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WHO director at G20 in Bali, Nov. 15, 2022

Social media post announcing WHO arrests in pandemic is Pants on Fire!

March 14, 2023

“Emergency injunction and tribunal order was served to WHO … to immediately cease and desist a criminal conspiracy to commit war crimes.”

Mount Rushmore

NC GOP email falsely claims ‘the left’ wants to erase Mt. Rushmore from history books

March 14, 2023

“The left is determined to erase Mount Rushmore from our history books.”

OBamas and Trumps and inauguration

You didn’t hear that accurately: Audio of discussion of Michelle Obama’s gender is fabricated

March 14, 2023

Audio captures former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama debating Michelle Obama’s gender.

Biden signing American Rescue Plan

Has Wisconsin really seen $63 billion in COVID relief funding?

March 14, 2023

"Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure."

Elon Musk Tesla Spacex file

Earth is round and Elon Musk didn’t say it was flat

March 13, 2023

Elon Musk tweeted, “The world is flat.”

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Bank run in ‘The Simpsons’ episode didn’t foretell Bank of America account glitch

March 13, 2023

“The Simpsons” predicted money missing from Bank of America customers’ accounts in January.

Meghan Harry and Archie photo May 8, 2019

Prince Harry wasn’t deported from the United States and King Charles isn’t exiling him to Botswana

March 13, 2023

“Harry could be exiled to Botswana after he was deported from the United States due to an expired visa.”

Kyle Rittenhouse court 111621 AP

Post about ‘The View’ and Kyle Rittenhouse is satire; there is no lawsuit settlement

March 13, 2023

“‘The View’ settles with the Rittenhouses for $22 million and a formal apology.”

Car being filled with gas

Nikki Haley overreaches with attack on Democrats over gasoline cars, gas stoves

March 13, 2023

Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”

charlottesville va injured august 2017

Unite the Right rally was real, not a staged ‘intel op’

March 10, 2023

The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”

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Yes, beverages can foil at-home COVID-19 tests. But that doesn’t mean they’re unreliable

March 10, 2023

Video shows that certain drinks can “test positive” for COVID-19 when using at-home COVID-19 tests.

PareSegmentWRAL

Wake’s county commissioner races stand out in North Carolina

March 10, 2023

Wake County is the only large county in North Carolina that elects its commissioners at-large countywide.

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