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Viral image stated on April 03, 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

Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2024 in a video:

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was booed in Las Vegas because he’s a Joe Biden supporter.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 22, 2024

Social Media stated on December 15, 2025 in in social media posts:

Brown University student Mustapha Karbouch was a suspect in school shooting.

By Jeff Cercone• December 19, 2025

X posts stated on October 22, 2024 in a post on X:

“BREAKING: Lizzo charged the Harris-Walz campaign $2.3 million for a single appearance at a Detroit rally.”

By Madison Czopek• October 28, 2024

Bloggers stated on April 08, 2018 in in a blog:

The "moon has more than 250 million citizens."

By John Kruzel• April 13, 2018

X posts stated on July 15, 2021 in a tweet:

“You must give EVERY PENNY” of the advance child tax credit payments back when you file your 2021 taxes.

By Madison Czopek• July 21, 2021

Social Media stated on February 14, 2025 in social media posts:

“DOGE subcommittee discovered $2.7 trillion in improper” Medicaid and Medicare payments to people overseas.

By Sofia Ahmed• February 18, 2025

Lois Kolkhorst stated on June 15, 2011 in House floor remarks.:

Says $500 billion in Medicare cuts are coming.

By W. Gardner Selby• July 17, 2011

Social Media stated on March 15, 2026 in social media posts:

Video shows toddler crying over casket of American service member killed in Iran.

By Grace Abels• March 16, 2026

Uspoln Website stated on July 07, 2017 in a post on the Internet:

Says former Rep. Michele Bachmann said that "White People Have Suffered More In The Last 8 Years Than Blacks Did During Couple Years Of Slavery."

By Louis Jacobson• July 14, 2017

Chain email stated on June 05, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet:

"Obama Signs Bill Forgiving All Student Loan Debt."

By Louis Jacobson• June 9, 2014

Bruce Rauner stated on December 31, 2016 in an op-ed in the (Springfield) State Journal-Register:

The status quo led the General Assembly to reduce pension payments four straight years starting in 2005, costing billions of dollars as the delay in contributions essentially borrowed from pension funds at a very high interest rate.

By Madeleine Doubek• February 17, 2017

Mitt Romney stated on March 12, 2012 in a campaign memo:

President Barack Obama is "ending Medicare as we know it."

By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2012

The Newly Press stated on April 29, 2018 in a headline:

"Smallville star confesses she sold children to Rothschilds and Clintons."

By Amy Sherman• May 1, 2018

Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2025 in Facebook posts:

DOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.”

By Loreben Tuquero• March 17, 2025

X posts stated on November 11, 2023 in a post:

Fox News reported that Stormy Daniels admitted having a ‘business relationship’ with Speaker Mike Johnson.

By Grace Abels• November 16, 2023

Instagram posts stated on March 14, 2024 in Instagram posts:

CNN posted on X that Kenyan President William Ruto called President Joe Biden to organize a “naval invasion of the Haitian coast.”

By Sofia Ahmed• March 19, 2024

Marcia Fudge stated on January 01, 2013 in a news release:

The so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments "for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes."

By Stephen Koff• January 4, 2013

Instagram posts stated on February 05, 2025 in an Instagram post:

An E! News report said USAID paid millions of dollars to sponsor American celebrity visits to Ukraine.

By Sofia Ahmed• February 7, 2025

Morgan Griffith stated on May 16, 2013 in a news release.:

"The Government Accountability Office estimated (Obamacare) will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion."

By Sean Gorman• June 17, 2013

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