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Fact-Check Summary The meme accurately notes that President Trump attempted to federalize the D.C. police, deployed National Guard troops, and surged federal law enforcement, but it falsely claims that arrest rates during the operation remained the same as in previous years. Data shows a significant increase in arrests—about 25% more compared to the same 10-day […]

Fact-Check Summary Multiple authoritative sources—including BBC Verify, UN monitoring, and academic defense institutes—confirm that Russian attacks on Ukraine more than doubled following Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2025. Data shows literal increases in drone, missile, and overall military strikes, with figures sometimes exceeding double the pre-inauguration monthly averages. Civilian casualties also surged during this period,

Fact-Check Summary The meme’s claim that “a federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity as the case against the Trump administration order proceeds” is substantially accurate but overstates the breadth of the ruling. The federal court did grant a class-wide preliminary injunction allowing transgender, nonbinary,

Fact-Check Summary The meme accurately quotes Tom Homan stating, “President Trump doesn’t have a limitation on his authority to make this country safe again. There’s no limitation on that,” as verified by multiple reputable sources. The specter of unlimited executive power is a well-documented tactic in authoritarian systems. However, the meme’s assertion that Homan’s statement

Fact-Check Summary The analyzed posts from Governor Newsom’s press office targeting President Trump over redistricting are authentic, widely reported, and accurately reflect the escalating rhetoric and threats exchanged over partisan gerrymandering. The posts mix factual assertions (such as the intention to initiate California’s own redistricting in response to Texas) with unsubstantiated hyperbole, exaggerated personal descriptions,

Fact-Check Summary The claim that the Trump administration plans to take Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public through a major IPO later this year is largely accurate in terms of policy intention, based on multiple credible media reports and official statements. However, this timeline is ambitious given significant unresolved technical, regulatory, and political hurdles. While

Fact-Check Summary Multiple reputable news sources confirm that on August 8, 2025, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a video on X featuring pastors from Doug Wilson’s church, in which they advocated repealing women’s right to vote and reinforced traditional gender roles. Hegseth accompanied his post with an overtly affirmative caption. The Pentagon’s official statements

Fact-Check Summary The meme’s assertions regarding the Trump administration’s threat to seize Harvard University’s patents are substantially accurate. The administration, via Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, sent Harvard a letter citing alleged non-compliance with the Bayh-Dole Act and gave the university until September 5 to respond—threatening the use of federal “march-in” rights concerning patents valued at

Fact-Check Summary David Rothschild’s social media post draws a parallel between Texas Democrats leaving their state to block a Republican-led gerrymandering bill and Congressional Republicans avoiding votes to prevent the release of Trump-Epstein files. The claim that Texas Democrats staged a walkout to block a redistricting effort engineered to favor Republicans is factually correct, supported

Fact-Check Summary The meme claims that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is offering up to $50,000 in signing bonuses and student loan forgiveness as part of a new recruitment initiative, and criticizes this as hypocritical in light of broader federal student loan policies. This fact-check confirms that the ICE recruitment campaign, launched in mid-2025, indeed