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Facebook posts stated on June 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“How many of you are aware that the female governor of Michigan is the niece of George Soros?”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 10, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in an image:

"By revoking the Keystone pipeline permit, Biden is destroying 11,000 jobs.”

By Daniel Funke• January 21, 2021

Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook:

Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “on day one” of his administration.

By Madison Czopek• February 26, 2025

Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter:

“My company was building the Keystone Pipeline when (President Joe) Biden canceled it.”

By Kelly Smits• July 21, 2022

Ron Johnson stated on January 21, 2021 in Facebook post:

The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies”

By Nusaiba Mizan• February 26, 2021

Bloggers stated on July 11, 2021 in a blog post:

“Canada prohibits all vaxxed pilots from flying.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 21, 2021

Facebook posts stated on August 03, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:

“We’re seeing two massive explosions on U.S. critical infrastructure in the past 24 hours that have caused power outages.”

By Madison Czopek• August 7, 2023

Florida Democratic Party stated on November 05, 2015 in a Facebook post:

"Marco Rubio spent $400K of your tax dollars remodeling offices, and building a members-only lounge."

By Joshua Gillin• November 9, 2015

TikTok posts stated on April 06, 2022 in a video:

Video of a Q&A response from Amazon’s Alexa confirms that chemtrails are being used “to reduce the human population.”

By Monique Curet• April 13, 2022

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on June 13, 2011 in in a radio ad:

"Vern Buchanan. His old business was caught illegally funneling over $60,000 in campaign donations to Buchanan to influence his election."

By Becky Bowers• June 24, 2011

Joe Manchin stated on November 16, 2021 in a Senate hearing:

The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."

By Duncan Slade• December 10, 2021

Oregon Citizens Lobby stated on February 06, 2014 in a legislative hearing tweet:

Kip Kinkel and Clackamas Town Center shootings "both where citizen with gun stopped the crime"

By Dana Tims• February 12, 2014

Chuck Todd stated on July 05, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

In Florida, "the number of voters who now register as ‘other’ has grown by a million in the last 10 years. Compare that with the Democrats, who only grew by 300,000 and the Republicans who grew by just 200,000."

By Anna Bruzgulis• July 8, 2015

Rick Scott's Starbucks heckler stated on April 05, 2016 in a confrontation with Rick Scott at Starbucks:

Says Rick Scott "cut Medicaid" so people can't "get Obamacare."

By Joshua Gillin• April 6, 2016

Marco Rubio stated on June 02, 2010 in comments on his campaign website:

Charlie Crist "bizarrely vetoed" $9.7 million for a teaching hospital at the University of Florida "despite having previously argued the budget request had merit."

By Amy Sherman• June 4, 2010

Luis Garcia stated on February 15, 2012 in a campaign press release:

Says David Rivera "received a $5,000 campaign contribution from Congressman Spencer Bachus, who is currently under House Ethics investigation for insider trading."

By Amy Sherman• March 16, 2012

Minka Kelly stated on May 10, 2016 in a post on Instagram:

"By the time you drink your coffee, an elephant is killed for its ivory tusks."

By Linda Qiu• May 17, 2016

Kevin Brady stated on June 24, 2016 in a press conference for Republican tax reform:

The United States "is the only major country that taxes its own exports."

By Neelesh Moorthy• June 28, 2016

Tucker Carlson stated on January 17, 2024 in a video:

“In August 2023, illegal immigration outpaced American births.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 25, 2024

The Gateway Pundit stated on June 01, 2021 in a blog post:

Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.”

By Tom Kertscher• June 17, 2021

Does St. Petersburg have the No. 3 waterfront in all of North America?

By Joshua Gillin• August 2, 2013

What role does natural gas play in a ‘clean energy’ future? Separating spin from science in TV ads

By Tom Kertscher• February 28, 2023

PBS News and PolitiFact announce partnership through 2024 election cycle

By PolitiFact Staff • July 12, 2024

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021

By Amy Sherman• December 21, 2021

Fact-checking the Starbucks heckler-Rick Scott spat

By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 6, 2016

ISIS, drug prices and COVID-19 deaths: How a viral post misleads on Biden's first days in office

By Samantha Putterman• January 26, 2021

Tracking Ted Cruz fact checks

By W. Gardner Selby• March 15, 2016

Trump says North Carolina’s economy is the ‘best’ in state history

By Elizabeth Thompson• July 27, 2019

Was the U.S. on the brink of war with North Korea before Trump? A review of the evidence

By Louis Jacobson• February 18, 2019

Fact-checking Roy Cooper’s State of the State speech

By Will Doran, Paul Specht• February 26, 2019

Unpacking the theory that the 14th Amendment could keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office in 2024

By Louis Jacobson• February 4, 2022

Explaining the NCAA's logic in singling out North Carolina

By Will Doran• September 13, 2016

Some GOP hopefuls want to honor Confederate Braxton Bragg with US base. Here's what to know.

By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2023

Medicaid expansion is at the heart of the budget fight. Here’s what it means for NC.

By Elizabeth Thompson• July 12, 2019

Who is Donald Trump’s State of the Union guest Ji Seong-ho, who defected from North Korea?

By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2018

Was the Civil War unconstitutional?

By Will Doran• April 14, 2017

Do NC, Texas face more election lawsuits than all other states combined?

By Paul Specht• February 8, 2019

A Trump nuclear strike against North Korea: constitutional or not?

By Manuela Tobias• August 10, 2017

Is North Korea ready to scrap its nuclear weapons?

By Jon Greenberg• April 19, 2018

Vietnam and Afghanistan: Different wars, similar endings?

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2021