Grace Abels
@graceabels.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ Reporter 🌈
@PolitiFact
Duke grad 💙
@PolitiFact
Duke grad 💙
My latest fact-check with @politifact.bsky.social: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claim that "Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
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Hegseth says Signal text didn’t have ‘war plans.’ False
Standing on a Hawaii runway, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a reporter March 24, "Nobody was texting war plans, and
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March 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My latest fact-check with @politifact.bsky.social: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claim that "Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
President Donald Trump highlighted 19 examples of what he called “waste” identified by the Department of Government Efficiency. @politifact.bsky.social and I combed the projects’ details: Trump exaggerated, oversimplified and got some numbers wrong.
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
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The facts behind the 19 programs Trump described as ‘waste’
Ten million dollars for male circumcision in Mozambique, $8 million to make "mice transgender," and $20 million for "the
www.politifact.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
President Donald Trump highlighted 19 examples of what he called “waste” identified by the Department of Government Efficiency. @politifact.bsky.social and I combed the projects’ details: Trump exaggerated, oversimplified and got some numbers wrong.
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust psychiatric medications and their use among children into the national spotlight.
What do we actually know about SSRIs?
Here’s a primer and what they are, how they work, if they’re addictive and more, from @politifact.bsky.social:
www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
What do we actually know about SSRIs?
Here’s a primer and what they are, how they work, if they’re addictive and more, from @politifact.bsky.social:
www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
RFK Jr. questions antidepressants for kids. What do we actually know about SSRIs? - Poynter
A new federal review puts kids’ psychiatric meds under scrutiny, but experts say RFK Jr.’s claims about SSRIs are misleading and unsupported.
www.poynter.org
March 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust psychiatric medications and their use among children into the national spotlight.
What do we actually know about SSRIs?
Here’s a primer and what they are, how they work, if they’re addictive and more, from @politifact.bsky.social:
www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
What do we actually know about SSRIs?
Here’s a primer and what they are, how they work, if they’re addictive and more, from @politifact.bsky.social:
www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
My latest story from @politifact.bsky.social: President Donald Trump’s executive order on trans youth is full of misleading claims about gender-affirming care. Here’s the facts.
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
Five misleading claims from Trump’s trans health EO
In an executive order about medical care for transgender youth, President Donald Trump called to end "reliance on junk s
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February 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My latest story from @politifact.bsky.social: President Donald Trump’s executive order on trans youth is full of misleading claims about gender-affirming care. Here’s the facts.
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
www.politifact.com/article/2025...