germany.
AAP rating: False (The video shows a passenger ferry in Kenya.) |
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Lets see the shirts in a 2024 photo. Is there blood. Yes they had the shirts – they added to blood to make it cute for the killing. GROSS. and it’s not blantant you assholes if it has some truth to it.