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TikTok posts
stated on May 3, 2025 in a video on TikTok:

Video shows Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney saying effective June 1, “all vehicles manufactured before 2000 will be gradually phased off Canadian roads due to safety and emissions standards.”

By Madison Czopek • May 6, 2025
Pete Hegseth
stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:

The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.”

By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House:

“We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2025
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
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
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 8, 2025 in a speech:

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

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 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 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:

Images show damage from an “earthquake in Thailand.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 3, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Elon Musk called for a boycott of ‘The View,’ labeling it ‘a meeting place for ignorant women.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2025
JD Vance
stated on April 1, 2025 in a post on X:

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2025 in a post:

President Donald Trump “just suggested replacing pride month with veterans month in honor of those who served.”

By Grace Abels • April 2, 2025
TikTok posts
stated on March 23, 2025 in a video:

Screenshots show Speaker Mike Johnson messaging on Grindr.

By Grace Abels • April 1, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2025 in a video on Facebook:

Video shows “France and Denmark are sending troops to Greenland to prepare for (an) attack from Donald Trump.”

By Madison Czopek • April 1, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on March 25, 2025 in a Newsmax interview:

On PBS, "they now have drag queen storytime instead of good old ‘Sesame Street.’"

By Grace Abels • April 1, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Elon Musk funded a Neuralink implant procedure for a 7-year-old girl “who was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder.”

By Loreben Tuquero • April 1, 2025

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