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Nikki Haley stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H. China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.” Steve Kirsch stated on October 21, 2023 in a post on X “The FDA is required to take the COVID vaccines off the market” because they are “adulterated.” Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2023 in an Instagram post Bill Gates-funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks is responsible for red-meat allergies from alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S. Steve Milloy stated on June 7, 2023 in on “The Ingraham Angle” Particulate matter, found in wildfire smoke, has “no effect” on human health and is “total junk science.” TikTok posts stated on May 30, 2023 in a video Roseanne Barr made a video of a rainbow in a sprinkler questioning 'what the heck is in our water supply.' Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2023 in an image The ocean is "flat" and "contained" by land features that jut up from a flat (not spherical) earth. Instagram posts stated on April 6, 2023 in a post "Scientists struggle to understand why Antarctica hasn’t warmed for over 70 years despite rise in CO2." Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2023 in a video A video proves that “our own government is acknowledging that they’re spraying the skies” with toxic chemicals. Facebook posts stated on March 2, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook Video shows that certain drinks can “test positive” for COVID-19 when using at-home COVID-19 tests. Facebook posts stated on February 6, 2023 in a Facebook post “The moon is a habitable place.” Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2023 in a Facebook post The earthquake in Turkey is a "scripted" use of geo engineering weather modification HAARP Instagram posts stated on January 29, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram “Pfizer just got caught doing gain of function to mutate covid intentionally for vaccines.” Facebook posts stated on January 25, 2023 in a post Global warming is a “fraud.” 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.” Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2023 in social media posts on January 23, 2023 Electrically charged stones discovered in Congo. Instagram posts stated on January 17, 2023 in a post "Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon that can be tracked throughout prehistoric eras." Instagram posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a video on Instagram The COVID-19 vaccines were linked to the deaths of 80 Canadian doctors. Instagram posts stated on November 29, 2022 in an Instagram post “There may be a new pandemic on the way after the release of a 50,000-year-old zombie virus.” Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in a video Climate change is “dictated by solar activity and the moon” and has “nothing to do with mankind.” Instagram posts stated on October 29, 2022 in Instagram post Photo shows Stanford scientists' "3D model of how Joseph, the husband of Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ, might have looked.” Load more
Nikki Haley stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H. China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.”
Steve Kirsch stated on October 21, 2023 in a post on X “The FDA is required to take the COVID vaccines off the market” because they are “adulterated.”
Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2023 in an Instagram post Bill Gates-funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks is responsible for red-meat allergies from alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S.
Steve Milloy stated on June 7, 2023 in on “The Ingraham Angle” Particulate matter, found in wildfire smoke, has “no effect” on human health and is “total junk science.”
TikTok posts stated on May 30, 2023 in a video Roseanne Barr made a video of a rainbow in a sprinkler questioning 'what the heck is in our water supply.'
Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2023 in an image The ocean is "flat" and "contained" by land features that jut up from a flat (not spherical) earth.
Instagram posts stated on April 6, 2023 in a post "Scientists struggle to understand why Antarctica hasn’t warmed for over 70 years despite rise in CO2."
Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2023 in a video A video proves that “our own government is acknowledging that they’re spraying the skies” with toxic chemicals.
Facebook posts stated on March 2, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook Video shows that certain drinks can “test positive” for COVID-19 when using at-home COVID-19 tests.
Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2023 in a Facebook post The earthquake in Turkey is a "scripted" use of geo engineering weather modification HAARP
Instagram posts stated on January 29, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram “Pfizer just got caught doing gain of function to mutate covid intentionally for vaccines.”
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.”
Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2023 in social media posts on January 23, 2023 Electrically charged stones discovered in Congo.
Instagram posts stated on January 17, 2023 in a post "Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon that can be tracked throughout prehistoric eras."
Instagram posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a video on Instagram The COVID-19 vaccines were linked to the deaths of 80 Canadian doctors.
Instagram posts stated on November 29, 2022 in an Instagram post “There may be a new pandemic on the way after the release of a 50,000-year-old zombie virus.”
Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in a video Climate change is “dictated by solar activity and the moon” and has “nothing to do with mankind.”
Instagram posts stated on October 29, 2022 in Instagram post Photo shows Stanford scientists' "3D model of how Joseph, the husband of Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ, might have looked.”
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