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X posts stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post:
A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged.
By Samantha Putterman• September 12, 2025
Facebook posts stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The omicron variant of COVID-19 “came out” in 2021, but “the copyright on this book” about the variant is 2020.
By Tom Kertscher• December 20, 2021
Social Media stated on August 15, 2023 in social media posts:
A book published Aug. 10 about the Maui wildfires is proof the wildfires were planned.
By Loreben Tuquero• August 17, 2023
Jody Conradt stated on September 28, 2013 in a Texas Tribune Festival panel:
"All" University of Texas "student-athletes get an iPad."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 22, 2013
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2017 in Twitter:
Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."
By John Kruzel• July 26, 2017
Stephen King stated on January 25, 2013 in a Kindle Single essay, 'Guns':
Says since Australia passed tough gun laws, "homicides by firearm have declined almost 60 percent."
By Becky Bowers• January 31, 2013
Facebook posts stated on September 02, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Rihanna hired "five planes that carried 90,000 liters of water to support the fire control" in the Amazon rainforest.
By Daniel Funke• September 6, 2019
John Delaney stated on August 27, 2019 in an interview:
The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China. 
By John Kruzel• September 6, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on June 17, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."
By Bill McCarthy• June 21, 2019
Social Media stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts:
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million.
By Sofia Ahmed• January 16, 2025
Andrew Cuomo stated on November 19, 2018 in a radio interview:
"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."
By Jill Terreri Ramos• December 7, 2018
Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2018 in a tweet:
"Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."
By Manuela Tobias• April 2, 2018
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Amazon is “running a promotion and giving away random packages for just $1!”
By Gabrielle Settles• August 18, 2022
Viral image stated on May 08, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Amazon accepts Dogecoin.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 12, 2021
Instagram posts stated on December 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Amazon got hacked. … Hackers added Hub lockers as your default delivery addresses.”
By Jeff Cercone• December 12, 2023
Bernie Sanders stated on February 24, 2016 in a news conference:
"Since (welfare reform) was signed into law, the number of families living in extreme poverty has more than doubled."
By Lauren Carroll• March 2, 2016
Jeff Bezos stated on July 29, 2020 in a congressional hearing:
“The retail market we participate in is extraordinarily large and competitive. Amazon accounts for less than 1% of the $25 trillion global retail market, and less than 4% of U.S. retail.”
By Emily Venezky• August 6, 2020
Conservative Solutions PAC stated on January 04, 2016 in an attack ad:
Says Chris Christie "instituted an Internet sales tax."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 14, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2018 in a tweet:
"You know what Amazon paid in federal income taxes last year? Zero."
By Manuela Tobias• May 3, 2018
Ro Khanna stated on May 26, 2018 in in a tweet:
"Amazon Echo is recording every conversation in a person's home and transmitting it to the cloud."
By John Kruzel• May 31, 2018

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