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stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post:

“Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.”

By Grace Abels • September 6, 2023
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stated on August 12, 2023 in an Instagram post:

While nearly naked, a member of Mexico’s congress said, “You are ashamed to see me naked, but you are not ashamed to see your people in the streets naked.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 15, 2023
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stated on May 26, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Miami-Dade County has banned” Amanda Gorman’s poem “from elementary schools.”

By Jeff Cercone • May 31, 2023
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stated on May 20, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"NYC mayor plans to track and limit meat and dairy."

By Jeff Cercone • May 25, 2023
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stated on April 24, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Face masks may raise risk of stillbirths, testicular dysfunction and cognitive decline, study warns.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2023
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stated on April 12, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“The abortion pill has been linked to the deaths of at least 28 women in the U.S. alone.”

By Samantha Putterman • April 26, 2023
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stated on April 11, 2023 in an Instagram reel:

The RESTRICT Act would allow the U.S. government to “charge you with a felony and $1 million for having a VPN.”

By Sara Swann • April 19, 2023
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stated on January 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey.

By Tom Kertscher • February 8, 2023
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stated on January 15, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"New government-funded 'food pyramid' says Lucky Charms are healthier than steak."

By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2023
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stated on January 1, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram:

“All ‘gender affirming care’ for children is 100% experimental. There are zero long term studies on the effects the drugs and surgeries will have on them.”

By Madison Czopek • January 17, 2023
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stated on December 30, 2022 in a post:

“Ray Epps confessed to Jan. 6 Committee he ‘orchestrated’ attack on Capitol”

By Gabrielle Settles • January 6, 2023
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stated on November 28, 2022 in a post:

The 2021 infrastructure bill requires all new vehicles to have kill switches that will stop vehicle operation and alert law enforcement when drivers are impaired.

By Gabrielle Settles • December 5, 2022
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stated on October 31, 2022 in a post:

California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.”

By Gabrielle Settles • November 7, 2022
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stated on November 2, 2022 in on social media:

The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2022
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stated on October 20, 2022 in una publicación en Instagram:

“El CDC está a punto de agregar la vacuna Co vid al calendario de vacunación infantil, lo que haría que la vacunación sea obligatoria para que los niños asistan a la escuela”.

By Madison Czopek • October 27, 2022
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stated on September 27, 2022 in Facebook post:

A study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to infants who are breastfeeding.

By Michael Majchrowicz • October 12, 2022
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stated on September 27, 2022 in a post:

"$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure."

By Gabrielle Settles • October 6, 2022
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stated on September 23, 2022 in a screenshot:

"Only 325,000 American kids out of 19,000,000" were vaccinated against COVID-19.

By Madison Czopek • September 27, 2022
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stated on August 27, 2022 in an Instagram video:

There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”

By Andy Nguyen • September 7, 2022
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stated on June 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it."

By Grace Abels • June 30, 2022
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stated on February 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“The CEO of Moderna deleted his Twitter and dumped $400 million of Moderna stock. Big Pharma seems to know some bad news is coming.”

By Sara Swann • February 17, 2022
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stated on February 14, 2022 in a post:

Map shows states where “all of the children… are back to living mask-free, normal lives.”

By Monique Curet • February 16, 2022
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stated on December 28, 2021 in a post:

“NASA hired 24 theologians to study human reaction to aliens.”

By Monique Curet • January 18, 2022
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stated on December 4, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"By declining the vax, I am 100% safe from adverse reactions and 99.8% safe from COVID."

By Andy Nguyen • January 3, 2022
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stated on November 3, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"Arizona Department of Education gives green light on face mask and vaccine mandates, as well as implementing Critical (Race) Theory.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 10, 2021
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stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post:

A video shows “your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami” as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

By Gabrielle Settles • November 5, 2021
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stated on October 12, 2021 in a post:

Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said he will not “take a PCR COVID test.”

By Kayla Steinberg • October 15, 2021
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stated on October 3, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Over 2 million injuries from COVID-19 vaccines have been reported to the World Health Organization.

By Andy Nguyen • October 15, 2021
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stated on October 10, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"The media is pretty quiet about Florida's decline in COVID cases. No mask mandates or vaccine mandates."

By Tom Kertscher • October 15, 2021
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stated on September 26, 2021 in an Instagram post:

The government pays out "$2,125/month in refugee benefits to refugees resettled in the United States," while Social Security recipients “who have paid into the system their whole lives receive $1,400/month on average."

By Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2021

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