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Social Media
stated on October 22, 2025 social media posts

Walmart will close to in-store shoppers and allow only online orders and curbside pickup starting Nov. 1 because of an expected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding lapse.

By Loreben Tuquero • October 29, 2025

Instagram posts
stated on September 29, 2024 Instagram posts

Video shows “FBI finds human remains at a McDonald’s meat supplier.”

October 2, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on April 28, 2024 a reel

Video proves all sizes of Starbucks’ paper drink cups hold the same amount of liquid.

By Sara Swann • May 10, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on April 9, 2024 a video

Morton Salt and other plain and iodized table salts contain 25% sand and 25% glass that cut up “your arterial and venous network and that’s how you get high blood pressure.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 22, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on May 3, 2023 a video

“The government has been putting ground up human teeth and bone in our food and calling it 'calcium phosphate.’”

By Gabrielle Settles • May 16, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on April 4, 2023 a video

Pouring soda on raw pork will cause parasites to emerge.

By Sara Swann • April 7, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on January 18, 2023 an Instagram post

Bill Gates tweeted that “vaccines in our food supply solves the problem of vaccine hesitancy.”

By Samantha Putterman • January 20, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on October 12, 2022 a video

Today’s high food prices were planned during a 2015 food shortage simulation.

October 26, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on October 7, 2022 a post

Dark spots on potato chips are “infected with throat mold.”

By Andy Nguyen • October 19, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2022 a Facebook reel

Consuming “rice and beans, milk, cheese, butter and eggs” causes disease by age 30.

By Grace Abels • August 5, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2022 a Facebook post

“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.

By Madison Czopek • July 19, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on June 30, 2022 a Facebook post

Fast food chain Wendy’s was “exposed for using horse meat.”

By Gabrielle Settles • July 8, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2022 a Facebook post

Grocery chain Aldi will send people who share a Facebook post a “bag full of family necessities” worth $750, and 100 random bags also have a voucher for $500.

By Andy Nguyen • February 21, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on January 19, 2022 an Instagram post

Photos show “sheep feces” that are “now in high demand in China because of their richness in protein.”

January 19, 2022

X posts
stated on April 28, 2021 posts on social media

Sen. Joni Ernst's visual aid said liberals wanted to abolish lasagna, among other things.

April 29, 2021

Kevin McCarthy
stated on April 28, 2021 a Fox News appearance

Says Joe Biden is “going to control how much meat you can eat.”

By Bill McCarthy • April 29, 2021

Fox News Channel
stated on April 23, 2021 a TV graphic

"Biden's climate requirements" will "cut 90% of red meat from diet" to a "max 4 lbs per year" and "one burger per month."

By Bill McCarthy • April 26, 2021

Viral image
stated on June 19, 2020 an Instagram post

“Chick-fil-A now open Sunday (Blacks only).”

June 26, 2020

Bloggers
stated on February 6, 2020 a social media post

“Chinese people eat human baby soup to improve health.”

February 10, 2020

Viral image
stated on January 17, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Joe Biden talked about eating wooden corn dog sticks.

January 22, 2020

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