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Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"The Sun is out of place, the Moon is out of place and the stars are out of place. The compasses are off" because of a shift in the Earth’s poles.
By Grace Abels• August 3, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Claims the James Webb Space Telescope is “fakery they got for the masses”
By Andy Nguyen• July 18, 2022
Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The Vatican owns a telescope called Lucifer.
By Samantha Putterman• November 22, 2021
Viral image stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:
NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.”
By Grace Abels• July 28, 2022
Facebook posts stated on October 01, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi’s "legislative aide … is from the Ukraine and is connected to the Ukrainian Embassy, the Ukrainian military, the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian party life"
By Samantha Putterman• October 9, 2019
Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2024 in a video:
Footage “shows a completely flat horizon proving the flat Earth and completely destroying the globe theory.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• May 29, 2024
Rush Limbaugh stated on March 06, 2014 in a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show':
President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department."
By Katie Sanders• March 12, 2014
Instagram posts stated on August 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Photos are proof that Hawaii fires were caused by a “direct energy weapon assault on the people.”
By Jeff Cercone• August 11, 2023
Viral image stated on November 07, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“NASA admits space and planets are fake.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 8, 2023
Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2024 in a Facebook reel:
There are no real pictures of satellites on Google Images because outer space is not real.
By Sofia Ahmed• April 18, 2024
Nancy Grace stated on March 24, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America":
Premeditation, in murder cases like the Oscar Pistorius case, "can be formed in the twinkling of an eye."
By Katie Sanders• March 31, 2014
Facebook posts stated on May 08, 2022 in a photo:
Says photo shows "the sharpest image of the sun ever recorded."
By Monique Curet• May 11, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 01, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows “Roman tidal baths in Malta, still at sea level after thousands of years!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 5, 2024
Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2022 in a video:
March 2022 moon crash was orchestrated by the government and visible from Earth.
By Monique Curet• April 18, 2022
Nancy Grace stated on January 14, 2014 in a segment on 'Nancy Grace':
People on pot "shoot each other ... stab each other ... strangle each other, drive under the influence, kill families."  
By Katie Sanders• January 24, 2014
Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.:
"If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010
Zack Space stated on September 02, 2010 in a letter:
A bill to save teacher jobs is completely paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
By Stephen Koff• October 1, 2010
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
The Smithsonian Institution includes “nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future.”
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson• August 20, 2025
Viral image stated on June 01, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“In 38 days Pelosi and Schiff are up for reelection. Nadler up June 23.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 4, 2021
Social Media stated on April 06, 2026 in social media posts:
Photos and clips show the moon from Artemis II.
By Maria Briceño• April 8, 2026

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