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stated on 2020-01-27 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 2020-01-31 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 2020-02-20 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 2019-02-16 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 2020-01-15 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 2019-12-27 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 2020-02-19 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 2020-02-26 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 2020-02-22 a tweet:
"Not once in his entire career in Washington, D.C., which started way back in 1991, has Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders ever voted yes on sanctions against Russia."
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By Tom Kertscher • February 27, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-26 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 2019-01-30 a Facebook post:
Says it’s “OK to kill babies once born” in Virginia.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2020
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stated on 2019-11-15 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 2020-02-25 a Facebook post:
Says a photo of Pete Buttigieg in a military uniform was staged.
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By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-20 a Facebook post:
Says “The Simpsons” predicted the coronavirus.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-15 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 2020-02-25 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 2020-02-23 a Facebook post:
“Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.”
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By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-19 a Facebook post:
Says the 2008 book “End of Days” predicted the current coronavirus outbreak.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-25 a Facebook post:
Says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “will be at every polling station” on Nov. 3, 2020.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2020
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stated on 2020-02-21 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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