42 People 24671 Fact-checks 7947 Articles People (42) The Walking Dead Vote No on 3 The Palmer Report Bipartisan Report Drudge Report Resistance Report The Patriot Report House Republicans Children at Risk Stand For Children Tennessee Burnt Orange Report Daily Washington Report Viral media reports U.S. House Democrats Your Action News 3 American Federation for Children Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Committee for Our Children's Future Committee of Austin's Children PAC Various media reports 2 Fact-checks (24671) Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife stated on December 12, 2011 in a news story: Says there have been no cases of wolves killing people in Rocky Mountain states. By Ian K. Kullgren• December 16, 2011 Donald Trump stated on February 02, 2026 in an interview with Dan Bongino: Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 2, 2026 Viral image stated on August 03, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Angela Merkel is the daughter of Adolf Hitler, Justin Trudeau is the son of Fidel Castro and Barbara Bush is the daughter of Aleister Crowley. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2020 Facebook posts stated on June 07, 2022 in a Facebook post: 95-item list of food-destroying incidents demonstrates that “you are duped if you think they aren’t planning a food shortage.” By Madison Czopek• June 15, 2022 Heartland Signal stated on February 20, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde claims he "understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there." By Madeline Heim• February 22, 2024 X posts stated on June 16, 2025 in X posts: Image shows accused shooter Vance Boelter wearing a “Resist” shirt. By Loreben Tuquero• June 18, 2025 Donald Trump stated on January 03, 2026 in a post on Truth Social: Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed. By Madison Czopek• January 6, 2026 Michele Bachmann stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa: "After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true." By Louis Jacobson• December 16, 2011 Phil Gingrey stated on July 07, 2014 in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Amid the "crisis at our southern border," there are "reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus." By Louis Jacobson• July 18, 2014 Dan Becker stated on January 14, 2013 in a news release: "This is the first time since Roe was decided in 1973 that a court has granted personhood status to the preborn." By Janel Davis• February 8, 2013 Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Paul Walker was set to come forward to expose “Clinton Foundation crimes against children in Haiti” before he was killed. By Samantha Putterman• February 10, 2020 TikTok posts stated on September 17, 2023 in a video: “Navy SEALs Save Missing Maui Children” who were padlocked in cages. By Grace Abels• September 20, 2023 Chain email stated on March 17, 2014 in a chain email: Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence," and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more. By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2014 Viral image stated on February 28, 2019 in a post on the Internet: "Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned." By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2019 Viral image stated on July 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photos show former President Barack Obama acting inappropriately with a child. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 21, 2020 Bloggers stated on February 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Thai police found bodies of children with their organs removed. By Jon Greenberg• March 4, 2019 NaturalNews.com stated on February 05, 2015 in a story making the rounds on social media: The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles. By April Hunt• March 3, 2015 Bloggers stated on April 03, 2021 in a blog post: Navy SEALs found over 1,000 trafficked children and dead bodies on the Evergreen ship that blocked the Suez Canal. By Samantha Putterman• April 5, 2021 Tim Pawlenty stated on July 24, 2011 in a statement from the campaign: Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments." By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 28, 2011 Kevin Rinke stated on June 01, 2022 in a campaign ad: "Dead people always vote Democrat." By Clara Hendrickson, Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2022 Articles (7947) Has the US government found 145,000 ‘lost’ migrant children? Fact-checking Kristi Noem By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 5, 2026 The Truth-O-Meter report card on Michele Bachmann By Louis Jacobson• September 21, 2010 How conservative X accounts promoted wild theory implicating Gov. Tim Walz in lawmaker’s killing By Madison Czopek• June 15, 2025 In Context: Trump recounts assassination attempt. Here’s what he said at the RNC. By Grace Abels• July 19, 2024 Fact-checking misinformation about the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis By PolitiFact Staff • May 29, 2020 Pants on Fire in Review 2020 -- Wisconsin By Haley BeMiller• December 28, 2020 Here's a Wild one for you By Robert Farley• July 30, 2008 Hillary Clinton, Obama's VA silence, a Common Core claim in flames: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• May 23, 2014 The week in fact-checking: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire week, the death of George Floyd By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 29, 2020 President Donald Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS secretary. A look back at her falsehoods By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 5, 2026 What’s a manifesto, and did the Minnesota shooting suspect have one? By Gabrielle Lazor• June 18, 2025 How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business By Joshua Gillin• December 5, 2016 VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024 Sen. Amanda Chase spread hoax of deadly antifa riot headed to Chesterfield By Warren Fiske• June 15, 2020 Ohio derailment is just the latest serious industrial accident in the U.S. By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2023 PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for 2019 By D.L. Davis• December 26, 2019 In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript) By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024 In Context: Attacks on new Wisconsin Assembly Democratic leader By Tom Kertscher• September 19, 2017 Legal experts say Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency raises questions about ethics and secrecy By Loreben Tuquero• April 17, 2025 Dispelling a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• November 10, 2023
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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife stated on December 12, 2011 in a news story: Says there have been no cases of wolves killing people in Rocky Mountain states. By Ian K. Kullgren• December 16, 2011 Donald Trump stated on February 02, 2026 in an interview with Dan Bongino: Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 2, 2026 Viral image stated on August 03, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Angela Merkel is the daughter of Adolf Hitler, Justin Trudeau is the son of Fidel Castro and Barbara Bush is the daughter of Aleister Crowley. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2020 Facebook posts stated on June 07, 2022 in a Facebook post: 95-item list of food-destroying incidents demonstrates that “you are duped if you think they aren’t planning a food shortage.” By Madison Czopek• June 15, 2022 Heartland Signal stated on February 20, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde claims he "understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there." By Madeline Heim• February 22, 2024 X posts stated on June 16, 2025 in X posts: Image shows accused shooter Vance Boelter wearing a “Resist” shirt. By Loreben Tuquero• June 18, 2025 Donald Trump stated on January 03, 2026 in a post on Truth Social: Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed. By Madison Czopek• January 6, 2026 Michele Bachmann stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa: "After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true." By Louis Jacobson• December 16, 2011 Phil Gingrey stated on July 07, 2014 in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Amid the "crisis at our southern border," there are "reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus." By Louis Jacobson• July 18, 2014 Dan Becker stated on January 14, 2013 in a news release: "This is the first time since Roe was decided in 1973 that a court has granted personhood status to the preborn." By Janel Davis• February 8, 2013 Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Paul Walker was set to come forward to expose “Clinton Foundation crimes against children in Haiti” before he was killed. By Samantha Putterman• February 10, 2020 TikTok posts stated on September 17, 2023 in a video: “Navy SEALs Save Missing Maui Children” who were padlocked in cages. By Grace Abels• September 20, 2023 Chain email stated on March 17, 2014 in a chain email: Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence," and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more. By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2014 Viral image stated on February 28, 2019 in a post on the Internet: "Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned." By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2019 Viral image stated on July 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photos show former President Barack Obama acting inappropriately with a child. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 21, 2020 Bloggers stated on February 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Thai police found bodies of children with their organs removed. By Jon Greenberg• March 4, 2019 NaturalNews.com stated on February 05, 2015 in a story making the rounds on social media: The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles. By April Hunt• March 3, 2015 Bloggers stated on April 03, 2021 in a blog post: Navy SEALs found over 1,000 trafficked children and dead bodies on the Evergreen ship that blocked the Suez Canal. By Samantha Putterman• April 5, 2021 Tim Pawlenty stated on July 24, 2011 in a statement from the campaign: Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments." By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 28, 2011 Kevin Rinke stated on June 01, 2022 in a campaign ad: "Dead people always vote Democrat." By Clara Hendrickson, Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2022
Has the US government found 145,000 ‘lost’ migrant children? Fact-checking Kristi Noem By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 5, 2026 The Truth-O-Meter report card on Michele Bachmann By Louis Jacobson• September 21, 2010 How conservative X accounts promoted wild theory implicating Gov. Tim Walz in lawmaker’s killing By Madison Czopek• June 15, 2025 In Context: Trump recounts assassination attempt. Here’s what he said at the RNC. By Grace Abels• July 19, 2024 Fact-checking misinformation about the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis By PolitiFact Staff • May 29, 2020 Pants on Fire in Review 2020 -- Wisconsin By Haley BeMiller• December 28, 2020 Here's a Wild one for you By Robert Farley• July 30, 2008 Hillary Clinton, Obama's VA silence, a Common Core claim in flames: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• May 23, 2014 The week in fact-checking: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire week, the death of George Floyd By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 29, 2020 President Donald Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS secretary. A look back at her falsehoods By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 5, 2026 What’s a manifesto, and did the Minnesota shooting suspect have one? By Gabrielle Lazor• June 18, 2025 How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business By Joshua Gillin• December 5, 2016 VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024 Sen. Amanda Chase spread hoax of deadly antifa riot headed to Chesterfield By Warren Fiske• June 15, 2020 Ohio derailment is just the latest serious industrial accident in the U.S. By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2023 PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for 2019 By D.L. Davis• December 26, 2019 In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript) By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024 In Context: Attacks on new Wisconsin Assembly Democratic leader By Tom Kertscher• September 19, 2017 Legal experts say Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency raises questions about ethics and secrecy By Loreben Tuquero• April 17, 2025 Dispelling a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• November 10, 2023
