After political operative Roger Stone was arrested on January 25 2019, a photograph in which he appeared to proudly display a shirt bearing the slogan “Hillary for Prison” began circulating on social media: As in the example above, the image was often captioned “A rare picture of what karma looks like.” The commentary alluded to …
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On January 25 2019, the Facebook page “Make ‘Murica Great Again” shared the following photograph of a smiling woman clad in a fur coat and drinking wine, purportedly a neighbor of Roger Stone toasting his arrest during a raid by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents: The original was shared on the day Stone’s Florida home …
On January 24 2019, a Facebook user shared the following shutdown related meme to Facebook: Beneath a photograph of Donald Trump, his children, and their spouses, text stated: So get this … Last Night, Taxpayers Paid Donald Trump To Feed Donald Trump At A Donald Trump Restaurant In A Donald Trump Hotel. The individual who …
A September 2018 World News Daily Report item titled “Mother arrested for leaving children in the car for 9 hours while at all-you-can-eat buffet” circulates regularly on Facebook. The story has a mugshot that purports to show the mother in the story: A mother was arrested yesterday after she left her four children aged between …
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On January 21 2019, the Facebook page “We Love President Donald J. Trump” shared the following quotation meme: Beneath an image of Donald Trump, the text said: They knew they would throw every lie they could at me and my family and my loved ones. They knew they would stop at nothing to try to …
On January 25 2019, the Facebook page “Pass The 28th Amendment (Complete Removal Of The Church From The State)” shared a news article about a preacher who purportedly claimed that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) was “summoning demons” in a viral video of her dancing in college: The page lamented: Pay close attention, folks. This is …
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On January 22 2019, Rep. Dan Crenshaw tweeted: The depicted tweet said: Big deal that never got reported: Last week, House GOP voted to pay federal employees their 1st paycheck of 2019, despite shutdown. Only 6 Dems voted with us. It failed. Dem priority is not paying workers or opening gov’t. It is opposing Trump. …
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On January 20 2019, a Facebook user shared the following photograph and caption: Estimated 650,000 MARCH FOR LIFE IN D.C.! So thankful that we are seeing so many stand up for the innocent babies being killed every day in this nation. Over 2500 babies a day are killed in the USA. Over 61 million have …
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In January 2019, screenshots of the following Twitter claim about Agnès Sorel, lover to King Charles VII of France, began circulating on Facebook: The tweet said: “Women in the past were modest and had more respect for themselves.” Here’s Agnes Sorel, who had her gowns tailored to expose her favorite boob in the 1440s. The …
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In January 2019, the Facebook page “Student Teacher Problems” shared the following image and caption: How the Art Teacher prevented students from running down the hallway The Facebook post did not contain any citation or other elements that would make determining the claim’s veracity easier, but a reverse image search showed that the picture has been …
