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Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Recent blood clots or strokes in four major athletes are an unwanted effect of COVID-19 vaccines.
By Jeff Cercone• December 13, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"The Sun is out of place, the Moon is out of place and the stars are out of place. The compasses are off" because of a shift in the Earth’s poles.
By Grace Abels• August 3, 2022
Facebook posts stated on September 01, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Following Hurricane Ida, animals from Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey are “fleeing the premises.”
By Gabrielle Settles• September 2, 2021
Viral image stated on September 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Marcus Aurelius said, "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 26, 2019
Viral image stated on September 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows “Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles” bowing to Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 20, 2022
John McCain stated on June 17, 2008 in Houston, Texas:
We are "borrowing Saudi money for Saudi oil" with the result being "dependency and debt."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 20, 2008
Progressive Choice Florida stated on June 23, 2014 in a radio ad:
Says Charlie Crist signed "the nation’s harshest marijuana laws."
By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• June 27, 2014
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
Viral image stated on May 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"How to Survive The Coming Ice Age" was a Time magazine cover story in 1977.  
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 23, 2019
Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in Instagram post:
“If outer space was a vacuum, astronauts would train in vacuum chambers. Not in swimming pools. Outer Space is a hoax.”
By Michael Majchrowicz• November 1, 2022
Scott Walker stated on November 13, 2013 in a book:
"The $3.6 billion deficit we inherited has turned into more than a half-billion-dollar surplus."
By Dave Umhoefer• November 15, 2013
Bernie Sanders stated on November 14, 2015 in comments at the Iowa Democratic debate:
500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury."
By Jason Noble• November 15, 2015
Scott Walker stated on March 19, 2012 in a television interview:
"We gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union."
By James B. Nelson• April 9, 2012
Viral image stated on April 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 7, 2019
Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Congratulations to Ruben, knighted by the Queen. Now goes by the name, Sir Ruben.”
By Luiz Romero• April 27, 2022
Wes Riddle stated on May 16, 2012 in a Facebook post:
Says U.S. is giving seven Alaskan islands to Russia.
By Sue Owen• July 27, 2012
Hillary Clinton stated on March 17, 2008 in Washington, D.C.:
"I remember landing under sniper fire."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 25, 2008
Barack Obama stated on March 27, 2009 in a speech at the White House. :
"2008 was the deadliest year of the war (in Afghanistan) for American forces."
By Alexander Lane• March 31, 2009
Instagram posts stated on December 28, 2021 in a post:
“NASA hired 24 theologians to study human reaction to aliens.”
By Monique Curet• January 18, 2022
Viral image stated on February 16, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Says Luigi Mangione posted on X, “He who saves his country does not violate any law.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 21, 2025

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The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it?

By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019

Mix 'n match creditors with causes

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 20, 2008

Fact-checking the Iowa Democratic presidential debate

By Lauren Carroll, Aaron Sharockman• November 14, 2015

Checking claims from the Democratic debate

By Lauren Carroll, Aaron Sharockman• November 16, 2015

Is Black Lives Matter a Marxist movement?

By Tom Kertscher• July 21, 2020

Do Jefferson, Lincoln prove Donald Trump can tell Justice Department what to do?

By Louis Jacobson• December 5, 2017

Fact-checking the 2nd night of the Democratic debate in Miami

By PolitiFact Staff • June 28, 2019

What makes America "exceptional?"

By Dave Umhoefer• April 6, 2015

Can Donald Trump legally put his image on a U.S. Mint coin? Probably

By Louis Jacobson• October 7, 2025

Are illegal immigrants bringing ‘tremendous’ disease across the border, as Trump says? Unlikely

By Louis Jacobson• July 23, 2015

A senator gets it right, a president gets it wrong

By Jim Tharpe• February 11, 2011

Climate scientists reject Trump’s prediction 'It’ll start getting cooler' in California

By Chris Nichols• September 14, 2020

Earth Day 2016: 6 things to know about climate change

By Linda Qiu• April 21, 2016

After hottest month on record, can novel solutions address ‘urban heat islands’?

By Tom Kertscher• August 17, 2023

When does life begin? As state laws define it, science, politics and religion clash

By Sarah Varney• September 6, 2022

PunditFact fact-checks the March 23 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• March 23, 2014

Fact-checking the March 23 Sunday shows

By Aaron Sharockman• March 23, 2014

New Earth photos appear dull because of cameras and lighting, not climate change

By Zoe Weyand• April 7, 2026

Facts on the vitamin K shot for newborns

By Grace Abels• March 24, 2026

An enduring tradition: False claims about attacks on Christmas

By Tom Kertscher• December 23, 2021