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stated on January 26, 2023 in a video:

The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”

By Jeff Cercone • January 27, 2023
Viral image
stated on January 27, 2023 in an Instagram post:

A photo shows “Barack Obama dressed up as Baphomet (Lucifer).”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 27, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2023 in a Facebook post:

President Joe Biden signed an executive order “making health insurance free for qualifying Americans.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 27, 2023
Viral image
stated on January 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Scientists warn eggs are causing thousands of people to ‘suddenly’ form blood clots.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 27, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Hospital photo of Damar Hamlin proves “he’s a corpse.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 27, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet:

“Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 18, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“The average American has anywhere from 5 to 15 pounds” of stool stuck in their gut.

By Madison Czopek • January 27, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 9, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram:

“The World Health Organization has been working since 1974 on vaccines to create permanent sterility.”

By Madison Czopek • January 27, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 19, 2023 in a video:

The Transportation Security Administration spent “a couple hundred million dollars” on gender-neutral screening technology.

By Gabrielle Settles • January 27, 2023
Viral image
stated on January 23, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Video shows hecklers shouting profanities at President Joe Biden.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 26, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 24, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Aretha Franklin’s 1968 song ‘A Natural Woman’ deemed ‘offensive’ by trans community.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 26, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying after “Ted Cruz gets up and humiliates her to her face.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 26, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The sinking of the Titanic was orchestrated by the Rothschilds and J.P. Morgan to kill prominent businessmen who opposed the creation of the Federal Reserve.

By Samantha Putterman • January 26, 2023
Public Interest Legal Foundation
stated on January 18, 2023 in a report:

In California, there were “10 million mail ballots unaccounted for” in the November midterm election.

By Jeff Cercone • January 26, 2023
Scott Adams
stated on January 23, 2023 in an Instagram post:

People not vaccinated against COVID-19 “came out the best."

By Tom Kertscher • January 26, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 23, 2023 in social media posts on January 23, 2023:

Electrically charged stones discovered in Congo.

By Loreben Tuquero • January 26, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Sen. Josh Hawley told professor, “I will not use your pronouns.”

By Jeff Cercone • January 26, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2023 in a post:

“Andrew Tate officially gets sentenced to 15 years in prison! (Found guilty).”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 25, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House:

“One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2023
Bloggers
stated on January 20, 2023 in a blog post:

“Putin destroys adrenochrome lab in Ukraine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 25, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on January 19, 2023 in a TikTok post:

“Chickens aren’t laying eggs because RNA is being added to commercial chicken feed.”

By Samantha Putterman • January 25, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 23, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Polio wasn’t eradicated in the United States by a vaccine.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 25, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 24, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Christine Grady “is the head of NIH.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 25, 2023
Gavin Newsom
stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet:

“The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 25, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The U.S. chicken and egg shortage is linked to Bill Gates.

By Sara Swann • January 25, 2023
Scott Walker
stated on January 5, 2023 in Twitter:

“Let’s be clear: ‘drag shows’ are strip shows.”

By Laura Schulte • January 25, 2023
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 23, 2023 in a speech.:

Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”

By Warren Fiske • January 25, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 23, 2023 in a post:

Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome and “stroke season” didn’t exist before the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2023
Eric Adams
stated on January 7, 2023 in a radio interview:

“Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 24, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2023 in a video:

Actor Isaac Kappy was murdered for exposing Hollywood pedophiles.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2023

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