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Search results for "Kelsey Plum is signing a one-year, 999,999 deal to return to the Los Angeles Sparks"

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Fact-checks (24327)

Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse stated on June 01, 2011 in A highway billboard:
"Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’"
By Richard Salit• July 3, 2011
Threads posts stated on June 23, 2024 in a Threads post:
“Brittney Griner asked Angel Reese instead of Caitlin Clark to compete in the 3x3 Olympics.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 25, 2024
Tucker Carlson stated on May 09, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Lyme disease became endemic because of U.S. government bioweapons labs.
By Sofia Ahmed• May 16, 2024
Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 in a post on Facebook:
A photo of a homeless camp on old railroad tracks is present-day Los Angeles.
By Samantha Putterman• February 19, 2019
Viral image stated on January 08, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“All three California wild fires seem to start at the same time!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 17, 2025
Jerry Brown stated on October 07, 2015 in a speech:
"Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog."
By Chris Nichols• November 3, 2015
Kasim Reed stated on August 07, 2013 in a radio interview:
Atlanta now has as many visitors as Las Vegas, San Diego and Los Angeles. Orlando, Fla., and New York City still have more visitors.
By Janel Davis• August 19, 2013
Threads posts stated on July 28, 2025 in a Threads post:
“Home Depot signed a deal that pays them $250 million with DHS, allowing ICE agents to stake out their parking lots and arrest immigrants.”
By Maria Briceño• August 5, 2025
Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2025 in a Facebook post:
The words “help” and “trafico” in a Google Maps aerial view of Los Angeles are connected to human trafficking.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 27, 2025
Bob Beckel stated on November 09, 2009 in Sean Hannity's show on Fox News:
"There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills.
By Louis Jacobson• November 12, 2009
Social Media stated on January 08, 2025 in social media posts:
Image shows the Hollywood sign was on fire as of Jan. 8.
By Loreben Tuquero• January 10, 2025
Threads posts stated on January 08, 2025 in a post:
The Los Angeles Police Department is “looking for three ‘persons of interest’ all tied to a MAGA website who were spotted at the source of all three major LA fires.”
By Sara Swann• January 9, 2025
Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2021 in a Facebook post:
There are “absolutely no patients” at Los Angeles hospital considered the center of region's COVID-19 surge.
By Chris Nichols• January 6, 2021
Janice Hahn stated on June 07, 2011 in a TV ad:
Says Craig Huey called Planned Parenthood a "murder mill."
By Robert Farley• June 8, 2011
Donald Trump stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet:
Video shows California election workers "cheating" by collecting ballots from drop box on Nov. 4.
By Chris Nichols• November 11, 2020
Threads posts stated on January 07, 2025 in A Threads post:
California wildfires “are a deliberate criminal land grab in preparation for Agenda 2030 and smart cities.”
By Maria Briceño• January 9, 2025
Ken Plum stated on August 03, 2011 in a newspaper column.:
Virginia has a responsibility to fund 55 percent of public education and is paying just 41 percent.
By Sean Gorman• August 12, 2011
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post:
The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”
By Amy Sherman• March 9, 2023
Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Hunter Biden’s “prison term announced.”
By Loreben Tuquero• December 21, 2023
TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video:
"Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!”
By Jeff Cercone• August 22, 2023

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By Samantha Putterman• January 14, 2025

Fact-checking TV ads in California governor’s race

By Chris Nichols• April 25, 2018

Kamala Harris Says She ‘Took On The Big Banks’ As California Atty. General. Did She Go Far Enough?

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How much did protests contribute to LA’s COVID-19 surge? Data is still sparse

By Chris Nichols• July 21, 2020

Remembering David Broder and his passion for fact-checking

By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 11, 2011

Remembering David Broder and his passion for fact-checking

By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 15, 2011

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By Julianna Rennie• June 11, 2019

Can Donald Trump really invoke the Insurrection Act to send troops into states?

By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2020

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By Chris Nichols• June 28, 2018

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By Chris Nichols• June 3, 2020

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