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Facebook posts stated on July 09, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“No other country” is having a “second wave” of COVID-19 “because they are not trying to unseat a President in November.”

By Tom Kertscher• July 14, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2024 in Facebook posts:

The day after the total solar eclipse, 85-foot waves traveled from Antarctica to South Africa.

By Sofia Ahmed• April 16, 2024

Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"This Is Real: Biden Waves To An Empty Field."

By Noah Y. Kim• September 21, 2020

Chain email stated on April 04, 2014 in a chain email:

Says Michelle Obama waved "red communist flags" on her trip to China.

By Louis Jacobson• April 4, 2014

Sean Casten stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:

Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• September 1, 2021

Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2021 in a post:

A Canary Islands volcano eruption could lead to a mega tsunami in the U.S., with a 160-foot wave and no warnings.

By Monique Curet• December 6, 2021

Viral image stated on May 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“The king of Denmark waved the Palestinian flag from the balcony in support of Palestine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 14, 2024

Instagram posts stated on October 12, 2023 in an Instagram post:

A video shows “a car carrying men waving the Palestinian flag abruptly and dangerously stopping traffic to run ‘donuts.’”

By Loreben Tuquero• October 20, 2023

Instagram posts stated on July 12, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Biden points and waves to nobody again.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 14, 2023

Red State Wave stated on June 11, 2018 in a headline:

"Breaking: Mike Huckabee just fired!"

By Amy Sherman• June 12, 2018

Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave.

By Samantha Putterman• May 29, 2020

Donald Trump stated on November 01, 2019 in a rally in Mississippi:

Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote."

By Amy Sherman• November 6, 2019

Breitbart stated on January 30, 2018 in a headline:

"Fall River, Massachusetts was not 'built by immigrants.' "

By Amy Sherman• February 1, 2018

Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

1936 in the United States was “much hotter than 2023.”

By Sara Swann• November 3, 2023

Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows “current weather situation in Karachi.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 19, 2023

Facebook posts stated on June 17, 2021 in Facebook post:

A heat wave melted turbine blades at a Texas wind farm.

By Michael Majchrowicz• June 21, 2021

Viral image stated on July 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:

A cure for cancer, known as a Rife machine, was found in 1934.

By Grace Abels• July 29, 2022

Jerry Brown stated on April 11, 2018 in a letter to the Trump administration:

"Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)."

By Chris Nichols• April 13, 2018

John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.:

Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 25, 2008

Michael Gableman stated on March 07, 2022 in TV interview:

Five Wisconsin cities received money for the 2020 election from Mark Zuckerberg, which amounted to "a wave of massive election bribery."

By D.L. Davis• March 15, 2022

Is a second wave of coronavirus coming?

By Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa: The term ‘red wave’ is more complicated than you think

By Sabine Martin• November 29, 2022

Can President Obama 'wave a magic wand' and give the right to vote?

By Louis Jacobson• July 24, 2013

Top 5 most popular fact-checks for April 2014

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 7, 2014

Examining projected COVID-19 deaths in Texas

By Madlin Mekelburg• May 1, 2020

Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter

By Phillip Reese• September 11, 2023

Pre-abortion ultrasounds in Texas

By W. Gardner Selby• March 6, 2012

Rhode Island candidate waves the bloody sock

By Louis Jacobson• July 28, 2010

What does extreme weather tell us about climate change?

By Jon Greenberg• August 10, 2021

After hottest month on record, can novel solutions address ‘urban heat islands’?

By Tom Kertscher• August 17, 2023

Opioid epidemic shifts from prescription painkillers to street drugs

By Jon Greenberg• October 14, 2019

Group says tax returns show Trump paid what he owed, but only audits can confirm that

By Tom Kertscher• January 6, 2023

David Simpson says agent went through airport scanners undetected

By W. Gardner Selby• February 27, 2012

Ask PolitiFact: Is Florida’s current COVID-19 case spike a result of seasonality?

By Miriam Valverde• August 18, 2021

Where the words 'subhuman mongrel' came from

By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014

The week in fact-checking: Swabs & reagents, stay-at-home protests

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 24, 2020

What we know about Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, Wis.

By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke• August 27, 2020

Exploring the similarities between 1982 and today

By Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2010

18 fact-checks of things that were wrong on the Internet

By Louis Jacobson• December 28, 2014

PolitiFact's election fact-checking can't happen without you

By Josie Hollingsworth• October 5, 2020

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