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Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2024 in a video posted on Facebook.:
The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.”
By Madison Czopek• March 20, 2024
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
Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Asteroid warning: NASA tracks a 4KM killer rock on approach - Could end human civilisation.”
By Tom Kertscher• March 5, 2020
Other Space stated on July 14, 2015 in in a Change.org petition:
"By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does."
By Anna Bruzgulis• July 21, 2015
Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2024 in Facebook reel:
Emergency officials warn to “stock up on food, water, and fuel ahead of the eclipse.”
By Madison Czopek• March 19, 2024
U.S. Energy Department stated on September 05, 2025 in a post on X:
“Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 9, 2025
Chris Wright stated on April 19, 2026 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.”
By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2026
Americans for Prosperity stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico."
By Becky Bowers• May 2, 2012
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Claims the James Webb Space Telescope is “fakery they got for the masses”
By Andy Nguyen• July 18, 2022
Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2024 in a post:
Photo shows “clearest image ever taken of Venus.”
By Sara Swann• May 9, 2024
Floridians for Solar Choice stated on January 14, 2015 in a statement on a website:
"Currently, Florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business."
By Amy Sherman• January 16, 2015
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:
Under the “2023 Solar Incentive Program,” U.S. homeowners can “now qualify to get a full, state-of-the-art solar system at absolutely no cost from the government.”
By Madison Czopek• July 21, 2023
Louie Gohmert stated on August 11, 2021 in an OAN broadcast.:
Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.”
By Jason Asenso• August 17, 2021
Charlie Crist stated on November 18, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":
"We’re the Sunshine State, and we’re hardly doing any solar energy production."
By Rochelle Koff• December 3, 2013
X posts stated on May 20, 2025 in X posts:
The Sean “Diddy” Combs trial testimony revealed that former President Barack Obama was “caught in secret meetings with Diddy’s drug runner.”
By Loreben Tuquero• May 22, 2025
Donald Trump stated on July 08, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:
China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 10, 2025
Instagram posts stated on February 10, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Humans are not causing climate change.” Magnetic pole shifting “is causing havoc worldwide in weather, climate, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.”
By Loreben Tuquero• February 15, 2023
Facebook posts stated on November 01, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Elon Musk is releasing a low-cost house.
By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 8, 2024
Viral image stated on March 11, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Image shows “underneath the Capitol building.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 20, 2024
Instagram posts stated on March 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Three rockets NASA is launching during the April 8 solar eclipse is “a ritual causing mass psychosis.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2024

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The Obameter report card on transparency promises

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By Tom Kertscher• March 14, 2014

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By Jeff Cercone• December 19, 2024

TV ad claims stimulus ships tax dollars overseas

By Becky Bowers• May 4, 2012

Line by line: How an ad uses sleight-of-hand to distort facts on stimulus

By Becky Bowers• May 4, 2012

New Trump tariffs could put even more downward pressure on economy because they’re less targeted

By Louis Jacobson• January 29, 2025

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