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stated on November 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Don’t be fooled by the next ‘Variant’! There are actually 1000’s of them. They just will pick the next one to keep the fear going."
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By Bill McCarthy • December 1, 2021
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Facebook posts
stated on October 31, 2021 in a post:
“If you were in the military before 2002 you get an additional $1,200 a year, ($100 per month) in Social Security. But you have to ask for it and almost no one knows about it.”
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By Monique Curet • December 1, 2021
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stated on November 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Malcolm X’s daughter found dead in NYC days after she exposed NYPD and FBI were behind Malcolm X assassination”
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By Monique Curet • December 1, 2021
Alex Berenson
Alex Berenson
stated on November 20, 2021 in a blog post:
Vaccinated people under 60 in England “are dying at twice the rate of unvaccinated people the same age. ... I don’t know how to explain this other than vaccine-caused mortality.”
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November 30, 2021
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on November 19, 2021 in a radio interview:
“This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 26, 2021
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stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”
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November 23, 2021
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Bloggers
stated on November 18, 2021 in an article:
The FBI targeted a woman and searched her home because she “protested local school board, elections.”
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By Monique Curet • November 23, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2021 in a press release headline:
An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”
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By Phil Galewitz • November 23, 2021
Janet Bewley
Janet Bewley
stated on November 5, 2021 in News release:
“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”
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By Madeline Heim • November 23, 2021
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stated on November 15, 2021 in a post:
The media televised the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse “because he is a ‘white supremacist shooter,’” while limiting coverage of accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial to “some cartoon drawing….What are they hiding?”
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By Monique Curet • November 22, 2021
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stated on November 16, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The FBI is using its counterterrorism division to investigate and add ‘threat tags’ to parents who are protesting school boards.”
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By Madison Czopek • November 19, 2021
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Bloggers
stated on November 14, 2021 in a blog post:
“Biden’s banking nominee demands all ‘private bank accounts’ be eliminated”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 19, 2021
Cheri Beasley
Cheri Beasley
stated on October 19, 2021 in a Q&A session:
“We need filibuster reform, and I’ve always been very clear about that.”
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By Paul Specht • November 18, 2021
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stated on November 15, 2021 in a post:
Says Raz Simone “conquered” part of Seattle, handed out guns to form a paramilitary force that murdered three people, robbed the locals and walked away without being questioned.
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By Monique Curet • November 18, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 8, 2021 in in a CNN interview:
"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”
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By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021
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Instagram posts
stated on November 3, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"Arizona Department of Education gives green light on face mask and vaccine mandates, as well as implementing Critical (Race) Theory.”
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November 10, 2021
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Bloggers
stated on November 3, 2021 in a story:
“More fraud in New Jersey’s election uncovered – voting machines would not allow citizens to vote for Republican governor candidate.”
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By Samantha Putterman • November 9, 2021
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stated on November 4, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Merriam-Webster recently changed its definition of the word “vaccine” and removed the immunity portion.
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By Samantha Putterman • November 9, 2021
Mark Robinson
Mark Robinson
stated on October 21, 2021 in an interview with Diamond and Silk:
Says N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein has gone after Jan. 6 protesters but he has “said nothing” about violent summer protests in North Carolina and was “derelict in his duty.”
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By Paul Specht • November 8, 2021
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Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post:
A video shows “your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami” as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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By Gabrielle Settles • November 5, 2021
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