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Threads posts – Most of Iran’s missiles were intercepted but some reached Israel

“Not even one rocket (from Iran) hit Israel.”

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Facebook posts – Facebook post falsely claims Mark Zuckerberg has banned posting the Lord’s Prayer on Meta

Mark Zuckerberg said ‘posting the Lord's Prayer violated’ Meta’s policies.

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Facebook posts – A Tennessee bill doesn’t ban vaccines from being pumped into the food supply

Tennessee has become the first state in the U.S. to ban Bill Gates’ mRNA from being pumped into the food supply.

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Facebook posts – Social Security Administration data doesn’t show number of people registering to vote without IDs

A Social Security Administration database shows “how many people each of the 43 states are registering to vote who DO NOT HAVE IDs.”

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A fact-checker’s guide to Trump’s first criminal trial: business records, hush money and a gag order

Prosecutors face challenges in prosecuting Trump in the falsifying records Manhattan case. The gag order bans Trump from attacking witnesses, but he can still criticize DA Alvin Bragg and Judge Merchan

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X posts – Fact-checking the false claim that O.J. Simpson posted an online confession before his death

An X post that said, “I did it” was “the last thing O.J. Simpson tweeted before he passed.”

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