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stated on May 5, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

"¡Rusia levanta la bandera blanca y se rinde a Ucrania!"

By Marta Campabadal Graus • May 25, 2023
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stated on May 23, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows the U.S. Pentagon “is under attack.”

By Tom Kertscher • May 25, 2023
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stated on May 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

A video shows former President Barack Obama referring to his wife, Michelle as “Michael.”

By Loreben Tuquero • May 23, 2023
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stated on May 17, 2023 in a Facebook reel:

“Street lights are connected to mRNA.”

By Sara Swann • May 19, 2023
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stated on May 16, 2023 in a post:

Video shows “Pelosi CRIES LIKE KID after McCarthy kicked her out as speaker.”

By Gabrielle Settles • May 18, 2023
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stated on May 9, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram:

An Instagram video shows a man confronting President Joe Biden about an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

By Madison Czopek • May 18, 2023
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stated on May 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows Joe Biden touching a child inappropriately.

By Sara Swann • May 15, 2023
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stated on May 9, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The National Parks Service posted about children who have been freed from human traffickers.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 11, 2023
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stated on May 5, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

“Se filtran fotos” de “satanista enseñando sus Rituales y Adoración a lucifer a niños en bibliotecas de Estados Unidos”.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • May 10, 2023
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stated on April 14, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

Este video muestra “reptilianos”.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • May 10, 2023
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stated on May 6, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows former first lady Michelle Obama as a man.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 8, 2023
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stated on May 7, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Michelle Obama’s mother dies, leaves inheritance to ‘My son Michael.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 8, 2023
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stated on May 3, 2023 in a post:

Video shows Kamala Harris talking nonsensically about today, tomorrow and yesterday.

By Gabrielle Settles • May 5, 2023
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stated on May 3, 2023 in an Instagram post:

NASA's T-minus launch countdown is a mocking reference to Satan.

By Loreben Tuquero • May 5, 2023
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stated on April 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Fauci arrested.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 4, 2023
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stated on January 9, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Babysitter on crystal meth eats 3-month-old toddler.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 4, 2023
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stated on April 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Putin JUST SHUTDOWN All Oil To The US, Collapsing The US Economy!”

By Samantha Putterman • May 3, 2023
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stated on May 1, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows President Joe Biden’s “body double” signing documents with his left hand.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 3, 2023
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stated on April 29, 2023 in a TikTok shared on Facebook:

“The flag of Washington’s District of Columbia has three red stars. One for each city state in the three-city empire.”

By Madison Czopek • May 3, 2023
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stated on April 29, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Anheuser-Busch closing half its U.S. breweries” after Dylan Mulvaney backlash.

By Jeff Cercone • May 1, 2023
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stated on April 21, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Chemtrails are being put into the atmosphere and are trickling down into soil and water, becoming “the real cause of disease.”

By Loreben Tuquero • April 27, 2023
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stated on April 24, 2023 in a video:

"There is no Biden presidency. The real Biden was executed for his crimes long ago along with Clinton."

By Andy Nguyen • April 27, 2023
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stated on April 26, 2023 in a post:

Video shows someone impersonating Joe Biden in a mask.

By Gabrielle Settles • April 27, 2023
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stated on April 14, 2023 in a post:

A Pentagon plan and a CDC poster proves that a “zombie apocalypse” is coming.

By Gabrielle Settles • April 26, 2023
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stated on April 15, 2023 in an Instagram reel:

“The Antarctic ice cap is not melting.”

By Sara Swann • April 25, 2023
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stated on April 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Adam Schiff will be impeached.”

By Jeff Cercone • April 24, 2023
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stated on April 16, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Symbols on Huggies diapers are coded references to pedophilia.

By Sara Swann • April 20, 2023
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stated on April 9, 2023 in a post:

"They have been preparing for mass extinction with these death caskets" in Madison, Ga.

By Gabrielle Settles • April 17, 2023
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stated on April 6, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“34 dead after Lizzo attempted to crowd surf.”

By Loreben Tuquero • April 17, 2023
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stated on April 13, 2023 in a Facebook post:

A video shows Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., playing a phone conversation between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Hunter Biden.

By Loreben Tuquero • April 17, 2023

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