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Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Elon Musk promising $45,000 in Canadian currency for participating Canadian citizens.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2023

Viral image stated on November 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump’s book “The Art of the Deal” advises: “Never admit defeat. You win. If you don’t win, claim they cheated.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2020

Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Asteroid warning: NASA tracks a 4KM killer rock on approach - Could end human civilisation.”

By Tom Kertscher• March 5, 2020

Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a text post:

Says Joe Biden planned a winter storm as "warfare, an attack on Texas by altering the jet stream."

By Daniel Funke• February 16, 2021

Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in the Fox Business Network debate:

Says President Dwight Eisenhower "moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country."

By Lauren Carroll• November 11, 2015

Michael Skolnik stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on CNN:

"For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."

By Anna Bruzgulis• June 18, 2015

Paul Summers stated on September 02, 2012 in in an op-ed article written for Tennessee newspapers.:

Tennessee's appeals court judges "were selected by a handful of party officials in Nashville" before the system of "merit selection" was put into effect.

By Tom Humphrey• September 14, 2012

Florida Hometown Democracy stated on September 09, 2010 in a web ad supporting Amendment 4.:

"For every dollar a county gets in taxes from new development, it costs us 40 to 50 percent more to provide services."

By Aaron Sharockman• September 9, 2010

Barack Obama stated on May 03, 2012 in a graphical tool on the campaign website:

Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."

By Becky Bowers• May 24, 2012

Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2017 in an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival:

"In 2017, I've done 17 town halls."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 4, 2017

Does our Rauner-Trump fact-check still hold up?

By Marc Filippino• October 12, 2016

What’s next after Trump’s impeachment?

By Louis Jacobson• December 19, 2019

The facts behind Paul Revere's ride, cited by Donald Trump in NRA speech

By Jon Greenberg• May 3, 2017

Who is Byron Donalds, the Florida politico in the House speaker scramble?

By Kirby Wilson• January 5, 2023

The Senate impeachment trial is here. So what’s next?

By Louis Jacobson• January 15, 2020

PolitiFact answers the Senate's impeachment questions

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• January 31, 2020

Did the Clinton Foundation keep its promises? A PolitiFact scorecard

By Jon Greenberg• May 7, 2015

Did the Clinton Foundation keep its promises? A PunditFact scorecard

By Jon Greenberg• May 7, 2015

Ted Cruz and the Truth-O-Meter Already Hot

By W. Gardner Selby• March 22, 2015

The House impeached Donald Trump over his speech before the Capitol attack. Here’s what happens next

By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2021