Bruno Fernandes was dropped to the bench for Manchester United's 3-0 home loss to Bournemouth after criticizing Michael Carrick's tactics following the 4-1 Champions League defeat at Como. Carrick has confirmed Fernandes remains captain and is expected to return for Saturday's match at Chelsea.
The claim of 100 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., including 50 million Mexicans, is wildly false. Pew Research Center estimates about 11 million unauthorized immigrants total, with roughly 4 million from Mexico. This is political commentary/opinion, not a checkable factual claim.
Same false claim as above: there are not 100 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., nor 50 million from Mexico. Estimates are around 11 million total, about 4 million Mexican.
Again, the 100 million figure is false. Unauthorized immigrant population is about 11 million, with roughly 4 million from Mexico.
BA post going around claims there are a hundred million undocumented immigrants in this country, fifty million of them from Mexico.
BAnd I'm guessing the math checks out about as well as a three-dollar bill.
BIt doesn't. Pew Research puts the real number around eleven million total, about four million from Mexico.
BSo someone just added a zero and called it a day. That's not a rounding error, that's a fantasy.
BAnd it matters, because that number gets thrown around to justify everything from mass deportations to emergency powers.
BWhich is exactly why the real number matters. If you have to inflate the problem tenfold, maybe your argument isn't as strong as you think.
BOr maybe people are so frustrated with the border that they'll believe anything that matches their anger.
BNo, no—frustration doesn't excuse making up numbers. We're supposed to be better than that.
BFair. And the post tags half the Republican leadership like they're all in on it.
BTagging Mike Johnson and Ken Paxton doesn't make it true. It just makes it louder.
BSpeaking of loud, here's one that'll start a fight: a post says the framers never imagined a president using all three branches to subvert an election.
BThat's not a fact-check, that's a campaign ad. But the underlying fear is real.
BThe framers actually did worry about concentrated power. That's why they built checks and balances.
BAnd those checks only work if people actually use them. Congress has been AWOL for years.
BBut the post calls it treason. That's a legal term, and it's not what's happening here.
BI'm not defending the word. I'm saying the concern about executive overreach isn't crazy.
BFair point. The worry is legitimate. The word is the problem, and words matter when you're trying to convince people.
BDifferent world entirely: Manchester United's captain got benched for questioning the coach's tactics.
BBruno Fernandes, their best player, dropped after criticizing Michael Carrick. That's a bold move.
BAnd they lost three-nil at home to Bournemouth. So the tactics he questioned? Maybe he had a point.
BOr maybe benching your captain sends a message that no one's above the team.
BBut when the team collapses without him, the message is: we need him more than he needs us.
BCarrick says Fernandes is still captain and expected back Saturday at Chelsea. So it was a one-game lesson.
BA one-game lesson that cost them three goals. Some lessons are expensive.
BAnd one more from the rumor mill: a post claims Seplat discovered a massive gas field in Nigeria.
BA hundred fifty-seven billion cubic feet of gas and nineteen million barrels of oil. Big if true.
BWe couldn't confirm it. No reliable source has picked it up yet.
BSo it's a claim from a random account with zero likes. Maybe wait for the company to actually announce it.
BExactly. If Seplat had found that much, it would be on every financial wire.
BAnd a quick one: someone's claiming a world-record pumpkin. No details, no source.
BI'll believe it when I see the weigh-in. Until then, it's just a big orange rumor.