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Threads posts stated on August 06, 2025 in a Threads post: The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it. By Samantha Putterman• August 7, 2025 Bloggers stated on September 24, 2018 in an image on Facebook: Says that Dianne Feinstein said, "When the gunman realizes that nobody else is armed, he will lay down his weapons and turn himself in…. that’s just human nature." By Maryna Dorosh• September 24, 2018 Bloggers stated on July 20, 2016 in a headline: "Police find 19 white female bodies in freezers with ‘Black Lives Matter’ carved into skin." By Joshua Gillin• April 6, 2017 X posts stated on March 11, 2023 in a tweet: Kari Lake called Trump the “fattest president since Taft” in a 2016 tweet. By Samantha Putterman• March 16, 2023 Ted Strickland stated on October 20, 2016 in the Ohio Senate debate: Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio." By Allison Graves• October 21, 2016 Donald Trump stated on April 16, 2020 in a tweet: Says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi deleted a video of her telling people to go to Chinatown. By Miriam Valverde• April 16, 2020 Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Obama used government funds to pay for his personal vacations for the next 20 years and Trump sent him a bill. By Samantha Putterman• November 25, 2019 Social Media stated on June 10, 2025 in an ad on Craigslist: Companies called “T-Mellon Events” and “Fight Fite Fight LLC” are offering to pay “seat fillers” in Washington, D.C, on June 14. By Gabrielle Lazor• June 13, 2025 Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "when any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns … It no longer trusts its citizens because such a government has evil plans." By Samantha Putterman• September 3, 2019 Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Clint Eastwood said Hollywood is "the place of traitors and pedophilians" and he’s decided to "leave" it to "fight against traitors with real American patriots with president Trump." By Samantha Putterman• June 21, 2019 Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Anheuser-Busch closing half its U.S. breweries” after Dylan Mulvaney backlash. By Jeff Cercone• May 1, 2023 Chris Jacobs stated on March 04, 2020 in a television commercial: "Nate McMurray wants to reward illegals with amnesty." By Jill Terreri Ramos• March 24, 2020 Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2021 in a post: Headlines show CNN published contradictory reports about hydroxychloroquine in 2020. By Monique Curet• July 15, 2021 Viral image stated on October 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: A news report quoted Alec Baldwin saying, “How about I just f----- shoot the both of ya?” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2021 George Takei stated on January 20, 2017 in a Tweet: "The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections." By Lauren Carroll• January 23, 2017 Viral image stated on May 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: "D.A.R.E. removed cannabis from its list of gateway drugs." By Ciara O'Rourke• May 30, 2019 Kirsten Gillibrand stated on May 10, 2019 in a campaign stop: "I actually in 2005 ran on Medicare for all." By Jill Terreri Ramos• May 22, 2019 Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Mitch McConnell was cured of polio when he was a child by government-funded care and now he’s trying to take that same care away from millions of Americans By Samantha Putterman• April 29, 2019 Tammy Baldwin stated on September 19, 2016 in a statement: Says that except for Donald Trump, "every other major party nominee" for the past 40 years has released their tax returns. By Tom Kertscher• September 28, 2016 Rand Paul stated on August 04, 2014 in comments to reporters: "I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past." By Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2014
7 steps to better fact-checking By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 20, 2014 PolitiFact’s checklist for thorough fact-checking By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 31, 2022 Were Missouri protesters upset Paris attacks stole their spotlight? By Katherine Knott• November 23, 2015 What role did Glenn Youngkin play in purchase of Taylor Swift’s masters? (PolitiFact’s version) By Noah Y. Kim• October 11, 2021 No proof tweets about Paris attacks came from Missouri student protesters By Katherine Knott• November 20, 2015 PolitiFact reviewing story about beheaded babies (See editor's note) By Katie Sanders• October 20, 2023 Editor's note: PolitiFact's coverage of beheaded babies By Katie Sanders• November 21, 2023 Trump’s pardon comments omit why former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was prosecuted By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2025 2018 Lie of the Year: Slams after Parkland shooting By Tom Kertscher• December 12, 2018 2018 Lie of the Year: Smears after Parkland shooting By Tom Kertscher• December 11, 2018 President Trump said he ‘brought back free speech.’ His first 100 days tell a different story. By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• April 29, 2025 Mailbag: The stolen election myth, abortion laws, defending fact-checkers By Jon Greenberg• July 13, 2022 Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often By Bill McCarthy• May 19, 2022 Trump indicted in classified documents case: Here’s the timeline By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• July 6, 2023 How broken URLs helped fuel an unfounded conspiracy theory related to biolabs in Ukraine By Jeff Cercone• March 17, 2022 How are school shootings defined? By Chris Nichols• February 28, 2018 Election denying candidates sought to undo voting rights. Many lost key races By Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022 Looking at news coverage of the Hunter Biden story in other countries By Ciara O'Rourke• October 30, 2020 Trump, Biden classified documents cases differ in key ways. Here’s how. By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• January 11, 2023 The difference between automatic and semi-automatic weapons By Joshua Gillin• October 2, 2017
