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EmpireSports.co stated on February 28, 2014 in a headline:

"Colorado Rockies baseball team to sell marijuana brownies at their concession stands."

By Joshua Gillin• April 2, 2017

HoustonChronicle-tv.com stated on August 29, 2017 in an Internet post:

"Floyd Mayweather Jr. donates a whopping sum of money to Houston after hurricane."

By Joshua Gillin• August 30, 2017

Kathleen Falk stated on April 09, 2012 in a television ad:

"Together we added more jobs than any other area" while I was Dane County executive.

By Dave Umhoefer• April 13, 2012

Barry Smitherman stated on August 26, 2013 in prepared remarks for speech to Texas Alliance for Life:

According to an article in the Economist magazine, Americans are "guaranteed" to live above the poverty line if they graduate from high school, keep their first job for over a year and get and stay married.

By W. Gardner Selby• September 18, 2013

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

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

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

Did the rules of the debate say there would be no fan?

By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2014

Unpacking the noise around Dr. Anthony Fauci and beagle experiments

By Bill McCarthy• October 28, 2021

Ted Cruz's first fact checks as presidential hopeful

By W. Gardner Selby• March 27, 2015

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

By Louis Jacobson• February 1, 2013

As Ron DeSantis kicks off his presidential bid, how has Florida fared economically on his watch?

By Louis Jacobson• May 24, 2023

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

By Louis Jacobson• April 25, 2023