FALSE: Screenshots have circulated Craigslist ads purportedly seeking to pay people to protest in Los Angeles.
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Screenshots have circulated Craigslist ads purportedly seeking to pay people to protest in Los Angeles.
Fact
These Craigslist posts were created as part of a prank podcast called Goofcon1.
Their creators did not intend for them to be linked to ongoing protests.
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False Claim: President Trump’s Federalized National Guard De-escalated the situation in Los Angeles
The National Guard President Trump federalized was not deployed on the ground when he posted this.
False: On June 10, President Trump told press he spoke with the Governor “a day ago”
President Trump called the Governor once, on the night of Friday, June 7 – not “a day ago.”
President Trump DID NOT tell the Governor to “get his ass in gear” during his phone call on June 7th, 2025.
The President did not mention sending the National Guard into California at any point.