‘We Need 100 Percent of People Indoors’ A 2020 meme promising "GLOBAL MARTIAL LAW," which in and of itself was a warmed-over version of a hysterical 2017 rumor, was regurgitated in January 2021.
Did Taxpayers Foot the Bill for the Trump Family’s Dinner at His Property While Furloughed Workers Went Unpaid? 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 […]
Were Irreplaceable Joshua Trees Destroyed Because of the Government Shutdown? On January 10, 2019, the Facebook page “The Other 98%” shared a meme about Joshua trees which were purportedly destroyed due to the 2018-2019 federal government shutdown: Atop two images of trees, text read: During the shutdown, with Joshua Tree National Park open but no staff on duty, visitors cut down Joshua trees so they could drive […]
