Tag: Fact Checks
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Critical Evaluation: Economic Claims About Mass Deportation and Their Impact on Food Prices, Healthcare, Housing, and Property Taxes
A recent social media image claims that mass deportation of undocumented immigrants would increase strawberry prices while decreasing healthcare, housing, and property tax costs. This analysis examines each claim against peer-reviewed research, government data, and economic analyses to evaluate their accuracy. The evidence reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of how immigrant labor and tax contributions function…
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Updated: CDC Autism and Vaccines Webpage
The CDC webpage makes claims about the relationship between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder. The original version of this page stated that vaccines do not cause autism. However, as of November 19, 2025, the page was modified to claim that the statement “vaccines do not cause autism” is “not an evidence-based claim” and that “studies…
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Fact-Check: Trump’s Claim About Eliminating Social Security Taxes
The claim contains a sweeping overgeneralization by stating “NO TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY” when the actual effect is far more limited and nuanced. The new senior deduction will benefit some seniors but not all, and even for those who benefit, the mechanism is not an elimination of Social Security taxation but rather a general deduction…
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Why don’t you make the vaccine safe?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated that during a 1980s meeting between Wyeth (now Pfizer) and the Reagan administration, pharmaceutical executives demanded immunity from vaccine injury lawsuits, claiming vaccines are “unavoidably unsafe,” which led to the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.
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Did King Trump shut down your church?
Claims that Democrats — not Donald Trump — were responsible for (1) church shutdowns, (2) hospital visitation restrictions, (3) vaccine mandates, and (4) fines for not buying health insurance.