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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
Threads posts
stated on February 25, 2025 in a Threads post:

“The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images.

By Jeff Cercone • February 28, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post:

A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, was caused by “a public health initiative” to “distribute free measles vaccines.”

By Loreben Tuquero • February 28, 2025
Threads posts
stated on January 2, 2025 in a Threads post:

“Mark Cuban shifts company from Texas to California: ‘Can’t operate in red states.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 8, 2025
Instagram posts
stated on January 2, 2025 in an Instagram post:

Video shows “Fort Worth, Texas pileup, January (1st), 2025.”

By Loreben Tuquero • January 3, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2024 in Facebook posts:

Residents in states across the U.S. are eligible for a $2,200 holiday stimulus payment.

By Sofia Ahmed • December 20, 2024
Threads posts
stated on December 10, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Texas declares bringing a pride flag to the classroom a crime.”

By Sofia Ahmed • December 12, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:

The NFL said Beyoncé is “not a good artist” and rejected her Christmas halftime show.

By Sofia Ahmed • December 4, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 20, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Texas just gifted Trump 355,000 acres for deportation camps.”

By Loreben Tuquero • November 27, 2024
X posts
stated on November 2, 2024 in a post on X:

An image shows CNN reporting that Vice President Kamala Harris has more votes than former President Donald Trump in Texas.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 4, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in a post:

"Breaking: Voters in Tarrant County, Texas are reporting that the voting machines are flipping their votes from Trump to Kamala Harris."

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 24, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Serena Williams reportedly passes away following tragic car crash in Texas.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 27, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows missing couple Raymond Peterson and his wife, Sophie.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 26, 2024
X posts
stated on September 9, 2024 in an X post:

"Dallas County Texas (tells) election workers to (illegally) lie on registration & use a church address to register homeless people to vote!”

By Jeff Cercone • September 11, 2024
Rick Scott
stated on August 28, 2024 in a post on X:

“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”

By Samantha Putterman • August 29, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on July 18, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Financial advisory company Austin Private Wealth shorted 12 million shares of Trump Media July 12, the day before former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination.

By Loreben Tuquero • July 25, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on July 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:

There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.”

By Ranjan Jindal • July 23, 2024
Michael McCaul
stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview:

“(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 11, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on June 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"There were 42,000 people diagnosed with (an) STD in Houston” in one week.

By Jeff Cercone • June 28, 2024
Threads posts
stated on June 8, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Trump can’t be on the Texas ballot because of our state constitution.”

By Amy Sherman • June 14, 2024
Viral image
stated on May 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that “Texas SB-4 law is constitutional.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 3, 2024
X posts
stated on April 8, 2024 in a post:

Video shows “child groomer” at city council meeting reacting to “getting exposed”

By Grace Abels • April 10, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on April 3, 2024 in Instagram posts:

More than 2 million people registered to vote so far this year without photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas.

By Sofia Ahmed • April 5, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on April 1, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Texas found that 95,000 noncitizens were registered to vote.

By Sofia Ahmed • April 4, 2024
TikTok posts
stated on March 14, 2024 in una publicación en TikTok:

El gobernador de Texas “puso más de 5,000 cocodrilos en el río Bravo".

By Marta Campabadal Graus • March 28, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 4, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Texas wildfires are a “deliberate” attack on U.S. food supply.

By Jeff Cercone • March 5, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 3, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The Texas wildfires were started by directed energy weapons.

By Sara Swann • March 5, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on February 29, 2024 in an Instagram post:

President Joe Biden’s comments about Texas homes are evidence that homes of a certain color are spared from wildfires.

By Sara Swann • March 1, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on February 11, 2024 in an Instagram post:

If a woman in Texas takes “abortion pills voluntarily,” she would be “charged with murder.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 14, 2024
Michael McCaul
stated on January 19, 2024 in an impeachment hearing:

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' border policy is "personally responsible" for fentanyl crossing the border

By Bayliss Wagner • February 12, 2024

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