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This video is from a climate change protest in Austria. It doesn’t show crisis actors in Ukraine

By Samantha Putterman March 4, 2022

Video shows Ukrainian crisis actors come to life after pretending to be dead.

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No, Sean Penn’s Ukraine trip isn’t proof the Russian invasion was staged

March 4, 2022

Says Sean Penn’s trip to Ukraine in November is evidence the war is staged.

Funeral for a Ukrainian militia member

Evidence of Russia’s war in Ukraine is plentiful and proves it is not ‘staged’

By Gabrielle Settles March 4, 2022

The war in Ukraine is “scripted and staged.”

DeSantis at CPAC in Orlando 2-24-22

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis mischaracterizes the efficacy of face masks

By Yacob Reyes March 4, 2022

Wearing masks is “COVID theater” and “not doing anything.”

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No, this woman driving an armored vehicle isn’t Ukrainian. She’s Russian and the clip is from 2021

By Samantha Putterman March 4, 2022

A Ukrainian TikToker shows how to drive an abandoned Russian armored vehicle.

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Image of Ukrainian president in military fatigues is not recent

March 4, 2022

Image shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “has joined the front lines with his troops.”

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Fact-checking whether Biden’s Russia sanctions over Ukraine didn’t start for 30 days, had loopholes

March 4, 2022

Joe Biden's sanctions on Russia “are riddled with loopholes and don't even start for 30 days. They have carve outs for the energy and financial…

IRS Building 2021

Misleading post links unemployment benefits and reduced tax refunds

By Jill Terreri Ramos March 3, 2022

The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits.

Biden speaks at SOTU 2022 with pelosi, harris looking on

Biden exaggerates trips to Iraq, Afghanistan in State of the Union address

By Samantha Putterman March 3, 2022

“I’ve been in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan over 40 times.”

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CNN clip on Russia’s ‘military moves in America’s backyard’ ran in 2018, not during Ukraine invasion

By Bill McCarthy March 3, 2022

A 2022 CNN report said, “Russia deploys two nuke bombers in US backyard, Venezuela.”

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FEMA added COVID-19 safety measures to nuclear explosion protocols before Russia invaded Ukraine

March 3, 2022

“NEW: Biden Admin. instructs Americans to social distance and wear masks in the event of a Nuclear Fallout.”

Border encounters up partially because of COVID-19 expulsions

March 3, 2022

"During the first 3 months of FY2022 Customs& Border Protection recorded 518k encounters w illegal immigrants at S border That’s up 137% from same point…

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