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Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:
As of Aug. 25, "Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Spanish Football Federation."
By Tom Kertscher• August 29, 2023
Threads posts stated on December 10, 2024 in Threads posts:
“Pride flags permanently prohibited at FIFA Club World Cup 2025.”
By Sofia Ahmed• December 16, 2024
Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2024 in a post:
Cristiano Ronaldo was the only European soccer captain who did not wear a rainbow armband at Euro 2020.
By Grace Abels• June 21, 2024
John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
FIFA "pressured Brazil into passing a so-called Budweiser bill, allowing beer sales in soccer stadiums."
By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014
Rick Saccone stated on July 13, 2016 in floor remarks during a House session:
"Illegal tobacco sales, price driven too high, has been connected to at least several cases of funding terrorism against us in multi-year investigations over the last decade and a half."
By Cassie Owens• July 18, 2016
Instagram posts stated on December 06, 2021 in a post:
Suggests "108 FIFA registered players/coaches have died" because of COVID-19 vaccines.
By Yacob Reyes• November 22, 2022
Instagram posts stated on February 02, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Ring is “alerting people about (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids.”
By Caleb McCullough• February 10, 2025
Bloggers stated on February 06, 2019 in a story:
“Robert de Niro Linked to Child Sex Trafficking Ring According to Court Records”
By Madison Czopek• February 18, 2020
Jeremy Schaap stated on May 28, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Qataris don't really work."
By Jon Greenberg• June 2, 2014
Social Media stated on March 09, 2025 in in social media posts:
Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.
By Jeff Cercone• March 10, 2025
John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards."
By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014
Raymond Lesniak stated on July 12, 2011 in testimony during a Senate hearing:
Says "the most dangerous time for children" is from "3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple"
By Erin O'Neill• July 25, 2011
Greg Gutfeld stated on August 20, 2020 in a TV segment:
“QAnon violence! There is none.”
By Bill McCarthy• August 24, 2020
Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says President Joe Biden canceled Trump’s “child sex ring operation, which saw thousands of arrests last year.”
By Samantha Putterman• February 25, 2021
Conservative Daily Post stated on November 01, 2016 in a posting on the Internet:
"FBI confirms evidence of huge underground Clinton sex network."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 4, 2016
Facebook posts stated on November 08, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Church bells rang in Paris and fireworks were set off in London to celebrate Joe Biden’s presidential win.
By Samantha Putterman• November 11, 2020
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
“En la Eurocopa 2020, la Unión Europea impuso a todos los capitanes de selecciones nacionales llevar el distintivo lgtb. Pero Cristiano fue el único capitán de la Euro que se negó y no llevo el cintillo lgtb”.
By Grace Abels, Marta Campabadal Graus• June 21, 2024
Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2023 in a post:
Video shows Elon Musk saying he bought Twitter and unblocked Andrew Tate’s Twitter account because “we need to escape the suppression from the matrix and expose the global elites.”
By Gabrielle Settles• March 22, 2023
Viral image stated on September 17, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“Kim Martin Morrow the CEO of Netflix has just been charged with 15 charges for child pornography”
By Madison Czopek• September 18, 2020
David Perdue stated on November 01, 2017 in a tweet:
The diversity visa lottery is "plagued by fraud."
By Miriam Valverde• November 6, 2017

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