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Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Respond 'Just like I took your wife' to Stephen Miller's 'We will take back America' Post On X -- Musk Denies

1 week ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Did Elon Musk reply to Stephen Miller's "We will take back America" post on X with "Just like I took your wife"? No, that's not true: Musk addressed the claim, saying he never posted that comment and there's no record of it on Musk's account or Miller's. Such a post would have been newsworthy and credible archives of it or reports about it do not exist to contradict Musk's statement that it's fake.
Fact Check: Satirical Yarn About Karoline Leavitt Clapping Back At Robert De Niro For Calling Her 'KKKatherine' Originated On Facebook Spoof Page -- Not Real | Lead Stories

1 week ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Did actor Robert De Niro call White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt "KKKatherine" and did she respond that her family "fought to end slavery" while his "snuck into the country illegally in the 1920s"? No, that's not true: A meme describing that supposed exchange originated on a Facebook page with a satire disclaimer. The owner of the page is known for tricking conservatives into liking and sharing made-up content.
Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post On His Truth Social Account "That totally was a Nazi salute that Elon did" -- Fake Image

1 week ago | leadstories.com | Dean Miller

Did President Trump post on Truth Social "That totally was a Nazi salute that Elon did by the way"? No, that's not true: a viral image of such a post was fabricated. There is no trace of such a post on Trump's actual Truth Social account and none was indexed by Google. Had he done so, it would have been a major news story, but there has been no evidence-based reporting on such a post.
Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post on Truth Social That Elon Musk Is Always High On Ketamine And Should Go Back To Africa | Lead Stories

1 week ago | leadstories.com | Alan Duke

Did President Trump post on his Truth Social account on June 5, 2025, that Elon Musk should "go back to Africa"? No, that's not true: The @realDonaldTrump timeline was closely watched at the time in anticipation of Trump's responses to Musk during their high-profile tit for tat dispute. There is no evidence the post ever appeared on Trump's Truth Social account. Fake posts attributed to Trump and Musk spread across social platforms as their feud boiled over on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
Fact Check: Photo Of John McCain And Lindsay Graham With Osama Bin Laden is NOT Authentic -- Old Fake

1 week ago | leadstories.com | Alan Duke

Is a photo of Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham standing with Osama Bin Laden real? No, that's not true: The image was digitally altered from a real photo of McCain and Graham standing with Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai in July 2013. The fake version showing al-Qaida founder Osama Bin Laden began circulating after McCain's 2018 death as a way to discredit the senator. It appeared again in June 2025, apparently in an effort to discredit Graham.
Fact Check: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr Are NOT Bringing The Beatles Back -- No Reunion Tour Announced

1 week ago | leadstories.com | Alan Duke

Did Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr announce they are bringing The Beatles back to the U.S. with a reunion tour? No, that's not true: No announcement can be found anywhere in the news media, on the artists' websites, or with online ticketing websites. The post making the claim used an AI-generated image, which would not be expected in an official announcement. The post links to a sketchy website that may attempt to download malware to your device.
Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Delete Truth Social Post About Call with Russian President Vladimir Putin

1 week ago | leadstories.com | Alan Duke

Did President Trump delete his June 4, 2025, Truth Social post discussing his phone call Russian President Vladimir Putin? No, that's not true: The post was still visible on Trump's timeline as of 12 p.m. ET on June 5, 2025. Lead Stories confirmed this 22 hours after it was initially posted and 17 hours after the false claim was posted saying it had been deleted. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) shared by the @DemocraticWins on X on June 4, 2025.
Fact Check: Rockport County Sheriff Will NOT Ask A Grand Jury To Indict James Comey On State Charges Of Terroristic Threats -- Satire

1 week ago | leadstories.com | Alan Duke

Did the Rockport County Sheriff say he would ask a grand jury to indict former FBI director James Comey on state terroristic threats charges? No, that's not true: A meme making that claim originated on a Facebook page with a satire disclaimer. The owner of the page is known for tricking conservatives into liking and sharing made-up content. Also, there is no Rockport County in the United States.
Fact Check: Latest Kamala Harris Book Was NOT Pulled From Shelves After Being Found 30% Plagiarized

1 week ago | leadstories.com | Alan Duke

Was the latest book by Kamala Harris yanked from the shelves after it was found to be 30% plagiarized? No, that's not true: The former vice president has authored three books as of June 2025, including the last two published in 2019. Each of those books is still available for purchase online and in bookstores. Her first book, which was published in 2010, did come under criticism for suspicion of plagiarism in 2024, but it is also still available for purchase.
Fact Check: Video Of Caitlyn Clark Describing Angel Reese Telling Her 'You're Only Here Because You're White' Is NOT Authentic -- AI Made

2 weeks ago | leadstories.com | Alan Duke

Does a video authentically show WNBA star Caitlyn Clark describing an encounter with WNBA star Angel Reese telling Clark "You're only here because you're white."? No, that's not true: A voice cloning detection tool concluded the narration of the video was AI-generated. A Google search of the sentence only found copies of the same fake video and no evidence it was documented elsewhere. The clips of Clark do not match the audio.

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