0 People 82 Fact-checks 26 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (82) Facebook posts stated on November 26, 2016 in a Facebook post: Says George Soros was an “SS in the National Socialist German Workers Party. Nazi Party.” By Bill McCarthy• February 10, 2020 Michael Caputo stated on June 22, 2016 in an interview on Capital Tonight, Time Warner Cable News.: Says Donald Trump "spent the least amount of money of any of the competitive primary contenders that he beat so badly." By Dan Clark• July 1, 2016 Providence City Council stated on January 03, 2013 in a council resolution: "Semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 16, 2013 Bloggers stated on October 18, 2018 in a post on Facebook: George Soros was an SS officer. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2018 Viral image stated on October 29, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Illegal refugees get $3,874/mo. Under the Federal Assistance Program. Our SS checks are approximately $1,200/mo." By Miriam Valverde• November 21, 2018 Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “People born before 1957 are getting $1,728 added to their Social Security checks.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 19, 2022 Viral image stated on August 03, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This man funds #ANTIFA. He is a real #NAZI. His name is George Soros.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2020 Bernie Sanders stated on September 12, 2019 in comments during the Democratic presidential primary debate in Houston: "Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy." By Emmarie Huetteman• September 13, 2019 Ben Carson stated on October 09, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union": "German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance." By Jon Greenberg• October 26, 2015 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook: U.S. public schools don't teach the Declaration of Independence. By Madison Czopek• April 7, 2023 Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2020 in an image: Nazi Germany’s Hermann Göring worked to "defund and eliminate the police departments so that they would not interfere with his Brown Shirts." By Daniel Funke• June 18, 2020 Viral image stated on August 09, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says “Nancy Pelosi has been executed.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 16, 2021 Viral image stated on August 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: A 1988 exorcism took place in the only house still standing after Hurricane Ike. By Ciara O'Rourke• September 3, 2019 Sean Casten stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference: Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.” By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• September 1, 2021 Viral image stated on August 28, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says a photo shows Donald Trump holding a sign that says, "No matter who is president, Jesus is still king." By Ciara O'Rourke• September 4, 2019 Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: A graphic on U.S. abortion rates shows larger declines during recent Democratic presidential administrations, and says its due to the party’s approach of making abortions unnecessary, rather than the Republican Party’s approach of making the procedure illegal. By Samantha Putterman• September 25, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2022 in a Facebook post: Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing. By Samantha Putterman• April 18, 2022 Jeffrey Brown stated on February 21, 2017 in a Philly.com article: ShopRite will lose about 300 employees "voluntarily and through layoffs" due to the beverage tax. By Jordan Gunselman• March 13, 2017 Viral image stated on October 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: There are no photos of “Biden in the Oval Office” from after early 2021. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 24, 2022 Facebook posts stated on August 02, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffrey Epstein are connected with Moderna, Inc., and its efforts to create the coronavirus vaccine. By Patrick Orsagos• August 13, 2020 Articles (26) Mailbag: Social Security as a Ponzi scheme By W. Gardner Selby• August 31, 2011 RFK Jr.’s statements about autism and environmental toxins conflict with ample research By Madison Czopek• April 24, 2025 PolitiFact Florida Top 5 in April 2016 By Amy Sherman• May 2, 2016 RFK Jr. exaggerates share of autistic population with severe limitations By Louis Jacobson• April 21, 2025 Fact-checking Trump’s claims on Tylenol, autism and vaccines By Grace Abels, Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2025 NJ.com readers offer mixed reactions to Paul Mulshine’s column on Social Security By Bill Wichert• October 12, 2011 Did the Jefferson County Port Authority release Rob Vescovo’s Social Security number and more? By Lauren Richey• March 26, 2019 NYC mass shooting sparks questions about Nevada’s little-used red flag gun law. How does it work? By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• July 30, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Where does Hamas get its weapons? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2023 United Facts of America: How Russian falsehoods spread to U.S. through faux local news By Loreben Tuquero• November 7, 2023 Fact-checking the Democratic presidential debate in Houston By PolitiFact Staff • September 12, 2019 Flashback: Obama, the Mexico border and Shariah law By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby• May 16, 2011 What are 'tactical' nuclear weapons? And what do they mean for Russia, Ukraine and the world? By Louis Jacobson• April 19, 2022 A closer look at an anti-Hillary Clinton meme By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• July 31, 2015 Trump VP pick JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024 The fight between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders over Social Security, explained By Amy Sherman• January 22, 2020 Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• August 5, 2024 Ted Cruz's first fact checks as presidential hopeful By W. Gardner Selby• March 27, 2015 Fact-checking the third GOP presidential debate in Miami By PolitiFact Staff • November 9, 2023 Ohio derailment is just the latest serious industrial accident in the U.S. By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2023
Facebook posts stated on November 26, 2016 in a Facebook post: Says George Soros was an “SS in the National Socialist German Workers Party. Nazi Party.” By Bill McCarthy• February 10, 2020 Michael Caputo stated on June 22, 2016 in an interview on Capital Tonight, Time Warner Cable News.: Says Donald Trump "spent the least amount of money of any of the competitive primary contenders that he beat so badly." By Dan Clark• July 1, 2016 Providence City Council stated on January 03, 2013 in a council resolution: "Semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 16, 2013 Bloggers stated on October 18, 2018 in a post on Facebook: George Soros was an SS officer. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2018 Viral image stated on October 29, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Illegal refugees get $3,874/mo. Under the Federal Assistance Program. Our SS checks are approximately $1,200/mo." By Miriam Valverde• November 21, 2018 Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “People born before 1957 are getting $1,728 added to their Social Security checks.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 19, 2022 Viral image stated on August 03, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This man funds #ANTIFA. He is a real #NAZI. His name is George Soros.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2020 Bernie Sanders stated on September 12, 2019 in comments during the Democratic presidential primary debate in Houston: "Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy." By Emmarie Huetteman• September 13, 2019 Ben Carson stated on October 09, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union": "German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance." By Jon Greenberg• October 26, 2015 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook: U.S. public schools don't teach the Declaration of Independence. By Madison Czopek• April 7, 2023 Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2020 in an image: Nazi Germany’s Hermann Göring worked to "defund and eliminate the police departments so that they would not interfere with his Brown Shirts." By Daniel Funke• June 18, 2020 Viral image stated on August 09, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says “Nancy Pelosi has been executed.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 16, 2021 Viral image stated on August 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: A 1988 exorcism took place in the only house still standing after Hurricane Ike. By Ciara O'Rourke• September 3, 2019 Sean Casten stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference: Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.” By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• September 1, 2021 Viral image stated on August 28, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says a photo shows Donald Trump holding a sign that says, "No matter who is president, Jesus is still king." By Ciara O'Rourke• September 4, 2019 Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: A graphic on U.S. abortion rates shows larger declines during recent Democratic presidential administrations, and says its due to the party’s approach of making abortions unnecessary, rather than the Republican Party’s approach of making the procedure illegal. By Samantha Putterman• September 25, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2022 in a Facebook post: Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing. By Samantha Putterman• April 18, 2022 Jeffrey Brown stated on February 21, 2017 in a Philly.com article: ShopRite will lose about 300 employees "voluntarily and through layoffs" due to the beverage tax. By Jordan Gunselman• March 13, 2017 Viral image stated on October 23, 2022 in an Instagram post: There are no photos of “Biden in the Oval Office” from after early 2021. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 24, 2022 Facebook posts stated on August 02, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffrey Epstein are connected with Moderna, Inc., and its efforts to create the coronavirus vaccine. By Patrick Orsagos• August 13, 2020
Mailbag: Social Security as a Ponzi scheme By W. Gardner Selby• August 31, 2011 RFK Jr.’s statements about autism and environmental toxins conflict with ample research By Madison Czopek• April 24, 2025 PolitiFact Florida Top 5 in April 2016 By Amy Sherman• May 2, 2016 RFK Jr. exaggerates share of autistic population with severe limitations By Louis Jacobson• April 21, 2025 Fact-checking Trump’s claims on Tylenol, autism and vaccines By Grace Abels, Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2025 NJ.com readers offer mixed reactions to Paul Mulshine’s column on Social Security By Bill Wichert• October 12, 2011 Did the Jefferson County Port Authority release Rob Vescovo’s Social Security number and more? By Lauren Richey• March 26, 2019 NYC mass shooting sparks questions about Nevada’s little-used red flag gun law. How does it work? By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• July 30, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Where does Hamas get its weapons? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 18, 2023 United Facts of America: How Russian falsehoods spread to U.S. through faux local news By Loreben Tuquero• November 7, 2023 Fact-checking the Democratic presidential debate in Houston By PolitiFact Staff • September 12, 2019 Flashback: Obama, the Mexico border and Shariah law By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby• May 16, 2011 What are 'tactical' nuclear weapons? And what do they mean for Russia, Ukraine and the world? By Louis Jacobson• April 19, 2022 A closer look at an anti-Hillary Clinton meme By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• July 31, 2015 Trump VP pick JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024 The fight between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders over Social Security, explained By Amy Sherman• January 22, 2020 Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• August 5, 2024 Ted Cruz's first fact checks as presidential hopeful By W. Gardner Selby• March 27, 2015 Fact-checking the third GOP presidential debate in Miami By PolitiFact Staff • November 9, 2023 Ohio derailment is just the latest serious industrial accident in the U.S. By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2023
