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Search results for "Microsoft patched around 200 vulnerabilities in Windows today"

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X posts stated on July 19, 2024 in a post:
Bill Gates is responsible for July 19 global tech outage.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 19, 2024
Facebook posts stated on December 04, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called “Omikron.”
By Samantha Putterman• December 17, 2021
Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:
“Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.”
By Madison Czopek• August 15, 2023
Bobby Scott stated on October 12, 2010 in a statement in the Times-Dispatch voters' guide:
"If all of the [Bush-era] tax cuts expire on schedule, the budget will be close to being balanced in four years."
By Wes Hester• November 5, 2010
Dan Bongino stated on October 11, 2022 in a video:
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $200 million for digital IDs as part of a shift toward a “totalitarian society.”
By Andy Nguyen• October 26, 2022
Steve Cohen stated on April 15, 2010 in a story about taxes from Associated Press:
"The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history."
By Robert Farley• April 16, 2010
Chain email stated on November 19, 2009 in a widely circulated e-mail:
Obama "closed offshore tax safe havens."
By Robert Farley• November 20, 2009
Bloggers stated on November 24, 2019 in a story:
Says Koalas are "functionally extinct" as bushfires in Australia continue to destroy their habitat.
By Samantha Putterman• December 16, 2019
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union speech:
"At the beginning of the last decade ... America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade."
By Catharine Richert• January 28, 2010
Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Phoenix’s increased wildfire risk is linked to Bill Gates’ “smart city” plans.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 28, 2025
Charlie Kirk stated on April 03, 2020 in a tweet:
“The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.”
By Bill McCarthy• April 7, 2020
Heidi Group stated on January 04, 2011 in a letter.:
"Following the 2009 session," Texas House Speaker Joe Straus "was acknowledged and ‘thanked’ for his ‘tireless efforts’ by Planned Parenthood, the nation’s premier abortion provider."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 11, 2011
Bloggers stated on February 20, 2020 in a story:
Says the United Nations plans to “implant everyone with a biometric ID.”
By Samantha Putterman• February 20, 2020
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2017 in Twitter:
Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."
By John Kruzel• July 26, 2017
Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Dr. Fauci says every American should be microchipped.
By Madison Czopek• May 19, 2020
Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says CEOs got advance notice of COVID, then resigned to dump stock.
By Tom Kertscher• April 13, 2020
Donald Trump stated on May 07, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
Gasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.”
By Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2026
Hillary Clinton stated on October 02, 2017 in a tweet:
"The crowd (in Las Vegas) fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer ..."
By Manuela Tobias• October 4, 2017
Facebook posts stated on February 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A photo of Pete Buttigieg in a military uniform without visible patches shows that “he is a fraud.”
By Daniel Funke• February 19, 2020
Randi Weingarten stated on April 02, 2013 in a news release:
"Schools in some states are spending up to 100 days a year doing test-prep or actual testing."
By Janel Davis• April 24, 2013

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