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Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The gas station where they initially attacked” Kyle Rittenhouse “is owned by his grandparents.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 24, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on November 3, 2021 in a post:

“Vitamin D levels of 50 ng/mL correlates to zero mortality rate from COVID.”

By Naseem Ferdowsi • November 24, 2021
Alex Jones
stated on November 14, 2021 in an InfoWars video:

"Fauci admits Covid vax doesn't work"

By Vivian Lam • November 23, 2021
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 23, 2021
Bloggers
stated on November 18, 2021 in an article:

The FBI targeted a woman and searched her home because she “protested local school board, elections.”

By Monique Curet • November 23, 2021
Bloggers
stated on November 4, 2021 in a video:

"Spike protein goes to nucleus and impairs DNA repair."

By Vivian Lam • November 23, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2021 in a post:

The media televised the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse “because he is a ‘white supremacist shooter,’” while limiting coverage of accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial to “some cartoon drawing….What are they hiding?”

By Monique Curet • November 22, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The Vatican owns a telescope called Lucifer.

By Samantha Putterman • November 22, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:

President Joe Biden will “control health care costs by slapping a 95% tax on prescription drugs.”

By Andy Nguyen • November 22, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 16, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The FBI is using its counterterrorism division to investigate and add ‘threat tags’ to parents who are protesting school boards.”

By Madison Czopek • November 19, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 17, 2021 in Facebook posts:

Photos showed “bricks everywhere” in Kenosha during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.

By Bill McCarthy • November 19, 2021
Bloggers
stated on November 10, 2021 in an article:

“German News Agency Tracks 75 Prominent Athletes Suddenly Dead Of Heart Attacks After COVID Vax”

By Monique Curet • November 19, 2021
Bloggers
stated on November 4, 2021 in a blog post:

COVID-19 vaccines contain luciferase.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 19, 2021
Viral image
stated on September 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:

A photo shows Kyle Rittenhouse wearing a “Klan outfit.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 19, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 16, 2021 in Facebook post:

Says Bill Gates is linked to the discovery of vials labeled “smallpox” at Pennsylvania lab.

By Jeff Cercone • November 19, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Trump in the White House!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The military took over the mainstream media.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2021
Viral image
stated on November 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Military arrests former President George W. Bush.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2021 in a post:

Says Raz Simone “conquered” part of Seattle, handed out guns to form a paramilitary force that murdered three people, robbed the locals and walked away without being questioned.

By Monique Curet • November 18, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2021 in post on Facebook:

Keystone Pipeline was blocked by Obama on Warren Buffett’s behalf.

By Becca Schimmel • November 18, 2021
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stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“NAVY SEALs raid cargo ship full of smuggled children.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2021
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stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Unleaded gas costs nearly $7 in Lancaster, Calif.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2021
Viral image
stated on November 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Kamala Harris said only vaccinated people are hospitalized and dying from COVID-19.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2021
Tweets
stated on November 9, 2021 in a tweet:

"Bill Gates just admitted that the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines don’t work well."

By Samantha Putterman • November 17, 2021
TikTok posts
stated on November 14, 2021 in a post:

The COVID-19 vaccines “failed miserably” in animal trials and are “a type of gene therapy that several top scientists warn will kill you.”

By Monique Curet • November 17, 2021
Viral image
stated on November 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Close to hundreds” of people died at Astroworld.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2021 in a post on Facebook:

“500 National Guardsmen being called to Kenosha ahead of the Rittenhouse verdict. Had they done this in the first place, there wouldn’t have been a trial.”

By Monique Curet • November 17, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2021 in a post:

A Kansas City tourism sign had a terrible typo.

By Jeff Cercone • November 17, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A new Facebook/Meta rule allows the company to use people’s photos without their permission, and posting a notice on your page will stop it from doing so.

By Samantha Putterman • November 17, 2021
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2021

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