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Social Media stated on March 09, 2025 in in social media posts:

Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.

By Jeff Cercone• March 10, 2025

Threads posts stated on December 10, 2024 in Threads posts:

“Pride flags permanently prohibited at FIFA Club World Cup 2025.”

By Sofia Ahmed• December 16, 2024

Viral image stated on May 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photos show a photojournalist crying while capturing pictures of the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 19, 2021

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

Cristiano Ronaldo was the only European soccer captain who did not wear a rainbow armband at Euro 2020.

By Grace Abels• June 21, 2024

The Other 98% stated on March 31, 2016 in a Facebook image:

"Last year (the U.S. women’s soccer team) generated $20 million more than the men’s team and were paid almost four times less."

By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2016

Social Media stated on January 19, 2025 in social media posts:

Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally.

By Loreben Tuquero• January 21, 2025

John Carter stated on August 09, 2010 in a conference call with reporters.:

Says the United States is the only nation that affords citizenship to anyone born here, "whether you are here legally or illegally."

By W. Gardner Selby• August 10, 2010

Instagram posts stated on November 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Qatar refused “to receive the German national team’s plane, which bears the gay logo, which forced them to return the plane to the airport of the Sultanate of Oman.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 29, 2022

Peter Beinart stated on July 06, 2014 in comments on CNN:

"If you look at the states where soccer is most popular, they're overwhelmingly blue states, and the states where soccer is least popular are red states."

By Derek Tsang• July 10, 2014

Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet:

Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.

By Steve Contorno• June 19, 2014

Donald Trump stated on January 21, 2026 in remarks:

In artificial intelligence, “We're leading China by a lot.”

By Loreben Tuquero• January 29, 2026

John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":

Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards."

By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014

John Kagia stated on April 02, 2026 in an interview with Politico:

"The number of New Yorkers who consume cannabis daily or near daily is the same as the number of New Yorkers who buy coffee from a coffee shop daily or near daily — 1.2-plus million people."

By Mary McNaughton• June 5, 2026

Barack Obama stated on March 11, 2016 in keynoting South by Southwest Interactive:

"We’re the only advanced democracy in the world that makes it harder for people to vote."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 20, 2016

Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

“En la Eurocopa 2020, la Unión Europea impuso a todos los capitanes de selecciones nacionales llevar el distintivo lgtb. Pero Cristiano fue el único capitán de la Euro que se negó y no llevo el cintillo lgtb”.

By Grace Abels, Marta Campabadal Graus• June 21, 2024

John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":

FIFA "pressured Brazil into passing a so-called Budweiser bill, allowing beer sales in soccer stadiums."

By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014

Viral image stated on October 26, 2021 in a Facebook post:

In-N-Out cups say “Let’s go Brandon.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 2, 2021

Viral image stated on October 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

In-N-Out cups say “F--- Joe Biden.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 29, 2021

One Nation stated on July 16, 2022 in ads:

Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.

By Tom Kertscher• July 28, 2022

Marco Rubio stated on May 20, 2026 in an X post:

“The reason (people in Cuba) are forced to survive 22 hours a day without electricity is not due to an oil ‘blockade’ by the US.”

By Maria Briceño, Samantha Putterman• May 22, 2026

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