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Joe Biden stated on March 13, 2023 in an executive action:

On drilling on federal lands.

By Tom Kertscher• March 15, 2023

Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Masks will kill quite a few people, it’s well known that they reduce blood oxygen levels and those with respiratory and cardiac disorders will die.”

By Miriam Valverde• December 3, 2020

Bee Moorhead stated on September 29, 2015 in an oped article in the Austin American-Statesman:

Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 12, 2015

Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2015 in a meme on social media:

Says Hillary Clinton’s top 10 donors are mainly "banks, corporations and media," while Bernie Sanders’ top 10 donors are labor unions.

By Louis Jacobson• July 7, 2015

Don Young stated on October 22, 2014 in a speech in Alaska:

Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2014

Brian Tyler Cohen stated on May 03, 2023 in a Facebook post:

House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”

By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2023

Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2025 in an X post:

Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• October 20, 2025

X posts stated on October 26, 2025 in a post on X:

Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025.

By Maria Briceño• October 27, 2025

West Virginians For Health Freedom stated on August 29, 2025 in a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.:

“Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.”

By Natalie Ribar• October 15, 2025

Texas whups nation in poverty--for 50-plus years?

By W. Gardner Selby• October 14, 2015

Joe Biden has approved more oil drilling. Why? And does it undo his efforts to fight climate change?

By Tom Kertscher• April 13, 2023

Federal spending on old and young, by the numbers

By Louis Jacobson• January 28, 2013

Ted Cruz's first fact checks as presidential hopeful

By W. Gardner Selby• March 27, 2015

As Joe Biden announces his reelection bid, how has the economy fared on his watch?

By Louis Jacobson• April 25, 2023

Medicare and Social Security: What you paid compared with what you get

By Louis Jacobson• February 1, 2013