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Instagram posts
stated on December 15, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“The Pentagon has confirmed that the mysterious drones appearing across the globe are NOT of earthly origin.”

By Jeff Cercone • December 16, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2024 in a post:

Images show Taylor Swift with Elon Musk promoting a household energy consumption reduction device.

By Sara Swann • December 13, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 30, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

"Última hora: secuestraron al doctor Juan J. Rivera quien reveló un remedio casero que elimina la causa de la diabetes en solo un día".

By Marta Campabadal Graus • December 5, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 29, 2024 in a Facebook post:

"The famed ship at the bottom of the North Atlantic is actually not The Titanic. It is her near-identical sister ship The Olympic."

By Marta Campabadal Graus • December 4, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 18, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Donald Trump has officially banned” same-sex marriage “in all 50 states in America.”

By Maria Briceño • November 26, 2024
Viral image
stated on November 16, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Parents of trans-species kids no longer getting money every month” because of President-elect Donald Trump.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 21, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 18, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Ballot dumps" in Pennsylvania, California, North Carolina, Alaska and Wisconsin show election officials are improperly “flipping" down-ballot seats for Democrats.

By Caleb McCullough • November 21, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 19, 2024 in a Threads post:

“The U.S Senate accidentally passed a bill banning Trump from becoming President, and Biden is planning to sign it.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 20, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 18, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"McDonald’s offered 850 million to RFK for hush money” related to its frying oil.

By Jeff Cercone • November 19, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 14, 2024 in a post:

“Stunning Knockout: Mike Tyson Defeats Jake Paul in Just 50 Seconds with a Devastating K.O.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 18, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 14, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Donald Trump chose a provocative song to describe Kamala Harris during a presidential debate.

By Sofia Ahmed • November 15, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 9, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows a missing police officer.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 14, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 6, 2024 in a post:

“Breaking News: ‘The Era of King Charles Has Ended’ – Buckingham Palace Raises the White Flag.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 13, 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
Instagram posts
stated on November 3, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows “drunk Nancy Pelosi.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 8, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 1, 2024 in a Threads post:

Video shows 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Oregon.

By Jeff Cercone • November 8, 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
Facebook posts
stated on November 2, 2024 in a post:

“Elon Musk unveils UFO fighter jet that defies physics.”

By Grace Abels • 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
Threads posts
stated on November 6, 2024 in a Threads post:

“I think they found a way to target Democratic districts and send millions of votes into a black hole. The numbers aren't adding up.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 7, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 6, 2024 in social media videos:

Videos show President-elect Donald Trump promised to help Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan get out of prison and retake power.

By Gideon Hess • November 6, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 1, 2024 in a post:

Gwinnett County, Georgia, sheriff's office said white supremacists “are planning to attack” Black people “from now until the Inauguration.”

By Amy Sherman • November 5, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 3, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows Kamala Harris has a “drinking problem.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 4, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 31, 2024 in a post:

The FBI seized a video of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton killing a child at a Sean “Diddy” Combs party.

By Gideon Hess • November 3, 2024
Patriot Voice
stated on October 30, 2024 in an article on a website:

Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff received $500,000 for tipping off Sean “Diddy” Combs about police raids.

By Amy Sherman • November 2, 2024
Social Media
stated on October 31, 2024 in a post:

Video shows “voting machines in Kentucky are not allowing voters to select” Donald Trump for president.

By Sara Swann • November 1, 2024
Viral image
stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Photos show Vice President Kamala Harris when she was “a former call girl in California.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 27, 2024 in a Threads post:

Video shows Kamala Harris saying, “Trump is literally Hitler,” on Joe Rogan’s podcast.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • October 31, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 30, 2024 in a Threads post:

"AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?"

By Jeff Cercone • October 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in a photo:

In Fordyce, Arkansas, voting machines changed votes from Republican to Democrat.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 30, 2024

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