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Social Security Administration office in 2022

No, Tammy Baldwin isn’t trying to take away Social Security and Medicare

March 7, 2023

“Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.

Full moon over Mexico City Feb. 6, 2023

Is the moon ‘habitable’ for people? Not with its lack of liquid water or breathable atmosphere

March 6, 2023

“The moon is a habitable place.”

Fetterman Feb. 14, 2023

A social post says Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman resigned. He didn’t.

March 6, 2023

“Breaking: John Fetterman RESIGNATION Announcement.”

Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to reporters at CPAC in 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene distorts Zelenskyy’s comments about sending US troops to war

March 3, 2023

Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants America’s “sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine.”

View of East Palestine, Ohio, March 2, 2023

Claim that acid rain fell over Ohio farmlands lacks evidence, experts say

March 3, 2023

In Ohio, “there are 75,000 acres of farmland, fertile farmland, that are all now being poured down with acid rain.”

Muslim worshipers in Nigera Feb. 2023

‘Millions’ of Muslims converting to Christianity? Available data doesn’t support that claim

March 3, 2023

“Muslims by the millions are converting to Christianity.”

View of East Palestine, Ohio, March 2023

Medical IDs in East Palestine, Ohio, do not track residents. No one has one yet.

March 2, 2023

Digital IDs were given to residents in East Palestine, Ohio, “to track long term health problems like difficulty breathing” before the Feb. 3 train derailment.

Protest of mask mandate at education meeting in Baton Rouge 8-18-21

At CPAC 2023, Florida congresswoman repeats false claim about DOJ labeling parents ‘terrorists’

March 2, 2023

The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”

Sec. Pete Buttigieg in Ohio after East Palestine derailment Feb. 2023

Marco Rubio and Pete Buttigieg debated over train inspections; here’s what to know

March 2, 2023

Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.”

Tesla charging stations in Jan. 2023

Most electric vehicles aren’t charged by diesel-powered generators, as posts claim

February 28, 2023

Photo of electric charging station “powered by diesel generator” is emblematic of the electric vehicle movement.

Michelle Obama girls

Michelle Obama was never a man

February 28, 2023

“Official govt docs expose Michelle Obama’s 14 year history as a man.”

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Woody Harrelson’s ‘SNL’ pandemic monologue not selectively edited by NBC

February 28, 2023

"Woody Harrelson’s 60 seconds in the middle of his monologue was cut out of the edits released after the show.”

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