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No, Rachel Maddow didn’t break down in tears at Elon Musk’s memes about buying MSNBC
Musk has joked about buying the liberal news network since parent company Comcast announced it would spin off its cable news channels, but the network isn’t for sale. Cable news host Rachel Maddow did ...
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President-elect Trump says Wisconsin’s electric and energy costs are 'just about at the highest'
According to its most recent state-by-state ranking of total energy expenditures per capita, from 2022, Wisconsin ranked 24th out of all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. Wisconsin has historically had ...
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Photo of woman holding sign about her daughter and abortion rights was digitally manipulated
The photo was manipulated. A photograph posted in March 2023 shows that the woman’s sign said, "I’m the mother of the girl you’ll never touch," in Spanish. Social media users reacted strongly to a ...
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No, Billie Eilish is not leaving the country after Donald Trump’s election win
Pop singer Billie Eilish criticized President-elect Donald Trump the day after he won the Nov. 5 election, but social media posts have added fiction to her comments by saying shes ...
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No, President-elect Donald Trump didn’t ‘expose’ a secret program offering $6,400 to every American
A video shared Nov. 18 on Facebook claimed that President-elect Donald Trump had "exposed" that Democratic officials and President Joe Biden had hidden a federal subsidy for up to $6,400 for all ...
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On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But many of these posts are made-up and feature AI
Musk is a well-known inventor, but since he joined President-elect Donald Trump on the campaign trail and in his incoming administration, Musk has grown politically prominent. Trump tapped Musk to ...
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Proposed bill banning stock trading wouldn’t bar Trump from White House
A Threads post said, "The U.S Senate accidentally passed a bill banning Trump from becoming President, and Biden is planning to sign it." The X post the claim originated from referred to the Ending ...
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You can’t buy a $7,000 solar-powered Tesla. Despite social media claims, Elon Musk didn’t make one
As of Nov. 19, PolitiFact found no evidence that Musk is releasing a solar-powered Tesla. Tesla uses lithium-ion batteries, not solar panels, in the electric cars it makes. Tesla also doesn’t have a ...
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Nissan’s planned job cuts not related to potential Trump tariffs, company says
A company spokesperson said the move is not related to any possible tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump might impose. Trump had threatened to impose tariffs of 25% to 100% on imports from Mexico ...
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What’s behind warnings about no-fault divorce under Donald Trump’s presidency?
California was the first state to enact no-fault divorce in 1970 after then-Gov. Ronald Reagan signed it into law. Reagan, himself a divorcé, said the law was a step toward removing the "acrimony and ...
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What’s going on with Matt Gaetz’s attorney general bid and the House ethics report?
Whether former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., serves as U.S. attorney general during Trump’s second administration depends on several factors, including what senators make of a House committee ...
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Claim that the Steelers joined Chiefs in Pride Night boycott mirrors satire site’s story
In a Google search, we found a similarly worded headline about the Steelers in a Sept. 9 article on another website, SpaceXMania, where it was labeled as satire. That headline said, "Steelers follow ...