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Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"The Sun is out of place, the Moon is out of place and the stars are out of place. The compasses are off" because of a shift in the Earth’s poles.

By Grace Abels • August 3, 2022

Robin Vos stated on May 30, 2014 in a radio interview:

"In the city of Milwaukee, we’ve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."

By James B. Nelson • June 11, 2014

Peter Orszag stated on December 15, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. In fact, the first two months of this fiscal year, Medicare costs were down even in nominal terms relative to the previous year."

By Louis Jacobson • December 18, 2013

Arianna Huffington stated on May 1, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

Says although the unemployment rate seems to be improving, it does not reflect real job creation -- it’s caused by a "shrinking of the actual labor force."

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2011

Byron Donalds stated on March 8, 2026 in an interview:

Florida school districts are the “biggest” drivers of increased property taxes.

By Samantha Putterman • March 19, 2026

Instagram posts stated on December 5, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“After meeting with Elon Musk, Republican leader Sen. John Thune announces plans to cut Social Security.”

By Madison Czopek • December 13, 2024

Threads posts stated on November 13, 2024 in a Threads post:

Nissan just announced 9,000 layoffs in Tennessee “to avoid severe losses due to expected tariffs.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 14, 2024

Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2024 in a video on Facebook:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!”

By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2024

Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2024 in a post on Facebook:

“Saudi Arabia will stop using the US dollar for oil sales and will not renew the 50-year petro-dollar agreement with the U.S.”

By Madison Czopek • June 20, 2024

Tucker Carlson stated on January 9, 2023 in in a broadcast:

The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.”

By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone • January 12, 2023

Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Fluoride will eat a hole through concrete, so it’s not safe for your teeth.

By Jeff Cercone • July 12, 2022

Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:

Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.

By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2022

Tucker Carlson stated on November 1, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge":

“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”

By Bill McCarthy • November 2, 2021

Tom Cotton stated on February 22, 2021 in a digital ad opposing Xavier Becerra's nomination to be HHS secretary:

“Becerra supports Bernie’s government takeover of your health care, eliminating your employer-provided coverage.”

By Victoria Knight • March 1, 2021

Viral image stated on July 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “Chuck Schumer kissing this child on Epstein island!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 18, 2020

X posts stated on June 1, 2020 in a hashtag:

Says officials in Washington, D.C., are “jamming all communications.”

By Daniel Funke • June 2, 2020

Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2020 in a press briefing:

With voting by mail, “you get thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody's living room, signing ballots all over the place.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2020

Lou Dobbs stated on March 2, 2020 in a TV interview:

The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing."

By Bill McCarthy • March 4, 2020

Brandon Creighton stated on May 7, 2019 in the Texas Senate:

"Texas actually leads in the number of (Confederate) monuments removed."

By Madlin Mekelburg • May 10, 2019

Thomas Anderson stated on December 13, 2018 in in a meeting:

"If the experiences in Colorado and Washington are the experiences we have here, roadway deaths are going to go up, impaired driving is likely to go up."

By Kit Norton, Xander Landen • January 3, 2019

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