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Facebook posts stated on December 30, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Vaccines are why flights have been shut down worldwide.
By Jill Terreri Ramos• January 3, 2022
Joe Biden stated on August 05, 2020 in an interview:
"There will not be another foot of wall constructed in my administration.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 11, 2023
Instagram posts stated on September 18, 2023 in an Instagram post:
An emergency broadcast system test will “send a specific high-frequency signal … with the intention of activating graphene oxide” in people.
By Jeff Cercone• September 21, 2023
Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2022 in a post:
The current monkeypox outbreak was planned by government and industry leaders.
By Monique Curet• May 24, 2022
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.”
By Tom Kertscher• August 31, 2021
Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
An audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Ariz., “is confirming the rumors that real ballots have a special watermark.”
By Tom Kertscher, Amy Sherman• May 4, 2021
Facebook posts stated on January 22, 2022 in a post:
A German doctor discovered the COVID-19 vaccines include graphene oxide or graphene hydroxide, and the full list of ingredients is secret because of the emergency use authorization.
By Monique Curet• January 24, 2022
X posts stated on December 22, 2021 in a tweet:
“WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.”
By Gabrielle Settles• December 23, 2021
Joni Ernst stated on May 28, 2022 in a newsletter:
$3 million per day in "your tax dollars" are being spent to guard "unused border wall materials."
By Nina Baker• June 16, 2022
Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The unvaccinated have escaped every single strain or 'variant’” of SARS-CoV-2.
By Andy Nguyen• June 22, 2021
Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2021 in an Instagram post.:
Federal agents are going “door-to-door coercing people to be injected with experimental drugs.”
By Jason Asenso• July 15, 2021
Pam Keith stated on May 08, 2022 in a tweet:
“Tennessee just banned Plan B and made it a crime punishable by a $50,000 fine to order it.”
By Samantha Putterman• May 9, 2022
Priorities USA Action stated on May 19, 2020 in in a TV and digital ad:
Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic."
By Victoria Knight• May 29, 2020
X posts stated on March 25, 2021 in a tweet:
"They’re unable to administer vaccines if the lockdown ends because the emergency ends with it.”
By Bill McCarthy• April 2, 2021
Facebook posts stated on October 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Switzerland’s distribution of iodine tablets means the government is worried about nuclear war.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 3, 2023
Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2022 in Facebook post:
The National Guard was activated Jan. 6, 2021, and “is in complete control.”
By Michael Majchrowicz• August 30, 2022
NaturalNews.com stated on February 03, 2020 in an article:
Says "the coronavirus was engineered by scientists in a lab."
By Daniel Funke• February 10, 2020
Viral image stated on August 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows electric cars that were bought for civil servants in France and then abandoned because “it was too expensive to replace the batteries.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 10, 2022
Facebook posts stated on October 17, 2021 in a post:
“The White House referred to Christmas trees as Holiday Trees for the first time this year.”
By Monique Curet• October 27, 2021
Instagram posts stated on October 12, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Pfizer executive “admits” vaccine was never tested for preventing transmission.
By Jeff Cercone• October 13, 2022

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By Miriam Valverde• April 20, 2021

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By Tom Kertscher• November 1, 2021

Omicron and other coronavirus variants: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson• November 29, 2021

In a shift, Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer cites limited powers for restrained response to COVID-19 surge

By Paul Egan• April 19, 2021

How to stay warm without power in a winter storm

By Daniel Funke• February 18, 2021

What was the Contingency and Crisis Response bureau? Examining the Trump-era proposal

By Bill McCarthy• August 25, 2021

What Allen West got wrong about COVID-19 and treatments

By Amy Sherman• October 12, 2021

Steve Scalise’s flawed argument that states didn’t follow their own election laws

By Amy Sherman• October 15, 2021

False vaccine claims persist on Facebook, despite a ban. Here’s why

By Daniel Funke• March 30, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: When will the COVID-19 vaccines get FDA approval?

By Miriam Valverde• July 29, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: Why were the recent COVID-19 boosters authorized before human trials were completed?

By Andy Nguyen• September 13, 2022

Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter

By Phillip Reese• September 11, 2023

What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border

By Miriam Valverde• April 12, 2021

Should I get a COVID-19 vaccination? Answering questions for vaccine skeptics

By Noah Y. Kim, Samantha Putterman• May 27, 2021

Will Joe Biden’s vaccination requirements hold up in court?

By Louis Jacobson• September 15, 2021

Trump VP pick JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024

COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy: Why scientists and doctors say it's safe

By Bill McCarthy• August 16, 2021

George Floyd did not die of a drug overdose. Why does misinformation about his death persist?

By Madison Czopek• May 23, 2025

Mailbag: ‘PolitiFact, you’re wrong’ and other reader reactions

By Josie Hollingsworth, Amy Sherman• September 7, 2021

What Ron Johnson gets wrong about the COVID-19 vaccines

By Madeline Heim• April 23, 2021