2 People 18314 Fact-checks 5913 Articles People (2) Heartland Signal Election Integrity Project California Fact-checks (18314) Threads posts stated on November 06, 2024 in a post on Threads: 20 million Democratic votes “disappeared” in 2024. By Madison Czopek• November 7, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 17, 2020 in social media posts: “While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.” By Patrick Orsagos• April 9, 2020 Republican Governors Association stated on July 18, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Richard Cordray "secretly collected hundreds of millions of credit card accounts and mortgages. Worse, Cordray failed to protect our information. It was hacked over 200 times." By Amy Sherman• August 14, 2018 Gwen Graham stated on September 18, 2017 in an opinion-editorial: Florida’s coastal and stormwater infrastructure are "two of the most critical areas during a storm, and received D-plus and D ratings, respectively, by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2016." By Allison Graves• September 25, 2017 Facebook posts stated on November 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Dominion Voting System flipped votes to Joe Biden in states where Trump is bringing legal challenges. By Daniel Funke, Samantha Putterman• November 13, 2020 Charlie Kirk stated on April 03, 2020 in a tweet: “The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.” By Bill McCarthy• April 7, 2020 Donald Trump stated on July 22, 2025 in a press conference: In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton. By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 22, 2025 Trey Blocker stated on January 24, 2018 in a commentary in the Odessa American: Says the Texas Department of Agriculture didn’t notify over 700 Texas students about a computer hack releasing critical personal information including Social Security numbers until 32 days after the breach. By W. Gardner Selby• February 5, 2018 Viral image stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donna Brazile is a "criminal." By Ciara O'Rourke• March 29, 2019 Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2020 in an interview: Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.” By Brandon Mulder• October 30, 2020 Instagram posts stated on December 09, 2023 in an Instagram post: “Amazon got hacked. … Hackers added Hub lockers as your default delivery addresses.” By Jeff Cercone• December 12, 2023 Glenn Youngkin stated on September 21, 2022 in a news conference.: “In 2016, Democrats suggested that the election was stolen.” By Warren Fiske• October 5, 2022 Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2024 in an Instagram post: A “ballot dump” around 4 a.m. in Milwaukee shows the Wisconsin Senate election was stolen from the Republican candidate. By Madison Czopek• November 14, 2024 Tammy Baldwin stated on November 15, 2020 in a TV interview: "We heard from the Department of Homeland Security ... that this was probably the most secure election that’s ever been run in the United States.” By Madeline Heim• November 17, 2020 Donald Trump stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference with Vladimir Putin: "The servers of the Pakistani gentleman that worked on the DNC" are "missing." By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias• July 16, 2018 Donald Trump stated on January 06, 2017 in a statement released by the transition office: Activities by foreign governments had "absolutely no effect on the outcome of this election." By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2017 Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post: Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump. By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024 Instagram posts stated on November 03, 2022 in a video: A video shows a whistleblower creating fraudulent military ballots during the 2020 presidential election. By Madison Czopek• November 10, 2022 Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight": "Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database." By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015 Tulsi Gabbard stated on June 28, 2019 in an interview: "There’s a hacking conference that’s held every year in Las Vegas, where I think a 14- or 15-year old-girl from Florida hacked into a replica of Florida’s election system in less than 15 minutes." By Tom Kertscher• July 3, 2019 Articles (5913) Fact-checking Sen. Bill Nelson’s claims about Russia hacking Florida’s election system By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2018 Texas organizers battle misinformation on encrypted messaging apps By Nusaiba Mizan• November 23, 2022 What to know about claims that Trump rally shooter used ‘encrypted’ messaging, bank accounts By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2024 Cell phone showdown. MSNBC takes on Fox News' Sean Hannity over obstruction of justice talk By John Kruzel• June 12, 2018 Was it legal to fly the flag upside-down at Samuel Alito’s house? By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2024 Largest cyber attack in history? Huckabee claims it’s OPM, but it’s probably not By Linda Qiu• June 16, 2015 Climate change e-mails and Copenhagen By Catharine Richert• December 12, 2009 Should you worry about data from your period-tracking app being used against you? By Victoria Knight, Hannah Norman• May 12, 2022 Donald Trump said Donna Brazile called Democratic primary 'rigged,' but did she? By Joshua Gillin• November 3, 2017 What we know about 2020 election interference: It’s not just Russia By Daniel Funke• September 25, 2020 Was there a double standard on the investigations of David Petraeus and Hillary Clinton? By Adam Thorp• July 7, 2016 No, Oct. 4 national emergency alert test won't turn you into a zombie. Here are the facts. By Jeff Cercone• October 3, 2023 Compromise and Kept: Rating two Scott Walker campaign promises By Tom Kertscher• September 21, 2018 Trump says Iran is a country ‘based on disinformation.’ Here’s how Iran conducts influence ops By Loreben Tuquero• March 23, 2026 Mailbag: 'Compromise' ratings get readers riled By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 6, 2009 Fact-checking the integrity of the vote in 2016 By Jon Greenberg• December 17, 2016 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022 Rick Perry fulfills, achieves compromises on 54 percent of his campaign promises By W. Gardner Selby• January 28, 2013 Russia and its influence on the presidential election By Lauren Carroll• December 1, 2016 Hillary Clinton's top 10 campaign promises By Lauren Carroll• July 22, 2016
Threads posts stated on November 06, 2024 in a post on Threads: 20 million Democratic votes “disappeared” in 2024. By Madison Czopek• November 7, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 17, 2020 in social media posts: “While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.” By Patrick Orsagos• April 9, 2020 Republican Governors Association stated on July 18, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Richard Cordray "secretly collected hundreds of millions of credit card accounts and mortgages. Worse, Cordray failed to protect our information. It was hacked over 200 times." By Amy Sherman• August 14, 2018 Gwen Graham stated on September 18, 2017 in an opinion-editorial: Florida’s coastal and stormwater infrastructure are "two of the most critical areas during a storm, and received D-plus and D ratings, respectively, by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2016." By Allison Graves• September 25, 2017 Facebook posts stated on November 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Dominion Voting System flipped votes to Joe Biden in states where Trump is bringing legal challenges. By Daniel Funke, Samantha Putterman• November 13, 2020 Charlie Kirk stated on April 03, 2020 in a tweet: “The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.” By Bill McCarthy• April 7, 2020 Donald Trump stated on July 22, 2025 in a press conference: In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton. By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 22, 2025 Trey Blocker stated on January 24, 2018 in a commentary in the Odessa American: Says the Texas Department of Agriculture didn’t notify over 700 Texas students about a computer hack releasing critical personal information including Social Security numbers until 32 days after the breach. By W. Gardner Selby• February 5, 2018 Viral image stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donna Brazile is a "criminal." By Ciara O'Rourke• March 29, 2019 Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2020 in an interview: Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.” By Brandon Mulder• October 30, 2020 Instagram posts stated on December 09, 2023 in an Instagram post: “Amazon got hacked. … Hackers added Hub lockers as your default delivery addresses.” By Jeff Cercone• December 12, 2023 Glenn Youngkin stated on September 21, 2022 in a news conference.: “In 2016, Democrats suggested that the election was stolen.” By Warren Fiske• October 5, 2022 Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2024 in an Instagram post: A “ballot dump” around 4 a.m. in Milwaukee shows the Wisconsin Senate election was stolen from the Republican candidate. By Madison Czopek• November 14, 2024 Tammy Baldwin stated on November 15, 2020 in a TV interview: "We heard from the Department of Homeland Security ... that this was probably the most secure election that’s ever been run in the United States.” By Madeline Heim• November 17, 2020 Donald Trump stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference with Vladimir Putin: "The servers of the Pakistani gentleman that worked on the DNC" are "missing." By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias• July 16, 2018 Donald Trump stated on January 06, 2017 in a statement released by the transition office: Activities by foreign governments had "absolutely no effect on the outcome of this election." By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2017 Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post: Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump. By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024 Instagram posts stated on November 03, 2022 in a video: A video shows a whistleblower creating fraudulent military ballots during the 2020 presidential election. By Madison Czopek• November 10, 2022 Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight": "Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database." By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015 Tulsi Gabbard stated on June 28, 2019 in an interview: "There’s a hacking conference that’s held every year in Las Vegas, where I think a 14- or 15-year old-girl from Florida hacked into a replica of Florida’s election system in less than 15 minutes." By Tom Kertscher• July 3, 2019
Fact-checking Sen. Bill Nelson’s claims about Russia hacking Florida’s election system By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2018 Texas organizers battle misinformation on encrypted messaging apps By Nusaiba Mizan• November 23, 2022 What to know about claims that Trump rally shooter used ‘encrypted’ messaging, bank accounts By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2024 Cell phone showdown. MSNBC takes on Fox News' Sean Hannity over obstruction of justice talk By John Kruzel• June 12, 2018 Was it legal to fly the flag upside-down at Samuel Alito’s house? By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2024 Largest cyber attack in history? Huckabee claims it’s OPM, but it’s probably not By Linda Qiu• June 16, 2015 Climate change e-mails and Copenhagen By Catharine Richert• December 12, 2009 Should you worry about data from your period-tracking app being used against you? By Victoria Knight, Hannah Norman• May 12, 2022 Donald Trump said Donna Brazile called Democratic primary 'rigged,' but did she? By Joshua Gillin• November 3, 2017 What we know about 2020 election interference: It’s not just Russia By Daniel Funke• September 25, 2020 Was there a double standard on the investigations of David Petraeus and Hillary Clinton? By Adam Thorp• July 7, 2016 No, Oct. 4 national emergency alert test won't turn you into a zombie. Here are the facts. By Jeff Cercone• October 3, 2023 Compromise and Kept: Rating two Scott Walker campaign promises By Tom Kertscher• September 21, 2018 Trump says Iran is a country ‘based on disinformation.’ Here’s how Iran conducts influence ops By Loreben Tuquero• March 23, 2026 Mailbag: 'Compromise' ratings get readers riled By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 6, 2009 Fact-checking the integrity of the vote in 2016 By Jon Greenberg• December 17, 2016 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022 Rick Perry fulfills, achieves compromises on 54 percent of his campaign promises By W. Gardner Selby• January 28, 2013 Russia and its influence on the presidential election By Lauren Carroll• December 1, 2016 Hillary Clinton's top 10 campaign promises By Lauren Carroll• July 22, 2016
