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Search results for "Tests suggest Russian satellites can jam GPS on a continental scale"

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Facebook posts stated on January 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says an image shows a satellite view of fires in Australia.
By Daniel Funke• January 6, 2020
Viral image stated on September 06, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Video proves “space is fake.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2022
Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.:
"If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010
Marco Rubio stated on June 14, 2011 in his first speech on the U.S. Senate floor:
"Anywhere in the world, when someone uses a mobile phone, e-mail, the Internet or GPS, they are enjoying the benefits of the American miracle."
By Becky Bowers• June 15, 2011
Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post:
Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump.
By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024
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
Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Google Maps “opened all military and strategic facilities in Russia.”
By Luiz Romero• April 20, 2022
John McCain stated on January 27, 2016 in a committee hearing:
"Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security satellites at risk before they ever get off the ground."
By Anthony Cave• January 30, 2016
Marco Rubio stated on February 04, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.:
China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites."
By Louis Jacobson• February 5, 2016
Marco Rubio stated on October 30, 2015 in remarks during a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa:
North Korea "has over two-dozen nuclear warheads."
By Jason Noble• November 14, 2015
Mark Meadows stated on August 31, 2018 in :
"Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS – which was the firm hired by the Clinton campaign to write the dossier. Bruce Ohr gave the dossier to the FBI. The FBI then used the same dossier to spy on the Trump campaign."
By Bill McCarthy• September 11, 2018
Facebook posts stated on October 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Hillary Clinton "paid for a Russian dossier to win an election," her husband "made $500k for a Russian speech," "sold 20% of US Uranium to Russia" and her foundation "received $150M from Russia."
By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019
Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post:
“Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva.
By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022
Bloggers stated on September 17, 2018 in in a blog post:
"Kavanaugh accuser’s brother’s firm linked to Fusion GPS."
By Kyra Haas• September 21, 2018
Facebook posts stated on January 04, 2022 in a post:
Electric vehicles would not have fared well in the Virginia snowstorm traffic jam.
By Jeff Cercone• January 7, 2022
Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2015 in a meme on social media:
Says. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up."
By Louis Jacobson• January 15, 2015
Bloggers stated on July 30, 2017 in a headline:
"A witness will testify against Hillary Clinton."
By Joshua Gillin• August 3, 2017
Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in a post:
Electric vehicles are more likely to fail in traffic jams.
By Monique Curet• December 9, 2021
Bob McDonnell stated on December 06, 2012 in a news conference.:
Northern Virginia is the most "heavily trafficked place in the country."
By Sean Gorman• December 20, 2012
PuppetStringNews.com stated on February 11, 2018 in in a fake news blog post :
"Russian source behind fake Trump dossier killed in Russian plane crash, Rosatom CFO also dead"
By Mica Soellner• February 14, 2018

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By John Kruzel• November 14, 2017

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By Jon Greenberg• December 17, 2016

How pundits defended Trump's ABC interview, and why it's misleading

By Bill McCarthy• June 13, 2019

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Four things to know about Russia's 2016 misinformation campaign

By Lauren Carroll• April 4, 2017

Americans on their own in Ukraine? Military-led evacuations like in Afghanistan are not the norm

By Jeff Cercone• January 31, 2022

Sorting out the truth about guns in Mexico

By David Adams, Robert Farley• April 16, 2009

Trump blamed Iran for a strike that hit a girls’ school. Open-source intelligence contradicted that

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• March 11, 2026

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