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stated on February 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Says former congressman Keith Ellison “beats his girlfriend and Democrats make him the deputy chair of the DNC.”
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By Samantha Putterman • February 29, 2020
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stated on January 27, 2020 a Facebook post
A photo shows Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi posing and smiling in front of a Trump 2020 sign.
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By Samantha Putterman • February 29, 2020
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stated on January 31, 2020 a Facebook post
“Nancy Pelosi being ‘escorted’ out of a restaurant, drunk again!”
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By Miriam Valverde • February 29, 2020
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stated on February 20, 2020 a Facebook post
“Jihad will continue until all the Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Atheists are killed. Your secularism & tolerance can not change our ideology. Quran does NOT permit survival of Non-Muslims. — Abdullah Zuber.”
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By Miriam Valverde • February 29, 2020
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stated on February 16, 2019 a YouTube video
“Nancy Pelosi’s Brother’s Company Received $737 Million from Obama’s Energy Dept!”
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By Bill McCarthy • February 29, 2020
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stated on January 15, 2020 a Facebook post
Sex traffickers are using a zip-tie contraption on the door handles of vehicles “to trick females into looking down and digging for something in their purse to cut with ... Once they’re distracted, boom! They are quickly forced into another vehicle, never to be seen again by their people.”
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By Bill McCarthy • February 29, 2020
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stated on December 27, 2019 a Facebook post
“The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a ‘Federal Benefit Payment.’”
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By Samantha Putterman • February 28, 2020
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stated on February 19, 2020 a Facebook post
“Fact: Mike Bloomberg spent $12 million to re-elect a Senate Republican (Toomey) in 2016. Toomey beat the Dem (McGinty) by 1.5 points. If McGinty had won, Ds would have controlled the Senate after Doug Jones won and could have blocked Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court.”
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By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2020
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stated on February 26, 2020 a satirical website screenshot
“Corona virus: Florida man arrested for robbery using cough as a weapon.”
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By Emily Venezky • February 28, 2020
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stated on February 26, 2020 online posts
Says the CDC recommends men shave their beards to protect against coronavirus.
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By Samantha Putterman • February 27, 2020
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stated on February 9, 2020 a headline
“Obama ordered CIA to train ISIS Jihadists”
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By Madison Czopek • February 27, 2020
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stated on November 15, 2019 a Facebook post
“If you have the Flu… get these two items… Sambucol (and) Oscillococcinum… in 48 hours you will feel better. In 72 hours you will be almost symptom-free.”
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By Emily Venezky • February 27, 2020
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stated on February 15, 2020 an image
High levels of sulfur dioxide in Wuhan “may be a sign of mass cremations of victims of the coronavirus."
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By Daniel Funke • February 26, 2020
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stated on February 25, 2020 a video
Coronavirus patients are being "cremated alive" in China.
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By Daniel Funke • February 26, 2020
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stated on May 20, 2015 a story
Says liberals are trying to make pedophilia legal “in preparation of Sharia Law in America.”
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By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2020
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stated on July 9, 2016 a story
Ninety pounds of cocaine was found on a boat owned by Mitch McConnell's family and that they are “financing his Senate campaigns with their cocaine drug profits.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2020
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stated on February 21, 2020 an image
"There is a group going to homes and pretending to be officials from home affairs. They have documents with the letterhead Department of Home Affairs and claim to be confirming that everyone has a valid ID for the upcoming census. They are robbing homes."
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By Daniel Funke • February 25, 2020
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stated on February 18, 2020 a Facebook post
“Socialist Workers Party leader Bernie Sanders supported Ayatollah Khomeini against the US, condemned president Carter for imperialism, and accused the hostages of being CIA spies.”
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By Samantha Putterman • February 25, 2020
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stated on February 9, 2020 a blog post
Quotes actor Will Smith as saying: “I’m not afraid to say that Trump and his supporters are ba…”
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By Bill McCarthy • February 25, 2020
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stated on June 16, 2018 a LinkedIn post shared on Facebook
“The mayor of Livermore California explains Trump’s popularity and success.”
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By Miriam Valverde • February 25, 2020
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