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No, Wikileaks didn’t release evidence that the moon landing was faked

October 25, 2022

“Wikileaks releases moon landing cut scenes filmed in the Nevada desert.”

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No evidence Pelosi bought stock in drug manufacturer Amgen

By Sara Swann October 25, 2022

“Nancy Pelosi (purchased) 10,000 shares of Amgen, manufacturer of Nplate, a drug used to treat radiation sickness.”

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Batteries don’t make electric vehicles more likely to catch fire than gasoline-powered cars

October 25, 2022

"When electric cars get in accidents, they explode, they catch fire very very badly because of the lithium batteries.”

Many climate predictions do come true

October 25, 2022

For climate change environmentalists, “not a single one of their predictions ever come true.”

How much of the Inflation Reduction Act goes toward trees, clean garbage trucks and cow farts?

By Jessica Riley, Sierra Worden October 25, 2022

“More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity,…

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DTaP vaccine is safe and effective, contrary to social media claims

By Andy Nguyen October 24, 2022

The diphtheria vaccine is a “poison dart” with side effects worse than the symptoms of diphtheria.

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Bodybuilder Doug Brignole died from a COVID-19 infection, not the vaccine, coroner finds

October 24, 2022

Bodybuilder died from the COVID-19 vaccine.

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No, this isn’t a real ‘Hannity’ chyron about Oz

October 24, 2022

A chyron on Sean Hannity’s show said, “Dr Oz admits he’s a medical quack.”

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CNN didn’t report that Uganda’s president said it would be ‘disgusting’ to support Ukraine

October 24, 2022

A CNN headline shows Uganda’s president saying he doesn’t support Ukraine because it would be “disgusting.”

Beasley cherry-picks appropriations bill to attack Budd over police funding

By Paul Specht October 24, 2022

Ted Budd “on four separate occasions voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million.”

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Plenty of photos of Biden in the Oval Office since early 2021, despite social media claims

October 24, 2022

There are no photos of “Biden in the Oval Office” from after early 2021.

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Better Wisconsin Together on target with ad on Michels and gun law loophole

By D.L. Davis October 24, 2022

Says Tim Michels "opposes closing the loophole that allows domestic abusers to buy guns."

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