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Facebook posts stated on December 5, 2024 in a post:

Fox News commentator Dr. Kelly Powers died from “turbo cancer” caused by COVID-19 vaccines.

By Sara Swann • December 6, 2024

Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Proposed Senate bill would give FDA power to approve dietary supplements and “ban herbs.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 27, 2022

Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a video:

"When electric cars get in accidents, they explode, they catch fire very very badly because of the lithium batteries.”

By Kristin Hugo • October 25, 2022

Facebook posts stated on March 4, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“And just like that, your $15/hr doesn’t buy you as much as $7.50/hr did a year ago.”

By Sara Swann • March 9, 2022

Tom Reed stated on July 9, 2020 in a news conference:

Opening the schools “is a local determination, but it’s not a state determination.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 18, 2020

Bloggers stated on February 8, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

Says Bernie Sanders “collaborated with Marxist regimes in the Soviet Union, Nicaragua and Cuba.”

By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2020

Duane Hall stated on August 23, 2016 in a tweet:

North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm."

By Will Doran • September 9, 2016

Pat McCrory stated on April 17, 2016 in in interview on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd:

The Human Rights Campaign is "more powerful than the NRA."

By Will Doran • April 21, 2016

Barack Obama stated on March 12, 2016 in remarks in Dallas at a Democratic National Committee reception:

"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2016

Robert Henneke stated on June 23, 2015 in an oped column:

"Obama’s Clean Power Plan ... eliminates coal-fired power plants."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2015

Chain email stated on February 2, 2014 in a chain email forwarded by readers:

Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.

By Steve Contorno • February 6, 2014

Jennette Gayer stated on January 2, 2013 in a news release:

"Wind powers nearly 13 million homes across the country."

By Eric Stirgus • January 23, 2013

Nikki Haley stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican convention:

Says "President Obama and his National Labor Relations Board" sued Boeing over its decision to open a plant in South Carolina.

By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2012

Barack Obama stated on August 9, 2012 in a campaign event:

Says Mitt Romney "wants to end tax credits for wind producers."

By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2012

Tom Rooney stated on March 27, 2012 in a press release:

A proposed U.S. Labor Department rule for children working on farms "would even ban youth from operating a battery-powered screwdriver or a pressurized garden hose."

By Amy Sherman • April 26, 2012

Lamar Alexander stated on March 22, 2012 in a press release.:

"This rule could prevent children under 18 from using such tools as a power screwdriver, a milking machine or something as simple as a wheelbarrow on the family farm . . . "

By Bartholomew Sullivan • April 15, 2012

Steve Loomis stated on May 9, 2011 in a news conference:

Says the state’s new collective bargaining law effectively eliminates police unions' ability to negotiate.

By Tom Feran • June 15, 2011

Calvine Rollins stated on February 27, 2011 in an op-ed:

Georgia public sector employees do not have a say in the conditions of their employment, do not have bargaining rights or a say in their working conditions.

By Eric Stirgus • March 30, 2011

Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on February 21, 2011 in in a Facebook post:

The five states that outlaw collective bargaining for teachers all rank below 44th in the nation in test scores, while Wisconsin ranks 2nd.

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2011

Lamar Alexander stated on March 9, 2010 in an op-ed article:

"No member of the American public has ever been killed by commercial nuclear power — a record unmatched by other fuels."

By Hadas Gold • April 22, 2010

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Tulsi Gabbard testifying before Senate Intelligence Cmte March 2026

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