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stated on June 12, 2025 in an image:

Says Karoline Leavitt said, “America cannot function if President Trump has to deal with co-equal branches of government having the ability to check his power.”

By Ella Moore • June 13, 2025
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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
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stated on June 6, 2025 in a video:

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided Los Angeles' Gratts Learning Academy during a June graduation ceremony.

By Ella Moore • June 13, 2025
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stated on June 9, 2025 in X post:

Video shows woman exiting her car during the 2025 Los Angeles protests, shouting, “I have babies in the car!”

By Ella Moore • June 12, 2025
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stated on June 9, 2025 in a video:

Craigslist ad was “recruiting people for LA ‘protests.’”

By Maria Briceño • June 12, 2025
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stated on June 9, 2025 in a video:

Video shows Los Angeles protesters chanting “We are Los Angeles” in June 2025.

By Ella Moore • June 11, 2025
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stated on June 9, 2025 in social media posts:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025.

By Loreben Tuquero • June 10, 2025
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stated on June 8, 2025 in an X post:

Video shows “Marines have arrived in Los Angeles” June 8 to respond to immigration protests.

By Loreben Tuquero • June 9, 2025
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stated on June 8, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“BREAKING: Rep. Maxine Waters calls for the United States to grant citizenship to every undocumented protester in Los Angeles” 2025 protests.

By Maria Briceño • June 9, 2025
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stated on June 8, 2025 in X posts:

Video shows a police car burning during June 2025 Los Angeles protests.

By Loreben Tuquero • June 9, 2025
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stated on June 2, 2025 in an X post:

Target “opts out of Pride month and replaced its Pride collection with an America First Summer display.”

By Gabrielle Lazor • June 6, 2025
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stated on May 26, 2025 in an X post:

Image shows Ben & Jerry’s is selling “Free Palestine” and “From the River to Sea” ice cream flavors.

By Maria Briceño • May 30, 2025
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stated on May 24, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:

El gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis firmó ley que prohíbe a inmigrantes ilegalmente en el país echar gasolina.

By Maria Briceño • May 28, 2025
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stated on May 25, 2025 in social media posts:

The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.”

By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2025
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stated on May 21, 2025 in X posts:

Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., started singing during a May 20 CNN interview.

By Loreben Tuquero • May 23, 2025
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stated on May 22, 2025 in an X post:

The slaying of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., is a false flag.

By Maria Briceño • May 23, 2025
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stated on May 20, 2025 in X posts:

The Sean “Diddy” Combs trial testimony revealed that former President Barack Obama was “caught in secret meetings with Diddy’s drug runner.”

By Loreben Tuquero • May 22, 2025
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stated on May 21, 2025 in posts:

Video shows the Qatari emir saying, “I truly regret inviting Trump, the robber, to the Middle East.”

By Grace Abels • May 21, 2025
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stated on May 19, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:

La presidenta de México Claudia Sheinbaum dijo que el choque del buque Cuauhtémoc contra el puente de Brooklyn en Nueva York no fue un accidente y puede ser un acto hostil.

By Maria Briceño • May 21, 2025
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stated on May 20, 2025 in posts:

Former President Joe Biden’s cancer is a form of “turbo cancer” caused by mRNA vaccines.

By Grace Abels • May 20, 2025
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stated on April 30, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“In 1996, Congress specifically authorized the executive branch to conduct non-judicial deportations NOT SUBJECT TO DUE PROCESS.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 12, 2025
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stated on May 8, 2025 in a post on X:

Headline said, “Pope Leo XIV was a founding member of the 2020 anarchist Portland Autonomous Zone known as CHAZ.”

By Madison Czopek • May 9, 2025
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stated on May 8, 2025 in posts:

Robert Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, is a “registered Republican.”

By Grace Abels • May 9, 2025
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stated on May 3, 2025 in a video on TikTok:

Video shows Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney saying effective June 1, “all vehicles manufactured before 2000 will be gradually phased off Canadian roads due to safety and emissions standards.”

By Madison Czopek • May 6, 2025
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stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:

California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”

By Grace Abels • May 5, 2025
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stated on April 30, 2025 in captions and posts:

A video clip shows Michelle Obama describing herself as “a Black man.”

By Madison Czopek • May 2, 2025
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stated on April 21, 2025 in TikTok posts:

“The Simpsons” predicted Pope Francis’ 2025 death.

By Claire Cranford • April 22, 2025
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stated on April 13, 2025 in a post on X:

Arizona Democrats “needed a lawsuit to force them to remove 50,000 noncitizens from voter rolls.”

By Madison Czopek • April 18, 2025
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stated on April 16, 2025 in Facebook posts:

Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney wrote a viral letter to Democrats suggesting steps to take against the Trump administration.

By Loreben Tuquero • April 18, 2025
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stated on April 13, 2025 in a post on X:

Cody Balmer, the person charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence, posted a photo that said “F--- Trump.”

By Madison Czopek • April 14, 2025

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