Politics
Statements from and about the political arena, checked against the record.
The New Zealand National Party gave NZD 300 million to the tobacco industry.
TOTAL BS
The Government of the United Kingdom has introduced a nationwide ban on installing underfloor heating in homes.
TOTAL BS
United States military forces sank an Indian-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and ignored the vessel's distress calls for help.
TOTAL BS
The United States, under the Trump administration, bombed the Palau-flagged oil tanker M/T Settebello while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
MOSTLY BS
A teacher at Centennial Elementary School in Olympia, Washington, encouraged a 10-year-old student to socially transition genders at school without the parents' knowledge.
HARDLY BS
Donald Trump was the first person to contact law enforcement authorities about Jeffrey Epstein.
TOTAL BS
Donald Trump has engaged in pedophilia.
TOTAL BS
More supporters of the Democratic Party are named in the Jeffrey Epstein files than supporters of the Republican Party.
TOTAL BS
A British woman received an official notice from a United Kingdom government body requiring her to sell her newly purchased house so it could be used to accommodate migrants.
SOME BS
Donald Trump is currently pursuing, or directing others to pursue, a U.S. deportation proceeding against Elon Musk.
TOTAL BS
Donald Trump ordered or caused the deletion of records related to Jeffrey Epstein from United States federal government record systems.
TOTAL BS
During Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's trip to an Eid prayer in Algiers, irregularly arranged lines were visible in the streets of Algiers.
NOT BS
Georgi Kandev resigned as acting Secretary General of Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior because of political pressure.
HARDLY BS
Political ties between Turkey and Venezuela strengthened after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro supported Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the July 2016 attempted coup in Turkey, and Turkey–Venezuela trade turnover reached nearly US$1 billion by 2023.
SOME BS
Donald Trump claimed that there was progress toward nuclear talks with Iran.
NOT BS
Several mosques in the United Kingdom have been caught conducting marriages involving underage girls.
MOSTLY BS
Pete Hegseth said that Mormons are not Christian.
TOTAL BS
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek directed the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division (DMV) to stop issuing undercover (confidential) license plates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
NOT BS
Benjamin Netanyahu said that America was a "golden calf" that he would "break up" and "suck dry."
TOTAL BSNo checks match that verdict.