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Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Georgia’s new voting law “makes it a JAIL-TIME CRIME to drop off grandma’s absentee ballot in a dropbox.”

By Amy Sherman • March 30, 2021

Mark Born stated on January 12, 2021 in Twitter:

"The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?”

By D.L. Davis • February 11, 2021

Bloggers stated on March 16, 2017 in Internet posts:

Says "(Barack) Obama’s mother-in-law charged with larceny and fraud."

By Joshua Gillin • March 23, 2017

Bloggers stated on January 9, 2017 in Internet posts:

Say first grandma Marian Robinson will get a $160,000 annual pension for life when President Barack Obama leaves office.

By Joshua Gillin • January 10, 2017

Scott Jennings stated on July 1, 2025 in an episode of CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip:

Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.”

By Loreben Tuquero • July 9, 2025

Viral image stated on April 3, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s family “must have just overlooked” “cashing her dead grandmother’s Social Security checks for a decade and a half.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025

Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows a Houston woman baking bread in her mailbox.

By Ranjan Jindal • June 28, 2024

Viral image stated on July 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Kayleigh McEnany is John F. Kennedy Jr.’s daughter.

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 20, 2021

Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said, "Social Security must (be) expanded to illegal immigration, it’s their right."

By Samantha Putterman • June 5, 2019

Viral image stated on May 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Vanilla ice cream was black until 1912, when "white people couldn’t tolerate eating something that tasted soooooo delicious being black."

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 21, 2019

Leah Vukmir stated on October 19, 2018 in a debate:

Says Tammy Baldwin’s "Medicare for All" plan means senior citizens would "no longer have" Medicare.

By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2018

Bloggers stated on May 29, 2017 in Internet rumors:

President Donald Trump "announced that he would reinstate a national day of remembrance for fallen officers that the traitor before him had done away with."

By Aaron Sharockman • May 30, 2017

Bloggers stated on May 13, 2017 in Internet posts:

"Fox star Tucker Carlson in critical condition (then died) after head on collision driving home."

By Joshua Gillin • May 15, 2017

Bloggers stated on May 11, 2017 in Internet posts:

"Clinton Foundation cargo ship raided at Port of Baltimore" caught smuggling 460 undocumented immigrants.

By Joshua Gillin • May 12, 2017

Bloggers stated on May 6, 2017 in a headline:

"Malia Obama arrested with a gang of thugs in Chicago."

By Joshua Gillin • May 8, 2017

Bloggers stated on May 4, 2017 in a headline:

"Bill O’Reilly in critical condition after being attacked by ‘tolerant’ liberals."

By Joshua Gillin • May 5, 2017

Bloggers stated on April 28, 2017 in Internet posts:

"Ted Nugent killed in hunting accident."

By Joshua Gillin • May 1, 2017

Bloggers stated on April 10, 2017 in Internet posts:

"Malia Obama expelled from Harvard."

By Joshua Gillin • April 19, 2017

Bloggers stated on April 4, 2017 in a headline:

Says President Barack Obama "tax audit exposes MILLIONS in offshore accounts stolen from taxpayers."

By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2017

Bloggers stated on March 21, 2017 in a headline:

"Two liberal Democrat congressmen arrested for planning Trump’s assassination."

By Joshua Gillin • April 7, 2017

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By Amy Sherman • December 11, 2023

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The battle over the debt limit: What to know after the House GOP passed its bill

By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2023

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By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2023

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By Liam Halawith, Lyle Muller • October 12, 2022

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By Samantha Putterman • November 23, 2021

Masked voter uses ballot drop box in Salt Lake City 11-2-20

Ballot drop boxes were popular in 2020. Then they became a GOP target

By Amy Sherman • May 19, 2021

What’s in Georgia’s new voting law that lost it the All-Star Game

By Amy Sherman • April 7, 2021

QAnon and Donald Trump rallies: What’s that about?

By Miriam Valverde • August 3, 2018

Claims mislead about California forcing jail time for using wrong transgender pronoun

By Chris Nichols • September 26, 2017

PolitiFact’s guide to fake news websites and what they peddle

By PolitiFact Staff • April 20, 2017

PolitiFact’s guide to navigating politics on Thanksgiving

By Lauren Carroll • November 22, 2016

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By Nancy Badertscher • June 2, 2015

PolitiFact’s Thanksgiving dinner guide to harmony and accuracy

By Steve Contorno • November 26, 2014

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By Steve Contorno • November 26, 2014

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