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TikTok posts stated on April 05, 2025 in a TikTok post:

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett says “she ‘simply forgot' to inform Social Security that her grandmother died in 2012 … She’s been collecting $2,600 a month for 13 years.”

By Maria Briceño• April 14, 2025

Instagram posts stated on October 01, 2022 in Instagram post:

COVID was "so bad one year, they just forgot to give us a hurricane? What’s really going on here.”

By Michael Majchrowicz• October 7, 2022

Bling News stated on July 09, 2018 in a headline:

"In 1984, the New York Times said Trump would be our BEST president."

By Amy Sherman• July 13, 2018

Facebook posts stated on October 05, 2021 in social media posts:

“In case you forgot. Two years ago today, we were experiencing the greatest economy in the history of the world.”

By Louis Jacobson• October 8, 2021

Occupy Democrats stated on April 05, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Josh Mandel doctored an image in a campaign ad but "forgot to Photoshop the hands that clearly show he put his face on the body of a Black soldier."

By Bill McCarthy• April 7, 2022

Viral image stated on June 20, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Man sues McDonalds for still being depressed after eating happy meal.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 22, 2023

Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in First presidential debate:

"You said you went to Delaware State but you forgot the name of your college."

By Noah Y. Kim• September 30, 2020

Viral image stated on January 30, 2023 in an Instagram post:

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2023

Michelle Obama stated on May 29, 2012 in an interview with NPR:

"Only 2 percent of public high schools in the country offer PE classes."

By Louis Jacobson• May 30, 2012

Rob Teilhet stated on July 13, 2010 in a telephone interview:

"Ken Hodges badly botched this investigation and, as a result, justice wasn't done in this case."

By Eric Stirgus• July 15, 2010

John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg:

" ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."

By John Frank• December 18, 2007

Everyday Devotional stated on April 09, 2018 in a headline:

"Pope Francis cancels the Bible and proposes to create a new book."

By Amy Sherman• April 11, 2018

Bloggers stated on June 23, 2018 in a blog post:

"NASA announced that it communicated with four races of aliens."

By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2018

Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2022 in a photo:

Arnold Schwarzenegger slept on the ground in front of a bronze statue of himself because he had been turned away from a hotel.

By Monique Curet• April 22, 2022

Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Miami-Dade reporting 23% of early ballots being rejected for missing signatures.”

By Amy Sherman• October 30, 2020

Bloggers stated on November 07, 2018 in a tweet:

Said that man wearing racist shirt was working at a polling station in Mississippi.

By Kyra Haas• November 12, 2018

Bloggers stated on January 31, 2021 in a blog post:

Says Denzel Washington said, “I support police over BLM, don’t put them down!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 4, 2021

Viral image stated on May 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:

A bike a boy chained to a tree in Washington state in 1914 is now a fallen soldier memorial.

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 19, 2019

Bobby Jindal stated on December 07, 2009 in a radio interview:

"I'm predicting (the Saints) will go not only undefeated, but all the way through the Super Bowl -- something that's never been done before."

By Robert Farley• December 8, 2009

Barack Obama stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV interview:

"We now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries."

By Robert Farley• September 30, 2010

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