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Facebook posts stated on September 07, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“CNN just said Cash App went bankrupt and any funds you had in your account would have to be awarded to you through bankruptcy court.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 8, 2023

X posts stated on November 05, 2024 in a post:

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day.

By Grace Abels• November 6, 2024

Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in an image:

Google and Apple “put a covid tracker on every phone.”

By Daniel Funke• June 25, 2020

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

X posts stated on May 06, 2026 in a social media post:

“California only has ‘enough’ oil and gas supply to meet demand for the next six weeks.”

By Louis Jacobson• May 7, 2026

Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:

A livestream failing in Nevada is “one of the ways blue states steal elections.”

By Jeff Cercone• November 16, 2022

X posts stated on July 19, 2024 in a post:

Bill Gates is responsible for July 19 global tech outage.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 19, 2024

Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Facebook recently logged users out to track their “off Facebook activity” involving bank accounts, emails and other apps.

By Samantha Putterman• January 28, 2021

Donald Trump stated on December 27, 2024 in a U.S. Supreme Court brief:

On banning TikTok

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 16, 2025

Marco Rubio stated on October 15, 2018 in a gathering in West Miami of Ron DeSantis supporters:

After Hurricane Hermine in 2016, Tallahassee "didn’t have power for weeks because (Mayor Andrew Gillum) stood in the way of crews being able to come in and restore power, because they weren’t members of the right union or something."

By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2018

Beto O'Rourke stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet:

“Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”

By Amy Sherman• February 19, 2021

Facebook posts stated on July 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The entire banking system in Canada is closing down.

By Jill Terreri Ramos• July 28, 2022

Donald Trump stated on September 11, 2018 in press conference:

"Puerto Rico’s electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. It was in very bad shape. It was in bankruptcy. It had no money. It was largely -- you know, it was largely closed."

By Manuela Tobias• September 13, 2018

Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“California literally just told everyone to not charge their electric cars due to power shortage.”

By Sasha Hupka• July 2, 2021

Ellen Troxclair stated on April 10, 2016 in a voter forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Austin Area:

Statistics show "you are about nine times more likely to be assaulted by a taxi driver" in Austin than a driver for a ride-hailing service.

By W. Gardner Selby• April 15, 2016

Allen West stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system."

By Taylor Goldenstein• March 26, 2021

Institute for Energy Research stated on April 16, 2021 in an article:

“Conventional generators are very thin right now because Texas has gone to so many renewables.”

By Brandon Mulder• May 10, 2021

Viral image stated on April 15, 2017 in a tweet:

"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."

By Jon Greenberg• April 17, 2017

Social Media stated on January 11, 2026 in social media posts:

A document shows Minnesota shooting victim Renee Good had a record of child abuse.

By Loreben Tuquero• January 12, 2026

Donald Trump stated on February 22, 2026 in a TikTok post:

U.S. men’s hockey Olympian Brady Tkachuk said about the Canadian hockey team, “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f----s a lesson.”

By Maria Briceño• February 27, 2026

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