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Instagram posts stated on May 07, 2023 in a post shared on Instagram:

Duke Health, UNC Health and ECU Health “in North Carolina are diagnosing toddlers who play with stereotypically opposite gender toys as having gender dysphoria and are beginning to transition them!!”

By Madison Czopek• May 10, 2023

Ron DeSantis stated on August 04, 2022 in a press conference:

"They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids."

By Yacob Reyes• August 10, 2022

Bill Fischer stated on April 05, 2011 in a Providence Journal story:

"Full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 17, 2011

Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"No one mentions that illegals are free to leave detention centers anytime to go back to Mexico. They aren't our prisoners."

By Samantha Putterman• July 17, 2019

Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A new Facebook/Meta rule allows the company to use people’s photos without their permission, and posting a notice on your page will stop it from doing so.

By Samantha Putterman• November 17, 2021

Donald Trump stated on October 04, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week":

Among Syrian refugees, "there aren't that many women, there aren't that many children."

By Joshua Gillin• October 4, 2015

Bob Casey stated on July 05, 2017 in a tweet:

The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.

By Anna Orso• July 11, 2017

Threads posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a Threads post:

“The Episcopal Archdiocese of Washington has removed” Bishop Mariann Budde “from the National Cathedral.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2025

Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity stated on January 10, 2015 in a tweet:

"Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 1, 2015

George P. Bush stated on January 30, 2015 in remarks at a "school choice" rally outside the Texas Capitol:

A "majority of our students are trapped in" underperforming schools.

By W. Gardner Selby• March 12, 2015

Instagram posts stated on December 05, 2022 in a video:

Canada is "allowing children to seek out medically assisted death.”

By Jeff Cercone• December 7, 2022

Viral image stated on October 16, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Covid vaccinations now prohibited in people under 50 in Denmark.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 18, 2022

Mike Huckabee stated on March 04, 2011 in a post on his PAC's website:

Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."

By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2011

Instagram posts stated on February 20, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Migrants in New York City are receiving prepaid debit cards with up to $10,000 and no restrictions.

By Sofia Ahmed• February 22, 2024

Ted Yoho stated on March 14, 2017 in an interview on PBS:

"It’s been proven over and over again Medicaid has the worst outcomes in the industrialized world as far as the quality of health care."

By Amy Sherman• March 31, 2017

Gays Against Groomers stated on July 20, 2023 in an Instagram Post:

“There is no such thing as a trans kid.”

By Grace Abels• July 26, 2023

Threads posts stated on July 27, 2024 in a Threads post:

C-sections are coded as abortions in hospitals.

By Samantha Putterman• July 5, 2024

Instagram posts stated on September 09, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"Defibrillators are being installed all over” the U.K. after a child’s death, which may be “why the UK suddenly stopped” COVID-19 vaccination for children under 11 years old.

By Jeff Cercone• October 5, 2022

Instagram posts stated on January 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The Federal Aviation Administration widened its electrocardiogram parameters for pilots because “a substantial number of airline pilots have had serious heart damage” from COVID-19 vaccines.

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 20, 2023

Gayle Smith stated on March 09, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill:

As a sign of "extraordinary progress," "there are half as many (primary-age) children out of school today as there were 15 years ago."

By Jon Greenberg• March 17, 2016

Fact-checking Donald Trump's interviews with Fox and Friends, reporters on the White House lawn

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• June 15, 2018

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2023 State of the State claims about crime, Florida’s growth

By Amy Sherman• March 7, 2023

A guide to Trump’s 2nd term promises: immigration, economy, foreign policy and more

By Louis Jacobson, Ian McKinney• July 18, 2024

Does crowdsourced fact-checking work? Experts are skeptical about Meta’s plan

By Angela Fu• January 8, 2025

How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users

By Gabrielle Settles• October 25, 2022

Did Trump find 75,000 to 80,000 missing children? Here’s why experts say that claim is misleading.

By Jeff Cercone• January 28, 2025

Yakking's over at Republican Party of Texas convention; let the Truth-O-Meter kick in

By • June 14, 2010

The story behind Rand Paul's son, Medicaid and Kentucky's marketplace

By Steve Contorno• January 9, 2014

GOP moving the needle on Pledge-O-Meter

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• March 28, 2011

Immigration in 5 charts: a 2018 midterm report

By Miriam Valverde• October 7, 2018

Adding up Obama's tax calculator

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 22, 2008

Charlie Crist went to Disney World! Now who paid for it?

By Aaron Sharockman• September 21, 2010

Obama on Wisconsin’s Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher• January 30, 2014

Trump wants to close the Education Department. Here's what to know.

By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• March 20, 2025

Why it’s not ‘grooming’: What research says about gender and sexuality in schools

By Madison Czopek• May 11, 2022

Will curbing social media help kids’ mental health? Florida may try.

By Lawrence Mower• January 16, 2024

Scores of Medicaid audits still leave holes

By Nancy Madsen• March 24, 2014

Fact-checking USAID chief on global poverty and education

By Jon Greenberg• March 25, 2016

Fact-checking claims on immigration

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Molly O'Connor, W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2014

Missed signs, fatal consequences; new facts on child abuse in Texas

By W. Gardner Selby• January 13, 2015

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