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stated on January 11, 2022 an Instagram post
Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space.
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January 13, 2022
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stated on December 12, 2021 a Facebook post
"Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone."
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By Gabrielle Settles • December 23, 2021
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stated on December 10, 2021 a Facebook post
NASA study says snake plants can produce enough oxygen for humans to live in a sealed room.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 22, 2021
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stated on December 4, 2021 a Facebook post
Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called “Omikron.”
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By Samantha Putterman • December 17, 2021
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stated on November 28, 2021 a Facebook post
"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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December 8, 2021
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stated on November 21, 2021 a Facebook post
The Vatican owns a telescope called Lucifer.
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By Samantha Putterman • November 22, 2021
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers
stated on November 5, 2021 an interview on the Pat McAfee Show
"This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie."
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By Gabrielle Settles • November 8, 2021
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stated on November 7, 2021 a Facebook post
The Astroworld concert was a “test run on the vaxxed” because people who are injected with graphene oxide can be controlled through magnetic frequencies, including music.
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By Samantha Putterman • November 8, 2021
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Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2021 an article
"Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video"
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By Gabrielle Settles • October 11, 2021
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stated on September 22, 2021 an Instagram post
VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding.
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By Gabrielle Settles • September 30, 2021
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stated on September 19, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie faked their COVID-19 vaccinations on live television.
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By Gabrielle Settles • September 24, 2021
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stated on July 26, 2021 a TikTok post
There is a “0.05% chance of dying from COVID.”
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By Gabrielle Settles • August 13, 2021
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 16, 2021 a video on Facebook
Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it’s highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning.
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July 23, 2021
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stated on July 6, 2021 a Facebook post
“Newly obtained emails show UCSF harvesting the clitorises, testicles and penises of murdered babies.”
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By Shasha Hupka • July 16, 2021
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stated on June 14, 2021 a story
Says the U.S. government caused the coronavirus pandemic because it sent mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates to university researchers weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak.
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By Samantha Putterman • June 25, 2021
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stated on February 21, 2021 a Facebook post
Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.”
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February 24, 2021
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on December 3, 2020 Twitter
“CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
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By Madeline Heim • December 7, 2020
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2020 a TV segment
"There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied."
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By Bill McCarthy • May 6, 2020
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Bloggers
stated on April 22, 2020 a post on Facebook
“President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!”
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By Jon Greenberg • April 30, 2020
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stated on October 8, 2019 a Facebook post
Says popular food and drink items such as Kraft, Pepsi and Nestle use a flavor enhancement company that "puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks."  
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By Samantha Putterman • October 23, 2019
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