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Viral image stated on February 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“NASA discovers THC on meteorite fragment.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 4, 2021
Viral image stated on November 02, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Smithsonian admits to destruction of thousands of giant human skeletons in early 1900s.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 3, 2022
Bloggers stated on April 01, 2016 in a post on Facebook:
An Alton, Ill., man caught a 736-pound Giant Mekong catfish in the Mississippi River.
By Emily Venezky• February 14, 2020
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
The Smithsonian Institution includes “nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future.”
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson• August 20, 2025
Travis Allen stated on February 13, 2017 in a press release:
"The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville."
By Chris Nichols• February 16, 2017
Tommy Thompson stated on June 04, 2012 in a speech:
"Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in America."
By Dave Umhoefer• July 30, 2012
Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2015 in a Facebook post:
"In 1913, it was legal to mail children."
By Nancy Badertscher• January 13, 2015
Donald Trump stated on October 23, 2023 in remarks at a rally in Derry, N.H.:
“When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.”
By Louis Jacobson• October 26, 2023
Dianne Feinstein stated on April 03, 2016 in a newspaper Q&A:
California has "the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people."  
By Chris Nichols• May 31, 2016
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
Facebook posts stated on January 08, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A Black Lives Matter administrator was arrested in a 1983 bombing at the U.S. Capitol.
By Jeff Cercone• January 19, 2022
Instagram posts stated on August 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Photos are proof that Hawaii fires were caused by a “direct energy weapon assault on the people.”
By Jeff Cercone• August 11, 2023
Harry Reid stated on February 19, 2010 in a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston:
"We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."
By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2010
Tom Graves stated on June 28, 2013 in a news release:
"The government does not need a warrant to read your old emails."
By Janel Davis• September 10, 2013
Eileen Brady stated on September 08, 2011 in in a speech:
Says "Many people I’ve talked to are angry that because of City Hall inaction we may have to spend a needless $500 million to cover and treat our pure drinking water."
By Janie Har• October 21, 2011
Greg Abbott stated on June 12, 2015 in a press release:
A Texas law "will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 26, 2015
Facebook posts stated on September 07, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“There are people trying to make legal age of consent 4 years old.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2020
Facebook posts stated on October 07, 2022 in a post:
Dark spots on potato chips are “infected with throat mold.”
By Andy Nguyen• October 19, 2022
Bob McDonnell stated on January 08, 2013 in a news conference. :
Says his transportation plan "would make Virginia the first state in the nation to eliminate the state tax on gasoline."
By Nancy Madsen• January 10, 2013
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta stated on November 20, 2010 in a press release:
"Georgia has the second-highest rate of childhood obesity in the United States."
By Willoughby Mariano• November 8, 2010

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