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No, gas did not cost $1.86 a gallon when Donald Trump left the White House

December 8, 2021

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

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Fake New Zealand poster targets vaccine refusers

By Bill McCarthy December 8, 2021

A campaign poster for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with the slogan, “No jab. No job, no refunds.”

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No, Kamala Harris didn’t call unvaccinated Americans ‘dirty Trump people’

By Samantha Putterman December 8, 2021

Says Vice President Kamala Harris called the unvaccinated “dirty Trump people.”

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Many reporters are covering the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, despite claims otherwise

December 8, 2021

“There’s only one reporter on site” at the Ghislaine Maxwell trial.

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No, Trump wasn’t inaugurated president in 2021

December 8, 2021

“Trump was secretly inaugurated as president of the restored Republic.”

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No, this isn’t a photo of a German mall separating vaccinated and unvaccinated shoppers

December 8, 2021

Photo shows “a German mall separating the vaccinated and unvaccinated.”

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A claim that viruses and other pathogens always evolve to become less lethal is false

December 8, 2021

"Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.”

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European leader did not say the Nuremberg Code should be disregarded

December 7, 2021

“SHOCKING: In the wake of Austria’s drastic lockdown of unvaccinated people, EU chief calls for throwing out Nuremberg Code.”

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Do U.S. families have more money in their pockets now, despite inflation?

By Louis Jacobson December 7, 2021

“Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.”

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Oncologists’ claim that Build Back Better Act will slash cancer care funding omits key details

By Julie Appleby December 7, 2021

"An independent analysis shows that payments for cancer care will be slashed by close to 45% causing cancer clinics to close and massively raising your…

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Article misleads on dangers of omicron variant using UK virus and vaccination data

December 7, 2021

“Only the fully vaccinated should fear the new ‘worst ever’ Covid-19 variant; data shows they already account for 4 in every 5 Covid deaths”

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Old footage of Romanian protest mischaracterized as COVID-19 demonstration

December 7, 2021

A video shows people in Romania protesting COVID-19 vaccines.

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