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Kentucky voting machine shifted Trump votes to Kamala Harris?!

Did a Kentucky voting machine shift votes for Donald Trump to Kamala Harris?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Kentucky voting machine shifted Trump votes to Kamala Harris!

People are posting a video as evidence that a Kentucky voting machine shifted votes for Donald Trump to Kamala Harris!

RT : Kentucky voting machine shifted Donald Trump’s votes to Kamala Harris

The video shows a voter trying to select Donald J. Trump, but his vote does not register even after he taps several times. Then after he taps again to vote for Donald Trump, the voting machine appears to select Kamala D. Harris instead.

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Truth : Kentucky voting machine did not shift Trump votes to Kamala Harris!

This is yet another example of fake news about voting, and the 2024 US elections, and here are the reasons why…

The video is genuine

Let me start by pointing out that the video is genuine, and was originally posted by @lisadixie20 on TikTok.

I tried the box and it would not work, then started recording & tried the tiny box & big. When I hit the big area, it voted for Harris

She also stated that she reported it to the election board, and they pulled the voting machine.

I took it all the way to the election board. After this went viral they pulled that machine and said the Attorney General just sent a rep here

However, I should point out that the machine is question isn’t a “voting machine”, but a Ballot Marking Device (BMD), which marks a paper ballot based on your selection on a digital display.

Laurel County confirmed the problem

Laurel County Clerk Tony Brown confirmed the issue, stating that the voting machine had been taken out of service, and they were waiting for the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office representative to take a look at it.

We’ve had an incident today with someone reporting one of the ballot marking devices malfunctioning. We checked it and couldn’t make it recreate the incident reported. The machine has been taken out of service and are waiting for the Attorney General’s Office representative to arrive. We had no complaints prior to or after the complaint. We have left the machine in full view and are awaiting further directions.

But not to worry – the voter in question casted her correct ballot.

The voter who posted the video did cast her ballot which she said was correct.

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Problem was likely due to pressing on the box border

According to former Kentucky Deputy Clerk and Elections Administrator James Young, the video does not depict any fraudulent activity, or vote flipping.

Rather, the problem occurred due to what can best be described as “user problem” – the voter was pressing on the border (instead of the middle) of the preferred candidate’s box, which can cause an adjacent box to be selected.

If you look closely, the voter is attempting to press the small check box located within the text box. Consistently, the voter gently presses their finger on the thin border, which at times can cause an adjacent text box to highlight instead of their intended choice. Had the voter pressed the center of the text box, this would not have occured.

AG Office confirmed it was due to pressing on the box border

According to the Laurel County Clerk, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office checked the ballot marking device, and confirmed that James Young was right – the error can be replicated by touching the area in between the boxes.

The Attorney General’s office has been to the vote center to check the device that has been shown across social media today. In full disclosure, after several minutes of attempting to recreate the scenario, it did occur. This was accomplished by hitting some area in between the boxes. After that we tried for several minutes to do it again and could not.

Since it appeared to be a user-related issue, the ballot marking device was put back into service, and there have been no reports of similar issues since then.

The Attorney General’s office has been to the vote center to check the device that has been shown across social media today. In full disclosure, after several minutes of attempting to recreate the scenario, it did occur. This was accomplished by hitting some area in between the boxes.

As the Laurel County’s own video shows of the same BMD, there is no issue selecting the preferred candidate if you tap anywhere inside the box itself.

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Voters need to review and verify votes before printing ballot

Laurel County Clerk Tony Brown also explained how it would be quite impossible to fraudulently “flip” the vote using the BMD, as the voter has to verify his/her decision at the end, and confirm twice, before the ballot is printed.

Even after the ballot is printed, the voter can verify his/her choices again. At this time, it is still possible for the voter to discard the existing ballot, and request for another. Kentucky allows for up to two spoiled ballots per voter.

Only once the the voter is satisfied with the selections on the printed ballot, does he/she place the ballot into the scanner to verify that the vote has been counted.

So there are multiple safeguards against fraudulent manipulation of the votes using the Ballot Marking Device, including the physical paper ballot.

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Are Haitians illegally voting multiple times for Kamala Harris?!

Are Haitians illegally voting multiple times for Kamala Harris in the 2024 US Presidential election?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Haitians are illegally voting multiple times for Kamala Harris!

People are posting a video which purportedly shows Haitians voting multiple times in Georgia for Kamala Harris in the 2024 US Presidential election!

AlphaFoX / Josh DunlapLarry / TheYesMan :

Illegal Haitians flown into the US claim they received all necessary documents and driver’s licenses within just six months of arriving in the U.S. and are able to vote!! They show several Georgia driver’s licenses featuring the same photo and claim to have voted for Kamala Harris in two different counties so far: Gwinnett and Fulton.

The video shows what appears to be a group of Haitian men claiming that they came from Haiti six months ago, and have already become American citizens. They also claimed that they have voted for Kamala Harris in Gwinnett County, and would be voting in Fulton County, before showing multiple Georgia driver licences of the same man.

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Truth : Haitians are not illegally voting multiple times for Kamala Harris!

This is yet another example of fake news about the 2024 US elections, and here are the reasons why…

The video has been labelled as Russian disinformation

Let me start by pointing out that Georgia state officials have labelled the video as fake, and likely Russian disinformation.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that the video was “obviously fake”, and he is working with state and federal officials to combat the video and “identify the origin of it”.

Earlier today, our office became aware of a video purporting to show a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia ID’s claiming to have voted multiple times. This is false, and is an example of targeted disinformation we’ve seen this election.

CISA [Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency] is currently investigating. In the meantime, we ask Elon Musk and the leadership of other social media platforms to take this down. This is obviously fake and part of a disinformation effort. Likely it is a production of Russian troll farms.

Gabriel Sterling, the Chief Operating Officer at the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office said that the video was likely created by a Russian troll farm.

This is not true. It is classic disinformation. The likeliest suspect is a Russian troll farm. It’s isn’t even that good of a fake….but it is fake. It is a lie. Please let anyone you know that this is a steaming pile of Russian…well you get it.

He also slammed Amy Kremer, who in the Republican National Committee, for sharing the video:

No responsible person would retweet this ridiculously obvious lie and disinformation. Those doing so are acting to further the efforts of America’s enemies and undermine the security of our nation. The judgement of those sharing this should be questioned in all things.

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Both names are not registered to vote in Georgia

Close-up shots of the driving licences show that they were made out to two men with the names “Jacques Bent” and “Raoul Sylvan”, including their dates of birth and addresses.

LeadStories did a lookup on the Georgia state’s My Voter Page, and confirmed that they were not registered to vote in Georgia. It would therefore be impossible for those men to vote in Georgia, even if they actually tried to do so.

Screenshots taken by LeadStories

This looks like another Storm-1516 cheap fake video

This video appears to have all of the hallmarks of yet another cheap fake production by the covert Russian disinformation team called Storm-1516 (also known as CopyCop), which is trying to influence the 2024 US elections to help Donald Trump.

Storm-1516 has been said to be responsible for recent fake videos about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, which I fact checked recently:

US officials are also warning voters to expect Russia to create and release more fake content to undermine trust in the 2024 US elections.

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Was USPS worker caught delivering illegal ballots to PA?!

Was a USPS postal worker caught on video delivering illegal voting ballots from Rhode Island to Pennsylvania?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : USPS postal worker caught delivering illegal ballots to PA!

People are posting a video, and a photo of a vehicle, which purportedly show a USPS postal worker caught on video delivering illegal voting ballots from Rhode Island to Pennsylvania!

The video shows a person recording a postal worker going into the Northampton County building with a box of ballots, and questioned the legality of the delivery. The photo shows the postal vehicle’s Volvo car with a Rhode Island number plate, implying that the ballots were from Rhode Island.

Brandon Matlack : Need help identifying this guy that just dropped off an insane amount of ballots who says he’s with the post office but idk if I buy that. He wouldn’t talk to us and was acting very suspect.

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Truth : USPS postal worker was not delivering illegal ballots to PA!

This is yet another example of fake news about the 2024 US elections, and here are the reasons why…

Security guard identified man as from “the post office”

Let me start by pointing out that the video actually shows one of the two security guards at the Northampton County building clarifying that the man was from “the post office”, as the postal worker was going through security.

Here is a transcript of the video, with the almost inaudible reply by the security guard in bold.

Excuse me, excuse me. How many ballots you turning in there? You’re supposed to only turn in one ballot per person. Do you have an affidavit for all those?

Security officer : He’s [from] the post office.

Okay. Sure. I don’t know. Apparently he’s with the post office, but that looks very suspect. There’s somebody here in Northampton County dropping off an obscene amount of ballots at the very last second, after the office has actually closed, so… This guy…

In short – the video already shows that the man was clearly a postal worker just doing his job to deliver ballots to the election centre.

The man recording the video did not sound convinced, but the USPS employee worker and the two security guards just ignored him.

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Northampton County confirmed he was lawfully delivering ballots

Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure confirmed to NBC News that the man was lawfully delivering ballots to the election office.

He also identified the man in the video as Charles Narciso Jr. – a 25-year veteran of the US Postal Service, and the acting postmaster in Easton, Pennsylvania. He apparently goes by the name Chuck.

McClure also criticised those who suggested that Acting Postmaster Narciso was delivering illegal ballots from Rhode Island to Pennsylvania:

Who in their right mind would subject themselves to bringing in a big vat of ballots that was inappropriate and illegal with all of the cameras that we have on?

Charles Narciso was postmaster in Rhode Island

Much has been made of Narciso’s Volvo with Rhode Island number plates, implying that he must be transferring postal votes or mail-in ballots from Rhode Island to Pennsylvania. After all, Charles Narciso Jr. is currently the officer in charge of the post office in Easton, and its acting postmaster.

However, Narcisco had been working as Barrington Postmaster, and living in East Providence in Rhode Island since 18 December 2009, and as recently as May 2024. He was also President of the Rhode Island State Chapter of the United Postmaster and Managers of America (UPMA).

In short – Charles Narcisco Jr. was driving a Volvo with Rhode Island number plates because he was from Rhode Island, and had only recently moved to Easton, Pennsylvania. There’s nothing remotely suspicious about that.

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Charles Narciso is being harassed for doing his job

Unfortunately, Charles “Chuck” Narciso Jr. is now being harassed for just doing his job, as McClure revealed while calling for people to “stop” spreading this “stupid election misinformation”.

I hope if you do a story that the story will be that this is incredibly stupid election misinformation. And, you know, stop it.

Yes, please stop spreading misinformation about the 2024 US elections, and stop harassing people who are just doing their jobs!

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Black Insurrectionist exposed as Jason Palmer again!

The infamous Black Insurrectionist just exposed himself AGAIN as a white guy called Jason Palmer! Here is what you need to know…

 

Black Insurrectionist Exposed As Jason Palmer!

The infamous Black Insurrectionist social media persona on X recently went viral with claims that Tim Walz had sex with a 14 year-old male student while he was a high school teacher at Alliance High School in Nebraska. Those claims was quickly eviscerated by many people who investigated the claims, which I covered here, here, here, and here.

That was followed quickly by a viral testimony video, in which a man who calls himself Matthew Metro claimed that he too had sex with Tim Walz while he was also a 14 year-old student, this time at Mankato West High School. That turned out to be a Russian disinformation campaign to help re-elect Donald Trump, and Black Insurrectionist mysteriously deleted his account on X.

Then on October 25, 2024, the Associated Press revealed that Black Insurrectionist isn’t even a black man, never mind a Black soldier (as his profile photo suggests). It turned out Black Insurrectionist is a 51 year-old white man called Jason G. Palmer, with a history of fraud.

The Black Insurrectionist account is linked directly to Jason G. Palmer, who has his own questionable backstory, starting with the fact that he isn’t Black, according to an Associated Press review of public records, open source data and interviews with a half-dozen people who interacted closely with Palmer over the past two decades.

The records and personal accounts offer a portrait of an individual who has repeatedly been accused of defrauding business partners and lenders, has struggled with drug addiction and whose home was raided by the FBI over a decade ago. He also owes more than $6.7 million in back taxes to the state of New York.

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Black Insurrectionist returned + exposed himself as Jason Palmer!

Just as mysteriously he disappeared, Black Insurrectionist reappeared on or around 29 October 2024, reposting a censored video which purportedly shows him as a black man, and claiming that Jason Palmer was really his “youtube operator” who helped him get his X account back after it was suspended.

He continued to double down on the fake story that Tim Walz was fired after having sex with a male student, while claiming not to know that the Matthew Metro video was created by Russian propagandists.

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In an angry retort to a comment, Black Insurrectionist posted a screenshot of his conversation with another account on X – MAGA ANTIFA (@Twesty33).

Unfortunately for him, his screenshot revealed more than just his conversation with MAGA ANTIFA. Two of the four tabs on his Microsoft Edge browser showed email accounts which appear to belong to Jason Palmer – (palmer50000@gmail.com, and what appears to be palmer50000@rocketmail.com).

As you can see – Black Insurrectionist appeared to have inadvertently exposed himself as Jason Palmer! Even if Palmer is indeed merely his friend, why would any friend give Black Insurrectionist access to not just one, but two, Palmer email accounts with thousands of personal emails???

It is far more plausible that Black Insurrectionist is none other than Jason Palmer himself. After all, Black Insurrectionist / Jason Palmer made the same mistake in March, showing his email address logged into the Georgia state online court system.

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You can also see that Black Insurrectionist captured that screenshot at 10:12 AM on 29 October 2024, and the temperature and weather at that time was 53°F and Mostly cloudy.

Windows 11 gets its weather forecasts from Microsoft Azure Map, which is powered by AccuWeather. Unfortunately, AccuWeather does not provide historical data publicly. But based on Weather Underground historical data of Rochester, New York, it was 54°F and Mostly Cloudy at 9:54 AM that day.

Why Rochester? That’s the location of the nearest weather station to the town of Webster, where Jason G. Palmer owns a home, as the Associated Press found out. That tells us that the screenshot was plausibly taken at Palmer’s home in Webster, and is yet another piece of evidence that Black Insurrectionist is likely Jason Palmer.

When James Rogers called him out on his mistake, Black Insurrectionist bizarrely claimed that he was posting screenshots sent to him by Jason Palmer, even though we can all see that he was logged into the Black Insurrectionist (@DocNetyoutube) account on X in that same screenshot!

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Mysteriously and bizarrely, after he was alerted to the mistakes seen in his screenshot, Black Insurrectionist deleted his account on X again! Yes, his account has disappeared off X yet again.

Will Black Insurrectionist return with more tales of shocking exposes? After his Tim Walz failures, who will he expose next? Kamala Harris? Diddy? Or will he expose himself again? We can only wait with bated breath…

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Tim Walz sex scandal: Why Matthew Metro video is fake!

The Tim Walz sex scandal just blew up with the drop of the Matthew Metro testimony video. Take a look at the video, and find out why it is likely fake!

Updated @ 2024-10-30 : Added many updates on Matthew Metro
Originally posted @ 2024-10-17

 

Tim Walz sex scandal : Matthew Metro video drop???

Black Insurrectionist recently went viral with claims that Tim Walz had sex with a 14 year-old male student while he was a high school teacher at Alliance High School in Nebraska. Those claims was quickly eviscerated by many people who investigated the claims, which I covered here, here, here, and here.

However, it looks like the people creating or promoting the Tim Walz sex scandal narrative do not want the story to die, and have instead dropped the Matthew Metro testimony video. The video shows a man who calls himself a former student at Mankato West High School, claiming that he too had sex with Tim Walz.

Since the video is likely fake (see details in the next section), I will not post the full video here, but will instead share a transcript of what the man said:

My name is Matthew Metro. I’m a survivor of sexual assault. For the past few years, we’ve seen many powerful men, even many celebrities, being held accountable for their sexual assaults.

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Tim Walz sex scandal: Why Matthew Metro video is fake!

Just like the prior accusations Tim Walz having sex with an Alliance High School student (here, here, here, and here), this Matthew Metro video is very likely to be fake, and here are the reasons why…

Man in video does not look like Matthew Metro

Let me start by pointing out that the man in the video does not look like the real Matthew Metro who once studied at Mankato West High School.

If you go to his Facebook page, you will find multiple photos that the real Matthew Metro posted. If you compare those photos with the man in the video side-by-side, you will see that they do not look alike!

Take a look at this comparison I created below. You can see that the real Matthew Metro (on the right) has:

  • double eyelids
  • longer and more prominent eyebrows
  • a pointier ear
  • a squarer and more prominent jawline
  • thinner lips

Not shown in the comparison below, but this photo shows that the real Matthew Metro has a prominent gap between his two upper front teeth (incisors). That gap is missing in the man in the fake video.

It is likely the people who created the video hired a Black actor who looked a little like Matthew Metro. Once you compare them side-by-side, you can’t unsee the difference. You can easily tell that they are really two different men.

This video is eerily similar to the fake video of a Black woman who claimed that she was knocked down by Kamala Harris in a 2011 hit-and-run accident! That effort was traced to a covert Russian disinformation team called Storm-1516 (also known as CopyCop), which was likely trying to influence the 2024 Election.

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The man in the video does not sound like Matthew Metro

When I scoured Matthew Metro’s Facebook page, I found this March 2020 video in which you can hear Metro speak very clearly. It appears to be the only public video in which Matthew Metro can be heard speaking clearly.

If you listen to both the Matthew Metro testimony video (below), and the real Matthew Metro’s own Facebook video, you will immediately realise that they do not sound alike. Not only are their tones different, so are their accents.

It is possible that the fake video creator tried to use an AI voice generator to recreate his voice from that single March 2020 video sample, but the final result may have been skewed by Matthew Metro switching from a Jamaican accent early in that short video, to a normal American accent after that.

Video was created by Russia to help Donald Trump win

On Tuesday, 22 October 2024, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) confirmed that Russian disinformation groups were responsible for creating and spreading fake news about Tim Walz.

Based on newly available intelligence, for example, the IC assesses that Russian influence actors manufactured and amplified inauthentic content claiming illegal activity committed by the Democratic vice-presidential candidate during his earlier career. The IC reviewed electronic media associated with this effort and in doing so revealed several indicators of manipulation that are consistent with the influence efforts and tactics Russian actors have used this cycle, including those highlighted in the Mid-September Election Security Update.

This appears to be yet more evidence that Russia was trying to influence the 2024 US elections in favour of former President Donald Trump, whom US intelligence assesses is the Kremlin’s preferred choice.

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The real Matthew Metro confirmed it was not him

The Washington Post managed to get in touch with the real Matthew Metro (archive), who confirmed that he was not the man in the viral video.

It’s obviously not me: The teeth are different, the hair is different, the eyes are different, the nose is different. I don’t know where they’re getting this from.

Matthew Metro labelled video details as false

The real Matthew Metro also confirmed that personal details in the video were false:

  • He started studying at Mankato West in 1994. Tim Walz joined two years later but never taught him.
  • Metro did not experience any difficulties in his senior year, saying that it “was a breeze”.
  • Metro did not have to keep his sexuality a secret – “I was completely out in high school”.
  • His parents did not divorce as the fake Matthew Metro claimed. They remain happily married today.

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Are foreign tourists voting in 2024 US elections without voter ID?!

Are foreign tourists voting in the 2024 US elections because America does not require voter ID?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Foreign tourists are voting in 2024 US elections without voter ID!

People are claiming to be foreign tourists who voted in the 2024 US elections because America does not require voter ID!

Loopify : came on holiday to the US and they didn’t require voter ID so just voted on a bunch of ballots

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Truth : Foreign tourists are not voting in 2024 US elections without voter ID!

This is yet another example of fake news about the 2024 US elections, and here are the reasons why…

Photo was taken by US citizen

Let me start by confirming that the viral photo is genuine. However, it was not taken by any foreign tourist. The viral photo was taken and posted (archive) on 13 October 2024, by Ashley Muñoz – a US citizen.

She has repeatedly (here, here, here, here) called out people who used her photo to falsely claim that they voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 US elections as foreign tourists.

Photo was cropped to remove her finger

The viral photo that was used to falsely claim that foreign tourists are voting in the 2024 US elections was also cropped, to remove Ashley Muñoz’s finger with its white painted nail tip.

This was presumably done to make the posts more believable, as the edited photo was being posted by men.

Photo is being used to engagement farm and/or disrupt elections

While the photo is genuine, it is being used to farm for engagements on X (formerly known as Twitter), and/or disrupt the 2024 US elections.

This is partly due to the advertising revenue sharing program on X, and the general lack of consequences for posting fake news. X Premium accounts are now incentivised to generate controversy in order to increase impressions and engagement, hence the term – engagement farming.

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It is illegal for non-citizens to vote in US federal elections

I should point out there is no evidence that any foreign tourist is actually voting in the 2024 US elections. That’s because it is illegal for non-US citizens to vote in US federal elections.

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 prohibits non-citizens (which would include tourists and illegal immigrants) from voting in US federal elections. Those convicted of voting illegally would be subject to a fine and/or up to one year of imprisonment, and likely deportation.

Voter ID is required in many states

Voter ID laws vary by states, but at the federal level, the Help America Vote Act of 2022 requires a voter ID for all new voters in federal elections who registered by mail, but did not provide a driver’s licence number or the last four digits of a Social Security number that was matched against government records.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), many US states have voter ID laws:

  • Photo ID required (strict): Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
  • Photo ID requested (non-strict): Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas.
  • Non-photo ID required (strict): Arizona, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
  • Non-photo ID requested (non-strict): Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.
  • No ID required to vote at ballot box: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania (where a 2012 strict voter ID law was struck down by the state Supreme Court), Vermont, and Washington, D.C.

Therefore, claims that voter ID is not required to vote in the 2024 US elections is also false.

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You cannot vote without prior registration

To vote in US federal elections, you must first register to be on the voter rolls. Every state is required to use a common voter registration form, which requires people to conform that they are US citizens under the penalty of perjury.

In many states, the voter rolls are cross-referenced with citizenship and immigration records, death certificates, as well as postal records, to ensure that only people who are citizens, alive, and still living within the state, are eligible to vote.

At the polls, there’s a list of eligible voters, and if a non-citizen turns up, they’ll be turned away or told to cast a provisional ballot which will only be accepted if they can provide proof of citizenship.

– Professor Ronald Hayduk, voting rights expert at San Francisco State University (source)

In other words – it is practically impossible for foreign tourists to simply saunter into a polling station and vote in the 2024 US elections, because they would not be on the voter rolls!

Non-citizen voting is extremely rare

The combination of a severe penalty, and deportation, have made it extremely rare for non-citizens to even try. A study by the Brennan Center for Justice found that out of 23.5 million votes cast in 12 states during the 2016 election, only about 30 suspected incidents of non-citizen voting were referred for further investigation.

Even if all 30 cases of suspected non-citizen voting turned out to be true, that would only account for 0.00013% of all votes cast – just 1 in every 783,333 votes. Far too few to matter.

Even the conservative research group – the Heritage Foundation, found only 77 instances of non-citizens voting between 1999 and 2023. In short – the number of non-citizens voting in US federal elections is irrelevant.

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Is Pfizer CEO facing life in prison for COVID vaccine genocide?!

Is Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla facing life in prison for COVID-19 vaccine genocide?! Take a look at the shocking claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Pfizer CEO faces life in prison for COVID vaccine genocide!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice, which claims that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is facing life in prison for COVID-19 vaccine genocide!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Pfizer CEO Facing Life in Prison for Lying to Billions About COVID Vaccine

Did you know Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is not a doctor? He’s a veterinarian. Now you know why he experiments on the human population like guinea pigs.

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Truth : Pfizer CEO does not face life in prison for any reason!

This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was not indicted in the Netherlands

Let me start by pointing out that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was not indicted in the Netherlands for any crime, never mind indicted for COVID-19 vaccine genocide – whatever that is!

If that actually happened, it would have been reported widely by the reputable media outlets across the world, and Pfizer share price would have taken a dive. In fact, Pfizer would have to issue a press release to address the indictment.

Yet, none of that happened, and it was not because there is a gag order on mainstream media, or the mainstream media is covering it up. It’s simply because Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was not indicted in the Netherlands for any crime!

The People’s Voice article itself did not provide any evidence to back up its claims. In fact, the word “prison” was only mentioned in the title, and nowhere else in the article!

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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was named in a civil lawsuit

It is not possible for Albert Bourla to be indicted in the Netherlands, because he has never been formally accused by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) of committing any crime. Only the OM can investigate and prosecute criminal offences in the Netherlands.

Albert Bourla was only named in a civil lawsuit by seven Dutch citizens, together with 14 other respondents, including former Dutch Prime Minister (and current NATO Secretary General) Mark Rutte, Bill Gates, and the Dutch government itself.

In fact, this claim appears to mimic the equally false claim that Bill Gates was indicted in the Netherlands for COVID-19 vaccine safety lies!

To be clear – Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was not accused of any crime by OM prosecutors, and has not been indicted in the Netherlands. He has only been named in a Dutch civil lawsuit.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla received multiple mRNA vaccine doses

The People’s Voice article claimed that “Bourla is the CEO who didn’t want to get vaccinated with his own product”. That is not true, and easily disproven.

Albert Bourla received his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 on 10 March 2021, and received four doses by 15 August 2022.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

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Exposed: Elon Musk once worked illegally in the United States!

Elon Musk, who famously rails against illegal immigrants, was just exposed for once working illegally in the United States! Here is what you need to know…

 

Exposed : Elon Musk once worked illegally in the United States!

As the world’s richest man, and the owner of X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk has often spoken out against “open borders” and illegal immigrants making their way to the United States. That rhetoric increased after he publicly supported Donald Trump, not only donating millions to support his re-election, but also actively serving as his political surrogate.

That may be par for the course for the Republican Party and its Presidential candidate, but The Washington Post has just exposed the hypocrisy behind Elon Musk’s promotion of Donald Trump’s claims that “open borders” and undocumented immigrants are destroying America.

According to the excellent expose by Maria Sacchetti, Faiz Siddiqui, and Nick Miroff, at The Washington Post (WaPo), Elon Musk arrived at Palo Alto, California in 1995 on the pretext of studying at Stanford University. However, he never intended to do that at all.

In a May 2009 deposition, Musk admitted he never enrolled at Stanford. He said he called the department chair two days after the start of the semester, to say that he wasn’t going to attend classes. He then began working at Zip2 (originally called Global Link Information Network) in August or September 1995. That was illegal, according to immigration experts:

Upon not enrolling, Musk would have had to leave the country, according to legal experts and immigration laws at the time. He would not have been allowed to work.

Leaving school left Musk without a legal basis to remain in the United States, according to legal experts.

Foreign students cannot drop out of school to build a company, even if they are not immediately getting paid, said Leon Fresco, a former Justice Department immigration litigator.

“If you do anything that helps to facilitate revenue creation, such as design code or try to make sales in furtherance of revenue creation, then you’re in trouble,” Fresco said.

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Exposed : Elon Musk admitted he worked illegally in the United States!

While US immigration records are generally not open to the public, the WaPo team obtained evidence from a California defamation lawsuit, in which Elon Musk admitted he was working illegally in the United States!

In a 2005 late night email to Tesla co-founders Martin Eberhard and JB Straubel, Elon Musk acknowledged that he did not have authorisation to be in the United States when he founded Zip2.

Actually, I didn’t really care much for the degree, but I had no money for a lab and no legal right to stay in the country, so that seemed like a good way to solve both issue. Then the internet came along, which seemed like a much surer bet.

When his investors found out, they “forced” the Musk brothers and an associate to obtain legal work status:

When the venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Ventures poured $3 million into Musk’s company in 1996, the funding agreement — a copy of which was obtained by The Post — stated that the Musk brothers and an associate had 45 days to obtain legal work status. Otherwise, the firm could reclaim its investment.

“Their immigration status was not what it should be for them to be legally employed running a company in the U.S.,” said Derek Proudian, a Zip2 board member at the time who later became chief executive. Investors agreed, Proudian said: “We don’t want our founder being deported.”

Another large shareholder at the time, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, said a minor problem drew additional attention to the Musk brothers’ unresolved immigration issues. Musk told co-workers he was in the country on a student visa, according to six former associates and Zip2 shareholders.

“We want to take care of this long before there’s anything that could screw up” the company’s path to an initial public offering, Proudian recalled.

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Kimbal Musk has repeatedly acknowledged working illegally in the United States, describing that when investors began offering them money, they found out that the Musk brothers had no legal permission to work in the United States!

Kimball even corrected his brother in a 2013 interview, when Elon suggested that their immigration status was “a grey area”:

Kimball : In fact, when they did fund us, they realized that we were illegal immigrants.

Elon : Well…

Kimball : Yes, we were.

Elon : I’d say it was a grey area.

Kimball : We were illegal immigrants.

WaPo obtained documents which showed Zip2 executives meeting with immigration attorney Jocelyn Lew on 21 February 1996, to discuss potential visa pathways for the Musk brothers and another Canadian co-founder. Lew allegedly advised the three men to downplay their leadership roles in Zip2, and scrub their resumes of US addresses which would show that they were already living and working in the United States.

Lew allegedly advised Musk to seek another student visa from the University of Pennsylvania, where he had earlier studied as an undergraduate; and later taught him how to obtain passport-sized photos to apply for the US visa lottery.

A person who joined Zip2’s human resources department in 1997 remembers processing work visas for the Musks and other family members under a category available to Canadians under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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Exposed : Elon Musk hired his own brother to work illegally in the US!

As if his own lack of legal status was not bad enough, Elon Musk allegedly asked his brother, Kimball, to come from Canada to run his company in the United States.

That might have also contravened a 1986 federal law, which made it a crime to knowingly hire someone without work authorisation:

Musk said in 2003 and 2009 that he “convinced” Kimbal to come from Canada to work for his company.

Records filed with the California secretary of state show Elon Musk was the registered agent for Global Link Information Network when it incorporated in November 1995. On Feb. 26, 1996, the company listed Kimbal as president and CEO and Elon as secretary.

“I tried to get a visa, but there’s just no visa you can get to do a start-up,” Kimbal said in a 2021 interview. “I was definitely illegal.”

If that’s true, it could put the Musk brothers in further legal jeopardy. That may have been on Elon Musk’s mind during his interview with Tucker Carlson in October 2024:

Tucker Carlson : If Trump loses, you’re fucked, dude.

Elon Musk : If he loses, I’m fucked. How long do you think my prison sentence is going to be? Will I see my children? I don’t know.

 

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Are Trump + RFK Jr. planning to arrest Bill Gates + Fauci?!

Are Donald Trump and Robert Kennedy Jr. planning to arrest Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci on January 20?! Take a look at the shocking claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Trump + RFK Jr. plan to arrest Bill Gates + Fauci!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice, which suggested that Donald Trump and Robert Kennedy Jr. are planning to arrest Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci on January 20!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Trump and RFK Planning ‘Shock and Awe’ Arrests of Gates and Fauci on January 20

“Shock and awe” arrests of Anthony Fauci and senior government officials who perpetrated what Robert F. Kennedy Jr is calling “the crime of the century” are set to take place on January 20, just hours after the inauguration of Donald Trump.

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Truth : Trump + RFK Jr. are not planning to arrest Bill Gates + Fauci!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Trump + RFK Jr. have not threatened arrests of Bill Gates or Fauci

Let me start by pointing out that neither Donald Trump, nor Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have threatened to arrest Bill Gates and/or Dr. Anthony Fauci.

If they actually make such threats, it would have been reported widely by the mainstream media, and criticised by the healthcare and scientific community. Yet, there has been no report by any credible media outlet, not even outrage or glee on social media. That’s because it was made up.

The People’s Voice article itself did not provide any evidence to back up its claims. In fact, the word “arrests” was only mentioned in the title and lede, and nowhere else in the article!

There is no legal reason to arrest Bill Gates or Fauci

Even if Donald Trump, or Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wanted to arrest Bill Gates or Anthony Fauci, they wouldn’t have any legal pretext to actually have them arrested.

Neither Bill Gates, nor Dr. Anthony Fauci have committed any crime that would warrant arrests. If they didn’t commit any crime, Donald Trump cannot order their arrests even if he’s re-elected as President.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Was Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla indicted over vaccine safety?!

Was Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla indicted in the Netherlands for lying about COVID-19 vaccine safety?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was indicted over vaccine safety!

People are claiming or suggesting that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was indicted in the Netherlands for lying about COVID-19 vaccine safety!

HustleBitch / Scott McKay / Circe :

🚨 #BREAKING: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla INDICTED

⚠️ With all the news surrounding Bill Gates heading to trial, we may have missed the head of Pfizer also being named in the lawsuit.

Both are being held responsible for lying to the public about the Covid vaccine. Two down.

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Truth : Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was not indicted over vaccine safety!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by anti-vaccine proponents, and here are the reasons why…

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was not indicted in the Netherlands

Let me start by pointing out that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was not indicted in the Netherlands for any crime, never mind indicted for lying about the COVID-19 vaccine!

If that actually happened, it would have been reported widely by the reputable media outlets across the world, and Pfizer share price would have taken a dive. In fact, Pfizer would have to issue a press release to address the indictment.

Yet, none of that happened, and it was not because there is a gag order on mainstream media, or the mainstream media is covering it up. It’s simply because Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was not indicted in the Netherlands for any crime!

Unsurprisingly, none of those making these claims actually provided any evidence Albert Bourla has been indicted of any crime in the Netherlands.

Albert Bourla was named in a civil lawsuit

It is not possible for Albert Bourla to be indicted in the Netherlands, because he has never been formally accused by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) of committing any crime. Only the OM can investigate and prosecute criminal offences in the Netherlands.

Albert Bourla was only named in a civil lawsuit by seven Dutch citizens, together with 14 other respondents, including former Dutch Prime Minister (and current NATO Secretary General) Mark Rutte, Bill Gates, and the Dutch government itself.

In fact, this claim appears to mimic the equally false claim that Bill Gates was indicted in the Netherlands for COVID-19 vaccine safety lies!

To be clear – Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was not accused of any crime by the OM, and has not been indicted in the Netherlands. He has only been named in a Dutch civil lawsuit.

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Dutch court has not ruled in that civil lawsuit

According to the 16 October 2024 judgement (PDF), the Court of North Netherlands has not ruled on the main case itself. It only ruled that it has jurisdiction over Bill Gates in the lawsuit, after the American billionaire tried to dismiss the claim because he did not reside in the Netherlands:

5.13. Based on the foregoing, this court has international jurisdiction to hear the claims against Gates on the basis of Article 7 paragraph l Rv.

To be clear – the Dutch court did not rule on whether Bill Gates and the other defendants were right or wrong in the at civil lawsuit. It only ruled that it has jurisdiction over Bill Gates, so the civil lawsuit will now proceed with Bill Gates still involved.

The lawsuit will now proceed on 27 November 2024, with a response from Bill Gates:

6.1. The court will refer the case to the roll for the taking of a conclusion of answer by Gates.

[The court] in the main case

7.4. determines that the case will be returned to the role of 27 November 2024 for a conclusion of
response on the side of Gates.

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Was Bucks County election worker seen destroying Trump votes?!

Was a Bucks County election worker seen destroying postal votes for Donald Trump?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-10-26 : Added confirmation by ODNI, FBI and CISA
Originally posted @ 2024-10-25

 

Claim : Bucks County election worker seen destroying Trump votes!

Some people are sharing a video which purportedly shows a Bucks County election working destroying postal for Donald Trump, while leaving postal votes for Kamala Harris intact!

Concerned Citizen : Mail in ballots voting for Trump appear to be destroyed by this election registrar employee in Bucks County, Pennsylvania a major battleground State.

They were always going to cheat, amazing they are making it this obvious.

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Truth : Bucks County election worker did not destroy Trump votes!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news to influence the 2024 Elections, and here are the reasons why…

Bucks County GOP confirms video is fake

Let me start by quickly pointing out that the video does not show a Bucks County election worker destroying votes for Donald Trump, while preserving votes for Kamala Harris.

The Bucks County Republican Committee looked into the video, and have confirmed that it is fake.

We have seen the video circulating on the internet showing someone, allegedly in Bucks County, ripping up ballots with votes for President Donald Trump. We immediately worked with our attorneys, as well as attorneys with the Trump campaign to investigate this. The Bucks County Board of Elections has confirmed that the actions seen in this video did not occur.

Ballot return envelope looks different

If you compare the ballot return envelope from the video (left) with the real ballot return envelope on the right, you can see that they have different shades of green and finish.

The fake envelope is shiny, with a dark green stripe on the left. The real envelope has a matte finish, and a “Kelly green” colour. The fake envelopes also lack the voter’s return address.

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Election ballot envelope also looks different

The election ballot envelope also looks different, with a different shade of yellow from the real envelope. If you look carefully, you can also see the text offset for the alternating rows of “Official Election Ballot” is different from the real envelope.

The envelope in the viral video is clearly fake.

Mail-in ballots won’t be open until Election Day

The Bucks County GOP also pointed out that it is impossible for any election worker to open and destroy votes for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, because mail-in and absentee ballots won’t be opened and counted until election day on November 5, 2024.

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ODNI, FBI, CISA confirmed Russia was behind fake video

On 25 October 2024, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that the fake video of a Bucks County election worker destroying Trump votes was “manufactured and amplified” by “Russian actors”.

It is likely this fake video was created by the covert Russian disinformation team called Storm-1516 (also known as CopyCop), which is trying to influence the 2024 US elections to help Donald Trump.

Storm-1516 has been said to be responsible for recent fake videos about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, which I fact checked recently:

US officials are also warning voters to expect Russia to create and release more fake content to undermine trust in the 2024 US elections.

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Did Biden authorise military lethal force against US citizens?!

Did President Joe Biden just authorise the US military to use lethal force against American citizens?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Biden authorised military lethal force against US citizens!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that President Joe Biden just authorised the US military to use lethal force against American citizens!

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. : Biden/Harris have just pushed through DoD Directive 5240.01 giving the Pentagon power — for the first time in history — to use lethal force to kill Americans on U.S. soil who protest government policies.

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Truth : Biden did not authorise military lethal force against US citizens!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news to influence the 2024 Elections, and here are the reasons why…

DoD Directive 5240.01 does not authorise military force against US citizens!

First, let me just point out that DoD Directive 5240.01 (PDF) does not authorise the use of military force against US citizens.

Here is clause 3.3.a.(2)(c) that people are claiming is evidence that President Biden authorised the US military to use lethal force against American citizens:

Assistance in responding with assets with potential for lethality, or any situation in which it is reasonably foreseeable that providing the requested assistance may involve the use of force that is likely to result in lethal force, including death or serious bodily injury. It also includes all support to civilian law enforcement officials in situations where a confrontation between civilian law enforcement and civilian individuals or groups is reasonably anticipated. Such use of force must be in accordance with DoDD 5210.56, potentially as further restricted based on the specifics of the requested support.

If you read clause 3.3.a.(2)(c) carefully, you will see that it does not authorise the use of lethal force by the US military against American citizens.

It actually refers to intelligence and material support (Section 3.2. Permissible Assistance) that the “Defense Intelligence Component” can provide to “any Federal department of agency“, and even that is subject to approval by the Secretary of Defense.

There is no mention of US soldiers being allowed to use lethal force, much less torture, against American citizens, whether overseas or domestically. Why would anyone make up this false claim???

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Pentagon refuted lethal force claims

On Thursday, 24 October 2024, the Pentagon issued a rare statement, directly refuting claims that the US military is now authorised to use lethal force against American citizens during the 2024 US elections.

Pentagon spokeswoman Sue Gough confirmed that the revision to Department of Defense Directive 5240.01 does not allow US troops to use force against American citizens, and the timing of its release was not related to the 2024 Elections.

The policies concerning the use of force by DOD addressed in DoDD 5240.01 are not new, and do not authorize the DOD to use lethal force against U.S. citizens or people located inside the United States, contrary to rumors and rhetoric circulating on social media.

The Pentagon also explained that this update was intended to align the language on use of force from other policies into directive 5240.01, which only applies to defence intelligence personnel. It clarified that the directive describes the type of support defence intelligence personnel can provide to civilian law enforcement in situations where a confrontation or lethal force is likely.

Defence intelligence personnel can provide intelligence, analysis, training, equipment, and even weapons to civilian authorities. However, they are still restricted from using force themselves.

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Law prevents domestic use of lethal force by US military

The US military is explicitly forbidden by the Posse Comitatus Act from using force on US soil against American citizens, except in cases of self-defence, or when expressly authorised by the Constitution, or an Act of Congress.

Generally, only the President of the United States can order the deployment of US federal military personnel and federalised National Guard troops within the United States using the Insurrection Act of 1807.

DoD Directive 5240.01 was first issued in 1982

I should also point out that the Department of Defense Directive 5240.01 isn’t even new. It was first issued in December 1982, during the Reagan Administration.

It has been amended several times since then, including 8 August 2016 – during the Trump Administration.

None of those changes, including the most recent 27 September 2024 revision, authorise the US military to use lethal force and/or torture against American citizens, whether domestically or overseas.

This is just political fake news

Ultimately, this appears to be yet another example of political fake news surrounding the 2024 US elections. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

As the 2024 US Presidential election draws close, you can expect more of such fake news to appear, so be wary and skeptical!

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Did US soldiers seize fake voting machines in 2024 Election?!

Did US soldiers seize fake voting machines used in early voting for the 2024 Election?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : US soldiers seized fake voting machines in 2024 Election!

Real Raw News posted articles (archive | archive) which claimed that US soldiers seized fake voting machines used in early voting for the 2024 Election!

As usual, the article is (intentionally?) rambling and confusing, so here is an excerpt. Please feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

White Hats Confiscate Fake Voting Machines in Georgia

The Steal is Real

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Truth : US soldiers seized fake voting machines in 2024 Election!

The truth is – this is just another fake story created by Real Raw News, and here are the reasons why…

US soldiers did not seize fake voting machines in 2024 Election

This may seem silly, but let me just point out that US soldiers did not seize fake voting machines in any state during the 2024 Election early voting.

If that actually happened, such a shocking event would have been reported widely all over the world. It would also have sparked great outrage on social media, and both state and Congressional investigations.

Yet, there is not a single report by any reputable media outlet, never mind wall-to-wall coverage of such a daring attempt to subvert the 2024 Election, and the (illegal) military response. Not even outrage on social media. That’s because it was all made up!

It is important that you know that this is fake news, and help to share this out, because it is possible that some people may actually believe that the 2024 Election is being “rigged” using fake voting machines, and possibly lead to violence against election workers. After all, earlier fake news about FEMA (example, example) have resulted in physical threats against FEMA workers!

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US military cannot deploy within the US

It is really silly for anyone to claim that US soldiers were sent to confiscate voting machines. The Posse Comitatus Act prevents federal military personnel from being deployed within the United States, except when expressly authorised by the Constitution, or an Act of Congress.

Generally, only the President of the United States can order the deployment of US federal military personnel and federalised National Guard troops within the United States using the Insurrection Act of 1807.

Even if there are fake voting machines, US soldiers will not be sent to confiscate them! They would have been confiscated by state and/or federal law enforcement officers.

Real Raw News is known for fake news

Real Raw News is a fake news website that capitalises on making shocking but fake stories to generate page views and money.

To protect himself from legal repercussions, the owner and writer, Michael Baxter (real name – Michael Tuffin), claims that his articles are “humour, parody, and satire“.

That disclaimer, which is not clearly mentioned in his articles, lets him keep creating fake news to go viral, and generate money.

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A March 2018 screenshot of Michael Tuffin, who goes by the pseudonym Michael Baxter

His articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from his website. Here are some of his fake stories that I debunked earlier:

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Did FBI seize Diddy tapes of Prince Harry in illegal acts?!

Did the FBI just seize Diddy “Freak Out” tapes of Prince Harry committing illegal acts with multiple men?! Take a look at the shocking claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : FBI seizes Diddy tapes of Prince Harry in illegal acts!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice, which claimed the FBI seized Diddy “Freak Out” tapes of Prince Harry committing illegal acts with multiple men, including the music mogul himself!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

FBI Seize Diddy ‘Freak Off’ Tapes Featuring Prince Harry in Illegal Acts

“Freak off” tapes featuring Prince Harry in compromising positions with multiple men including Sean “Diddy” Combs have been recovered as part of the FBI investigation into the rapper and music mogul amid warnings that this is just the tip of the iceberg and there are even bigger shocks to come.

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Truth : FBI did not seize Diddy tapes of Prince Harry in illegal acts!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

FBI did not say it seized Diddy “Freak Off” tapes

Let me start by pointing out that the FBI did not announce that it has seized any “Freak Off” tapes or video footage from Sean “Diddy” Combs, never mind that Prince Harry was caught on tapes committing illegal acts of any kind.

If that actually happened, such a shocking development would have been widely reported across the world. Yet, there has been no legitimate report by reputable media outlets, or even celebrity blogs! The truth is – this was completely made up – the FBI did not make such an announcement.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claim or suggestion that FBI investigators seized Diddy tapes of Prince Harry committing illegal acts with other men.

And what kind of illegal acts might those be? After all, men having consensual sex with other men isn’t illegal in the United States or the United Kingdom.

Federal agents only found weapons and drugs

The federal racketeering and sex trafficking indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday, 17 September 2024, revealed that federal agents that raided Diddy’s mansion in Miami and Los Angeles found weapons, drugs, and “Freak Off” supplies:

  • narcotics like ketamine and ecstacy
  • more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant
  • three AR-15 semi-automatic rifles with scratched-off serial numbers, and a drum magazine

While prosecutors have said that Diddy has allegedly threatened victims using “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating recordings” taken during those “Freak Off” parties, the unsealed indictment did not mention the discovery of any tapes, or video footage, much less confiscation of those tapes or video footage by the FBI.

Again, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence the FBI found any video footage, or tapes, of Prince Harry committing illegal acts with other men at the Diddy “Freak Off” parties.

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Prince Harry never attended any Diddy party

It would also be quite impossible for Diddy to have any incriminating video of Prince Harry, because he never attended any “Freak Out” party!

As Rob Shuter, Diddy’s publicist from 2002-2004 told the BBC, Diddy invited both Prince Harry and Prince William many times to his parties, even offering to pay for their travel, lodging and security.

However, both Prince Harry and Prince William never accepted his invitation, and Diddy stopped inviting them altogether, as he stated on The Graham Norton Show in 2011.

Prince Harry message to Diddy is fake!

The cover image used in The People’s Voice article and video has a censored screenshot which purportedly shows Prince Harry messaging Diddy:

Harry, you’re fam now.

I’ll kill you if you spill.

That is definitely a fake screenshot. Think about this for a moment. If this was a real screenshot, why would The People’s Voice censor the rest of it? Surely, it would be extremely shocking and would have driven even more traffic for its article.

And how exactly did The People’s Voice obtain this allegedly private message between Prince Harry and Sean “Diddy” Combs? Did it hack into Prince Harry’s and/or Diddy’s phones?

And consider this – why would Prince Harry warn Diddy about testifying to federal agents if the FBI already seized video tapes with actual footage of the crimes he committed???

Needless to say, The People’s Voice article provided no source for this shocking screenshot, which suggests that this is yet another fake message screenshot like those they posted before – example, example, example, example.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did US soldiers ambush and kill FEMA agents in Florida?!

Did US soldiers ambush and kill FEMA agents in Florida?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : US soldiers ambushed + killed FEMA agents in Florida!

Real Raw News posted an article (archive) which claimed that US soldiers ambushed and killed FEMA agents in Florida!

As usual, the article is (intentionally?) rambling and confusing, so here is an excerpt. Please feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

White and Red Hats Ambush FEMA in Florida

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Truth : US soldiers did not ambush or kill FEMA agents in Florida!

The truth is – this is just another fake story created by Real Raw News, and here are the reasons why…

US soldiers did not shoot or kill FEMA agents

This may seem silly, but let me just point out that US Army soldiers did not shoot or kill FEMA agents.

If that actually happened, such a shocking event would have been reported widely all over the world. It would also have sparked great outrage on social media, and a military response.

Yet, there is not a single report by any reputable media outlet, never mind wall-to-wall coverage. No surge of troops into Florida to quell the violence. Not even outrage on social media. That’s because it was all made up!

That said – it is possible that some people may actually believe that FEMA is trying to take over their property, and such fake news may result in violence against FEMA agents trying to help people. Especially when Real Raw News keeps posting stories about FEMA and FBI agents getting killed by US soldiers!

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US military cannot deploy within the US

It is really silly for anyone to claim that US Army soldiers were sent to shoot at agents from another government agency.

The Posse Comitatus Act prevents federal military personnel from being deployed within the United States, except when expressly authorised by the Constitution, or an Act of Congress.

Generally, only the President of the United States can order the deployment of US federal military personnel and federalised National Guard troops within the United States using the Insurrection Act of 1807.

If a rogue US Army unit is indeed shooting and killing FEMA agents, then President Joe Biden might order US military units in Florida to take them out. But US military leaders by themselves cannot order such a deployment.

Real Raw News is known for fake news

Real Raw News is a fake news website that capitalises on making shocking but fake stories to generate page views and money.

To protect himself from legal repercussions, the owner and writer, Michael Baxter (real name – Michael Tuffin), claims that his articles are “humour, parody, and satire“.

That disclaimer, which is not clearly mentioned in his articles, lets him keep creating fake news to go viral, and generate money.

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A March 2018 screenshot of Michael Tuffin, who goes by the pseudonym Michael Baxter

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Is Diddy facing death penalty for Michael Jackson’s murder?!

Is Diddy now facing the death penalty for Michael Jackson’s murder?! Take a look at the shocking claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Diddy faces death penalty for Michael Jackson’s murder!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice, which claimed or suggested that Sean “Diddy” Combs is now facing the death penalty for Michael Jackson’s murder!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

FBI: Diddy Facing Death Penalty for Murder of Michael Jackson

FBI investigators working on the Sean “Diddy” Combs case have dropped a bombshell, claiming that Michael Jackson wasn’t just smeared by the mainstream media – he was murdered by the record industry. And now, their top priority is building a case against Diddy as an accessory to Jackson’s murder.

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Truth : Diddy is not facing death penalty for Michael Jackson’s murder!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

FBI did not say Michael Jackson was murdered by music industry or Diddy

Let me start by pointing out that the FBI did not say that Michael Jackson was murdered by the music industry, or Sean “Diddy” Combs. Neither did the FBI say that it is building a case against Diddy as an accessory to Michael Jackson’s murder.

If that actually happened, such a shocking development would have been widely reported across the world. Yet, there has been no legitimate report by reputable media outlets, or even celebrity blogs! The truth is – this was completely made up – the FBI did not make such an announcement.

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claim or suggestion that FBI investigators have said that Michael Jackson was murdered by the music industry, and Diddy was an accessory to his murder.

Michael Jackson died from propofol overdose

Michael Jackson died on 25 June 2009, from cardiac arrest that was caused or precipitated by a propofol and benzodiazepine overdose.

As The Telegraph revealed, Michael Jackson’s personal doctor, Conrad Murray, was at the house when Jackson either received or gave himself an injection of Demerol (pethidine) – an opioid that can potentially cause cardiac arrest.

This injection of Demerol isn’t surprising, as Jackson was allegedly addicted to Demerol (and up to five other prescription drugs including Xanax), and was said to receive a daily dose of Demerol.

“Shortly after taking the Demerol he started to experience slow shallow breathing,” on anonymous source is quoted as saying. “His breathing gradually got slower and slower until it stopped.”

When first responders arrived at the house, Michael Jackson was in full cardiac arrest, with his personal physician administering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. They then spent another 42 minutes trying to revive him, before transporting him to the nearby Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre.

There, doctors tried for over an hour, but failed to revive Michael Jackson, and he was pronounced dead at 2:26 PM. According to the autopsy and toxicology findings, Michael Jackson’s cause of death was acute propofol intoxication with a contributory benzodiazepine effect.

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Michael Jackson’s personal doctor was convicted for his death

The manner of Michael Jackson’s death was ruled as a homicide, but it was not his bodyguards or security chief who was held liable for killing him.

In 2011, his personal physician – Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for inadvertently overdosing Jackson with propofol. Murray admitted he administer 25 mg of propofol intravenously to treat Michael Jackson’s insomnia.

Needless to say, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claim or suggestion that Michael Jackson’s security chief or Sean “Diddy” Combs was responsible for killing Michael Jackson.

Faheem Muhammad arrived after Michael Jackson had cardiac arrest

The People’s Voice article appears to suggest that Michael Jackson’s chief of security, Faheem Muhammed, was somehow involved in his death. The problem with that suggestion though is the cold hard fact that Muhammad wasn’t even present when Michael Jackson overdosed and suffered a cardiac arrest!

According to the Daily Mail, Faheem Muhammad testified at the Conrad Murray’s manslaughter trial, that he was called by the chief of staff, Michael Amir, to come quickly to the house that day. He arrived just before the paramedics to find a sweaty and frantic Conrad Murray “nervously” administrating CPR to Michael Jackson, whose eyes were open with his mouth slightly open.

Faheem Muhammad also described how Michael Jackson’s children were crying and in shock when he arrived at the house:

Paris was on the ground, bawled up crying, and Prince was just standing there, you know, he just had real shock, just slowly crying type of look on his face.

As you can tell, it would be quite wrong to suggest that Faheem Muhammad had any role or responsibility in the death of Michael Jackson. He only arrived after Michael Jackson overdosed on propofol and was in cardiac arrest.

Diddy was not involved in Michael Jackson’s death

The People’s Voice article appears to insinuate that since Faheem Muhammad was the chief of security for Michael Jackson when he died, and later worked for Diddy in the same capacity, Diddy was somehow responsible for Jackson’s death many years earlier.

Now, it is plausible (for a conspiracy story) that Faheem Muhammad might be involved in a nefarious conspiracy to murder Michael Jackson. But how on Earth is Diddy involved in such a diabolical plot???

Imagine if you hired a bodyguard, only to be accused of being responsible for murdering his former employer who died from accidental drug overdose! Can you see just how bonkers that is?

Not only was Diddy not present when Michael Jackson died, neither was Faheem Muhammad! On top of that, Diddy didn’t hire Faheem Muhammad until many years later.

Even for conspiracy theories, this has silly, silly, silly written all over this nonsense plot.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Was Tim Walz fired after having sex with student?!

Was Tim Walz fired from his teaching position after having sex with a 14 year-old male student?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Tim Walz was fired after sex with 14 yo male student!

The X account, Black Insurrectionist, has gone viral with claims that Tim Walz had sex with a 14 year-old male student while he was a high school teacher at Alliance High School in Nebraska.

He also claimed that Walz was fired from his teaching position by the school board as a result of that sex scandal.

This is the school board for Alliance High School in 1995. Contrary to what Tim Walz says, the School Board VOTED 6-0 to fire Tim Walz. Of course, they call it accepting his resignation. Tim Walz claimed that he left on his own and was “talked into staying” Do you want to know how I know? I will be posting the SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING.

Tim Walz was fired, he did not accept another job.

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Truth : Tim Walz was not fired after sex with 14 yo male student!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created about Tim Walz, and here are the reasons why…

Tim Walz was not fired from Alliance High School

First, let me start by pointing out Tim Walz was not fired from Alliance High School for any reason, not even for his drunken driving arrest.

On the night of September 23, 1995, a Nebraska state trooper caught Tim Walz going 96 mph in a 55-mph zone, and arrested him after he failed the field sobriety and preliminary breath tests. He was later tested at a hospital and found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.128% (over the legal limit of 0.10%), and booked into the Dawes County jail.

After his release, Tim Walz reported the incident to his principal, and resigned from his coaching position. He also offered to quit his teaching job, “because he felt so bad”. But the principal of Alliance High School talked him into staying, and Walz would go on to tell his students about the consequences of drinking and driving.

Tim Walz would later plead guilty at a plea hearing on March 13, 1996, losing his licence for 90 days, and fined $200. He remained a teacher at Alliance High School for almost a year after that incident – until mid-1996, when he resigned with his wife, Gwen.

Tim Walz resigned from Alliance High School

Black Insurrectionist later shared a screenshot of a board meeting as “evidence” Tim Walz was fired from Alliance High School.

However, if you look at the screenshot, you will see that it shows that three people – Tim Walz, Gwen Walz and an unrelated man, Byron Green, tendered their resignations, and the school board accepted their resignations.

Regardless of the reasons why he left Alliance High School, what is certain is that Tim Walz was not fired from Alliance High School. This screenshot actually showed that he resigned with his wife.

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Tim Walz became a teacher in Minnesota

Black Insurrectionist claimed that Tim Walz did not accept another job after he was allegedly fired. That’s easily disproven.

After Tim and Gwen Walz resigned from Alliance High School, they both moved to her home state of Minnesota, where they both took up teaching positions at the Mankato West High School.

Tim Waltz also became a coach there, and would remain a teacher at Mankato West for some ten years, until he took a leave of absence in March 2006 to run for Congress.

Other screenshots appear to be fabricated

I should point out that screenshots related to this alleged Tim Walz sex scandal involving a 14 year-old student, appear to be fabricated.

This appears to be political fake news

Ultimately, this Tim Walz sex scandal appears to yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

As the 2024 US Presidential election draws close, you can expect more of such fake news to appear, so be wary and skeptical!

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Did Tim Walz sexually assault a high school student?!

Did Tim Walz sexually assault a student during his time as a high school football coach?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!

Updated @ 2024-10-14 : Added details about recently revealed screenshots.

 

Claim : Tim Walz sexually assaulted a high school student!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that Tim Walz sexually assaulted a student while he was a high school football coach!

Shadow of Ezra : Explosive allegations surface, accusing Tim Walz of s*xually assaulting a high kid child during his time as a high school football coach.

The claims suggest Walz took the high school kid to a g*y bar and engaged in inappropriate behavior while the kid spent the night at his house.

Further accusations include lying about his coaching role, with a school board investigation that took place. Is this the October surprise Hilary Clinton warned Kamala Harris about?

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Truth : Tim Walz did not sexually assault a high school student!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created about Tim Walz, and here are the reasons why…

No one accused Tim Walz of sexual assault

First, let me just point out that no one actually accused Tim Walz of sexual assault. This claim is based on a single post (archive) by someone on X who calls himself Black Insurrectionist:

Ok Tim, I guess now would be a good time to drop my October surprise. You remember him right? The real reason you walked away from teaching? The kid who spent the night at your home? the one you went to the gay bar with? The reason the school board had a meeting about you?

What do you think Tim, should I drop that now? Or should I wait another week or so? You know, the student you were having sex with, the male student you were having sex with? They didn’t call you Touchdown Timmy because you were the football coach, oh wait, you lied about that also. You were the assistant coach.

What do you think Tim? You remember the Indigo Girls concert, right? The gay bar, spending the night and of course the school board meeting. Think it is time Tim? TOUCHDOWN TIMMY. You were Touchy alright.

As you can see, even Black Insurrectionist did not claim that Tim Walz committed sexual assault on a child, only that he had sex with a male student while he was a high school assistant football coach.

No evidence Tim Walz had sex with any students

I should also quickly point out that there is no evidence that Tim Walz had sex with any of his students, whether male or female. While Black Insurrectionist has made a number of alarming claims or insinuations, he never provided any verifiable evidence.

So what we ultimately have is hearsay from an anonymous person (we don’t know his real name) on a social media platform notorious for misinformation and disinformation.

Note : Since I posted this article, Black Insurrectionist has posted a number of anonymised screenshots. I will go through, and investigate those screenshots in a separate article.

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Tim Walz left teaching to run for Congress

Tim Walz served as a teacher and coach in two different high schools, in two different states, but Black Insurrectionist did not mention which high school or year this alleged incident occurred.

However, Black Insurrectionist began by suggesting that Tim Walz quit teaching because he had sex with the student. That would likely refer to his time at Mankato West High School, from 1996 to 2006.

Since I posted this article, Black Insurrectionist has posted a number of anonymised screenshots, which refer to his time at the Alliance High School in Nebraska. I will go through and investigate those screenshots in a separate article.

But Tim Walz did not quit teaching after leaving Alliance High School in 1995. Both Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, resigned and moved to Mankato, Minnesota – her home state, where Walz worked as a geography teacher and football coach at Mankato West High School.

Tim Walz would eventually file to run for Minnesota’s 1st congressional district on 10 February 2005 – while he was still teaching at Mankato West. He took a leave of absence in March 2006 to run for Congress.

In other words – Tim Walz did not quit teaching until some 10 years after leaving Alliance High School, and moving to Minnesota to teach at Mankato West High School. Even when he quit teaching, it was to run full time for Congress. There is no evidence he left suddenly at either high schools because he was exposed or caught having sex with a student.

Photo of Tim Walz with student was likely taken in China

Some people are sharing a photo of Tim Walz with a Chinese boy, suggesting that it may be the boy he left with in high school.

The photo was undated, but shared by the Mankato West High School Alumni, which stated that it showed Tim Walz during a class trip to China. So this Chinese boy is very unlikely to be a student of Mankato West, and is more likely a Chinese student Walz took a photo with during a class trip to China.

I should point out that the photo that some people are sharing, appears to be digitally altered to sharpen the facial features of Tim Walz and the Chinese student, likely using AI software. You can compare the two versions – sharpened on the left, and the original photo on the right.

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Tim Walz’s students have spoken positively of their teacher and coach

Many students who studied under, or were coached by, Tim Walz, have publicly spoken of their teacher and/or coach in glowing terms.

Noah Hobbs : Whatever happens today or tomorrow with the #Veepstakes. I’m so dang proud of @Tim_Walz. I was a “C”ish student in high school (shocking, I know). Mr. Walz took the time to make sure that I was successful. Not only in his class but others. He made learning exciting

Emily Scott : Everybody liked Mr. Walz. There were jocks that did football. There were history nerds like me that wanted to go to China. Debate and speech nerds, band nerds. And Mr. Walz stood in the middle of all of that and was pretty much universally beloved.

Tim Walz was also named “most inspiring teacher” at Mankato West High School. If there was any hint of impropriety, none of his students or football players ever mentioned it.

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This appears to be political fake news

Ultimately, this appears to yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

As the 2024 US Presidential election draws close, you can expect more of such fake news to appear, so be wary and skeptical!

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Elon Musk Crypto Giveaway Scam: What You Need to Know!

Please watch out for the Elon Musk crypto giveaway scam, and warn your family and friends!

 

Elon Musk Crypto Giveaway : What Is It?

People are sharing a video which purportedly shows Elon Musk telling people to go to the ElonFirst website, which claims to be giving away 20 million dollars worth of bitcoins (BTC) and ether (ETH) cryptocurrencies!

And now breaking news. Take out your phones and go to elonfirst.com right now. You will be thanking me forever for this.

If you go to the ElonFirst website, you will see it claim that Elon Musk is the “founder of this event and one of the main sponsors” of the $20,000,000 crypto giveaway.

Elon Musk ’s Crypto Giveaway

You can visit the website, but do not follow the instructions there, because it’s a scam!

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Why Elon Musk Crypto Giveaway Is A Scam!

Here are the reasons why the Elon Musk crypto giveaway is a just another scam to cheat you of your hard-earned money!

Elon Musk is not giving away free crypto!

First, let me just point out that Elon Musk is not giving away any Bitcoin or Ether. He is a businessman who loves making money, not give it away.

Even his philanthropy appears to be largely self-serving, making him eligible for enormous tax breaks, and helping his businesses. That’s why he’s a billionaire.

There is also no reason why X (formerly Twitter) would ever give away over $2,000,000 worth of BTC and ETH cryptocurrency, when it is in financial trouble with negative cash flow, and has already lost about 80% of its value!

Elon Musk video was digitally-altered

The video of Elon Musk asking you to go to ElonFirst.com appears to be digitally-altered, using AI software to change the movement of Elon Musk’s mouth to match the fake voice-over.

If you watch the original video from the 2024 Annual Tesla Shareholder Meeting, you can see that Elon Musk never asked anyone to go to ElonFirst.com.

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ElonFirst.com is a fake / scam websites

The ElonFirst.com website is a fake or scam website, pretending to be owned by Elon Musk. The website domain name is brand new, and was only registered on 9 October 2024.

The domain name also does not belong to Elon Musk, X or Tesla. In fact, its ownership appears to be hidden – a common practice for scam websites.

All we can tell is that the domain was registered in Stockholm, Sweden, and the server it uses appears to be hosted in Russia.

ElonFirst.com

Registered on : 2024-10-09
Expires on : 2025-10-09
Name Servers : ns5.myarena.ru, ns6.myarena.ru

Organization : Redacted for privacy
State : Stockholm
Country : SE (Sweden)

Just like an earlier cryptocurrency scam involving Elon Musk, it is likely the scammers will keep switching the same scam website to different domains every time they get exposed.

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This is a double-up crypto scam!

Just like the earlier Elon Musk BTC + ETH scam, this is a similar double-up crypto scam that relies on your greed to cheat you of your cryptocurrency.

Instead of giving you the cryptocurrency you prefer like a real giveaway would, it asks you to send your own BTC or ETH to receive double the amount in return!

In order to receive BTC from our giveaway – you have to send BTC & we will send back to you double the amount, instantly! This is to avoid bad actors exploiting our giveaway.

That’s utter nonsense. Whatever cryptocurrency you send to those addresses will be lost for good. You will never get it back, never mind get double the amount!

To further tempt you into giving even more bitcoin or ether, the scammers offer special bonuses for large transactions:

Send 0.1+ BTC get 0.2+ BTC back

Send 0.5+ BTC get 1+ BTC back

Send 1+ BTC get 2+ BTC back

Send 5+ BTC get 11.25+ BTC back +25% Bonus

Send 10+ BTC get 25+ BTC back +50% Bonus

Send 20 BTC get 60 BTC back +100% Bonus

All that is bullshit. They are just preying on your greed to trick you into giving them more cryptocurrency.

Please do NOT send any bitcoin or ether to those addresses. It is a SCAM!

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X back in Brazil after paying $5M fine and blocking accounts!

X is back in Brazil, after it caved and paid a hefty $5 million fine, and blocked accounts accused of spreading misinformation! Here is what you need to know…

 

Elon Musk fight with Brazil over X ban : A quick primer!

The brouhaha between Elon Musk and Brazil started when Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter) to remove over 100 accounts that were allegedly spreading misinformation and questioning the legitimacy of President President Lula da Silva’s 2022 election victory.

Musk, who has often claimed to be a staunch advocacy of free speech, publicly opposed these directives, labeling them an infringement on individual rights. His vocal criticisms of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes escalated the situation, leading to heightened scrutiny of X’s operations in Brazil.

In a surprising move, Musk chose to close X offices in Brazil in mid-August, leaving the platform without a legal representative in the country — an essential requirement for operating legally. This led to Justice Moraes ordering internet and mobile service providers in Brazil to block access to X, a significant blow to the platform’s user base in the region.

Elon Musk also publicly mocked Justice Moraes, claiming that the judge has “repeatedly broken the laws he has sworn to uphold“, while sharing a post celebrating X as the top news app on Apple’s App Store in Brazil, stating, “People want to know the truth.

Last week, X mysteriously reappeared in Brazil after a software update that it claimed resulted in an “inadvertent and temporary service restoration to Brazilian users”. But Justice Moraes called it “wilful, illegal and persistent”, and levied a R$5 million fine (~US$921,000) on X, adding to R$18.3 million (~US$3.37 million) fine that had already been imposed.

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X back in Brazil after paying $5M fine and blocking accounts!

However, just three weeks after defying Brazil’s court orders, Elon Musk and X gave up its fight, and agreed to comply with Brazilian court orders to restore access.

This compliance included appointing a legal representative in Brazil and removing the user accounts that the court deemed threats to democracy. X also paid fines totalling 28.6 million reais ($5.1 million / £3.9 million), as part of the resolution.

On 8 October 2024, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said that X had met all the necessary requirements to operate again in Brazil, and ordered the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to restore service within 24 hours.

X said that it was proud to return to Brazil, and added that it “will continue to defend freedom of speech, within the boundaries of the law”.

Brazilian Minister of Communications Juscelino Filho labelled it as a “victory for the country“, and stated that “We showed the world that here, our laws should be respected, by whomever it may be“.

Brazil is the sixth biggest market for X globally, with about 21.5 million users according to Statista. However, many of its users migrated to rival platforms like Bluesy and Threads (which is owned by Meta), and it is unknown if they will all return to X.

 

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Did US Marines shoot FEMA + FBI agents in North Carolina?!

Did US Marines really shoot and kill FEMA and FBI agents in North Carolina?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : US Marines shot FEMA + FBI agents in North Carolina!

Real Raw News is claiming (archive | archive | archive) that US Marines have shot and killed FEMA + FBI agents in North Carolina:

Full story shortly. White Hats and Red Hats have temporarily joined forces to fight FEMA/FBI agents in Chimney Rock, NC.

We have spoken to a Marine sniper who reportedly now has 5 confirmed FEMA kills in North Carolina. He has told us “it’s the fight of our lives”

White Hats/Red Hats late last night engaged FEMA personel at the Greenville, SC, airport, where they saw FEMA escorting blindfolded children onto a twin turboprop plane. More soon.

These claims are also based on its article (archive) which claimed that US Marines and Special Forces ambushed and killed FEMA and FBI agents in Ashville and Chimney Rock in North Carolina!

As usual, the article is (intentionally?) rambling and confusing, so here is an excerpt. Please feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

White Hats and Red Hats Unite to Fight FEMA/FBI in North Carolina

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Truth : US Marines did not shoot FEMA + FBI agents in North Carolina!

The truth is – this is just another fake story created by Real Raw News, and here are the reasons why…

US Marines did not shoot FEMA and FBI agents

This may seem silly, but let me just point out that US Marines did not shoot and kill FEMA or FBI agents.

If that actually happened, such a shocking event would have been reported widely all over the world. It would also have sparked great outrage on social media, and a military response.

Yet, there is not a single report by any reputable media outlet, never mind wall-to-wall coverage. No surge of troops into North Carolina to quell the violence. Not even outrage on social media. That’s because it was all made up!

That said – it is possible that some people may actually believe that FEMA is trying to take over their property, and such fake news may result in violence against FEMA agents trying to help people.

US military cannot deploy within the US

It is really silly for anyone to claim that US Marines and/or Special Forces were sent to shoot at agents from another government agency.

The Posse Comitatus Act prevents federal military personnel from being deployed within the United States, except when expressly authorised by the Constitution, or an Act of Congress.

Generally, only the President of the United States can order the deployment of US federal military personnel and federalised National Guard troops within the United States using the Insurrection Act of 1807.

If a rogue Marine unit is indeed shooting and killing FEMA and/or FBI agents, then President Joe Biden might order US military units in North Carolina to take them out. But US military leaders by themselves cannot order such a deployment.

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President Biden deployed troops to assist FEMA

The truth is – President Joe Biden deployed US military personnel to help with the response and recovery efforts in areas hit by Hurricane Helene.

Today, the President is announcing he has directed the Department of Defense to deploy up to 1,000 active-duty soldiers to support response efforts. These soldiers are part of an Infantry Battalion Task Force, based out of Fort Liberty, North Carolina, which includes a Forward Support Company with the necessary support structure (fuel, water, mechanics, etc.) to conduct operations.

Real Raw News is known for fake news

Real Raw News is a fake news website that capitalises on making shocking but fake stories to generate page views and money.

To protect himself from legal repercussions, the owner and writer, Michael Baxter (real name – Michael Tuffin), claims that his articles are “humour, parody, and satire“.

That disclaimer, which is not clearly mentioned in his articles, lets him keep creating fake news to go viral, and generate money.

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A March 2018 screenshot of Michael Tuffin, who goes by the pseudonym Michael Baxter

His articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should NEVER share anything from his website. Here are some of his fake stories that I debunked earlier:

Everything posted by Real Raw News should be regarded as FAKE NEWS, until proven otherwise.

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Did China officially declare George Soros a global terrorist?!

Did China just declare that George Soros is a global terrorist, and the son of Satan?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : China officially declares George Soros a global terrorist!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that China just officially declared that George Soros is a global terrorist, and the son of Satan!

Cillian / TruthSetsUFree : BREAKING: China has officially declared George Soros a ‘Global Terrorist’ — and said that he is “the son of Satan and the most evil person in the World.” This is huge!

Captainbara / dustin mills : China declares George Soros a global terrorist and calls him the son of Satan. Thoughts?

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Truth : China did not officially declare George Soros a global terrorist!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created about George Soros, and here are the reasons why…

China did not officially declare George Soros a global terrorist

Let me start by pointing out that China has never officially declared George Soros as a global terrorist.

If China ever issued such an official declaration, it would have been reported widely by media outlets all over the world. Yet such a shocking news has never been reported, never mind corroborated, by any legitimate media outlet.

It was an opinion piece by two anonymous writers

The “source” for this was not the Chinese government, but an opinion piece (archive) that was posted in The Global Times – a daily newspaper run by the Chinese Communist Party.

The opinion piece, titled 补壹刀:这个“全球经济恐怖分子”,正盯着中国! (To add insult insult to injury : This “global economic terrorist” is eyeing China!), was written by two anonymous writers going by the pen names – 叨叨姐 (Chatterbox Sister) and 刀削面 (Knife-cut Noodles) – hardly the names of Chinese officials.

Article only referred to George Soros insults

The opinion piece did not say that the Chinese government, or even the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially declared George Soros a global terrorist, or the son of Satan.

全球经济恐怖分子”“阴谋家”“世界上最邪恶的人”“撒旦的儿子”…… 这些说的都是同一个人:索罗斯。

“Global Economic Terrorist,” “Conspirator,” “The Most Evil Person in the World,” “Son of Satan”… These terms all refer to the same person: Soros.

Even those who used Google Translate can see that the writers were only referring to insults or labels that are often used to mock George Soros.

To be clear – the writers did not claim that the Chinese government, or the CCP, ever referred to George Soros in those terms.

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It was posted in September 2021

The article isn’t even new, and was posted more than 3 years ago – on 4 September 2021!

Why would anyone claim or suggest that it just happened, and even used the word “Breaking”???

The screenshot was edited

The screenshot above that some people are sharing is actually of an English article that was posted on a website that no longer exists, on 11 September 2021.

However, to make it appear “new”, it appears that the year (2021) was edited out of the screenshot. If you look carefully at the screenshot above, you can see that there’s a gap between 11th September and @ 1.00pm.

Why would anyone edited out the year of publication, and post it as “Breaking” news???

This is just fake news about George Soros

Ultimately, this is yet another example of fake news about George Soros, like these examples I fact checked earlier;

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Did Kamala supporter puncture tires running over Trump sign?!

Did a Kamala Harris supporter puncture his truck’s tires after running over a sign supporting Donald Trump?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Kamala supporter punctures tires running over Trump sign!

Some people are posting a video which apparently shows a Kamala Harris supporter called Chad running over a TrumpVance sign on the roadside, only to find that it was spiked with nails which punctured his truck’s tires!

Ian Miles Cheong : Kamala supporter gets a dose of FAFO. Don’t mess with people’s property.

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Truth : Kamala supporter did not puncture tires running over Trump sign!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created about Kamala Harris, and here are the reasons why…

Video was cropped

Let me start by pointing out that the video posted on X (formerly Twitter) was edited – cropped so that the TikTok video creator’s name is truncated. Why would anyone do that?

The original video was posted by @phillyoffensive23 (now removed), and reposted (archive) on Sunday, 6 October 2024 by jmofundir2 on Instagram.

Oddly enough, the Instagram video did not have the jmofundir2 Instagram overlay, which is visible on the version circulating on X. In any case, the version circulating on X appears to have been edited from the version jmofundir2 posted on Instagram.

It was a satirical skit, a joke video

The video was actually a satirical skit – a joke video, created and posted by @phillyoffensive23 on TikTok.

The original video appears to have been removed or made private, but you can see that @phillyoffensive23 regularly posts such satirical or joke videos on his TikTok channel.

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This is just political fake news

Ultimately, this is yet another example of political fake news surrounding the upcoming 2024 US Presidential election. Here are some other examples I fact checked recently:

As the 2024 US Presidential election draws close, you can expect more of such fake news to appear, so be wary and skeptical!

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Did FBI seize tape of Hillary Clinton killing child at Diddy party?!

Did the FBI just seize a tape of Hillary Clinton killing a child at a Diddy “Freak Off” party?! Take a look at the shocking claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : FBI seized tape of Hillary Clinton killing child at Diddy party!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed / suggested that FBI just seized a tape of Hillary Clinton killing a child at a Diddy “Freak Off” party!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

FBI Seize Diddy Tape Showing Hillary Clinton Killing Child at ‘Freak Off’ Party

Seized footage from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ notorious parties allegedly feature Hillary Clinton in scenes that will upend the political establishment in Washington D.C. and send shock waves around the world.

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Truth : FBI did not seize tape of Hillary Clinton killing child at Diddy party!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

FBI did not seize any tape of Hillary Clinton killing a child

Let me start by simply pointing out that there is no evidence the FBI seized any tape of Hillary Clinton killing a child at a Diddy “Freak Off” party.

If the FBI actually seized a tape on Hillary Clinton killing a child anywhere, it would have led to a criminal investigation, and she would have been arrested. Yet, Hillary Clinton remains free, and not under investigation for any crime.

In fact, the FBI has never once said that it seized any tape of Hillary Clinton at any Diddy party, never mind one in which she is seen killing a child! If it ever made such a shocking announcement, it would have been widely reported by media outlets all over the world. But that never happened… because it was made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claims.

Hillary Clinton message to Diddy is fake!

The cover image used in The People’s Voice article and video has a censored screenshot which purportedly shows Hillary Clinton messaging Diddy:

Diddy, I need 2 boys… Let’s fillet his face.

That is definitely a fake screenshot. Think about this for a moment. If this was a real screenshot, why would The People’s Voice censor the rest of it? Surely, it would be extremely shocking and would have driven even more traffic for its article.

And how exactly did The People’s Voice obtain this allegedly private message between Hillary Clinton and Sean “Diddy” Combs? Did it hack into Hillary Clinton’s and/or Diddy’s phones?

Needless to say, The People’s Voice article provided no source for this shocking screenshot, which suggests that this is yet another fake message screenshot like those they posted before – example, example, example.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did John Kerry’s daughter call to execute people for free speech?!

Did John Kerry’s daughter call to dismantle the First Amendment, and execute people to stop free speech?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : John Kerry’s daughter calls to execute people for free speech!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed / suggested that John Kerry’s daughter just called to dismantle the First Amendment, and execute people to stop free speech!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

John Kerry’s Daughter Says ‘First Amendment Terrorists’ Must Be ‘Federally Executed’

John Kerry made headlines this week by stating that the First Amendment is a “major obstacle” for global elites aiming to transform America – and the world – into a totalitarian society where only one official narrative is allowed.

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Truth : John Kerry’s daughter did not call to execute people for free speech!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Vanessa Kerry did not call to execute people for free speech!

Let me start by simply pointing out that John Kerry’s daughter – Vanessa Kerry, did not call for the execution of “First Amendment terrorists” or “free speech terrorists”. Neither did she call for the First Amendment to be dismantled.

If she actually made such a shocking comment or suggestion, it would have been reported by media outlets across the world, and sparked outrage. Yet, none of that ever happened… because it was made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claims.

Vanessa Kerry post on X is fake!

The cover image used in The People’s Voice article and video has a screenshot which purportedly shows John Kerry’s daughter, Vanessa Kerry, posting on X (formerly Twitter) that:

Free speech terrorists don’t deserve to live!

That is a fake screenshot, because there is no such post on X by Vanessa Kerry! In fact, her account on X appears to have been deleted months ago!

I should also point out that if Vanessa Kerry ever made such a shocking post, it would have been reported by media outlets across the world, and mocked and criticised on social media.

But of course, that didn’t happen, because Vanessa Kerry never made such a bizarre post! Why would The People’s Voice article use a fake screenshot???

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did FBI whistleblower reveal doomsday plot to kill millions?!

Did an FBI whistleblower reveal a doomsday plot to kill millions of Americans in a false flag attack?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : FBI whistleblower reveals doomsday plot to kill millions!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed / suggested that an FBI whistleblower revealed a doomsday plot to kill millions of Americans in a false flag attack!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

FBI Insider: Elite Planning ‘Doomsday Attack’ To Kill Millions of ‘Non-Compliant’ Citizens

The World Economic Forum and globalists have completely infiltrated our alphabet agencies, and they are scheming a false flag attack on America that is set to leave 9/11 in the shade.

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Truth : FBI whistleblower did not reveal doomsday plot to kill millions!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Marcus Allen did not reveal any doomsday plot

Let me start by simply pointing out that Marcus Allen – the FBI whistleblower mentioned in The People’s Voice article, has never revealed any doomsday plot to kill millions of Americans in a false flag attack.

If he actually made such a shocking revelation, it would have been reported by media outlets across the world, and sparked Congressional and criminal investigations in the United States. Yet, none of that ever happened… because it was made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claims.

Marcus Allen never called on people to prepare for doomsday

Marcus Allen is a former FBI employee who was suspended from his job as a staff operations specialist, and had his security clearance revoked, after he “forwarded information to [his] superiors and others that questioned the official narrative of the events of Jan. 6“.

The FBI eventually reinstated his security clearance on May 31, 2024, after he testified in a hearing on Capitol Hill. But Marcus Allen then resigned from the FBI several days later – on Monday, June 3, 2024.

If you read Marcus Allen’s statement to the US Congress (PDF), you will see that he never mentioned any doomsday plot to kill millions of Americans. Neither did he call on people to prepare for doomsday. He also did not mention the World Economic Forum (WEF), or any false flag attack on the US.

In addition, the quote attributed to Marcus Allen – “get your preps ready, learn how to defend yourself and your loved ones, and don’t forget to pray” appears to be first posted in The People’s Voice article.

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FBI post on X is fake!

The cover image used in The People’s Voice article and video has a screenshot which purportedly shows the FBI posting on X (formerly Twitter) that:

If you don’t respect us – we’re coming for you.

That is a fake screenshot, because there is no such post on X by the FBI! If the FBI actually made such a shocking post, it would have been reported by media outlets across the world, and mocked and criticised on social media.

But of course, that didn’t happen, because the FBI never made such a bizarre post! Why would The People’s Voice article use a fake screenshot???

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did WEF insider warn of mass casualty plot for 2024 Election?!

Did WEF insider warn of a mass casualty plot to overrule the 2024 Election results?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : WEF insider warns of mass casualty plot for 2024 Election!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed / suggested that a WEF (World Economic Forum) insider just warned of a mass casualty plot to overrule the 2024 Election results!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

WEF Insider: Planned ‘Mass Casualty Event’ Will Result in Globalist Coup of America

The global elite’s “reset moment” is almost here, according to a WEF insider who warns final preparations are being made for a “mass casualty event” targeting non-compliant U.S. politicians, designed to overrule the election results and plunge the nation into martial law – paving the way for the next phase of their totalitarian master plan.

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Truth : There is no known mass casualty plot for 2024 Election!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

No WEF insider warned of mass casualty plot for 2024 Election!

Let me start by pointing out that no WEF (World Economic Forum) insider or employee or executive has ever warned of a mass casualty plot designed to overrule or disrupt the results of the 2024 US Presidential election.

If a WEF whistleblower ever came out to make such a shocking claim, it would have been widely reported by news outlets all over the world, and sparked criminal investigations in the United States as well as Switzerland (where the WEF is based).

There would also have been mass outrage on social media, and would have likely sparked protests against the WEF (World Economic Forum).

Yet, there was no report by any reputable media outlet of such a shocking announcement, no criminal investigation, not even outrage on social media. That’s because it was all made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claims, or evidence that there is even a WEF insider or whistleblower who revealed such a plot.

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Proposal would discourage violence against members of Congress

The People’s Voice article referred to a Washington Post article about a “mass shooting of members of Congress“, but it doesn’t actually refer to any preparation or plot to conduct a mass casualty event to influence or overrule the results of the 2024 elections.

If you read the WaPo article (archive), you will see that it refers to a proposed Constitutional amendment to discourage violence against members of Congress. Such a “continuity amendment” would deny any party (like a diabolical secret organisation) the ability to change politics in America by assassinating members of Congress.

Their proposed constitutional amendment would require each member of the House to submit the names of at least five individuals from his or her political party to their state’s governor. In the event of that representative’s death, the governor would choose a name from the list within 10 days, and the House speaker would be required to seat them immediately.

The “continuity amendment” would also deny a would-be assassin the power to flip control of the House from one party to another, Kilmer said. The interim appointee would serve only until a special election could take place.

In other words, this Constitutional amendment (if passed) would do the opposite of what was suggested in The People’s Voice article! Even a mass casualty event involving members of Congress would not result in the overthrowing of the people’s will at the 2024 elections.

WEF post on X is fake!

The cover image used in The People’s Voice article and video has a screenshot which purportedly shows the World Economic Forum posting on X (formerly Twitter) that:

Martial law is coming – Time for a Great Reset! 🇺🇸

That is a fake screenshot, because there is no such post on X by the World Economic Forum! If the WEF actually made such a shocking post, it would have been reported by the media across the world, and mocked and criticised on social media.

But of course, that didn’t happen, because the WEF never made such a bizarre post! Why would The People’s Voice article use a fake screenshot???

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice.  Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:

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Did Suge Knight accuse Diddy of blackmailing Obama?!

Did Suge Knight accuse Diddy of blackmailing Barack Obama?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : Suge Knight accuses Diddy of blackmailing Barack Obama!

People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed that Suge Knight just said that Diddy has been working with the FBI and has blackmail material on Barack Obama!

Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

Suge Knight Claims Diddy Holds ‘Blackmail Material’ on Barack Obama

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been working with the FBI his whole career and has blackmail material on some of the most powerful people in America – including former President Barack Obama.

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Truth : Suge Knight did not accuse Diddy of blackmailing Barack Obama!

This appears to be yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…

Suge Knight never mentioned Barack Obama

Let me start by pointing out that Suge Knight never mentioned Barack Obama in his NewsNation interview with Chris Cuomo.

If Suge Knight actually accused Diddy of blackmailing Barack Obama, such a shocking news would have been reported by news outlets and celebrity websites all across the world. Barack Obama might even be forced to make a public statement.

Yet, there was not even a hint of such a scandal involving Barack Obama on social media, never mind any legitimate news report, because it was all made up!

Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up its claims.

Barack Obama did not release any Diddy friend over drug charge

Suge Knight also did not claim that Barack Obama ordered the release of a friend of Sean “Diddy” Combs who was jailed on drug charges.

There is also no evidence that Barack Obama ever ordered the release of any of Diddy’s friends who were imprisoned on drug charges.

Yet again, The People’s Voice article did not provide any evidence to back up that claim.

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Suge Knight only accused music execs

In his NewsNation interview with Chris Cuomo, Suge Knight only accused music executives of being responsible for the misconduct of musicians like Sean “Diddy” Combs.

In a call from prison, the former CEO of Death Row Records, who is currently serving 28 years for running over and killing a man, told Chris Cuomo that his artists used to smoke only weed, but allegedly got into heavier drugs after signing on with other record labels.

Those guys … they introduced cocaine to my artists. So once they got on cocaine, once they got on drugs, once they got on alcohol, then that’s when the weird stuff happened. I think that’s what took Puffy [Combs] down that lane.

Suge Knight then went on to accuse Clive Davis, Russell Simmons, and Andre Harrell of using “alcohol, drugs” to compromise Diddy’s “manhood”.

[Combs] was taught that. He got Usher as a kid … alcohol, drugs, sex. Justin Bieber — and see they do these things to take control. … You choose to be gay that’s your preference, but they’re doing this to people for control.

To be clear – none of those music moguls were ever charged for those allegations made by Suge Knight, or charged with any drug or sex crimes.

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The People’s Voice is known for fake news

The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.

Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.

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$150K Donald Trump death bounty: What you need to know!

Is there a $150K death bounty to assassinate Donald Trump before the 2024 Presidential election?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!

 

Claim : There is a $150K death bounty on Donald Trump!

Some people are claiming or suggesting that there is now a $150,000 death bounty to encourage the assassination of Donald Trump before the 2024 Presidential election.

Alex Jones : Massive Assassination News Breaking Now! There Is $150,000 Death Bounty on Trump’s Head. Plus 45 has survived other assassination attempts that have been kept from the public….This is a global exclusive!

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Truth : There is no $150K death bounty on Donald Trump!

This is yet another example of fake news about Donald Trump, and here are the reasons why…

Trump death bounty was only seen after Ryan Routh’s arrest

On 15 September 2024, Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida; after he allegedly pointed (but didn’t fire) a rifle through the fence line towards former President Donald Trump, who was 300-500 yards (180-450 m) away.

After news of the assassination attempt broke, a friend of Ryan Routh opened a box he dropped off at his home months earlier, and found “ammunition, a metal pipe, miscellaneous building materials, tools, four phones, and various letters.

One of the letters appeared to be a farewell letter Routh addressed to “The World“, in the event he failed in his assassination attempt.

Dear World,

This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.

As you can see, Ryan Routh only offered the bounty on Donald Trump in the event he failed to assassinate the former President. However, that letter was not seen or read by anyone until his friend opened his box on learning of his arrest.

I should also point out that this revelation isn’t a “global exclusive” by anyone on social media. It was released by US prosecutors, and reported widely by media outlets all over the world

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Ryan Routh remains in custody without bail

It is important to note that the letter was not discovered until after Ryan Routh was arrested, and he remains in custody without bail.

The bounty is effectively dead while Ryan Routh remains in custody – there is no way for any wannabe assassin to collect on the money even if they manage to kill Donald Trump, so why bother trying?

That is likely the reason why the Department of Justice released the letter to support its motion to keep Ryan Routh in custody, instead of allowing him to be released into his sister’s care on $250,000 bail.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Ryon McCabe agreed, and Ryan Routh remains in custody without bail pending trial. This effectively kills the death bounty on Donald Trump, even if anyone actually believes it’s a genuine offer.

No evidence Ryan Routh has $150,000!

Finally, there is no evidence Ryan Routh actually has $150,000 to pay anyone who assassinates Donald Trump! In fact, Routh is known to be a struggling roofing contractor with a history of writing bad cheques, and not paying his taxes on time.

Ryan Routh has also been repeatedly sued by people who accused him of not paying his bills, and was convicted in March 2010 of multiple counts of possession of stolen goods. Would you trust someone like that to pay you after finishing a job?

Ryan Routh’s lack of wealth has led to suggestions that he is being financed by some nefarious group or person(s). However, no one has offered any evidence that Ryan Routh has $150,000 in cash or in his bank to finance any death bounty on Donald Trump, much less evidence that his money was provided by any nefarious group or person(s).

The lack of credibility in Ryan Routh’s bounty offer is likely why prosecutors publicly released his handwritten letter. While conspiracists may accept such claims without thinking twice, any potential assassin would want to see evidence Routh’s bounty is genuine before they would even consider taking up the job.

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Elon Musk surrenders to Brazil over X ban!

For all of his bravado, Elon Musk quickly surrendered his fight with Brazil over its nationwide ban of X. Here is what you need to know…

 

Elon Musk fight with Brazil over X ban : A quick primer!

The brouhaha between Elon Musk and Brazil started when Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered X to remove over 100 accounts that were allegedly spreading misinformation and questioning the legitimacy of President Lula da Silva’s 2022 election victory.

Musk, who has often claimed to be a staunch advocacy of free speech, publicly opposed these directives, labeling them an infringement on individual rights. His vocal criticisms of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes escalated the situation, leading to heightened scrutiny of X’s operations in Brazil.

In a surprising move, Musk chose to close X offices in Brazil in mid-August, leaving the platform without a legal representative in the country — an essential requirement for operating legally. This led to Justice Moraes ordering internet and mobile service providers in Brazil to block access to X, a significant blow to the platform’s user base in the region.

Elon Musk also publicly mocked Justice Moraes, claiming that the judge has “repeatedly broken the laws he has sworn to uphold“, while sharing a post celebrating X as the top news app on Apple’s App Store in Brazil, stating, “People want to know the truth.

Last week, X mysteriously reappeared in Brazil after a software update that it claimed resulted in an “inadvertent and temporary service restoration to Brazilian users”. But Justice Moraes called it “wilful, illegal and persistent”, and levied a R$5 million fine (~US$921,000) on X, adding to R$18.3 million (~US$3.37 million) fine that had already been imposed.

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Elon Musk surrenders to Brazil over X ban!

In a surprising twist – after three weeks defying Brazil’s court orders, it appears that Elon Musk has given up his fight.

X – the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has agreed to comply with Brazilian court orders to restore access. This compliance included appointing a legal representative in Brazil and removing the user accounts that the court deemed threats to democracy. X also paid outstanding fines, amounting to millions of reais, as part of the resolution.

Despite this apparent victory for Brazilian authorities, the Supreme Court highlighted that X had not filed the necessary documentation confirming the appointment of Rachel de Oliveira Conceicao as its legal representative. The court granted X five days to provide the required paperwork validating her appointment.

Starlink – the satellite Internet service provider owned by Elon Musk, had also capitulated. It was also engaged in a dispute with Brazilian authorities over its refusal to enforce the ban on X. However, it said on 4 September that it would comply with the court orders.

Despite being extremely prolific and vocal on X, Elon Musk has been notably silent on X’s capitulation in Brazil. Neither has X released any statement on why it suddenly decided to comply with the court orders.

 

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