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Search results for "Nicholas Rossi, the US rapist who faked his death and fled to Scotland, dies"

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Facebook posts stated on October 05, 2021 in an article:
In the United Kingdom, “81% of COVID-19 deaths are among the vaccinated.”
By Tom Kertscher• October 19, 2021
Bloggers stated on May 13, 2017 in Internet posts:
"Fox star Tucker Carlson in critical condition (then died) after head on collision driving home."
By Joshua Gillin• May 15, 2017
Facebook posts stated on September 08, 2022 in a post:
“We all know the Queen’s been dead for a while now,” and her death is part of a dark conspiracy involving pedophilia or child trafficking.
By Gabrielle Settles• September 9, 2022
X posts stated on September 08, 2022 in a tweet:
Queen Elizabeth died because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 8, 2022
Viral image stated on April 20, 2017 in posts on social media:
"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."
By Will Doran• April 24, 2017
Bloggers stated on October 18, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
George Soros was an SS officer.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2018
Instagram posts stated on December 03, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Henry Kissinger’s “deathbed confession” shows “Adolf Hitler was buried in Spain” and lived to age 68.
By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2022
Nicholas Kristof stated on October 03, 2015 in a New York Times op-ed:
"More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty."
By Jon Greenberg• October 6, 2015
Addicting Information stated on April 04, 2015 in an infographic on the Addicting Info website:
"U.S. police killed more people in just one month than the U.K.’s did in over a century."
By Jon Greenberg• April 15, 2015
Facebook posts stated on June 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Kill a White on Sight” appears on Black Lives Matter/Antifa flyers.
By Tom Kertscher• June 26, 2020
Instagram posts stated on September 08, 2022 in an image shared on Instagram:
“Queen Elizabeth shot dead in Detroit.”
By Madison Czopek• September 9, 2022
Richard Ojeda stated on October 24, 2018 in a video posted to Facebook:
"We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."
By Douglas Soule• November 15, 2018
Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:
King Charles III signed “a proclamation stating that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election and is the rightful president by law.”
By Madison Czopek• September 12, 2022
Washington State Democratic Party stated on October 09, 2018 in a tweet:
Says congressional candidate Dino Rossi once suggested "the state build homes for unwed mothers."  
By Stephen Koff• October 16, 2018
House Majority PAC stated on September 12, 2018 in campaign ad:
Says Dino Rossi "stripped" health care "from 45,000 children."
By Manuela Tobias• September 18, 2018
Bloggers stated on April 04, 2017 in a headline:
Says President Barack Obama "tax audit exposes MILLIONS in offshore accounts stolen from taxpayers."
By Joshua Gillin• April 14, 2017
Viral image stated on July 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A photo showing Ellen DeGeneres with a girl is evidence of a child sex-trafficking conspiracy.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 7, 2020
Facebook posts stated on June 21, 2021 in social media posts:
“Airlines begin to ban vaccinated people after Pilots die due to vaccine”
By Kelsey Sena Tamakloe• June 28, 2021
Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2020 in a video:
Coronavirus patients are being "cremated alive" in China.
By Daniel Funke• February 26, 2020
Nicholas Kristof stated on August 27, 2015 in his column in the New York Times:
"More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history."
By Louis Jacobson• August 27, 2015

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By Lauren Carroll• January 7, 2016

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By Jon Greenberg• October 7, 2015

Prolific fake news writer Paul Horner dead at 38

By Joshua Gillin• September 26, 2017

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By Lauren Carroll• December 30, 2015

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By W. Gardner Selby• December 31, 2016

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Guests at President Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress

By Miriam Valverde• March 1, 2017

Alex Jones said Sandy Hook slayings 'pretty much didn't happen'

By W. Gardner Selby• April 18, 2018

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Fact-checking TV ad’s claims on Golden State Killer case

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