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Viral image stated on May 04, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Video shows Elon Musk saying “I just unbanned President Trump’s Twitter and I already have crybaby liberals threatening to quit Twitter.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 11, 2023
Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Workers have begun removing spires of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom ahead of Hurricane Dorian."
By Daniel Funke• September 4, 2019
Viral image stated on January 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Historic photos are evidence these celebrities were cloned.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 24, 2023
Instagram posts stated on April 26, 2023 in a post:
Video shows someone impersonating Joe Biden in a mask.
By Gabrielle Settles• April 27, 2023
Viral image stated on July 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Photos prove former Vice President Mike Pence and King Charles III have clones.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 12, 2023
Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Navy SEALs arrested Hillary Clinton.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 29, 2021
Viral image stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows Jeff Bezos’s clone.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 17, 2022
BreakingNews247.net stated on October 31, 2017 in a headline:
"Alabama’s Crimson Tide was disqualified from national championship."
By Emily Tanaka• November 1, 2017
Instagram posts stated on July 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Donald Trump and Joe Biden both died years ago.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 14, 2023
Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2024 in social media posts:
Photos show federal authorities arrested and charged a clone instead of the real Sean “Diddy” Combs.
By Gideon Hess• October 29, 2024
Big Gamble NJ stated on November 13, 2012 in a website:
"In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million."
By Erin O'Neill• November 19, 2012
Bloggers stated on January 03, 2022 in a blog post:
“Gavin Newsom Gets Death Penalty.”
By Bill McCarthy• January 19, 2022
Instagram posts stated on July 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Rose Garden video shows that President Joe Biden was taller when he emerged from July 24 Oval Office speech.
By Sara Swann• July 26, 2024
TikTok posts stated on January 22, 2023 in a TikTok post:
Damar Hamlin wasn’t at the Buffalo Bills' playoff game.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 23, 2023
Mark Jewell stated on May 01, 2019 in a tweet:
Photo shows a sea of red-clad education advocates covering most of the Halifax Mall.
By Matthew Riley, Paul Specht• May 3, 2019
Instagram posts stated on November 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:
A fake Nancy Pelosi said she won’t seek the speaker position again because the real Pelosi was arrested in 2021.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 18, 2022
Instagram posts stated on October 31, 2024 in a post:
The FBI seized a video of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton killing a child at a Sean “Diddy” Combs party.
By Gideon Hess• November 3, 2024
Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2021 in a Facebook post:
A White House photographer took a picture of Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 24.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 27, 2021
Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post:
When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up."
By Samantha Putterman• January 22, 2019
Facebook posts stated on March 07, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“U.S. hospitals are preparing for 96 million coronavirus infections and nearly half a million deaths, leaked documents reveal.”
By Tom Kertscher• March 13, 2020

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