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Threads posts
stated on November 15, 2024 in a post on Threads:

Says Taylor Swift said, “Elon Musk, the first human in history, to be radicalized by his own algorithm.”

By Madison Czopek • November 18, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Image shows Joe Biden and Trump meeting at the White House on Nov. 13.

By Madison Czopek • November 14, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 11, 2024 in an Instagram post:

A “ballot dump” around 4 a.m. in Milwaukee shows the Wisconsin Senate election was stolen from the Republican candidate.

By Madison Czopek • November 14, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 10, 2024 in a post:

Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump.

By Madison Czopek • November 12, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2024 in a post on Facebook:

Santiago Flight 513 “landed after 35 years with 92 skeletons on board!”

By Madison Czopek • November 8, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 6, 2024 in a post on Threads:

20 million Democratic votes “disappeared” in 2024.

By Madison Czopek • November 7, 2024
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on November 6, 2024 in a post on X:

The 2024 election results show that Joe Biden’s 80 million votes in 2020 were a “lie.”

By Madison Czopek • November 6, 2024
X posts
stated on October 27, 2024 in a post on X:

“The United States Postal Service recently changed the delivery method of absentee mail-in ballots” to hide “the evidence of absentee mail-in ballot fraud.”

By Madison Czopek • November 4, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows a ‘Democratic operative’ making credible allegations of fraud during the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

By Madison Czopek • November 1, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:

At Vice President Kamala Harris’ Houston campaign rally, when an attendee had a medical emergency, none of the “abortion doctors” onstage helped.

By Madison Czopek • October 29, 2024
X posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in a post on X:

“BREAKING: Lizzo charged the Harris-Walz campaign $2.3 million for a single appearance at a Detroit rally.”

By Madison Czopek • October 28, 2024
X posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in posts on X:

A photo shows The Atlantic published a story headlined “Trump is Literally Hitler.”

By Madison Czopek • October 23, 2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on October 7, 2024 in a post on X:

Patents dating back to the 1800s show that people can control the weather.

By Madison Czopek • October 10, 2024
X posts
stated on October 6, 2024 in una publicación en X:

"Los 750 dólares que nuestra generosa administración ha ofrecido a las víctimas del huracán Helene son un PRÉSTAMO! Tienen un año para devolverlo".

By Marta Campabadal Graus • October 10, 2024
Social Media
stated on October 4, 2024 in social media posts:

FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas.

By Madison Czopek • October 8, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2024 in a video on Facebook:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!”

By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2024
X posts
stated on October 4, 2024 in a post on X:

“The $750 from FEMA that Kamala Harris is offering them is actually a loan, not real relief. And that if they don’t pay it back the feds can seize their property.”

By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:

North Carolina removed 747,000 voters from the voter rolls to try to “steal the election.”

By Madison Czopek • October 4, 2024
Social Media
stated on September 24, 2024 in social media posts:

Project 2025 would “cut” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and “kill federal-backed flood insurance.”

By Madison Czopek • October 3, 2024
JD Vance
stated on September 15, 2024 in a CNN interview:

In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.”

By Madison Czopek • September 23, 2024
Threads posts
stated on September 13, 2024 in a post on Threads:

“ABC lost $27M in ad revenue after advertisers pulled ads from the network after the way they hosted the debate" on Sept. 10.

By Madison Czopek • September 15, 2024
Threads posts
stated on September 12, 2024 in a post on Threads:

An image shows Travis Kelce responding to Elon Musk X post that followed Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.

By Madison Czopek • September 13, 2024
X posts
stated on September 3, 2024 in a video posted on X:

On June 7, 2011, Kamala Harris was involved in a San Francisco hit-and-run crash that injured a woman named Alicia Brown.

By Madison Czopek • September 5, 2024
Social Media
stated on August 29, 2024 in a post on Instagram:

“BREAKING: Illegal Aliens in San Diego, California, tried to hijack 2 school buses filled with children.”

By Madison Czopek • September 4, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“There’s no such thing as menopause.”

By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 24, 2024 in an Instagram post:

World Economic Forum “document confirms 6 billion humans will die in 2025.”

By Madison Czopek • August 29, 2024
Bob Casey
stated on August 22, 2024 in a speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention:

“Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.”

By Madison Czopek • August 28, 2024
JD Vance
stated on August 16, 2024 in a post on X:

“Kamala Harris wants to give $25,000 to illegal aliens to buy American homes.”

By Madison Czopek • August 22, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 4, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“The NFL will now use facial recognition at every stadium to verify the identity of everyone at the game.”

By Madison Czopek • August 16, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 12, 2024 in a post on Facebook:

Dr. Leo Ferreira, a cancer researcher shown in a video clip, was on the plane that crashed in Brazil on Aug. 9.

By Madison Czopek • August 15, 2024

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