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Instagram posts
stated on October 30, 2024 in a post:

“It’s now been confirmed by Dominion that their voting machines have a programming issue that will affect vote counts.”

By Sara Swann • November 5, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 3, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"The Pentagon reportedly failed to send absentee ballots to active military service members before the election.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 5, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 1, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows former President Donald Trump voting in the 2024 election in New York.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 5, 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
Facebook posts
stated on November 2, 2024 in a photo:

Photo shows Donald Trump statement condemning the Peanut the squirrel’s euthanasia

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 4, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2024 in a Facebook post:

If a ballot has a small dot in the box for Vice President Kamala Harris, “any other box filled in, will be void.”

By Caleb McCullough • November 4, 2024
X posts
stated on November 3, 2024 in a post:

Michael Jordan endorsed Donald Trump for president in the 2024 election.

By Sara Swann • November 4, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 3, 2024 in a Threads post:

Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social and addressed claims about his use of a microphone, saying “I was pretending to eat a corn dog.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 4, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 1, 2024 in a post:

Dominion Voting Systems employee Eric Coomer told an Antifa meeting he “made sure” Donald Trump wouldn’t win.

By Aaron Sharockman • November 3, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 29, 2024 in a post:

“Joe Rogan says he will not be voting for Trump after having him on the podcast.”

By Aaron Sharockman • November 3, 2024
X posts
stated on October 31, 2024 in X posts:

“Ballots in Ohio are showing Trump’s name misspelled!”

By Sofia Ahmed • November 1, 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
X posts
stated on October 29, 2024 in una publicación en X:

Video muestra que “‘votantes’ ilegales SE COLARON a LA FILA OTRA VEZ! En Pensilvania estado clave”.

By Maria Briceño • November 1, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 29, 2024 in a Threads post:

Photos show “Trump funded signs with swastikas on them.”

By Caleb McCullough • November 1, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 26, 2024 in a post:

In Glynn County, Georgia, it was 'voter fraud' when poll workers found no record of a person who already voted.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 31, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 30, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Data shows some voters cast multiple votes, meaning "at least 164,568 illegal votes have been cast” in Michigan.

By Jeff Cercone • October 31, 2024
Viral image
stated on October 27, 2024 in a Threads post:

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on X, “New York and California are absolutely flipping red.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2024
X posts
stated on October 28, 2024 in una publicación en X:

El expresidente Donald Trump “se vistio de negro y dorado, colores del grupo Proud Boys” en mitín en el Madison Square Garden el 27 de octubre del 2024.

By Maria Briceño • October 31, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on August 30, 2024 in a campaign speech:

"Right to Try" experimental drug program saved "thousands and thousands of lives."

By Jacob Gardenswartz • October 31, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on October 29, 2024 in a rally in Allentown, Pa.:

In Lancaster, Pa., “We caught them with 2,600 votes. We caught them cold, 2,600 votes. ... And every vote was written by the same person."

By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 29, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Kamala Harris paid The Shade Room to interview her “for perceived support amongst black voters.”

By Sofia Ahmed • October 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 29, 2024 in a post:

Video shows “illegal ‘voters’ cutting the line” to vote in Pennsylvania.

By Sara Swann • October 30, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 29, 2024 in a Threads post:

Video shows people “marching in Puerto Rico” after former President Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:

A Montana Democratic operative was caught tampering with a ballot box.

By Sofia Ahmed • October 30, 2024
X posts
stated on October 27, 2024 in an X post:

Image shows an anti-Trump billboard outside Madison Square Garden.

By Mia Penner • October 29, 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
Social Media
stated on October 28, 2024 in in social media posts:

"Nicki Minaj just endorsed Donald Trump for President.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 29, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

El expresidente Donald Trump dijo “ESTOY PIDIENDO LA PENA DE (MUERTE) PARA CUALQUIER MIGRANTE”.

By Maria Briceño • October 29, 2024
X posts
stated on October 21, 2024 in a post:

There are “180,000 registered new Amish voters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 29, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz “says that if Democrats win they’ll make (U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) speaker of the house.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 29, 2024