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stated on November 2, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Smithsonian admits to destruction of thousands of giant human skeletons in early 1900s.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 3, 2022
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stated on November 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Two far-right websites attributed to David DePape to smear conservatives were fabricated — they were created Friday.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022
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stated on October 31, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Bill Gates’ daughters aren’t vaccinated.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022
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stated on October 31, 2022 in an Instagram post:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “doesn’t even have surveillance cameras around her house.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022
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stated on October 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Security cameras at Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home malfunctioned “for the duration of the break-in, so officials have ended their investigation.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 1, 2022
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stated on October 22, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Video clips show staged war footage from Ukraine.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 26, 2022
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stated on October 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:

A chyron on Sean Hannity’s show said, “Dr Oz admits he’s a medical quack.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2022
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stated on October 23, 2022 in an Instagram post:

There are no photos of “Biden in the Oval Office” from after early 2021.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2022
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stated on October 18, 2022 in an Instagram post:

There are “100,000 kids in cages” under the Getty art museum.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 20, 2022
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stated on October 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows a taxi driver in New York City who “drives around taking people to kill.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 19, 2022
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stated on October 18, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Trans species man who self-identifies as a deer accidentally shot by hunters.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 18, 2022
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stated on October 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Barack Obama said he walks with his “husband Michael and hold hands.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 17, 2022
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stated on September 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“The Simpsons” predicted Queen Elizabeth II’s 2022 death.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 19, 2022
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stated on August 5, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Hillary Clinton popping a brown paper bag during a press conference.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 15, 2022
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stated on September 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“The sun is not 93 million miles away … it is local and under a firmament dome.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 14, 2022
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stated on September 11, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Barack Obama urged people on Sept. 10, 2001, to “report to work tomorrow” at the World Trade Center.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 12, 2022
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stated on September 11, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“North Korea confirms it has landed a man on the sun.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 12, 2022
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stated on September 9, 2022 in an Instagram post:

A “13 or 15 year old boy escapes Buckingham Palace” in video.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 9, 2022
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stated on September 6, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Video proves “space is fake.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 9, 2022
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stated on September 7, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Naomi Biden says Joe Biden died four years ago.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 8, 2022
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stated on September 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Joe Biden has a body double.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 7, 2022
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stated on August 16, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Half of the votes for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election “are from dead people.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 26, 2022
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stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:

An image shows a chyron on Tucker Carlson’s show that said “straight men turning homo after ‘gay hypnosis.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 24, 2022
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stated on August 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows parents who changed their baby’s gender identity.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 19, 2022
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stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Congress voting for a highly classified “Homeland Terrorism Preparedness Bill.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 17, 2022
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stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:

NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.”

By Grace Abels • July 28, 2022
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stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

George Floyd and COVID-19 “never existed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2022
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stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Anthony Bourdain and Chris Cornell were killed while working on a documentary about “widespread pedophilia.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 11, 2022
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stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Joe Biden putting a Medal of Honor on a Vietnam War veteran backward.

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 8, 2022
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stated on July 4, 2022 in a Facebook post:

A video shows Joe Biden speaking slowly and slurring on the Fourth of July.

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 7, 2022

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