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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2024 Facebook reel
Emergency officials warn to “stock up on food, water, and fuel ahead of the eclipse.”
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By Madison Czopek • March 19, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 17, 2022 an Instagram post
“Boston University CREATES a new COVID strain that has an 80% kill rate.”
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October 20, 2022
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on January 12, 2021 Twitter
"The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?”
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By D.L. Davis • February 11, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2020 a press conference
"Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“Trump administration just FIRED 54 scientists & cut off 77 grants at Fauci's NIH for not disclosing their ties to Communist China!”
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June 18, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 26, 2020 a CNN town hall
Says of President Donald Trump’s actions on the coronavirus: “No. 1, he fired the pandemic team two years ago. No. 2, he's been defunding the Centers for Disease Control.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • February 28, 2020
Larry Fedora
Larry Fedora
stated on July 18, 2018 an interview
"I don’t think it’s been proven that the game of football causes CTE."
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By Paul Specht • July 26, 2018
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on October 11, 2016 a speech
Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster,  . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."
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By Joseph Cariz • October 28, 2016
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "denies that there's such a thing as evolution."
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By Chris Nichols • July 29, 2016
Vicki Saporta
Vicki Saporta
stated on May 9, 2016 an episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"
"There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2016
SeaWorld
SeaWorld
stated on March 24, 2015 an ad
"Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild.
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By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015
Donna Nesselbush
Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 a commentary
"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015
Raw Story
Raw Story
stated on February 11, 2015 headline over an article on the Raw Story website
"Georgia lawmaker pushes bill banning creation of ‘glow in the dark’ human-jellyfish hybrids."
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By April Hunt • February 20, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 a post on InfoWars.com
"The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus.
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By Derek Tsang • September 19, 2014
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
stated on October 8, 2013 a robo-call and video
"Live cats have holes drilled into their skulls," posts put into their heads and coils put into their eyes, and some have had their ears cut off or are intentionally deafened or starved at UW-Madison labs that do research to improve hearing in humans.
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October 18, 2013
Steve Goreham
Steve Goreham
stated on August 5, 2013 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 25, 2013
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 11, 2013 a keynote address
The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 11, 2013 the commencement address at Hillsdale College
Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 6, 2013
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 26, 2013 a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 9, 2013 a Senate speech published on YouTube
"Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 28, 2013
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