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FalseThere is a 9th Circuit Court ruling by judge Joe Barron declaring 84 last-minute pardons by President Joe Biden as unconstitutionalSaid by facebook.comLead StoriesFeb 14, 2025TrueIn 1712, Sweden added an extra leap day, Feb. 30, to its calendar, for that year and that year alone.SnopesFeb 14, 2025Can’t tellMalia Obama, one of former U.S. President Barack Obama's two daughters, said she deserved every penny of the more than $2.2 million she received from USAID.SnopesFeb 14, 2025FalseAn episode of “The Simpsons” showed a President Donald Trump-like character in a coffin and predicted Feb. 14 would be the “day everything changes.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactFeb 14, 2025FalseFormer USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s net worth “skyrocketed” from $6.7 million to $30 million in three years.Said by Mario NawfalPolitiFactFeb 14, 2025FalsePennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is “being charged with the attempted assassination of Trump.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactFeb 14, 2025FalsePhoto shows National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and President Donald Trump at her swearing-in.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactFeb 14, 2025FalsePresident Donald Trump said he “‘didn’t have time’ to meet the families of the men, women and children who tragically died in the plane crash.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactFeb 14, 2025False“FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.”Said by Elon MuskPolitiFactFeb 14, 2025FalseThere are not enough cows in the world to supply for McDonald's burgersSaid by x.comLead StoriesFeb 14, 2025FalseVideo of Barron Trump singing a song on the show "America's Got Talent" is authenticSaid by youtube.comLead StoriesFeb 14, 2025FalseA video shows multiple Jewish celebrities including Scarlett Johansson, Drake and Jerry Seinfeld, wearing white t-shirts bearing a logo of a hand with its middle finger raised, together with a Star of David symbol and the word ‘Kanye’.Full FactFeb 14, 2025Can’t tellAn MP listed a series of economic statistics in a social media post, followed by the phrase “in other words it’s a ‘recession’”.
The post read: “Buyers Remorse Anyone? UK growth 1.1% in first half of 2024, 0.1% second half. Since the election inflation up, unemployment up, growth snuffed out by big tax rises on jobs and business. In other words it’s a ‘recession’.”Said by Social media userPA MediaFeb 14, 2025FalseCovid-19 does not exist.Full FactFeb 14, 2025Can’t tellFor the first time since World War Two Sir Keir Starmer’s government is poised to cancel the May 2025 county council elections.Full FactFeb 14, 2025MixedGreenland voted to join the U.S., as evidenced by the recent poll by Patriot Polling.Said by Social media usersLogically FactsFeb 14, 2025FalsePolice have sent out a message warning about a drug called ‘Strawberry Quick’ being shared with children.Full FactFeb 14, 2025Can’t tellThe UK has donated 15 electric Porsches to Albanian prisons as part of a drive to net zero.Full FactFeb 14, 2025FalseTrump officials ordered $400 million armored teslaSaid by x.comLead StoriesFeb 13, 2025FalseThe U.S. government paid Reuters to engage in "large scale social deception."Said by x.comLead StoriesFeb 13, 2025TrueSince the invention of the nuclear weapon, the United States has misplaced at least three such weapons.SnopesFeb 13, 2025FalseRon Howard wrote an essay about why he is a liberalSaid by facebook.comLead StoriesFeb 13, 2025FalseNew polls says Germans think Trump biggest threat to world peaceSaid by bsky.appLead StoriesFeb 13, 2025TrueFederal employee retirement claims in the U.S. are processed by hand in a limestone mine in Pennsylvania.SnopesFeb 13, 2025