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Sofia Ahmed contributed articles to PolitiFact through February 2025. She previously worked at Reuters as a fact checker and immigration reporter. She received her master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and studied political science at Scripps College.

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Laura Loomer
stated on February 24, 2025 in an X post:

U.S. Agency for International Development subsidized CNN and MSNBC hosts’ salaries.

By Sofia Ahmed • March 7, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on February 21, 2025 in Facebook posts:

Photos show Elon Musk in a fight during a science conference.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 26, 2025
Threads posts
stated on February 19, 2025 in a Threads post:

Elon Musk posted on X he is planning to suspend Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s X account.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 24, 2025
Instagram posts
stated on February 19, 2025 in an Instagram post:

“Delta plane that crashed in Toronto operated by Endeavor Air with all-female flight crew.”

By Sofia Ahmed • February 21, 2025
Threads posts
stated on February 18, 2025 in a Threads post:

A photo shows Jonathan Simpson, the pilot of “Delta’s crash in Toronto, Canada.”

By Sofia Ahmed • February 20, 2025
Social Media
stated on February 18, 2025 in social media posts:

“An ICE minivan was reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia.”

By Sofia Ahmed • February 19, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2025 in Facebook posts:

Video shows X owner Elon Musk promoted a “bedtime trick” to cure diabetes.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 19, 2025
Social Media
stated on February 14, 2025 in social media posts:

“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 18, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on February 11, 2025 in Facebook posts:

An episode of “The Simpsons” showed a President Donald Trump-like character in a coffin and predicted Feb. 14 would be the “day everything changes.”

By Sofia Ahmed • February 14, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2025 in Facebook posts:

Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 13, 2025

City officials and residents say there is no Venezuelan gang “takeover” in Aurora, Colorado

By Sofia Ahmed • September 9, 2024
Social media claims mislead about Democratic vote for congressional apportionment

By Sofia Ahmed • May 24, 2024
Inaccurate data used to show cost-of-living increases between Trump and Biden presidencies

By Sofia Ahmed • April 5, 2024
Antisemitic claims about Brooklyn synagogue tunnel spread on social media

By Sofia Ahmed • January 12, 2024