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Social Media
stated on April 19, 2026 in social media posts:

Video shows the United States’ April 19, 2026, strike on an Iranian cargo ship.

By Loreben Tuquero • April 20, 2026

Social Media
stated on March 15, 2026 in social media posts:

Video shows toddler crying over casket of American service member killed in Iran.

By Grace Abels • March 16, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2026 in a press conference:

Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2026

Social Media
stated on March 3, 2026 in in a post:

Iran released a list of U.S. cities it will target.

By Zoe Weyand • March 6, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on March 3, 2026 in remarks at the White House:

The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2026

X posts
stated on February 28, 2026 in on social media:

Video shows a US air base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, being destroyed by Iran.

By Zoe Weyand • March 4, 2026

Alex Jones
stated on January 3, 2026 in an X post:

Video shows “millions of Venezuelans flooded the streets of Caracas” to celebrate Nicolás Maduro’s capture.

By Maria Briceño • January 5, 2026

JD Vance
stated on August 24, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."

By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2025

X posts
stated on August 23, 2025 in an X post:

An Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment.

By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2025

Social Media
stated on June 10, 2025 in an ad on Craigslist:

Companies called “T-Mellon Events” and “Fight Fite Fight LLC” are offering to pay “seat fillers” in Washington, D.C, on June 14.

By Gabrielle Lazor • June 13, 2025

Pete Hegseth
stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:

The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.”

By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2025 in a post:

President Donald Trump “just suggested replacing pride month with veterans month in honor of those who served.”

By Grace Abels • April 2, 2025

Pete Hegseth
stated on March 24, 2025 in an interview:

"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 26, 2025

X posts
stated on March 20, 2025 in a post on X:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “removed Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington National Cemetery.”

By Madison Czopek • March 25, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on January 30, 2025 in a video on Facebook:

Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.”

By Madison Czopek • February 7, 2025

Instagram posts
stated on January 31, 2025 in a post on Instagram:

CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”

By Madison Czopek • February 4, 2025

Threads posts
stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post:

The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”

By Sofia Ahmed • February 3, 2025

X posts
stated on January 30, 2025 in an X post:

“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”

By Sofia Ahmed • January 30, 2025

Threads posts
stated on October 23, 2024 in a Threads post:

Kamala Harris’ statements about Trump invoking Adolf Hitler were based on a “debunked hoax from The Atlantic.”

By Sofia Ahmed • October 25, 2024

Social Media
stated on October 15, 2024 in in social media posts:

"The Defense Department, with the stroke of a pen, has quietly codified its right to deploy lethal force against its own citizens.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 25, 2024

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