0 People 53 Fact-checks 37 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (53) Kevin Nicholson stated on August 06, 2017 in a TV interview: "Ronald Reagan was a verified Democrat until his mid-50s." By D.L. Davis• September 21, 2017 Opportunity Wisconsin stated on September 14, 2023 in News release: "The repeal of Roe v. Wade has exacerbated the state’s OB-GYN shortage as residency programs report a decline in enrollment due to the inability of residents to receive training in-state." By Madeline Heim• October 25, 2023 Scott Walker stated on February 06, 2015 in a speech: Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area." By Tom Kertscher• March 2, 2015 Facebook posts stated on August 08, 2024 in Facebook posts: A 15-year-old named “Graci Mae Thompson” is missing. By Loreben Tuquero• August 16, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 06, 2024 in a Threads post: “Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never. They just do a C-section.” By Samantha Putterman• November 11, 2024 Rick Perry stated on August 17, 2011 in a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.: Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform. By Jon Greenberg• August 25, 2011 Carol Alvarado stated on March 02, 2011 in remarks on the House floor: Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram. By Ciara O'Rourke• March 10, 2011 Elon Musk stated on February 16, 2024 in a post: There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.” By Samantha Putterman• February 23, 2024 Phil Gingrey stated on January 10, 2013 in a speech: U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin was "partly right" that a woman's body has a way of shutting down so that a pregnancy doesn't occur if she's raped. By Janel Davis, Eric Stirgus• January 16, 2013 Liberal Groups stated on September 06, 2022 in TV ad: Says Tim Michels' family foundation "funded an organization that tracks women when they get near abortion clinics … he wants to treat women like they're the criminals." By Madeline Heim• September 20, 2022 Barack Obama stated on October 17, 2012 in the second presidential debate at Hofstra University: "There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms." By Louis Jacobson• October 30, 2012 Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “There’s no such thing as menopause.” By Madison Czopek• August 30, 2024 Alliance Defending Freedom stated on August 03, 2015 in a Twitter post: "Zero Planned Parenthood facilities are licensed to do mammograms. Planned Parenthood, women don’t need you!" By April Hunt• August 21, 2015 Threads posts stated on July 27, 2024 in a Threads post: C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals. By Samantha Putterman• July 5, 2024 Viral image stated on August 22, 2017 in social media feeds: "At the PEAK of slavery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. What your history books (don't) tell you is that 3,000 blacks owned a total of 20,000 slaves the same year." By Louis Jacobson• August 24, 2017 Facebook posts stated on February 01, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Johns Hopkins virologist "James Kelly" said the COVID-19 vaccine “discriminates, divides, and judges society as it is.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 3, 2022 Instagram posts stated on December 09, 2023 in an Instagram post: "Massive f— Joe Biden chant breaks out at Army/Navy game.” By Jeff Cercone• December 11, 2023 Gwen Moore stated on August 03, 2021 in Twitter: “324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.” By Madeline Heim• August 13, 2021 Viral image stated on January 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: In New York, "it is now perfectly legal to murder" a baby a minute before it would be born. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 14, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 27, 2021 in a video on Facebook: "The Unvaccinated Beware, COVID-19 mRNA Shots Cause Death and Disease Through GMO Shedding" By Madison Czopek• April 30, 2021 Articles (37) The FDA removed warnings from menopause medications. What should I ask my doctor about HRT? By Grace Abels• November 19, 2025 PolitiFact's Top 5 fact-checks for January By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 4, 2014 Eddie Lucio: 40 percent of McAllen constituents obese By W. Gardner Selby• January 9, 2014 Debunking Rick Perry's claim about tort reform By Jon Greenberg• August 26, 2011 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s CNN drive-in town hall in Pennsylvania By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• September 18, 2020 Doctors ‘strongly discourage’ using herbs to induce a miscarriage By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• July 6, 2022 What is 'covfefe'? By Aaron Sharockman• May 31, 2017 Claims in the Mary Burke-Scott Walker race about higher education By Dave Umhoefer• October 31, 2014 All abortion bans include exceptions for a mother’s life. But are they working? By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Samantha Putterman• June 23, 2023 Miscellaneous claims in the Scott Walker-Mary Burke race By Dave Umhoefer• November 3, 2014 Fact-checking Trump as GOP health bill stalls By Jon Greenberg• March 25, 2017 Fact-checking Donald Trump's Nashville rally By Lauren Carroll, Miriam Valverde• March 16, 2017 2010: The Year in Misrepresentations By Willoughby Mariano• December 20, 2010 Three things about the abortion debate that many people get wrong By Julie Rovner• August 5, 2022 What would happen if Joe Biden or Donald Trump leaves his party’s ticket? By Louis Jacobson• June 28, 2024 Joe Biden terminó su campaña. ¿Ahora, cómo elegirán los demócratas su candidato para la presidencia? By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 22, 2024 Joe Biden drops out, endorses Kamala Harris. How do the Democrats choose a 2024 nominee now? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 21, 2024 Why Gavin Newsom’s claim about 65,000 births from rape is not as conclusive as he made it sound By Samantha Putterman• March 7, 2024 RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with. By Shefali Luthra, Barbara Rodriguez• June 18, 2025 A Donald Trump-Marco Rubio ticket? Here are the obstacles By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• May 7, 2024
Kevin Nicholson stated on August 06, 2017 in a TV interview: "Ronald Reagan was a verified Democrat until his mid-50s." By D.L. Davis• September 21, 2017 Opportunity Wisconsin stated on September 14, 2023 in News release: "The repeal of Roe v. Wade has exacerbated the state’s OB-GYN shortage as residency programs report a decline in enrollment due to the inability of residents to receive training in-state." By Madeline Heim• October 25, 2023 Scott Walker stated on February 06, 2015 in a speech: Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area." By Tom Kertscher• March 2, 2015 Facebook posts stated on August 08, 2024 in Facebook posts: A 15-year-old named “Graci Mae Thompson” is missing. By Loreben Tuquero• August 16, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 06, 2024 in a Threads post: “Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never. They just do a C-section.” By Samantha Putterman• November 11, 2024 Rick Perry stated on August 17, 2011 in a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.: Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform. By Jon Greenberg• August 25, 2011 Carol Alvarado stated on March 02, 2011 in remarks on the House floor: Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram. By Ciara O'Rourke• March 10, 2011 Elon Musk stated on February 16, 2024 in a post: There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.” By Samantha Putterman• February 23, 2024 Phil Gingrey stated on January 10, 2013 in a speech: U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin was "partly right" that a woman's body has a way of shutting down so that a pregnancy doesn't occur if she's raped. By Janel Davis, Eric Stirgus• January 16, 2013 Liberal Groups stated on September 06, 2022 in TV ad: Says Tim Michels' family foundation "funded an organization that tracks women when they get near abortion clinics … he wants to treat women like they're the criminals." By Madeline Heim• September 20, 2022 Barack Obama stated on October 17, 2012 in the second presidential debate at Hofstra University: "There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms." By Louis Jacobson• October 30, 2012 Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “There’s no such thing as menopause.” By Madison Czopek• August 30, 2024 Alliance Defending Freedom stated on August 03, 2015 in a Twitter post: "Zero Planned Parenthood facilities are licensed to do mammograms. Planned Parenthood, women don’t need you!" By April Hunt• August 21, 2015 Threads posts stated on July 27, 2024 in a Threads post: C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals. By Samantha Putterman• July 5, 2024 Viral image stated on August 22, 2017 in social media feeds: "At the PEAK of slavery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. What your history books (don't) tell you is that 3,000 blacks owned a total of 20,000 slaves the same year." By Louis Jacobson• August 24, 2017 Facebook posts stated on February 01, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Johns Hopkins virologist "James Kelly" said the COVID-19 vaccine “discriminates, divides, and judges society as it is.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 3, 2022 Instagram posts stated on December 09, 2023 in an Instagram post: "Massive f— Joe Biden chant breaks out at Army/Navy game.” By Jeff Cercone• December 11, 2023 Gwen Moore stated on August 03, 2021 in Twitter: “324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.” By Madeline Heim• August 13, 2021 Viral image stated on January 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: In New York, "it is now perfectly legal to murder" a baby a minute before it would be born. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 14, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 27, 2021 in a video on Facebook: "The Unvaccinated Beware, COVID-19 mRNA Shots Cause Death and Disease Through GMO Shedding" By Madison Czopek• April 30, 2021
The FDA removed warnings from menopause medications. What should I ask my doctor about HRT? By Grace Abels• November 19, 2025 PolitiFact's Top 5 fact-checks for January By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 4, 2014 Eddie Lucio: 40 percent of McAllen constituents obese By W. Gardner Selby• January 9, 2014 Debunking Rick Perry's claim about tort reform By Jon Greenberg• August 26, 2011 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s CNN drive-in town hall in Pennsylvania By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• September 18, 2020 Doctors ‘strongly discourage’ using herbs to induce a miscarriage By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• July 6, 2022 What is 'covfefe'? By Aaron Sharockman• May 31, 2017 Claims in the Mary Burke-Scott Walker race about higher education By Dave Umhoefer• October 31, 2014 All abortion bans include exceptions for a mother’s life. But are they working? By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Samantha Putterman• June 23, 2023 Miscellaneous claims in the Scott Walker-Mary Burke race By Dave Umhoefer• November 3, 2014 Fact-checking Trump as GOP health bill stalls By Jon Greenberg• March 25, 2017 Fact-checking Donald Trump's Nashville rally By Lauren Carroll, Miriam Valverde• March 16, 2017 2010: The Year in Misrepresentations By Willoughby Mariano• December 20, 2010 Three things about the abortion debate that many people get wrong By Julie Rovner• August 5, 2022 What would happen if Joe Biden or Donald Trump leaves his party’s ticket? By Louis Jacobson• June 28, 2024 Joe Biden terminó su campaña. ¿Ahora, cómo elegirán los demócratas su candidato para la presidencia? By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 22, 2024 Joe Biden drops out, endorses Kamala Harris. How do the Democrats choose a 2024 nominee now? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 21, 2024 Why Gavin Newsom’s claim about 65,000 births from rape is not as conclusive as he made it sound By Samantha Putterman• March 7, 2024 RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with. By Shefali Luthra, Barbara Rodriguez• June 18, 2025 A Donald Trump-Marco Rubio ticket? Here are the obstacles By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• May 7, 2024
