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Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on March 15, 2025 in a post on Threads:
President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that, “After I’ve annexed Greenland and making it the 52nd State, I will annexe Alaska.”
False
March 19, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 4, 2025 in a Fox Nation interview:
“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."
False
March 19, 2025
Brooke Rollins
Brooke Rollins
stated on March 7, 2025 in an X post:
A $600,000 federal grant went to study “menstrual cycles in transgender men.”
False
By Grace Abels • March 19, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 17, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2025 in Facebook posts:
DOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 17, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 6, 2025 in a post:
Elon Musk “launches a public campaign to terminate ‘The View.’”
False
By Grace Abels • March 17, 2025
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on March 11, 2025 in a podcast episode:
Deceased InfoWars reporter Jamie White was on a “Ukrainian enemies hit list.”
False
By Sara Swann • March 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2025 in a post on Facebook:
The Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’”
False
March 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 14, 2025
Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
stated on March 11, 2025 in a White House press briefing:
“Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2025
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on February 6, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Eliminate school choice” is on Susan Crawford’s agenda.
False
By Madeline Heim • March 13, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 9, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”
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By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on March 7, 2025 in on social media:
During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 9, 2025 in in social media posts:
Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.
False
March 10, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
"Nueva orden ejecutiva desde la Casa Blanca tiene identificado a más de 47,000 cubanos con residencia legal los cuales serán puestos en proceso de deportación por haber viajado a Cuba después de su aprobación de asilo político".
False
By Maria Briceño • March 10, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 3, 2025 in social media posts:
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, area fires were intentional to build a “smart city.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 10, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 25, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:
A partir del 28 de febrero “para comprar en supermercados pedirán tu identificación, pero no es por seguridad, es para cazar inmigrantes ilegales”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 10, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 5, 2025 in in social media posts:
"Apple quietly removed International Women’s Day from their calendar app.”
False
March 7, 2025
Laura Loomer
Laura Loomer
stated on February 24, 2025 in an X post:
U.S. Agency for International Development subsidized CNN and MSNBC hosts’ salaries.
False
March 7, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 25, 2025 in social media posts:
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.”
False
By Claire Cranford • March 7, 2025
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