Questions tagged [united-states]
Use this tag for questions about claims based in the United States, or limited to the United States.
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Did the same Mexican citizen vote illegally in the United States 5 times between 2012-2014?
A Fox News story says:
Rosa Maria Ortega, 37, was found guilty Wednesday on two counts of illegal voting after she falsely claimed to be a United States citizen and voted at least five times ...
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Was Martin Luther King taped by the FBI while committing adultery?
In a review of Taylor Branch's biography of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Slate Magazine repeats a story that can be found in several places on the web:
On Jan. 6, 1964, FBI men installed microphones ...
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Did Trump's inauguration have the "largest audience to ever witness an inauguration ... both in person and around the globe"? [duplicate]
White House press secretary Sean Spicer claims that the audience for President Trump's inauguration was the:
largest audience to ever witness an inauguration - period - both in person and around ...
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Did Elon Musk pay "the most [income] taxes ever in history for an individual last year"?
After Senator Warren went on TV and said Elon Musk paid $0 in taxes in 2018, he responded in a Tweet dated 20 Feb 2022 saying (emphasis added):
Will visit IRS next time I’m in DC just to say hi, ...
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Are secret U.S. army tests to blame for TV presenters speaking gibberish?
I've seen this suggestion made in several places; here's one.
Around the time of April 2011, several US news presenters or personalities descended into speaking gibberish on national TV. Some have "...
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Has fracking caused hundreds of earthquakes in Oklahoma?
Rachel Maddow on her show tonight showed a statistic that in 2011 when Pruitt became attorney general of Oklahoma, there were 34 earthquakes stronger than 3.0 on the Richter scale, and that grew to ...
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Are wages stagnant over the past 40 years in the USA?
Over the past few weeks, it has become a common talking point at either major party's convention to talk about the lack of movement in USA citizens' wages since approximately the middle of the 1970s. ...
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Did a Michigan jewellery store keeper successfully scare off his attackers with a shotgun in 1995?
In an answer to another question, there is a reference to this 2012 Natural News article, which in turn cites this NRA-ILA article, which cites "The Chronicle, Muskegon, MI, 8/23/95":
Plans to slay ...
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Was a "large number" of new COVID-19 clusters in the United States seeded by travellers from Europe?
It has been reported in relation to the recent US travel ban on the EU's 26-country Schengen area that
The President justified the ban by saying the EU had failed to take the same precautions as ...
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Are there 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States?
With immigration reform being a hot political topic in 2012 I am seeing a lot of reports that throw around numbers. The one I see cited most often is that there are 12 million illegal immigrants ...
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Has president Trump been "very strict on Commercial Aviation"?
President Trump seems to be implying that him being strict on commercial aviation led to 2017 having been "the best and safest year on record". When reading carefully, he does not claim that ...
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Do Scandinavian-Americans have a higher standard of living than Scandinavians?
A Bloomberg article by the economist Tyler Cowen attributes the following claims to Debunking Utopia: Exposing the Myth of Nordic Socialism by Nima Sanandaji:
Danish-Americans have a measured ...
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Do 3400 Americans die from household firearms every five weeks?
From Neil deGrasse Tyson
3,400: Americans who died by Terrorism since 2001
3,400: Americans who died by household Firearms since five weeks ago.
Several users have since asked for a source, ...
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In 2014, did nearly half of all Americans believe in Creationism?
A 2014 poll by Gallup seems to say that in the U.S., 42% believe Creationist view of human origins.
Is this really true? Are any of the claims from this study dubious?
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Are consumer-grade laser pointers sold in the US lasers?
In comments on Would a laser weapon visibly fire?, it is claimed that the majority of devices sold to consumers as lasers are, in fact, LED-based. I think that (at least in the US), laser devices up ...
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Is Congressional net worth up nearly 3700% since 2004?
A link on the Drudge Report today claimed this:
Report
Many have had the sneaking suspicion that our elected “leaders” in
Congress are not going to Washington D.C. to represent us but for
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Does the average American eat 7,000 animals during their lives?
USA Today reports that:
The average person will chomp down on 7,000 animals during their lives, according to the Vegetarian Calculator.
It breaks down to 11 cows, 27 pigs, 2,400 chickens, 80 turkeys, ...
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Did India shoot down any Pakistani F-16 on 27th February 2019?
According to DG ISPR of the Military of Pakistan, Gen. Asif Gafoor, on 27th February 2019, Pakistan Air Force's jets engaged IAF's jets and "shot down two IAF jets".
On the same day, India claimed ...
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Could "only Russia’s senior-most officials have authorized" the efforts to leak sensitive emails related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election? [duplicate]
There was a joint statement (released October 7, 2016) from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) about recent leaked emails.
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Is gratuitous farm animal abuse condoned by the USDA?
I recently watched the short film "From Farm To Fridge."
(It contains video footage of farm animals being abused and killed.)
Obviously the video makes an emotional appeal more so than a purely ...
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Did Warren Buffett pay a lower rate of income tax than his secretary?
Within the past few months, Warren Buffett has been quoted as saying he only paid 15% income tax while his secretary paid much more (I think the number is 35%, but I could be wrong). This "fact" has ...
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Did DUI fatalities increase or decrease due to legalization of marijuana?
I've seen conflicting articles claiming that DUI fatalities either increased or decreased after states legalized marijuana. Here are two samples, though there are many articles out there;
"Since ...
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Did Marriott International issue a statement stating that they would decline any requests to use their U.S. hotels as detention facilities?
The following image has been floating around social media today (July 11, 2019) claiming to be a statement being made by Marriott International regarding them declining requests to use their U.S. ...
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Is lean finely textured beef (LFTB) or "pink slime" safe to eat?
Currently in the United States ground beef can be sold under the label "100% ground beef" as per the the USDA Food Standards and Labeling Policy Book (August 2005); however, there have been a number ...
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Would the United States lose its title as the richest country if we exclude top 5% wealth holders?
I read this claim in Quora:
The "richest" country in the world (the u.s.) would assuredly lose that place if you excluded just the top 5% of wealth holders
Is this claim true? Is there any ...
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Does any U.S.-sold brand of "100% pure" fruit juice contain added HFCS?
The book Deep Nutrition makes the following claim:
... your "100 percent orange juice" is doped with corn syrup. (Some FDA officials suspect that many fruit juices claiming to be 100 ...
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Are 93% of meat worker marriages in shambles?
In the Youtube video "The Journey of a Beef Cow" (with 1.1M views as of January 2018), Sam O'Nella Academy makes the claim
The FDA estimates that 93% of meat worker marriages are in shambles
No ...
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Are the voting figures correct in this image about historical US decisions by party?
The following image promotes the Republican party over the Democratic party by looking at the support for some historical decisions.
Are the figures presented correct?
If you don't know please keep ...
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Do cell phones relay their locations to emergency services?
I just saw this YouTube video warning about the inaccuracy of cell-phones in relating their location to 9-11 dispatchers:
while it's true that modern cellphones can relay locations back to your 911 ...
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Were two ballistic missiles fired from Spain towards Syria?
The Lebanese news sitem Almanar News cites an anonymous source claiming that two missiles were fired by US forces in Spain towards Syria. They were detected by Russia, it sparked an international ...
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Is inflation in the US higher than government statistics suggest? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does the US government voluntarily underreport inflation?
The Consumer Price Index claims to reflect "changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket ...
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Did COVID-19 kill ~5 times more people per capita in Jun-Aug 2021 in US counties that >70% voted for Trump than in those which voted <26-32% Trump?
It's been claimed in the media that
Back in September, health care analyst Charles Gaba also told the New York Times that counties where Trump received at least 70% of the vote in the 2020 ...
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Did the US government accuse China of genocide against Uyghurs based on a single report?
Background:
CNN reported in January 2021 that
The US has officially determined that China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims and ethnic and religious minority ...
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Was the term "conspiracy theorist" made popular by the CIA?
I have seen the following infographic on facebook recently.
The text reads:
Did you know... The term "conspiracy theorist" was a term made popular by the CIA to stop critical thinkers from asking ...
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Has the US unemployment rate reached 24.9%?
Before this seven-week stretch of 33.5 million initial jobless claims, there were already 7.1 million unemployed Americans as of March 13. When those figures are combined, it equals more than 40 ...
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Is it true that other cultures don't see having two windows opened as a health risk? [closed]
I live in Romania and since I was a kid, I heard people talking about something we call, here in Romania, current—basically, the air flow which is being formed if at least two exterior windows are ...
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Are incarcerated pedophiles protected by special laws in federal prison in the US?
Andrew Auernheimer (aka. weev) is reported to have said last Friday:
"Did you know they have special laws to protect kid-fuckers in federal
prison?” Andrew Auernheimer asked me with a grin on his ...
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Was there a deep US involvement with Saddam, Osama and Gaddafi?
U.S. Government Retirement Program
SADDAM HUSSEIN
"FRIEND" 1983 "RETIRED" 2006
OSAMA BIN LADEN
"FRIEND" 1979 "RETIRED" 20?1
MUAMMAR GADDAFI
"FRIEND" 2009 "RETIRED" 2011
The ...
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Can all new gasoline vehicles run on E85 ethanol-based fuel?
From the the documentary Pump at 1:07:
NARRATOR: But what if we don't need a flex fuel car or even a kit?
What if the car you drive today already contained the technology that could enable it to ...
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Could the USA have a secret colony on Mars?
I've read a number of articles suggesting that the USA has a Mars colony, including (if I recall correctly, but I can't find the link now) one where an official in China stated that they believed the ...
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Was Sergei Brin a refugee?
According to the World Economic Forum:
5 refugees who changed the world
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Sergey Brin
He might be one of America’s most famous entrepreneurs, but Sergey Brin was not actually born in the US. In ...
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Did Facebook ads significantly influence voting behaviour in the 2016 presidential election?
There have been significant concerns in some political groups about foreign interference via social media on many recent elections. But there seems to be little hard evidence that any content on ...
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Has the US already taken in 25% of Mexicos population as immigrants? [closed]
In a recent interview Ann Coulter claimed:
America has already taken in one-fourth of Mexico's entire population.
Is this true?
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Is this metric system video, apparently taken from Fox news, a deep fake?
This video apparently shows Fox News saying the metric system is bad and giving arguments on why the current US customary system is better.
I do not come from the USA and have never watched Fox News, ...
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Is the US Government buying extra ammunition in order to deny it the Civilian Population
During a Press release today Senators Inhofe and Lucas accused the Department of Homeland Security of "limiting what’s available in the market with federal agencies purchasing unnecessary stockpiles ...
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Did Albert Einstein never learn to drive?
Many websites make the claim that Albert Einstein never learned to drive. For example, this website claims:
Did Albert Einstein have a car? Albert Einstein had no car of his own and he also never ...
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Were Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy the only two presidents who ever attempted to end the Federal Reserve Banking Cartel?
The image below is widely circulated on Facebook:
Is it true that Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy the only two presidents who ever attempted to end the Federal Reserve Banking Cartel? The ...
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Do US congressman spend most of their time fundraising?
In an article titled "Call Time For Congress Shows How Fundraising Dominates Bleak Work Life" the huffingtonpost writes:
The daily schedule prescribed by the Democratic leadership contemplates a ...
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Did voter registration rates exceed 100% in many counties for the 2020 US election? Did this lead to voter fraud?
Judicial Watch* reported in October 2020 that 353 U.S. Counties in 29 States with Voter Registration Rates Exceeding 100%.
Judicial Watch announced today that a September 2020 study revealed that 353 ...
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Is the US government seizing PPE supplies to resell them with a markup?
This copypasta has been flying around on reddit for a while, and I'm wondering how much there is to it.
It's more than that. The Federal Government under Trump thinks they have no duty to help ...