copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' (Quote, 2023-08-08)
Evidence (2022-08-27): Former Seattle Mariners baseball player Ichiro Suzuki meets with the news media, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, in Seattle the day before his induction into the Mariners' Hall of Fame. (AP Photo) [...] Three years removed from his last game as a player with the Seattle Mariners in his home country of Japan, Suzuki hasn’t lost that competitive drive. [...] Suzuki spent the first 11 seasons of his major league career with the Mariners before getting traded to the New York Yankees midway through the 2012 season. Suzuki played parts of three seasons with the Yankees, three more in Miami before returning to Seattle to close out his career.
Claim: claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' (Quote, 2023-08-08)
Evidence (2023-08-10): FACT CHECK: Did Ichiro Suzuki Say, ‘Chicks Who Dig Home Runs Aren’t The Ones Who Appeal To Me?’ A post shared on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, claims former Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, "Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me." [...] The X post, viewed over 400,000 times, claims Suzuki purportedly said, "Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me." "Ichiro is a legend for this quote. Absolute legend," the post’s caption reads.
Claim: claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' (Quote, 2023-08-08)
Evidence (2005-07-31): Why did IRA change its mind? [...] EMILY WILSON MICHAEL CANTERINO XGIRARD -- Michael Canterino and his bride, the former Emily
Claim: claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' (Quote, 2023-08-08)
Evidence (2024-09-14): With two outs and a runner on first, Ichiro Suzuki tapped out harmlessly to end the scoreless twelfth for Seattle. In the bottom of the 12th, Ben Zobrist drew a walk of Brandon League. Carlos Peña singled, advancing Zobrist to second. Batting next, third baseman Elliot Johnson singled to left field.
Claim: claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' (Quote, 2023-08-08)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Home Runs 2316–2331 to be right where I was swinging.—Alan Ashby, Astros catcher, on how he hit a home run, 1981. 2324 No, I was thinking wild pitch.—Elrod Hendricks, Orioles catcher, when asked if he was thinking about hitting a homer before he cracked a game-winning, three-run dinger, August 1975. 2325 Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me. I think there’s sexiness in inﬁeld hits because they require technique. I’d rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might ﬂirt a little by hitting one out.—Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners outﬁelder, August 2009. In his ﬁrst nine major league seasons, Ichiro had 2,030 hits, 84 of which were homers. 2326 That’s from the outhouse to the penthouse right there.—Scott Hatteberg, Red Sox catcher, on hitting a grand slam the at-bat after hitting into a triple play versus Texas, August 6, 2001. 2327 Mickey tried to hit every one like they didn’t count under 400 feet.—Manager Casey Stengel on Yankees outﬁelder Mickey Mantle.
Claim: claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' (Quote, 2023-08-08)
Evidence (2009-02-03): Often I hear how baseball doesn't appeal to young children. They like the action of basketball or soccer. Fair enough. Baseball is a conservative sport, and the older you get, the more conservative you tend to become. And the more you come to appreciate the nuancesof baseball. And once you're hooked, you're hooked for the rest of your life. [...] I can't believe this. I'm watching the Mariners at Texas. In consecutive half innings, I saw Ichiro strikeout swing, and look bad doing it, then make a terrible throw to the plate as Catalanotto was scoring. You don't see either of hose two often. [...] I noticed last year that I had to force myself to like Ichiro. He doesn't walk enough, he swings at pitches out of the strike zone, no power, runs too much. That's the Sabrematrician in me talking. But Suzuki is exciting. I should have been embracing that excitement, while keeping his flaws in perspective. I did that with Bo Jackson, before he got hurt. I should have known to do that with Ichiro.
Claim: claims Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki purportedly said, 'Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me' (Quote, 2023-08-08)
Evidence (2004-09-30): OAKLAND Suzuki nears mark as Mariners jar A's [...] The longtime Mariner is a seven-time All-Star and a two-time AL batting champ. SEATTLE (AP) -- [...] Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki needs 30 hits to tie George Sisler's season record. SEATTLE (AP) -- Ronnie
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2023-02-27): This video was digitally altered and was taken from a tweet by a news outlet that acknowledges the video was created by artificial intelligence (AI).
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2023-03-02): A Feb. 27, 2023, video of U.S. President Joe Biden purportedly shows him announcing a new national draft, in which 20-year-olds would be conscripted into military service on account of a growing national security crisis. [...] The video was also shared by @ThePatriotOasis, a Twitter account that describes itself as "Constitutional conservatives," which wrote, "BREAKING: Biden calls for a national draft. Men and women are to be selected to fight in Ukriane [sic]." [...] Of course, Biden has not called for a national draft. If this were the case, it would be front page news. Posobiec, while acknowledging it as a deepfake in the video, does not state this in the tweet, resulting in misleading additional tweets claiming to quote Biden directly. As such, we rate this claim as "Miscaptioned."
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2023-10-11): "Biden Set To Bring Back The DRAFT.. For War With Russia Or China," wrote one Facebook user who shared a video that included screenshots of the Parameters essay. [...] Nicole Schwegman, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Defense, dismissed the claims as false, noting in a phone interview that only Congress and the president have the ability to call for a draft and the military has not recommended elected officials even consider it. [...] "We are a readiness organization and continually work with federal and state partners in ‘active stand-by’ status to ensure that the Selective Service System is prepared to mobilize during a national emergency if called on by the President and Congress to do so," Kenny wrote in an email Monday.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2021-09-18): MASS CONSCRIPTION in wartime is a remote prospect in America. But were a draft called, the country’s conscripts might soon look very different. An amendment to the annual defence policy bill winding its way through Congress would make women eligible for the military draft for the first time. On September 2nd it passed the House Armed Services Committee. "It’s past time," declared Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan, a former Air Force officer and lead sponsor of the amendment. Coupled with the success of a similar provision in the Senate, the change is now almost certain to become law when the final bill comes to a vote. [...] United States September 18th 2021 - America is substantially reducing poverty among children - President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate is ordinary yet controversial - Salt Lake City is one of the biggest winners of the past decade - Expect a surge of religious objections to vaccine mandates in America - Edtech that helps teachers beats edtech that replaces them - American women will soon become eligible (in theory) for the draft - The Biden Doctrine has yet to emerge. Beware those who claim otherwise
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2021-06-07): The Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments in the case of National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System. In doing so, it acceded to the Biden administration’s wishes that it not address the question of whether women should join the millions of young men required to register each year with the Selective Service – the federal agency responsible for the draft. It will now be up to Congress to decide what, if anything, to do with the law governing registration and the draft. [...] In the U.S., Congress and the president must pass a law authorizing a draft, at which point the government agency known as the Selective Service System oversees the administrative process of conscription. There has not been a draft in the U.S. since 1973, when Congress allowed the existing draft authorization, conscripting men into service in the Vietnam War, to expire. [...] But many more Americans reach draft-eligible age each year than the military could possibly use. Any new draft would still raise new questions about the fairness of who serves and who does not.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2023-07-13): President Joe Biden today issued an executive order approving the mobilization of select reserve forces with up to 3,000 personnel, augmenting the armed forces in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2024-10-03): Repeatedly over the past year, in tones ranging from supportive sympathy to cold fury, Biden has called on Netanyahu to focus on a strategic plan for peace rather than tactical military and political victories. He has appealed to the Israeli leader, in public statements and private conversations, to temper rather than feed the Israeli people’s justifiable desire for revenge.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2023-03-03): BREAKING: Biden calls for a national draft. Men and women are to be selected to fight in Ukriane. [...] "BREAKING: Biden calls for a national draft," the tweet reads. "Men and women are to be selected to fight in Ukriane(sic). BIDEN: ‘The recommended way forward will be to invoke the Selective Service Act, as is my authority as president.'" [...] Check Your Fact found no credible news reports about Biden invoking a national draft. (RELATED: Does This Video Show Joe Biden Asking Aides If People ‘Bought That Bullsh**?’)
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2022-09-16): President Joe Biden did receive five draft deferments, but they were granted because he was a student, first in college and then law school. Later, Biden underwent a physical exam and received a Selective Service 1-Y classification — which specified that he could be drafted only in a national emergency — because of his asthma. [...] "Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam," a Sept. 16 Facebook post claimed.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2023-10-15): This video of President Joe Biden announcing that he is invoking the Selective Service Act for a military draft was generated by artificial intelligence. It was first uploaded in February. Amid the Israel-Hamas war, social media users are stoking fears that U.S. citizens will soon be drafted. One video appears to show President Joe Biden himself calling American men and women to fight. In an Oct. 15 Facebook video, Biden appears to say, "Invoke the Selective Service Act, as is my authority as President. Remember, you’re not sending your sons and daughters to war. You’re sending them to freedom."
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2021-01-25): Fact Sheet: President Biden Signs Executive Order Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform President Biden signed today an Executive Order that sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve. The All-Volunteer Force thrives when it is composed of diverse Americans who can meet the rigorous standards for military service, and an inclusive military strengthens our national security. President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America’s strength is found in its diversity. This question of how to enable all qualified Americans to serve in the military is easily answered by recognizing our core values. America is stronger, at home and around the world, when it is inclusive. The military is no exception. Allowing all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform is better for the military and better for the country because an inclusive force is a more effective force. Simply put, it’s the right thing to do and is in our national interest.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2022-02-26): There currently is no draft — mandatory enrollment into the military — for any American. The U.S. military has been an all-volunteer force since 1973. [...] The U.S. requires that male citizens and male immigrants between ages 18 and 25 register with the federal Selective Service System, the agency responsible for running a draft. It would require an act of Congress to reinstate a draft in the event of a national emergency, and if that were to happen, the Selective Service System would begin calling registered men for duty. "If Congress were to reinstate the draft, the Selective Service would activate and order all personnel to report for duty to open Area Offices," USA Today reported. "A public, televised and nationally streamed National Draft Lottery to establish the order by year of birth in which registrants receive directives to report for induction would follow."
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2019-09-13): During the third Democratic primary debate on Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden brought together his potential future and his political past when he urged legislators to renew a piece of legislation that was first signed into law 25 years ago Friday. Biden has called that law, the Violence Against Women Act, the legislation he is "proudest" of from his career in the Senate.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2021-04-15): The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court not to take up a lawsuit that calls the all-male military draft unconstitutional. The brief does not state whether President Biden thinks women should be included, nor does it defend the current system, which requires only men ages 18 to 26 to submit their information should a military draft be needed again. [...] Military leaders have said the same. But Congress has been reluctant. And the last time the Supreme Court considered the issue, it ruled that it was constitutional to require only men to register.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2023-05-24): Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft "National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution" for public comment, a significant step forward in the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to reduce pollution and build a circular economy for all. EPA’s draft strategy includes ambitious actions to eliminate the release of plastic and other waste from land-based sources into the environment by 2040. [...] The release of EPA’s draft national strategy comes as the agency and the Biden-Harris Administration celebrate Earth Week, and was released alongside a new White House Interagency Policy Committee (IPC) on Plastic Pollution and a Circular Economy. The IPC will coordinate federal efforts on plastic pollution, prioritizing public health, economic development, environmental justice, and equity to ensure that the benefits of acting on plastic pollution – including jobs, minimized exposure to harmful chemicals, and clean communities – are available to all. [...] The draft "National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution," together with EPA’s "National Recycling Strategy," identifies how the Agency can work collaboratively with U.S. organizations to prevent plastic pollution and reduce, reuse, recycle, and capture plastic and other waste from land-based sources. These actions support a circular approach to the management of plastics – one that is regenerative by design, enables resources to maintain their highest value for as long as possible, and aims for the elimination of waste.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2024-07-17): The Democratic National Committee is moving ahead with its controversial plan to virtually nominate President Joe Biden ahead of the Democratic convention in Chicago next month – ignoring the growing calls from some of the party’s elected officials to ditch that strategy given the serious ongoing debate about whether the president should continue to seek a second term. [...] A growing faction of House Democrats, convinced that Biden is too politically damaged to defeat Donald Trump in November, has been calling on the DNC to ditch the virtual nomination plans altogether, and a draft letter is circulating among Democratic lawmakers calling on the party to slow down the process, as CNN reported. [...] A spokesperson for Huffman told CNN that in light of the DNC letter to hold a virtual roll call in August, they will not be sending their formal letter calling on the party to delay nominating Biden that was circulated earlier this week. Huffman had drafted a letter to House Democrats to delay Biden’s nomination until delegates gathered at the convention.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2023-10-17): Although national security strategies are supposed to communicate a forward-looking grand strategy, they are also reactive insofar as foreign policy objectives are often driven by events on the ground, which can slow publication as early drafts are overtaken by events.107 Just as the George W. Bush administration scrambled to re-write the 2002 National Security Strategy in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks, so too was Biden’s national security team forced to call a halt in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.108 The first drafts that circulated in the White House in December 2021 had to be revised and updated significantly (personnel shakeups on the National Security Council also played a role in the delay).109
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2016-10-17): Launching the Cancer Moonshot - In his 2016 State of the Union address, President Obama called on Vice President Biden to lead a new, national "Cancer Moonshot" to dramatically accelerate efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer -- to achieve a decade’s worth of progress in five years. By leveraging decades of scientific understanding from the study and care of cancer, creating and aggregating immensely powerful datasets, and developing unprecedented science and technological capabilities, we as a Nation are positioned to end cancer as we know it.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2024-04-15): A video falsely depicting President Joe Biden calling a draft amid "an impending ground operation of Iran" has been viewed millions of times following Iran's attempted missile strikes on Israel this weekend. [...] The video shows what appears to be a broadcast on Real America's Voice of Biden calling out the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in which he also mentions an "impending ground operation of Iran." A title card along the bottom of the video reads "BIDEN ANNOUNCES DRAFT." [...] The original video was a deep fake, created for Posobiec, to show what a national draft announcement could look like. In the clip, Biden seemingly announces that he is reinstating the military draft for both men and women to help Ukraine's military, with no mention of Iran.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2020-09-16): Fact check: Biden, like Trump, received multiple draft deferments from Vietnam The claim: Former Vice President Joe Biden received five draft deferments from the Vietnam War [...] "Lifeguard/Football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam," a post claims, alongside a photo of high-school-aged Biden.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2023-10-02): WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to provide then-Vice President Joe Biden’s records regarding his duties as Vice President that overlapped with his son’s activities in Ukraine. Chairman Comer is requesting all unredacted documents and communications in which then-Vice President Joe Biden used a pseudonym; Hunter Biden, Eric Schwerin, or Devon Archer is copied; and all drafts of then-Vice President Biden’s speech delivered to the Ukrainian Rada in December 2015. [...] - Any document or communication in which Hunter Biden, Eric Schwerin, or Devon Archer was included either as a sender, recipient, copied, or was included in the contents of the document or communication; and - All drafts from November 1, 2015 to December 9, 2015 of then-Vice President Biden’s speech delivered to the Ukrainian Rada on December 9, 2015.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2024-02-06): Comer, Jordan, Smith Demand White House Release All Drafts of Then-VP Biden’s Ukrainian 2015 Rada Speech as Part of Impeachment Inquiry [...] WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) today are calling on the White House to immediately authorize the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to provide all drafts of then-Vice President Joe Biden’s speech delivered to the Ukrainian Rada on December 9, 2015. This request comes as part of the House’s inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist to impeach President Biden. [...] Chairman Comer requested these documents over five months ago, but the White House has refused to allow NARA to release them to Congress. Within a week of receiving the request, NARA indicated it was able to provide the White House with the full set of documents covering the request for all drafts of then-Vice President Biden’s speech. However, under federal law, NARA must receive White House approval before releasing the documents. For over five months, the White House has refused to authorize the release.
Claim: Joe Biden has called for a national draft (Viral Video, 2023-02-27)
Evidence (2024-07-13): DNC Releases 2024 Party Platform Draft, Outlining Historic Record and Bold Agenda for President Biden and Vice President Harris to Finish the Job Today, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) released a draft of the 2024 Democratic Party Platform, featuring both the historic accomplishments of the Biden-Harris administration and a bold, progressive agenda for the next four years for President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Democrats to finish the job. The Platform focuses on priorities for Democrats up and down the ballot, from growing the economy to lowering costs for families; tackling the climate crisis and securing energy independence; closing the racial wealth gap and investing in small businesses; restoring Roe v. Wade as the law of the land; protecting communities from the scourge of gun violence and protecting freedoms for all Americans; and securing our border and strengthening American leadership worldwide.