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stated on August 31, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"Japan says goodbye Moderna, hello ivermectin."

By Andy Nguyen • September 14, 2021
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stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Joe Biden is on a two-week vacation. Kamala Harris has been nonexistent since Inauguration Day. Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as press secretary for one week.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2021
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stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “continuously questioned the vaccine during the campaign” but now “they support vaccine cards and forced vaccinations.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2021
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stated on August 4, 2021 in an Instagram post:

A six-month study from Pfizer shows that its vaccine “reduces severe COVID symptoms/hospitalizations by .1%.”

By Andy Nguyen • August 17, 2021
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stated on July 24, 2021 in an Instagram post:

People charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol are “political prisoners” and “non-violent trespassers” who have been held in solitary confinement for the past six months.

By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2021
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stated on July 10, 2021 in an Instagram post.:

Federal agents are going “door-to-door coercing people to be injected with experimental drugs.”

By Jason Asenso • July 15, 2021
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stated on July 1, 2021 in an Instagram post:

The delta variant of the coronavirus “is approximately 19 times less deadly.”

By Tom Kertscher • July 7, 2021
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stated on June 30, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Fauci says there will be 'two Americas': One for vaccinated, one for unvaccinated.”

By Bill McCarthy • July 6, 2021
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stated on June 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"Dandelion root is able to kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours."

By Gabrielle Settles • June 17, 2021
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stated on May 26, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"The Lancet peer-reviewed study confirms vaccine efficacy, not as 95% stated by the vaccine companies, but as: AstraZeneca 1.3%; Moderna 1.2%; J&J 1.2%; Pfizer 0.84%."

By Bill McCarthy • May 28, 2021
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stated on March 30, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Calls COVID-19 vaccine a “non-FDA-approved experimental agent.”

By Jon Greenberg • March 31, 2021
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stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.

By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2021
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stated on June 17, 2020 in an Instagram post:

A bar graph compares homicides for various racial groups

By Daniel Funke • June 23, 2020
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stated on June 2, 2020 in an Instagram post:

“Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.”

By Miriam Valverde • June 22, 2020
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stated on May 19, 2020 in an Instagram post:

“A lot of people can get an additional $2,400” from the CARES Act “and they can do it every month!”

By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020
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stated on April 27, 2020 in a screenshot:

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “has just been stripped of her emergency coronavirus powers by her state legislature.”

By Daniel Funke • April 29, 2020
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stated on March 18, 2020 in an Instagram post:

Says “Bill Gates and other globalists, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, are reportedly working to push tracking bracelets and ‘invisible tattoos’ to monitor Americans during an impending lockdown.”

By Samantha Putterman • April 9, 2020
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stated on March 17, 2020 in social media posts:

“While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.”

By Patrick Orsagos • April 9, 2020
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stated on March 15, 2020 in an image:

"COVID-19 started because we eat animals."

By Daniel Funke • March 18, 2020
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stated on March 15, 2020 in a screenshot:

Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat hoax.’”

By Daniel Funke • March 17, 2020
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stated on January 6, 2020 in on social media:

"A bounty of $80 MILLION has been placed on President Donald Trump’s head by Iran as tensions between the country and the USA rise."

By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2020