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Facebook posts – These are not real photos of a Vladimir Putin arrest

Images show “Putin has been arrested.”

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TikTok posts – Alvin Bragg didn’t say he would drop charges against Donald Trump; this video’s a deepfake

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that his office “has decided to drop all charges against Donald Trump.”

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Facebook posts – No, this photo doesn’t show a John Fetterman body double. Here’s why.

Photo shows Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has a body double.

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Tweets – Months after Hurricane Ian, what happened to the Florida Disaster Fund?

“No one got (a) dime” from the $70 million raised for the Florida Disaster Fund.

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TikTok posts – Audio clip of President Joe Biden talking about bank collapse is fake, experts said

Says President Joe Biden was recorded talking about bank collapse.

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Ask PolitiFact: Do rising fentanyl seizures at the border signal better detection or more drugs?

Does an increase in fentanyl seizures signal that more drugs are flowing into the U.S. or that law enforcement is stopping more of it from coming in? Experts say it’s impossible to know for sure, but some theories can be drawn.

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