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Bloggers
stated on October 14, 2021 in a blog post:

A new federal program “is giving homeowners up to $3,708 every year.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 19, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 17, 2021 in a Rumble video:

There is an “epidemic of plane crashes linked to vaccine-related strokes in pilots.”

By Noah Y. Kim • October 19, 2021
The Gateway Pundit
stated on October 17, 2021 in a headline:

Democrats “manufactured votes from low income voters to steal the battleground states.”

By Amy Sherman • October 19, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A photo shows a $123,199 turkey for sale at Target “this year.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 19, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 5, 2021 in an article:

In the United Kingdom, “81% of COVID-19 deaths are among the vaccinated.”

By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."

By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2021
YouTube videos
stated on October 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:

COVID-19 “surges among most vaxxed communities, says Harvard study.”

By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.”

By Samantha Putterman • October 19, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Hunter Biden “was hanged at Gitmo.”

By Samantha Putterman • October 18, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A photo shows sex traffickers using an abandoned child car seat to lure in victims.

By Bill McCarthy • October 18, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on October 13, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Parents who challenge school curriculums are domestic terrorist(s)."

By Madison Czopek • October 18, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on October 12, 2021 in a post:

Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said he will not “take a PCR COVID test.”

By Kayla Steinberg • October 15, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on October 3, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Over 2 million injuries from COVID-19 vaccines have been reported to the World Health Organization.

By Andy Nguyen • October 15, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Pfizer vaccine contains living particles that can germinate to cause sickness.

By Gabrielle Settles • October 15, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on October 10, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"The media is pretty quiet about Florida's decline in COVID cases. No mask mandates or vaccine mandates."

By Tom Kertscher • October 15, 2021
Viral image
stated on October 14, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Bill Clinton death ruled a homicide, death by poison.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 15, 2021
Heartland Institute
stated on October 11, 2021 in an article from the Heartland Institute:

“U.S. acres burned each year are much fewer now — even in our worst years — than was the case in the early 20th century.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 15, 2021
Bryan Steil
stated on September 24, 2021 in Twitter:

Says Joe Biden's IRS reform proposals "would require banks and credit unions to hand over private information about routine transactions to the IRS."

By D.L. Davis • October 15, 2021
Tweets
stated on October 7, 2021 in a tweet:

The percentage of vaccinated employees at United Airlines increased after the mandate because unvaccinated employees left the company.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 14, 2021
The Gateway Pundit
stated on October 6, 2021 in articles and social media:

Dr. Anthony Fauci and U.S. health officials plotted “for a new avian flu virus to enforce universal flu vaccination.”

By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2021
Byron Brown
stated on September 26, 2021 in a speech:

“My opponent’s plan for people who commit sexual assault, sexual predators, is no jail time.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 14, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on October 7, 2021 in remarks in Elk Grove Village, Ill.:

People who are vaccinated for the coronavirus “cannot spread it to you."

By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2021
Bloggers
stated on October 10, 2021 in a blog post:

“Pfizer admits there’s no vaccine approved by FDA.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 14, 2021
Mark Pocan
stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter:

“The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.”

By Laura Schulte • October 14, 2021
Viral image
stated on October 7, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Roe was the end of women dying from abortions.”

By Madison Czopek • October 13, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on October 6, 2021 in remarks at the White House:

“Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2021
Bloggers
stated on October 8, 2021 in a blog post:

“Europe COMPLETELY BANS the Moderna vaccine for young people.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 13, 2021
Kimberly Klacik
stated on October 13, 2021 in a tweet:

An image of empty grocery store shelves shows the effect of President Joe Biden's “Build Back Better” plan.

By Bill McCarthy • October 13, 2021
Viral image
stated on October 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Under part 2 of the infrastructure bill, upon death the entire value of your accumulated wealth and estate will be taxed at 61%.”

By Tom Kertscher • October 13, 2021
Viral image
stated on October 6, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows hundreds of “sitting ships” waiting to dock at U.S. ports.

By Samantha Putterman • October 13, 2021

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