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Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Nancy D’Alesandro—whose father, Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr., was a politician and New Deal Democrat—studied political science at Trinity College in Washington, D.C., graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1962. The following year she married Paul Pelosi, and the couple moved to New York. Five children and six years later, the family settled in San Francisco, where Nancy Pelosi worked as a volunteer Democratic organizer. Earning a reputation as a highly effective fund-raiser, she rose through the ranks, serving on the Democratic National Committee and as chair of both the California Democratic Party (1981–83) and the host committee for the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. [...] Pelosi is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Profile in Courage Award (2019) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2024). She also wrote the books Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters (2008) and The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House (2024).
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2017-06-05): Nancy Pelosi is the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, having made history in 2007 when she was elected the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House. Now in her third term as Speaker, Pelosi made history again in January 2019 when she regained her position second-in-line to the presidency, the first person to do so in more than 60 years. For 31 years, Speaker Pelosi has represented San Francisco, California’s 12th Congressional District, in Congress. She has led House Democrats for 16 years and previously served as House Democratic Whip. A distinguished record of legislative accomplishment, Pelosi has led the Congress in passing historic health insurance reform, key investments in college aid, clean energy and innovation, and initiatives to help small businesses and veterans. She has been a powerful voice for civil rights and human rights around the world for decades. Pelosi comes from a strong family tradition of public service in Baltimore.
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2018-09-06): The youngest of seven children and the only girl, Pelosi grew up like royalty. Her father Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. was a member of Congress when she was born, in 1940, and the mayor of Baltimore by the time she was 7. When young Nancy wasn’t being ferried to a Catholic girls’ school, she was attending her father’s ceremonial events or helping him get out the vote. Her father’s ancestors had immigrated from Genoa, Venice and Abruzzo, her mother’s from the southern Italian city of Campobasso. The family lived in a three-story brick row house in the heart of Little Italy, a blue collar community near Baltimore’s industrial waterfront. The house appears vacant now; Pelosi points it out to me as we drive by. (We had planned to take a walking tour, but it’s a cold day, and she detests the cold.) A few blocks over, there are hipster restaurants and lofts, but in this part of town, the corners still feature traditional pasta houses.
Claim: Kroger will send people a $55 check if they share the accompanying link (Viral Link, 2020-02-13)
Evidence (2020-02-13): The link in the Facebook post is a scam. Similar hoaxes have been routinely debunked over the years.
Claim: Kroger will send people a $55 check if they share the accompanying link (Viral Link, 2020-02-13)
Evidence (2020-03-29): FACT CHECK: Is Kroger Giving People $55 If They Share A Link On Facebook? A post shared on Facebook claims the supermarket chain Kroger will send people a $55 check if they share the accompanying link. "Kroger announced that everyone who shares this link will be sent a free $55 check to celebrate 101 Anniversary!" reads the link’s headline.
Claim: Kroger will send people a $55 check if they share the accompanying link (Viral Link, 2020-02-13)
Evidence (2024-07-08): No, Kroger does not cash third-party checks. At Kroger stores, you are not allowed to cash checks addressed to someone else.
Claim: Kroger will send people a $55 check if they share the accompanying link (Viral Link, 2020-02-13)
Evidence (2023-12-05): Short Answer — Kroger accepts checks for in-store purchases. You’ll need to show a photo ID and pass Certegy check verification to pay by check. For more details of the Kroger check acceptance policy, see below. [...] If Certegy denies your check, you’ll need to use a different payment method — Kroger can’t override Certegy’s check acceptance.[5] [...] Kroger will contact you regarding the outstanding check if the check still doesn’t clear after two attempts.[1]
Claim: Kroger will send people a $55 check if they share the accompanying link (Viral Link, 2020-02-13)
Evidence (2014-10-15): For years Facebook users have been seeing posts advertising giveaways for the Kroger grocery store chain such as "Get $55 in Free Groceries" coupon offers.
Claim: Kroger will send people a $55 check if they share the accompanying link (Viral Link, 2020-02-13)
Evidence (2024-08-02): Yes, you can do all of that with Share-A-Cart. No need for messy wishlist hacks; just add items to your cart at Kroger then send a code to your recipient. They use this code to automatically load your Kroger cart into theirs! Now they can buy exactly what you specified. [...] Your recipient enters this code into the Share-A-Cart plugin (or website) and voila! Your Kroger cart is instantly loaded into theirs! They continue to checkout as normal, purchasing the exact items you specified from Kroger. [...] Share-A-CartShare-A-Cart supports sending and receiving lists made for Kroger originating from kroger.com. Additionally, enjoy sending and receiving carts from 221 major retailers including Amazon, AliExpress, Costco, BestBuy, Wayfair, Walmart and many more. See a full list of supported online retailers and grocers.
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2020-04-19): The Chinese Embassy in Guinea has refuted claims of all Chinese nationals being arrested in Guinea.
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2022-01-12): The coup came after a period of political instability following a March 2020 constitutional referendum that allowed Condé to run for a third term and the October 2020 presidential election, which were marred by violence. Security forces used excessive force during opposition-led demonstrations and arrested and detained over 350 leaders and members of the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (Front national pour la défense de la Constitution, FNDC), a coalition of civil society groups and opposition parties, during the period surrounding the presidential vote. In April, Condé’s government released 40 of them. In September, the new military authorities released 79 others and allowed 4 opponents in exile to return to Guinea. [...] On September 18, the new military authorities allowed four exiled political opponents to return to Guinea, including FNDC member Sékou Koundouno. Guinean judicial authorities had issued an international arrest warrant against Koundouno in August, for criminal association, arson, insurrection, and disturbing the state through killing, destruction, and looting.
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2024-07-18): - ^ "Embassy in Guinea urges Chinese to stay alert after apparent coup". South China Morning Post. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2021-09-06): How are Guineans responding?
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2021-03-09): Jeff Wasserstrom is a self-proclaimed China specialist who is seriously considering never returning to China – at least, he says, not while President Xi Jinping is in power. [...] "China has always protected the safety and legitimate rights and interests of foreigners in China in accordance with the law," the ministry in a statement in response to CNN’s inquiry. "On the Internet and social media, many foreigners share their experiences of working and living in China, saying that China is one of the safest countries they have ever lived in, and it is safe even when walking alone at night." [...] In recent years, the bans have increasingly been used on foreigners – including on US, Australian and Canadian citizens – who face no charges in China. A number of ethnically ChineseUS citizens, in particular, have been banned from leaving China, essentially kept as "hostages" to lure their Chinese relatives living abroad to return to the country to settle business and legal disputes.
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2021-09-06): The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its acting president, Ghana’s leader Nana Akufo-Addo, threatened sanctions if Guinea’s constitutional order was not restored.
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2021-09-08): China Is OK With Interfering in Guinea’s Internal Affairs [...] China’s anti-coup stance in Guinea is not evidence of some newfound concern for democracy. Instead, it’s evidence that the coup caught China off guard. And with a potentially less China-friendly regime coming into power, Chinese leaders found themselves with no choice but to stick by Condé in hopes that he is eventually reinstalled. Yet Beijing’s approach to Guinea has only further exposed the farce that is China’s promised nonintervention policy. China is hardly committed; Chinese leaders are wedded to it only as long as internal developments are favorable or at least tolerable for Beijing, as they were in Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, and other countries.
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2021-09-09): Videos of Guineans dancing in the streets and cheering as pickup trucks full of soldiers parade through Conakry have made the rounds on social media. But Guineans have experienced military rule before, and they know the consequences can be dangerous.
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2021-09-06): Guinean army arrests President Condé, dissolves constitution and imposes curfew [...] The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday demanded a return to constitutional order in Guinea and threatened to impose sanctions.
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2021-08-09): Guinea: The Causes and Consequences of West Africa’s Latest Coup
Claim: Guinean government has arrested all Chinese nationals in the country and has threatened China with "consequences" if Guineans don’t return from China safely (Viral Post, 2020-04-19)
Evidence (2020-05-18): The Chinese Embassy in Guinea has refuted claims of all Chinese nationals being arrested in Guinea. [...] "Republic of Guinea have arrested all Chinese living and working in their country and threatened if the Guinea citizens living in China do not return safely, the Chinese in Guinea with face the consequences," the caption claims. [...] The Daily Caller also didn’t find any credible reports of the Guinean government ordering the arrest of all Chinese nationals or issuing such a threat. Nor does the photo featured in the Facebook post appear to have been taken in Guinea or China. Benar News, an outlet affiliated with Radio Free Asia, included the photo in a November 2019 article.
Claim: purports ride-share service Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option (Post, 2023-02-04)
Evidence (2023-02-04): A social media user admitted he created the graphic as a joke in a Substack post. There is no evidence to suggest Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option.
Claim: purports ride-share service Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option (Post, 2023-02-04)
Evidence (2023-02-10): A photo shared on Twitter purports ride-share service Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option, marked as a "hotbox." [...] The photo, re-tweeted 19,000 times, purports Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option. The graphic labels it a "hotbox" option, which features "drivers that don’t mind the devil’s lettuce." [...] There are no credible news reports suggesting Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option. Likewise, the ride-share service has neither mentioned the claim on its website nor on its verified social media accounts.
Claim: purports ride-share service Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option (Post, 2023-02-04)
Evidence (2024-02-15): Car shares are typically for personal use, making them unsuitable for rideshare drivers, especially with company logos violating Uber and Lyft standards. However, Maven Gig and Getaround’s partnership with Uber offer rideshare-approved rental options for drivers.
Claim: purports ride-share service Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option (Post, 2023-02-04)
Evidence (2023-02-10): FACT CHECK: Is Uber Offering A Marijuana-Friendly Car Option? A photo shared on Twitter purports ride-share service Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option, marked as a "hotbox."
Claim: purports ride-share service Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option (Post, 2023-02-04)
Evidence (2021-11-23): Uber is making its first foray into the marijuana market, as Uber Eats users in Ontario, Canada will soon be able to order cannabis products on the app. [...] Uber has had its sights set on the booming cannabis market for some time now. [...] Uber said that its partnership with Tokyo Smoke will help adults in the country buy safe, legal cannabis, combatting illegal sellers.
Claim: purports ride-share service Uber is offering a marijuana-friendly car option (Post, 2023-02-04)
Evidence (2024-05-09): Uber offers an environmentally-friendly option that allows people to reach their destinations without negatively impacting the environment. [...] Uber is a pioneer in the world of ride-hailing and ride-sharing. It offers multiple transportation options to suit every budget, occasion, and preference.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2023-06-14): A scan using Hive Moderation reveals the image is 99% likely to have been created using artificial intelligence (AI).
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2019-07-17): NBC News unearthed a video Wednesday of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at a 1992 party at Mar-a-Lago. The network shot the footage decades ago for a talk show profile on Trump, who was newly divorced at the time. It’s hard to know exactly what Trump and Epstein are discussing, but on the whole the video certainly doesn’t look good. The relationship between Epstein, now facing a host of charges of child sex trafficking, is, of course, an unsavory one. But the video doesn’t really tell us all that much we don’t already know on that front; it’s well established that Trump and Epstein were once friends but then had a falling out. What is revealing—and unsettling—about the video is the images of Trump on the prowl. Surrounded by Buffalo Bills cheerleaders, Trump dances, flirts, and gropes women on the dance floor, occasionally retreating to the sidelines with Epstein to size up the women. It gives you some sense of what it might feel like to be in Trump’s crosshairs.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2020-05-31): Fact-checking the claim that Trump has been 'exposed for raping a 13-year-old' [...] A recent Facebook post says President Donald Trump was "exposed for raping a 13-year-old" in retaliation for law enforcement officers "killing black people." [...] Snopes, "Lawsuit Charges Donald Trump with Raping a 13-Year-Old Girl," May 31, 2020
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2024-06-12): In June 2024, in the wake of former U.S. President Donald Trump's hush-money trial in which he was found guilty of 34 felonies, the internet brought to surface a photo of Trump — at the time, best-known as a real estate developer — with the financier Jeffrey Epstein at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Epstein was later charged with sex-trafficking underage girls, and he died by suicide behind bars in 2019. [...] Another photo, taken on Feb. 12, 2000, authentically depicts (from left to right) Trump, his future wife Melania Trump (Melania Knavs at the time), Epstein and his longtime partner Ghislaine Maxwell, who was later convicted of sex-trafficking underage girls.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2024-05-24): Donald Trump is a lot of things to a lot of people ― former president, prominent businessman, criminal defendant, to name a few ― but he is definitely not a dancer. [...] You can see Trump dance below, but, warning, you won’t be able to unsee it ― no matter how hard you try. [...] Although Trump’s dance moves reminded some of the recent TikTok dance challenge, in which kids ask their parents to dance like they did in the 80s, it didn’t seem to be a direct reference.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Trump stuns social media as he dances along to YMCA at the end of speech about October 7 attacks [...] The Trump campaign has been slammed for inappropriately blasting the YMCA at the end of an October 7 memorial event while the former president made his signature dance move.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2023-03-14): Donald Trump caught busting out dance moves at lavish Florida birthday bash [...] Footage has captured former US president Donald Trump pulling out some of his signature dance moves to honour future daughter-in-law Kimberly Guilfoyle at her recent 54th birthday bash in Florida.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2023-06-23): FACT CHECK: Viral Photo Purporting To Show Trump Dancing With 13-Year-Old Girl Is AI-Generated An image shared on Twitter purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl on late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s island. [...] The Twitter image, viewed over 100,000 times, purports to show Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl on Epstein’s island. Text overlay on the photo indicates Trump was in his fifties when the supposed photo was taken.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2023-06-22): Image of Donald Trump dancing with teenager was AI generated | Fact check [...] "Photo of Donald Trump at Epstein’s private island dancing with a 13 year old girl," reads text in the image. [...] This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: AI behind image of Donald Trump dancing with teenager | Fact check
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2023-07-17): Fabricated photo appears to show Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein with girls An image of former President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein seated on a couch with girls draped over them is raising hackles online, but a closer inspection of the picture reveals not everything is as it seems. [...] Photos of Trump and Epstein do exist and have been widely published by news outlets. But we couldn’t find this image, or two others in the post appearing to show Trump with several blond girls, among any credible sources.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2020-06-18): Two photos taken 12 years apart have been combined to show Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy money manager charged with sex trafficking, smiling as he stands in front of Donald Trump kissing a young girl on the side of the head. The girl in the photo with Trump is his then 11-year-old daughter Ivanka, and Epstein’s image was added later. [...] The manipulated picture that is now circulating online shows Trump grasping a girl by the waist and kissing her head, with Epstein in the foreground. One version of it is accompanied by this text: "Is there another word besides repulsive that can describe this photo?" Another says: "Donald doesn’t want you to see this." But the girl in the photo with Trump is his daughter Ivanka. They are pictured at the 1993 opening of a Harley Davidson Café in New York City when she was 11 years old.
Claim: purports to show former President Donald Trump dancing with a 13-year-old girl (Image, 2023-06-14)
Evidence (2024-01-09): In early January 2024, financier and convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein who died in jail in 2019, made headlines when a judge unsealed documents in a case against his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. The unsealing of the documents sparked social media buzz. On Jan. 9, 2024, a photograph was shared on X (formerly Twitter), allegedly showing former U.S. president Donald Trump posing with Epstein and a young girl wearing a crop top. [...] In short, we found that the image had many signs of being generated by artificial intelligence (AI). For instance, the girl's hand seemed to be deformed as well as the sleeve of Trump's jacket. [...] For insights into Jeffrey Epstein's court documents, check out our article "A Quick Guide to the Jeffrey Epstein Documents Unsealed on Jan. 3, 2024." In the past, we've fact-checked other Epstein and Trump-related claims, including debunking a supposed photo of Trump and Epstein on a plane. In July 2023, we have also investigated another AI-generated image, allegedly showing Trump and Epstein posing with underage girls.