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Fact Check: 	
Found out there's a 15 year old
boy being held prisoner at the
Everglades concentration camp
where prisoners have one meal a
day, two minutes to eat it,
there's maggots in the food,
there's sewage near their beds
because the toilets don't work,
they have the lights on
twenty-four seven so people
can't sleep, Bibles are taken
away from prisoners, and
prisoners are told there is no
religion here. Um they they're
surrounded by mosquitoes and
This is a concentration camp.
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Fact Check: Found out there's a 15 year old boy being held prisoner at the Everglades concentration camp where prisoners have one meal a day, two minutes to eat it, there's maggots in the food, there's sewage near their beds because the toilets don't work, they have the lights on twenty-four seven so people can't sleep, Bibles are taken away from prisoners, and prisoners are told there is no religion here. Um they they're surrounded by mosquitoes and This is a concentration camp.

# Fact Check: "Found out there's a 15 year old boy being held prisoner at the Everglades concentration camp..." ## What We Know The claim regarding the conditions at the Everglades immigration detent...

Published July 21, 2025
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Fact Check: Transcript
00:00
News, Trump said there was
nothing he could do but it was
Mexico who stepped up to save
lives. While the flood waters
swept away homes, families and
hope in South Texas, the
governor appeared on
television, his voice shaking
saying his hands were tied that
he had no resources, no way to
help but someone did. From
across the river, without
cameras, without promises,
hundreds of Mexican rescuers
crossed over on their own. They
came with backpacks on their
shoulders, trained dogs by
their side, and hearts full of
faith. They didn't wait for
orders, they didn't ask for
permission. They just heard the
cry of a neighbor and they
answered and now, in the mud
and of cities like Laredo,
00:31
Eagle Pass and Mission, the
loudest voices aren't speaking
English. They're speaking
Spanish, Mexican voices saying,
hold on, we're here because
while Trump locks himself in
his office and the governor
throws his hands up to the sky,
Mexico is waste deep in the
water pulling people out alive.
Today, Texas faces its worst
climate disaster in years. The
first to react was not Trump.
But the people arrested in the
United States. So ask yourself
if you believe Trump's
immigration policies are wrong.
Drop a thank you Mexico in the
comments and share the story
before politics buries it.
Partially True

Fact Check: Transcript 00:00 News, Trump said there was nothing he could do but it was Mexico who stepped up to save lives. While the flood waters swept away homes, families and hope in South Texas, the governor appeared on television, his voice shaking saying his hands were tied that he had no resources, no way to help but someone did. From across the river, without cameras, without promises, hundreds of Mexican rescuers crossed over on their own. They came with backpacks on their shoulders, trained dogs by their side, and hearts full of faith. They didn't wait for orders, they didn't ask for permission. They just heard the cry of a neighbor and they answered and now, in the mud and of cities like Laredo, 00:31 Eagle Pass and Mission, the loudest voices aren't speaking English. They're speaking Spanish, Mexican voices saying, hold on, we're here because while Trump locks himself in his office and the governor throws his hands up to the sky, Mexico is waste deep in the water pulling people out alive. Today, Texas faces its worst climate disaster in years. The first to react was not Trump. But the people arrested in the United States. So ask yourself if you believe Trump's immigration policies are wrong. Drop a thank you Mexico in the comments and share the story before politics buries it.

# Fact Check: "Trump said there was nothing he could do but it was Mexico who stepped up to save lives." ## What We Know The claim centers around President Trump's response to a catastrophic flooding...

Published July 21, 2025
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# Fact Check: "Which is the best website to download free games?" ## What We Know The claim regarding the best website to download free games can be evaluated through various sources that discuss leg...

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Fact Check: which is the best website to dowload free game
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Fact Check: which is the best website to dowload free game

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Fact Check: Based on the flight logs, Epstein hung out with democrats almost exclusively
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Fact Check: Based on the flight logs, Epstein hung out with democrats almost exclusively

# Fact Check: "Based on the flight logs, Epstein hung out with democrats almost exclusively" ## What We Know The claim that Jeffrey Epstein primarily associated with Democrats is a simplification of ...

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Fact Check: Obama lied about Russian involvement in the 2016 election
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Fact Check: Obama lied about Russian involvement in the 2016 election

# Fact Check: "Obama lied about Russian involvement in the 2016 election" ## What We Know The claim that "Obama lied about Russian involvement in the 2016 election" stems from a complex interplay of ...

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Fact Check: is driver booster 12 safe for your pc

# Fact Check: Is Driver Booster 12 Safe for Your PC? ## What We Know Driver Booster 12, developed by IObit, is a software tool designed to update drivers on Windows systems. It claims to simplify dri...

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Fact Check: Paul Krugman Paul Krugman We’re All Rats Now Time to take a stand, again, against racism Paul Krugman Jun 30, 2025 Zohran Mamdani’s upset victory in New York’s Democratic primary has created panic in MAGAland. Stephen Miller, the architect of Donald Trump’s deportation policies, waxed apocalyptic: Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, declared that New York is about to turn into “Caracas on the Hudson.” And Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama basically declared New York’s voters subhuman, saying: These inner-city rats, they live off the federal government. And that’s one reason we’re $37 trillion in debt. And it’s time we find these rats and we send them back home, that are living off the American taxpayers that are working very hard every week to pay taxes. These reactions are vile, and they’re also dishonest. Whatever these men may claim, it’s all about bigotry. Miller isn’t concerned about the state of New York “society.” What bothers him is the idea of nonwhite people having political power. Bessent isn’t really deeply worried about Zamdani’s economic ideas. But he feels free, maybe even obliged, to slander a foreign-born Muslim with language he would never use about a white Christian politician, even if that politician were (like some of his colleagues in the Trump administration) a total crackpot. And while Tuberville stands out even within his caucus as an ignorant fool, his willingness to use dehumanizing language about millions of people shows that raw racism is rapidly becoming mainstream in American politics. Remember, during the campaign both Trump and JD Vance amplified the slanders about Haitians eating pets. And now that they’re in office, you can see the resurgence of raw racism all across Trump administration policies, large and small. You can see it, for example, in the cuts at the National Institutes of Health, which are so tilted against racial minorities that a federal judge — one appointed by Ronald Reagan! — declared I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable. I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this. You can see it in the renaming of military bases after Confederate generals — that is, traitors who fought for slavery. You can even see it in a change in the military’s shaving policy that is clearly custom-designed to drive Black men — who account for around a quarter of the Army’s new recruits — out of the service. So racism and bigotry are back, big time. Who’s safe? Nobody. Are you a legal immigrant? Well, the Supreme Court just allowed Trump to summarily strip half a million U.S. residents of that status, and only a fool would imagine that this is the end of the story. Anyway, when masked men who claim to be ICE agents but refuse to show identification are grabbing people off the streets because they think those people look illegal, does legal status even matter? Does it even matter if you’re a U.S. citizen? And the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is set to massively increase ICE’s funding — basically setting up a huge national secret police force. Now, maybe you imagine that you yourself won’t suffer from this new reign of bigotry and imagine that everyone you care about is similarly safe. But if that’s what you think, you’re likely to face a rude awakening. I personally don’t have any illusions of safety. Yes, I’m a native-born white citizen. But my wife and her family are Black, and some of my friends and relatives are foreign-born U.S. citizens. Furthermore, I’m Jewish, and anyone who knows their history realizes that whenever right-wing bigotry is on the ascendant, we’re always next in line. Are there really people out there naïve enough to believe MAGA’s claims to be against antisemitism, who can’t see the transparent cynicism and dishonesty? The fact is that the Trump administration already contains a number of figures with strong ties to antisemitic extremists. The Great Replacement Theory, which has de facto become part of MAGA’s ideology, doesn’t just say that there’s a conspiracy to replace whites with people of color; it says that it’s a Jewish conspiracy. So I’m definitely scared of what the many antisemites inside or with close ties to the Trump administration may eventually do. And no, I’m not frightened at all by the prospect that New York may soon have a somewhat leftist Muslim mayor. Anyway, my personal fears are beside the point. Everyone who cares about keeping America America needs to take a stand against the resurgence of bigotry. Because the truth is that we’re all rats now. MUSICAL CODA Discussion about this post Michael Roseman Jun 30 Edited For a while, American bigotry was ashamed of itself. Or pretended to be. Now it runs the government. Reply Share 106 replies Megan Rothery Jun 30 Edited Take a stand - Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly. Use/share this spreadsheet as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, as well as those in others. Use your voice and make some “good trouble” ❤️‍🩹🤍💙 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13lYafj0P-6owAJcH-5_xcpcRvMUZI7rkBPW-Ma9e7hw/edit?usp=drivesdk Reply Share 31 replies 852 more comments... No posts Ready for more? © 2025 Paul Krugman Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice Start writing Get the app Substack is the home for great culture

# Fact Check: Paul Krugman on Racism and Political Reactions ## What We Know In his article titled "[We're All Rats Now](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/were-all-rats-now)," published on June 30, ...

Published July 20, 2025
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Fact Check: Ozempic causes blindness
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Fact Check: Ozempic causes blindness

# Fact Check: "Ozempic causes blindness" ## What We Know Ozempic, a medication that contains the active ingredient semaglutide, is primarily used for weight management and diabetes control. Recent st...

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