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Instagram posts stated on August 20, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Images of blue things that weren’t burned in Hawaii are evidence directed energy weapons started the wildfires there.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 24, 2023

Facebook posts stated on May 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Biden is computer generated.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 19, 2021

Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2021 in Facebook posts:

The snow is government-generated or fake.

By Noah Y. Kim• February 19, 2021

YouTube videos stated on March 17, 2021 in a YouTube post:

Video shows Joe Biden faked an interview in front of a green screen.

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 18, 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

Jack Posobiec stated on March 22, 2022 in a tweet:

Ketanji Brown Jackson “says she gave pedophiles lighter sentences (because) it’s different when they use computers vs mail to get volumes of child porn. This makes ‘total sense’ according to Jackson.”

By Bill McCarthy• March 25, 2022

Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."

By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2019

Club for Growth stated on July 12, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Leah Vukmir "wrote a letter seeking leniency for a fellow state legislator convicted of sexual assault."

By Tom Kertscher• July 18, 2018

Threads posts stated on July 07, 2024 in a Threads post:

Video shows “huge green coloured meteor” on July 7, 2024, in Budapest, Hungary.

By Grace Abels• July 9, 2024

Scott Walker stated on December 12, 2014 in a tweet:

"My property taxes went down largely because my technical college portion went down 35.5% because of the money we put in at state."

By Dave Umhoefer• December 18, 2014

Viral image stated on August 05, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Hillary Clinton popping a brown paper bag during a press conference.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 15, 2022

Donald Trump stated on May 10, 2018 in a tweet:

"Senator Cryin’ Chuck Schumer fought hard against the Bad Iran Deal, even going at it with President Obama, & then Voted AGAINST it! Now he says I should not have terminated the deal"

By Dan Clark• May 24, 2018

Jack Posobiec stated on August 01, 2023 in a tweet:

Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.”

By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2023

John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.:

"The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag."

By Bill Adair• September 27, 2008

Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2009 in an interview on Meet the Press:

"Mathematically, the White Sox can still get in the playoffs."

By Bill Adair• September 20, 2009

Lars Larson stated on March 20, 2012 in an online post:

"Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off – you’re 15 percent more likely to die in that car."

By Janie Har• March 29, 2012

X posts stated on May 25, 2022 in a tweet:

ABC News altered the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter’s photo to appear more Caucasian.

By Samantha Putterman• May 25, 2022

Michele Bachmann stated on April 27, 2009 in an interview with Pajamas Media.:

In the 1970s, "the swine flu broke out . . . under another Democrat, President Jimmy Carter."

By Bill Adair• April 30, 2009

Sean Hannity stated on September 17, 2025 in an episode of "Hannity":

There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air.”

By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• September 18, 2025

Social Media stated on July 05, 2025 in posts on social media:

The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas.

By Madison Czopek• July 7, 2025

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