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Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post:

Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump.

By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024

Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post:

“Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva.

By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022

TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post:

If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone.

By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025

Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2025 in an Instagram post:

“Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 29, 2025

Social Media stated on October 04, 2024 in social media posts:

FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas.

By Madison Czopek• October 8, 2024

Bloggers stated on September 06, 2022 in a blog post:

“The U.S. & Elon Musk reveal new hypersonic jet to help Ukraine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 7, 2022

Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2025 in Facebook posts:

Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE.

By Sofia Ahmed• February 13, 2025

Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Mass media destroyed! Blackout for mass arrests event!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 20, 2021

Viral image stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photo from “data leak at Elon Musk AND NASA … are said to be from one of Elon Musk’s Space-X satellites.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 18, 2022

Instagram posts stated on November 28, 2022 in an Instagram post:

No NASA Challenger rocket blew up with people on it.

By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 30, 2022

Social Media stated on February 24, 2025 in in social media posts:

Zero votes for 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Rockland County, New York, precinct proves Elon Musk hacked 2024 presidential election.

By Jeff Cercone• February 26, 2025

Instagram posts stated on October 02, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Vice President Kamala Harris' comments in Augusta, Georgia, show the Biden administration is offering Hurricane Helene victims only $750 in relief.

By Loreben Tuquero• October 4, 2024

Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’”

By Maria Briceño• November 19, 2024

Hank Johnson stated on January 01, 2013 in a letter:

"[W]e see America's prison population exploding, with America having a greater percentage of its people behind bars than any other nation in the world!"

By Eric Stirgus• January 14, 2013

David Brooks stated on December 09, 2011 in a column in the New York Times:

Newt Gingrich "has suggested" building "a mirror system in space" could improve the Earth’s habitability.

By Louis Jacobson• December 12, 2011

X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in X posts:

“iPhones exploding in Lebanon blowing up random people.”

By Sofia Ahmed• September 20, 2024

Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2024 in a Facebook reel:

There are no real pictures of satellites on Google Images because outer space is not real.

By Sofia Ahmed• April 18, 2024

Bloggers stated on March 29, 2018 in a blog post:

NASA Has Just Confirmed Earth Has A New Moon

By Miriam Valverde• March 30, 2018

Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Google Earth blocked people from seeing the Suez Canal.

By Samantha Putterman• March 29, 2021

Alex Jones stated on May 20, 2024 in an X post:

“All of the satellite weather data for the day of the Iranian president’s crash has been removed.”

By Sofia Ahmed• May 24, 2024

Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance?

By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024

Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines

By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024

12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024

2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods

By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024

Beto O’Rourke, Rick Perry and bombs NOT going off in El Paso (maybe NOT safest U.S. city)

By W. Gardner Selby• August 24, 2014

Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up

By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019

Trump blamed Iran for a strike that hit a girls’ school. Open-source intelligence contradicted that

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• March 11, 2026

A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024

Trump directed the Pentagon to create a Space Force. What would it look like?

By Manuela Tobias• August 13, 2018

Passports, please

By • October 5, 2010

Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon

By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023

Mailbag: 'You're keeping my head from exploding'

By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2011

Ask PolitiFact: Why are some border gates open in Arizona?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 5, 2023

Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say

By Louis Jacobson• June 23, 2025

The Senate takes up immigration

By Molly Moorhead• May 9, 2013

The Senate takes up immigration

By Molly Moorhead• May 9, 2013

What is Congress doing besides impeachment?

By Bill McCarthy• November 14, 2019

A history of breaches and violence at the US Capitol

By Amy Sherman• January 7, 2021

Space policy keeps rocketing to prominence

By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2010

These videos don’t show US strikes in Iran and counterattacks, they’re AI and outdated

By Zoe Weyand• March 2, 2026

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Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance?

Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines

12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall

2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods

Beto O’Rourke, Rick Perry and bombs NOT going off in El Paso (maybe NOT safest U.S. city)

Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up

Trump blamed Iran for a strike that hit a girls’ school. Open-source intelligence contradicted that

A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

Trump directed the Pentagon to create a Space Force. What would it look like?

Passports, please

Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon

Mailbag: 'You're keeping my head from exploding'

Ask PolitiFact: Why are some border gates open in Arizona?

Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say

The Senate takes up immigration

The Senate takes up immigration

What is Congress doing besides impeachment?

A history of breaches and violence at the US Capitol

Space policy keeps rocketing to prominence

These videos don’t show US strikes in Iran and counterattacks, they’re AI and outdated