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Fact Check: Trump: we gave ukraine 350 billion
# The Claim: "Trump: we gave Ukraine $350 billion" ## Introduction Former President Donald Trump has made a claim that the United States has provided $350 billion in aid to Ukraine amid its ongoing c...
March 25, 2025Read more →
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Fact Check: covid loans went to businesses run by kids age 11 or younger
# COVID Loans Went to Businesses Run by Kids Age 11 or Younger ## Introduction A claim has emerged suggesting that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued approximately $312 million in lo...
March 25, 2025Read more →
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Fact Check: 90% of Tesla's parts are made in China at the Gigafactory in Shanghai.
# Claim Analysis: "90% of Tesla's parts are made in China at the Gigafactory in Shanghai" ## Introduction The claim that "90% of Tesla's parts are made in China at the Gigafactory in Shanghai" sugges...
March 25, 2025Read more →
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Fact Check: Is maine pushing to have tampons in men's restrooms
# Introduction The claim that "Maine is pushing to have tampons in men's restrooms" has emerged in discussions surrounding recent legislative efforts in the state. This assertion suggests that there ...
March 25, 2025Read more →
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Fact Check: owner of tesla dealership in Wichita is wheelchair bound
# The Claim: "Owner of Tesla dealership in Wichita is wheelchair bound" ## Introduction The claim that the owner of a Tesla dealership in Wichita is wheelchair-bound has surfaced in various reports, ...
March 25, 2025Read more →
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Fact Check: Take a Step Back, Canada. Think. In the middle of a chaotic political season, with an election looming, we’re being told, once again, what to think. Suddenly, Trump’s proposed tariffs are being framed as the existential crisis for Canadians. This is not just political distraction, it is outright manipulation. A deflection. A convenient scapegoat. Let’s be clear, these tariffs haven’t even come into effect yet, and still, we’re told they’re the reason for our economic pain. But Canadians know better. We’ve been living the consequences of nearly a decade of Liberal leadership, long before tariffs were ever on the table. Our dreams have been quietly dismantled. • Housing is out of reach for an entire generation • Grocery bills have doubled in just a few years • Families are struggling just to stay afloat • Crime is surging, and our streets are riddled with addiction and despair • Young Canadians can’t afford homes, can’t start families, can’t build futures This isn’t Trump’s fault. This isn’t about foreign policy. This is about failed leadership at home. We are not suffering because of decisions made in Washington, we are suffering because of decisions made in Ottawa. The media wants to turn your attention elsewhere. They want to manufacture outrage, shift blame, and paint you as ignorant if you dare question the narrative. But you are not ignorant. You are a Canadian who wants a better future, for yourself, for your children, for this country. Don’t let them distract you. The real threat to our prosperity isn’t coming from the south, it is coming from within. And if we don’t wake up now, we risk losing the very freedoms and opportunities that once defined this nation. This election is not about Trump. It’s about Canada. It’s about your children’s future. It’s about reclaiming a country where hard work pays off, where dreams are possible, where hope lives again. Don’t be brainwashed. Don’t be distracted. Think critically. Vote with your eyes open. Vote Conservative
# Conclusion **Verdict: Unverified** The claim that President Trump's proposed tariffs on Canada serve as a distraction from domestic issues facing Canadians remains unverified. Key evidence include...
March 25, 2025Read more →
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Fact Check: How nuts is Mark Carney? Perhaps nuttier than you think. Have a read of this piece in the Financial Post, by Matthew Lau. "Having left his gig as UN Special Envoy for Climate and Finance to lead the federal Liberal government, Mark Carney is now in a position to focus his and Greta Thunberg’s global climate crusade squarely on Canada. The crusade, Carney boasted back in 2021 while in his previous role, is worth many trillions of dollars. As he told CBC News at that year’s UN climate conference, “We have banks, asset managers, pension funds, insurance companies from around the world — more than 45 countries — and their total resources, totalling US$130 trillion” dedicated to transitioning the world’s economy away from fossil fuels. That dollar figure is higher than global GDP. Last month, Carney laid out Canada’s required contribution to his climate ambitions: “Canada must invest $2 trillion by 2050 — about $80 billion per year — to become carbon competitive and achieve Net Zero. However, investments in decarbonisation currently run between $10–20 billion annually.” The implication is that another $60-70 billion a year will need to be wrung out of Canadian businesses and consumers, either through direct taxation and government spending or with regulatory browbeating to push Canadians’ savings and investments into global warming initiatives. Carney has made no effort to hide his agenda to browbeat businesses into joining his and Greta Thunberg’s climate crusade. In a 2021 interview he declared, “We need a sustainable economy, and is your business aligned with that? Are your hiring practices consistent with that? Are you developing people in a way that’s consistent with that? Ultimately, what’s being asked of businesses when it comes to climate is, do you have a plan for net-zero? Canada has a legislated objective for net zero alongside another 130 countries.” “A Swedish teenager,” Carney continued, referring to Thunberg, “can figure out the carbon budget and that we have less than 10 years and you have to get to net-zero to stabilize it and if you’re a company and you have purpose, well, what’s your plan? And all these plans need to come together.” This is utter insanity: under Justin Trudeau Canada suffered rapidly declining business investment and now his successor wants the country’s business leaders to take financial planning directives from Greta Thunberg. While the federal government barrels down the road to net-zero impoverishment for Canada, everyone else is looking for the exit ramp. In January, six of the largest U.S. banks — JPMorganChase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley — quit the Carney-led net-zero banking alliance. Canada’s Big Six Banks — RBC, TD Bank, BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC and National Bank — have quit the initiative as well. Even Europe is beginning to back off on government piling climate obligations onto businesses in the name of fighting global warming. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the EU is watering down its climate accounting policies “amid pushback from member states and companies within the bloc over the new rules, which they say would have increased costs and reduced the competitiveness of their business.” Specifically, regulations previously scheduled for this year would have forced companies “to report in detail on their environmental, social and corporate-governance performance while making significant cuts to the emissions from within their supply chain.” The EU is now dropping, weakening or postponing many of these climate regulations, so that businesses will be able to better “grow, innovate, and create quality jobs.” This is effectively an admission that piling climate obligations and environmental reporting mandates onto businesses prevents them from growing, innovating and creating good jobs. Unfortunately, Mark Carney is all about climate obligations and reporting mandates. The road Canada is currently marching down for climate-related financial disclosures is based on a framework proposed by a task force Carney initiated in 2015. His aforementioned Thunberg-praising interview was not with an environmental journalist, but with Pivot Magazine, which is published by CPA Canada, the accounting industry’s national association. “We cannot get to net-zero without proper climate reporting,” he insisted, speaking of the need for “one core global standard” for climate accounting and reporting. A global climate reporting standard to help push trillions of dollars — yes, trillions with a “T” — from Canadian workers and taxpayers into Mark Carney and Greta Thunberg’s climate crusade? After a decade of Justin Trudeau’s ruinous policies weakening Canada from coast to coast, there could be little worse for the country and its economy than a Liberal government led by Mark Carney." The Financial Post Cape Breton Politics Jason Boudreau · 1h · Big numbers in unions. 😁😁
# Analyzing Claims About Mark Carney's Climate Agenda ## Introduction The claim presented raises concerns about Mark Carney's climate initiatives, suggesting that his leadership in climate finance is...
March 25, 2025Read more →
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Fact Check: How nuts is Mark Carney? Perhaps nuttier than you think. Have a read of this piece in the Financial Post, by Matthew Lau. "Having left his gig as UN Special Envoy for Climate and Finance to lead the federal Liberal government, Mark Carney is now in a position to focus his and Greta Thunberg’s global climate crusade squarely on Canada. The crusade, Carney boasted back in 2021 while in his previous role, is worth many trillions of dollars. As he told CBC News at that year’s UN climate conference, “We have banks, asset managers, pension funds, insurance companies from around the world — more than 45 countries — and their total resources, totalling US$130 trillion” dedicated to transitioning the world’s economy away from fossil fuels. That dollar figure is higher than global GDP. Last month, Carney laid out Canada’s required contribution to his climate ambitions: “Canada must invest $2 trillion by 2050 — about $80 billion per year — to become carbon competitive and achieve Net Zero. However, investments in decarbonisation currently run between $10–20 billion annually.” The implication is that another $60-70 billion a year will need to be wrung out of Canadian businesses and consumers, either through direct taxation and government spending or with regulatory browbeating to push Canadians’ savings and investments into global warming initiatives. Carney has made no effort to hide his agenda to browbeat businesses into joining his and Greta Thunberg’s climate crusade. In a 2021 interview he declared, “We need a sustainable economy, and is your business aligned with that? Are your hiring practices consistent with that? Are you developing people in a way that’s consistent with that? Ultimately, what’s being asked of businesses when it comes to climate is, do you have a plan for net-zero? Canada has a legislated objective for net zero alongside another 130 countries.” “A Swedish teenager,” Carney continued, referring to Thunberg, “can figure out the carbon budget and that we have less than 10 years and you have to get to net-zero to stabilize it and if you’re a company and you have purpose, well, what’s your plan? And all these plans need to come together.” This is utter insanity: under Justin Trudeau Canada suffered rapidly declining business investment and now his successor wants the country’s business leaders to take financial planning directives from Greta Thunberg. While the federal government barrels down the road to net-zero impoverishment for Canada, everyone else is looking for the exit ramp. In January, six of the largest U.S. banks — JPMorganChase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley — quit the Carney-led net-zero banking alliance. Canada’s Big Six Banks — RBC, TD Bank, BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC and National Bank — have quit the initiative as well. Even Europe is beginning to back off on government piling climate obligations onto businesses in the name of fighting global warming. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the EU is watering down its climate accounting policies “amid pushback from member states and companies within the bloc over the new rules, which they say would have increased costs and reduced the competitiveness of their business.” Specifically, regulations previously scheduled for this year would have forced companies “to report in detail on their environmental, social and corporate-governance performance while making significant cuts to the emissions from within their supply chain.” The EU is now dropping, weakening or postponing many of these climate regulations, so that businesses will be able to better “grow, innovate, and create quality jobs.” This is effectively an admission that piling climate obligations and environmental reporting mandates onto businesses prevents them from growing, innovating and creating good jobs. Unfortunately, Mark Carney is all about climate obligations and reporting mandates. The road Canada is currently marching down for climate-related financial disclosures is based on a framework proposed by a task force Carney initiated in 2015. His aforementioned Thunberg-praising interview was not with an environmental journalist, but with Pivot Magazine, which is published by CPA Canada, the accounting industry’s national association. “We cannot get to net-zero without proper climate reporting,” he insisted, speaking of the need for “one core global standard” for climate accounting and reporting. A global climate reporting standard to help push trillions of dollars — yes, trillions with a “T” — from Canadian workers and taxpayers into Mark Carney and Greta Thunberg’s climate crusade? After a decade of Justin Trudeau’s ruinous policies weakening Canada from coast to coast, there could be little worse for the country and its economy than a Liberal government led by Mark Carney." The Financial Post Cape Breton Politics Jason Boudreau · 1h · Big numbers in unions. 😁😁
# Claim Analysis: Mark Carney's Climate Agenda and Its Implications ## 1. Introduction The claim under scrutiny discusses Mark Carney's role as a proponent of climate finance and his recent statement...
March 25, 2025Read more →
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Fact Check: Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans
# Trump’s National Security Adviser Added a Journalist to Text Chat on Highly Sensitive Yemen Strike Plans ## Introduction A claim has emerged that during a recent discussion about military operation...
March 25, 2025Read more →