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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2021 a video on Facebook
Walgreens refrigerators are scanning shoppers’ hands and foreheads for “the mark of the beast,” and that “if you don’t have the mark later on, you won’t be able to buy.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • January 11, 2022
Iowa Senate Democrats
Iowa Senate Democrats
stated on January 5, 2022 a statement on Facebook
Gov. Kim Reynolds, touting $210 million for Iowa broadband, “failed to mention these are actually federal funds approved by Rep. Cindy Axne and signed into law by President Joe Biden.”
True
January 11, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 20, 2021 a blog post
“New Zealand okays euthanasia for COVID patients.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • January 11, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 7, 2022 an email
Democrats “are trying to ban voter ID.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 11, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2022 a Facebook post
"Clarence Thomas’s wife was one of the organizers of Jan 6th"
False
January 11, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 29, 2021 a Facebook post
"Biden's CDC Director ADMITS Her Own Employees Aren't Getting Vaccinated."
False
January 11, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 9, 2022 a Facebook post
“Barack Obama’s real father is Communist Party propagandist Frank Marshall Davis.”
Pants on Fire!
January 10, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 23, 2021 a Facebook post
“A tragic end today” for CNN’s Sanjay Gupta
False
By Madison Czopek • January 10, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on January 10, 2022 a tweet
Says Bob Saget died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
False
January 10, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on November 19, 2021 a rally
"Expanding Medicaid, which if we had done at the beginning of the Abbott administration, would have brought in $100 billion to this state's economy."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 10, 2022
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on January 4, 2022 a segment
A law backed by Virginia Democrats barred local sheriffs from having military equipment that “would have come in very helpful” with the I-95 traffic jam.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2022
Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on January 4, 2022 a Fox News appearance
Recently released Jan. 6 footage shows "these cops using massive amounts of force against unarmed Trump supporters, including women."
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 10, 2022
Tom Suozzi
Tom Suozzi
stated on January 4, 2022 a Tweet
Hochul is an “interim Governor.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 10, 2022
Doug Wilder
Doug Wilder
stated on January 3, 2022 a radio interview.
“When I became mayor of the City of Richmond in 2004, the crime rate was at its highest. When I left in 2008, it was at its lowest.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • January 10, 2022
Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor
stated on January 7, 2022 oral arguments at the Supreme Court
“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators” due to the coronavirus.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2022
Erica Smith
Erica Smith
stated on December 30, 2021 a tweet
“Corporate profit margins are at their highest point in 70 years. … They’re overcharging us for gas, medicine, and groceries, and pocketing the difference.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 7, 2022
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 4, 2022 an ad
“No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.
False
January 7, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 5, 2022 a blog post
Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “to investigate himself over voter fraud.”
False
January 7, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 3, 2022 a blog post
“Data from around the world suggests that omicron favors the fully vaccinated.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 4, 2022 a Facebook post
If you have “natural immunity,” getting vaccinated against COVID-19 “is more likely to harm you severely.”
False
January 7, 2022
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