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X posts
stated on April 13, 2025 in a post on X:

Arizona Democrats “needed a lawsuit to force them to remove 50,000 noncitizens from voter rolls.”

By Madison Czopek • April 18, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2025 in Facebook posts:

Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney wrote a viral letter to Democrats suggesting steps to take against the Trump administration.

By Loreben Tuquero • April 18, 2025
Byron Donalds
stated on April 10, 2025 in a NewsNation interview:

Under the SAVE Act, “as long as you have a Real ID … it should be easy for you to register to vote.”

By Grace Abels • April 18, 2025
Tim Walz
stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview:

“Less than half of Americans have $1,000 in savings.”

By Claire Cranford • April 16, 2025
X posts
stated on April 13, 2025 in a post on X:

Cody Balmer, the person charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence, posted a photo that said “F--- Trump.”

By Madison Czopek • April 14, 2025
TikTok posts
stated on April 5, 2025 in a TikTok post:

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett says “she ‘simply forgot' to inform Social Security that her grandmother died in 2012 … She’s been collecting $2,600 a month for 13 years.”

By Maria Briceño • April 14, 2025
X posts
stated on April 6, 2025 in a post:

Photos and videos show Washington, D.C., protests against White House adviser Elon Musk are “staged & paid — bussed in, scripted, clocked out.”

By Grace Abels • April 11, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 in remarks at a White House event:

In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2025
TikTok posts
stated on April 9, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:

“China cancela la venta de TikTok” y “a partir de finales de abril los usuarios estadounidenses tendrán que pagar una tarifa mensual obligatoria para seguir usando TikTok".

By Maria Briceño • April 11, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 in a memo:

The 2020 election was “rigged” and Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, “baselessly” dismissed “election malfeasance.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 10, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech:

The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2025
Brooke Rollins
stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview:

“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 9, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.

By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2025
Ruben Gallego
stated on March 24, 2025 in a podcast episode:

Men “have the lowest college attainment rate ever.”

By Claire Cranford • April 9, 2025
X posts
stated on April 7, 2025 in posts on X:

Says Kevin Hassett, National Economic Council director, said on April 7, “Trump is considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except China.”

By Madison Czopek • April 8, 2025
Viral image
stated on April 4, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows South African news outlet reporting Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “purchased a controlling stake” in a mine.

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says Cleveland Clinic said, “Millions of COVID-vaxxed will die within ‘5 years.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Viral image
stated on April 2, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“White hats to investigate Wisconsin Supreme Court election.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “Pope Francis, shaking the hand of the priest of the Church of Satan.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Viral image
stated on March 31, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Caitlin Clark stuns the globe, rejects Elon Musk’s $15 million offer.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on April 1, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video of gray skies in northern Michigan is proof of weather modification.

By Loreben Tuquero • April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:

“Trump ordena ataques militares en los túneles del Vaticano - Laboratorios de (adrenocromo) dirigidos por la CIA cerrados por las fuerzas especiales de EE.UU”.

By Maria Briceño • April 4, 2025
Viral image
stated on April 3, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s family “must have just overlooked” “cashing her dead grandmother’s Social Security checks for a decade and a half.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2025 in a post:

Conservative activist Laura Loomer’s reporting proves “Alex Wong is the individual who added (journalist) Jeffrey Goldberg” to the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.

By Madison Czopek • April 4, 2025
Viral image
stated on March 29, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows “how Denmark reacted when Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Daughter of boxing legend, Muhammed Ali, Laila Ali, has lost her life while giving birth in a Canadian hospital.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Viral image
stated on April 1, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I am ending dual citizenship under the Espionage Act and all these traitors will be ‘denaturalized and deported.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows a missing police officer in “extreme danger.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2025 in a speech announcing tariffs:

“Egg prices came down 50%”

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2025

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