JD Vance falsely claimed that El Salvador native Abrego Garcia was a convicted gang member. He was sent to an El Salvador prison without due process. The basis of JD Vance's arguments are in a 2019 court proceeding.

The 2019 court proceeding confirmed Abrego Garcia's status as being under temporary protection within the United States.

Furthermore, his connection to a gang was based on a single informant. The informant stated that this connection was based on Garcia wearing a Chicago Bulls hat and a hoodie.

There was also a claim that Mr. Garcia was detained in connection to a murder investigation, but that turned out to be a mistake. The gang that Mr. Garcia was supposedly a part of operates in a state that he has never lived in.

Trump on Truth Social stated that a massive Ukrainian force has been encircled and that Trump will work with Putin to ensure that these soldiers lives will be spared.

There is no massive encirclement of Ukrainian troops. Trump is probably referring to troops being withdrawn from Russia's Kursk region. This lie was based from Russian sources. Any "deal" that Trump and Putin make here would be based on false information.

Trump falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war between Ukraine and Russia.

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 in what was called a 3-day "special operation". This was the second time Russia had invaded the country. Russia also invaded in 2014 after the Ukrainian people overthrew the Russia-aligned government.

Elon Musk claims that dead people up to 300 years old were receiving Social Security.

Part of the confusion comes from Social Security’s software system based on the COBOL programming language, which has a lack of date type. This means that some entries with missing or incomplete birthdates will default to a reference point of more than 150 years ago. The news organization WIRED first reported on the use of COBOL programming language at the Social Security Administration.

The Trump administration claims that only the criminals are being deported as part of their deportation efforts.

To be identified as a criminal in the United States, you must be found guilty of a crime, in which case the undocumented status would get the person deported anyway. ICE is raiding workplaces, churches, schools and home for undocumented migrants, the vast majority of which do not have any criminal records and have not been charged with a crime.

Countries receiving these migrants are reporting that pregnant women and children are being deported. Matching this report with a prior one indicating that these migrants are not receiving water, allowed to go to the bathroom, and do not have any air conditioning as they are being hauled by cargo planes could indicate a crime against humanity.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that Trump had prevented a “preposterous waste of taxpayer money.” Trump’s team, she said, used the president’s pause on foreign aid to thwart a plan in which “there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza.”

-CNN

There was no evidence provided by the press secretary or the state department that this actually happened. Audits conducted on USAID over the past 3 years to Gaza suggest that no condoms were delivered to any middle eastern country in 2021, 2022, or 2023. $50 million to Gaza represents a huge amount of aid to the people of Gaza and it unrealistic that this claim is true.

Trump, in a speech to the Congressional Institute event at his Trump Doral resort on Monday, Trump claimed without evidence that the 2024 election was going to be rigged by Democrats, but then they gave up. "Uh, I got the most votes of any Republican in history in 2020, but this time I said, let's make it too big to rig. We're gonna make it too big to rig. And that's what happened. And they couldn't, they tried, they tried these cheating guys, these cheating people, but they tried, but they gave up."

There was no evidence provided by Trump regarding any election interference in the 2024 election by Democrats.

The Trump administration put out an email stating that he would pay federal workers if they resign by next Friday.

This "buyout" attempt would require a Congressional act to provide funding, which hasn't happened. Trump is attempting to get federal workers to resign with no intention of paying the severance package.

The emails being sent out regarding the buyout are also marked as being from an external account and being vague on any details.

Trump claimed on social media:

“The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest, and beyond,” he wrote. “The days of putting a Fake Environmental argument, over the PEOPLE, are OVER. Enjoy the water, California!!!”

The pumps responsible for moving water from north to south in California are operated by the federal government, not California. These pumps were down for maintenance and were reactivated 3 day later.

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests that the government wasn't using cloud seeding technology to make it rain on the California wildfires.

“Why don’t they use geoengineering like cloud seeding to bring rain down on the wildfires in California?” Greene wrote on X Sunday. “They know how to do it.”

Cloud seeding technology has not progressed enough to make it rain on command. In addition, the technology focuses on triggering rain from existing moisture in the air. The wildfires have been sparked by very dry conditions compounded by the high speed Santa Ana winds.

"PET, the Danish intelligence agency, claims that in 2019, Russian operatives forged a letter from Greenland’s then-Foreign Minister Ane Lone Bagger to provoke US President-elect Donald Trump into expressing interest in purchasing Greenland when he served his first presidency term, BILD has reported."

"The fabricated letter from former Foreign Minister Ane Lone Bagger was allegedly addressed to US Senator Tom Cotton. In it, Greenland’s official reportedly thanked for “financial assistance” and indicated plans to expedite a referendum on Greenland’s independence from Denmark.

Following the letter, Senator Cotton proposed acquiring Greenland, which may have inspired Trump to seriously consider the idea. However, the report says Trump’s public comments about purchasing Greenland were ridiculed by Danish officials, leading him to cancel a planned visit to Denmark in anger." - Euromaiden reports.

Andrey Gurulyov, a Russian Parliament (Duma) member and former military commande suggests that Russia and the US split Greenland between the two countries. "Russian politician Andrey Gurulyov said on state TV: "Trump is staking his claim to Greenland. Why don't we look at Greenland? We need Greenland; no joke. At the very least, we could make a deal with Trump and split Greenland into a couple of pieces. It is clear that Denmark will never be there again.

"Svalbard, which is very close to our Northern Fleet, is extremely important to us today. There will be some very nice bases there. There will be some very nice bases there, affixing the whole of the Arctic component." - Newsweek reports.

Elon Musk retweeted the right-wing account Libs of TikTok claiming on Twitter that the California wild fires are due to DEI hires of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Musk followed up with “They prioritized DEI [diversity, equity inclusion principles] over saving lives and homes,” Musk baselessly claimed, without offering any evidence or explanation."

Elon Musk offered no explanation on any connection between the fires and hiring practices of the Los Angeles Fire Department. He also offered no support or help to Americans in the path of the fires.

Trump-supporting account claimed that state leaders “used public funds to house illegals” instead of building infrastructure to store water.

There is no evidence provided for this claim. There is no show of support for those in the path of the wildfires.

An account baselessly linked the disaster to cloud seeding — a technique that shocks clouds to artificially stimulate rainfall. “Money was spent on cloud seeding to ‘increase rainfall’ even though California has no infrastructure to support it. 80% of rainfall flows back into the ocean,” it said. “It’s on purpose. They want the state reliant on government for water.”

There is no evidence of cloud seeding being performed.

"Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way."

This is false. State officials along with Republican sources in California's legislature confirmed to KCRA 3 on Wednesday there was never a "water restoration declaration" placed in front of Newsom. Since Newsom has been in office, there has not been legislation that would do what Trump is describing

Trump's nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, falsely claims that the FBI planned the Jan. 6th insurrection.

The Bulwark goes through the conspiracy theory that Patel has pushed and provides facts and evidence that the FBI had nothing to do with the Jan. 6th insurrection.

Trump and his surrogates attempt to blame the terrorist attacks on New Years day as crimes committed by illegal immigrants in an effort to create support for the deportation efforts.

NYE New Orleans terrorist is from Texas. He served in the US Army.

Kennedy Jr. repeated that he aimed to work with Trump’s administration to stop including fluoride in U.S. public water systems, tweeting on Nov. 2 the baseless claims that “fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.” Limited fluoride in water is known to reduce dental decay.

There have been several studies looking for a connection between floride in the drinking water and cancer. There was no conclusive link found.

Trump believes that schools are changes the genders of kids at school and without parental consent. He believes that kids are going to school as boys and come home the same day as girls.

Transgender operations are complex and require a full surgical suite to complete successfully. Complications from surgery would affect a small portion of these kids, but no such medical records were provided.

Conspiracy theorists believe that the democrats used weather modification techniques, largely focused around cloud seeding technology, to generate a hurricane to hit Republican majority areas prior to the 2024 election.

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene : "Yes they can control the weather. It's ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can't be done."

Alex Jones: "Bottom line the federal government could have killed the storm in the Gulf of Mexico."

Attempts to prevent hurricane landfall by seeding them with chemicals were attempted as part of Project STORMFURY from the 1960's to the 1980's. However, their attempts at hurricane modification were inconclusive, and the end conclusion of the project was that seeding of hurricanes to modify them was not feasible.

Rumors of Haitians eating other people's pets began spreading across social media and endorsed by far-right and neo-Nazi groups. This rumor was repeated by presidential candidate Donald Trump during his presidential debate and repeated by vice presidential candidate JD Vance.

The rumors were traced back to a facebook account that later posted that

About Internet mind control: "They're putting in 5G [high-speed broadband service] to harvest our data and control our behavior. Digital currency that will allow them to punish us from a distance and cut off our food supply."

In addition, he claims that WiFi signals cause cancer, cellphone tumors, and opens your blood brain barrier to toxins.

There is no evidence that any wi-fi signal has enough power to cause cancer.

Donald Trump claims that Nikki Haley is not eligible to run for President based on the idea that her parents were not citizens at the time of her birth.

Records show that Nikki Haley was born in South Carolina, is an American citizen, and eligible to be President.

This conspiracy theory is based on the documentary movie "2000 mules". The group alleged that thousands of people were involved in a scheme to deliver ballots for the Democrats despite pre-existing laws. This ballot harvesting scheme affected the results in all swing states and swung the election to the Democrats. The documentary used cell phone data and surveillance footage as its proof, along with having a whistleblower.

In the thousands of hours of surveillance, no criminal charges were ever alleged. When asked by the court to produce any evidence of a crime they may have in their possession, the group could admitted they could not do so. [1]

The creator of the film, Dinesh D'Souza, acknowledged that the geolocation data and video records could not be correlated, despite assurances that they could from True the Vote.

Coleman was detained at the border checkpoint, where during an interview with an FBI agent “he explained that he was enlightened by QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories and was receiving visions and signs revealing that his wife, A.C., possessed serpent DNA and had passed it on to his children,” according to the affidavit.

Coleman confessed to the FBI during an interview that he took his 2-year-old son and 10-month-old daughter to Rosarito, Mexico, where shot a “spear fishing gun” into their chests, according to an affidavit filed by an FBI agent with the criminal complaint.

Trump claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

There is no evidence of enough voter fraud to swing this election.

Trump has admitted on several occasions that he lost the election.

The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation tracks voter fraud cases. There are 1,567 cases of voter fraud dating back to 1982. Many of these are single cases of voter fraud over hundreds of millions of votes cast over several elections.

Confidence in elections remains low despite the fact that actual convictions of voter fraud remain almost non-existent.

MyPillow CEO and Trump ally Mike Lindell claimed that he had received proof that the 2020 election was stolen by Chinese hackers in conjunction with the Democrats. The voting machines in several states were said to be hacked, causing votes to be switched from Trump to Biden.

Bob Zeidman, the creator of the field of software forensics, took on Mike Lindell's $5 million dollar challenge on. He discovered that the files that were provided were nothing more than gibberish and generic internet data, with the files themselves having been modified days before the challenge had started, rather than during the election several months ago.

In addition, the person behind the data, Dennis Montgomery, was found to have a long history of providing technical proof behind conspiracy theories, but never providing actual evidence.

In April 2019, then President Trump claimed that the noise from wind turbines cause cancer.

Iowa's two Republican senators, Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, called his remarks "idiotic" and "ridiculous," respectively.

"3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000..."

A study commissioned by the Puerto Rico government concluded that the number of deaths caused by the hurricanes is estimated between 2,658 and 3,290.

Trump falsely claims ‘millions of people who voted illegally’ cost him popular vote during the 2020 presidential election against Hillary Clinton

Texas Tribune - In 2016, just weeks after pulling off his stunning presidential victory, Trump made an unprecedented claim: Millions of people had voted illegally in the election. And, he said, that’s why he’d lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton — by what would ultimately be about 2.9 million votes.

He didn’t offer up any evidence. But weeks later, Phillips appeared on CNN claiming he had the data analysis to show that more than 3 million voted illegally in the 2016 election. But when asked to show proof, Phillips said he needed time to verify the data.

“(We) believe that it will probably take another few months,” Phillips said. Trump tweeted shortly after the interview: “Gregg Phillips and crew say at least 3,000,000 votes were illegal. We must do better!”

True the Vote quickly used the opportunity to push a $1 million fundraising campaign to audit its data.

“Our audit team will include world-class technologists, researchers, data miners, statisticians, scholars, analysts, and subject matter experts. This isn’t B team stuff,” Engelbrecht wrote in a fundraising email. “The integrity of our election is too important.”

But Engelbrecht and Phillips never completed the audit or released the evidence behind their claims. In a video posted on YouTube in June 2017, Engelbrecht said they dropped the effort because donor promises didn’t materialize.

Real-estate tycoon Donald Trump has recently been sounding the alarm over a potential Islamic State-led "military coup" in the US.

"It could be one of the greatest coups of all time," Trump said in a Fox News "Hannity" interview that aired Friday evening. "They could be ISIS. It could be a plot. I mean, I don't want to think in terms of conspiracy, but it could be a plot."

One major argument immigration advocates have cited against making any changes to current plans is the lengthy process for vetting refugees. It typically lasts 18 to 24 months, and experts say it may actually be among the most difficult ways for terrorists to attempt to enter into the US legally.

"It is extremely unlikely that someone who is a terrorist will be sent through the refugee resettlement program," Greg Chen, director of advocacy at the American Immigration Lawyers Association, told Business Insider on Monday.

"It takes a great deal of time, and it wouldn't make sense for someone who is a terrorist for someone to go through that process. There are going to be easier ways for a terrorist to try to infiltrate, rather than going through the refugee resettlement program."

Donald Trump claims that vaccines cause autism.

A multitude of studies have been released debunking the theory that vaccines cause autism. One meta-analysis takes in the results of several studies involving over 1.25 million children. There were no relationships between any part of any vaccine and autism.

Trump claimed that he hired private investigators to determine President Obama's place of birth, and thus his eligibility to be president.

President Obama released a long form version of his birth certificate proving his birthplace as Hawaii.

This conspiracy theory alleged that the Ukrainian President and family were using US aid money to buy luxury items for themselves. In particular, a YouTuber alleged to have obtained purchasing documents between the president's family and two yacht companies.

This conspiracy theory was a fabrication from the Russian government. The lie was exposed online with realizations that the purchasing documents were digitally altered. The documents in question hadn't been used since 2013. There was no reason for any redactions on the document. And the YouTube source was a single person who could not corroborate the story with anyone.

Several small and some medium right-wing YouTubers amplified this story. Congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene also retweeted the story directly from a Russian media outlet known to be under direct control of the Russian government. Once discovered to be fake, many of the right-wing YouTubers deleted their videos on the subject.