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Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows an electric car charging station that uses "12 gallons of diesel fuel per hour, and it takes three hours to fully charge a car to get 200 miles. That's 36 gallons for 200 miles. 5.6 mpg."

By Andy Nguyen• July 19, 2021

Threads posts stated on December 09, 2024 in a Threads post:

Elon Musk criticized the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter on X, saying, “It’s disgusting how everyone is turning this guy into some kind of folk hero.”

By Sofia Ahmed• December 10, 2024

Bumper Sticker stated on December 20, 2010 in Washington, D.C.:

"CEOs now earn 431 times what their workers earn."

By Martha M. Hamilton• December 21, 2010

Pramila Jayapal stated on May 28, 2023 in in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”:

The average amount of assistance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is $6 a day.

By Sevana Wenn• June 6, 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

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

Vice: What the movie gets right and wrong about Dick Cheney

By Jon Greenberg• February 8, 2019

Fact-checking Doonesbury

By Bill Adair, Louis Jacobson• February 14, 2011

Red light on ‘greenwashing’? US regulatory agency takes fresh look at deceptive climate claims

By Tom Kertscher• July 17, 2023

Ted Cruz's first fact checks as presidential hopeful

By W. Gardner Selby• March 27, 2015

Ted Cruz photos by Associated Press included several of gun seemingly pointed at him

By W. Gardner Selby• June 22, 2015

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

By Louis Jacobson• February 1, 2013

Federal spending on old and young, by the numbers

By Louis Jacobson• January 28, 2013

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

By Louis Jacobson• April 25, 2023