Statements from and about the political arena, checked against the record.
Claim:
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
Claim:
Benjamin Netanyahu said that America was a "golden calf" that he would "break up" and "suck dry."
TOTAL BS
Claim:
China's Belt and Road Initiative refers to two components: an overland route (the Silk Road Economic Belt) and a maritime route (the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road).
NOT BS
Claim:
North Yorkshire Police suspended Luke Salmons for six months after he questioned and criticised Islam during a diversity training session.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
Fernando Collor de Mello was impeached in the 1990s for helping defraud the Brazilian state by channeling state resources to himself and his associates.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
Trumpism is a neo-fascist political ideology or movement.
SOME BS
Claim:
Under the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the President of the People's Republic of China does not hold the highest executive power, and the highest executive power is held by the Premier of the State Council.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
Pete Hegseth was responsible for the bombing of a school in Iran that killed 100 children.
TOTAL BS
Claim:
The Trump administration is dismantling the National Science Foundation-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a roughly $368 million ocean-monitoring network in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
In the United Kingdom, immigrants are more likely than UK-born citizens to live in social housing.
MOSTLY BS
Claim:
Gavin Newsom proposed that California should impose a 100% tax rate on any California resident who receives money from a specific federal settlement fund.
NOT BS
Claim:
The Australian states of Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia have adopted renewable energy targets that are more ambitious than the Australian federal government's renewable energy targets in some cases.
NOT BS
Claim:
The reformed Safeguard Mechanism introduced in 2023 requires Australia's largest industrial emitters (about 215 facilities) to reduce their emissions intensity over time.
HARDLY BS
Claim:
Australia's reformed Safeguard Mechanism (implemented in 2023) applies to around 215 facilities.
NOT BS
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Leicestershire County Council has made zero cuts to services.
TOTAL BS
Claim:
Leicestershire County Council is investing £30 million into special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services because of a Reform UK policy or proposal.
TOTAL BS
Claim:
Reform UK councillors at Leicestershire County Council secured £29 million in ring-fenced funding for pothole repairs.
TOTAL BS
Claim:
Reform UK in Leicestershire has invested £270 million into roads.
TOTAL BS
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After Reform UK was elected to run Leicestershire County Council, Leicestershire County Council sent in auditors.
MOSTLY BS
Claim:
The United States warned Oman against facilitating Iranian ship tolls in the Strait of Hormuz.
NOT BS
No checks match that verdict.