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Online petition stated on April 08, 2011 in an online petition:
"For every [coyote] they kill, the population will replace and usually multiply."
By Richard Salit• April 15, 2011
Frank Niceley stated on February 01, 2012 in a House Conservation and Environment Committee meeting:
Says the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency brought coyotes into the state "to try to keep the deer population down."
By Tom Humphrey, Zack McMillin• February 23, 2012
Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Photos show Target is pushing "evil agenda" on kids.
By Jeff Cercone• July 18, 2023
Bloggers stated on November 18, 2010 in blog postings:
Sheldon Whitehouse and 18 other senators "voted to censor the internet."
By Cynthia Needham• December 10, 2010
Viral image stated on January 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo that shows a group of dead, scorched sheep is from Australia wildfires.
By Samantha Putterman• January 7, 2020
Wisconsin Humane Society stated on June 13, 2011 in a news release:
An amendment inserted by lawmakers into the state budget "exempts scientific researchers from all state animal cruelty laws."
By Dave Umhoefer• June 14, 2011
Instagram posts stated on January 19, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photos show “sheep feces” that are “now in high demand in China because of their richness in protein.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 19, 2022
Viral image stated on January 04, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows former French education minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem herding sheep as a child in Morocco.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 6, 2022
Tulsi Gabbard stated on March 15, 2022 in a Fox News appearance:
"What is happening here is not so different from what we're seeing happening in Russia, where you have got state TV and controlled messaging across the board."
By Bill McCarthy• March 18, 2022
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . stated on November 01, 2023 in TV ad:
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “refuses to clean up our voter rolls”
By Tyler Katzenberger• November 8, 2023
Instagram posts stated on February 15, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Because “17 million immigrants” were “let in” the U.S, “ foot and mouth disease is back. We got rid of that fifty years ago.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 16, 2024
JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event:
Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.
By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2024
Greg Abbott stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
"I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS."
By Dylan Baddour• October 3, 2014
Elizabeth Warren stated on October 10, 2019 in a Facebook ad:
"If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks."
By Amy Sherman• October 15, 2019
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 01, 2024 in an interview on CNN:
“President Biden is the first candidate in history, the first president in history, that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech ... to censor his opponent."
By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2024
Rich Lowry stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country."
By Jon Greenberg• May 12, 2015
Facebook posts stated on May 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor.
By Tom Kertscher• May 7, 2020
Mayors Against Illegal Guns stated on July 25, 2013 in a web ad.:
"Rep. Frank Wolf voted to allow terror suspects to buy guns."
By Nancy Madsen• September 6, 2013
Tom Corbett stated on April 30, 2014 in a radio ad:
"On (Tom) Wolf’s watch, taxes were high, killing 100,000 PA jobs."
By Louis Jacobson• May 2, 2014
Ted Cruz stated on February 06, 2016 in the New Hampshire GOP debate:
Says CNN reported Ben Carson was "taking a break from campaigning" and the Cruz campaign "forwarded that news to our volunteers."  
By Linda Qiu• February 7, 2016

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By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2010

GOP Ad Guru Fred Davis versus the Truth-O-Meter

By Robert Farley• September 23, 2010

Demon Sheep 2: Counting sheared sheep not so easy

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 2, 2010

Mailbag: 'What is this – something like the immaculate immigration?'

By W. Gardner Selby• November 7, 2014

Examining the false claims that got Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended on YouTube, Twitter

By Bill McCarthy• August 11, 2021

Mailbag: Readers give thanks, and criticism

By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 25, 2009

Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain

By Jeff Cercone, Samantha Putterman• October 3, 2024

Impeachment articles against Wisconsin elections official riddled with false and misleading claims

By Tyler Katzenberger• October 5, 2023

Trump visa policy chills free speech, lawyer for journalists, researchers tells federal judge

By Louis Jacobson• May 13, 2026

President Trump said he ‘brought back free speech.’ His first 100 days tell a different story.

By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• April 29, 2025

Censorship or misinformation? DeSantis and YouTube spar over COVID roundtable takedown

By Victoria Knight• April 21, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: Is Hakeem Jeffries right about the GOP’s stance on book-banning?

By Louis Jacobson• March 30, 2023

Fact-checking the Sunday Nov. 10 shows

By Aaron Sharockman• November 10, 2013

Fact-checking the Sunday Nov. 10 shows

By Aaron Sharockman• November 10, 2013

Why Wolf and the Senate GOP are fighting over unemployment center layoffs

By Cassie Owens• November 23, 2016

Over a cliff, yes; but is this ad also over the top?

By Louis Jacobson• May 25, 2011

The highs and lows of the 2010 campaign

By Louis Jacobson• November 1, 2010

US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say

By Madison Czopek• March 17, 2023

GOP reacts to Ted Nugent comments

By Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan• February 28, 2014

Black-clad thugs on a plane? What was Donald Trump talking about?

By Louis Jacobson• September 1, 2020