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Viral image stated on January 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows Elon Musk talking about what “every failed leader” he met had in common. Viral image stated on January 4, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows John F. Kennedy Jr. at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Viral image stated on November 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows Hillary Clinton being arrested. Viral image stated on January 6, 2023 in a Facebook post: Coronavirus is a Latin word for “heart attack virus.” Facebook posts stated on January 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: MMA fighter Victoria Lee died because of a COVID-19 vaccine. Bloggers stated on December 19, 2022 in a blog post: Tesla launched a cryptocurrency platform that “aims to help families become wealthier.” Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: A video shows Rep. Matt Gaetz threatening Robert Mueller with jail time. Instagram posts stated on December 2, 2022 in an Instagram post: Elon Musk said, “I predict that I will buy tomorrow the entire Meta company.” Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: People who stole U.S. Postal Service uniforms are posing as postal workers and robbing people at gunpoint. Viral image stated on November 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: “The Simpsons predicted Pizzagate.” Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: A video shows Jim Jordan saying the 2020 “election was stolen.” Facebook posts stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: A video shows migrants faking tears for news cameras. Viral image stated on December 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk said, “In some parts of the world, journalists get murdered for crossing the wrong people.” Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2022 in a video: Russia’s Army was “destroyed.” Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2022 in a reel: Cellphones can be used to pop popcorn kernels. Viral image stated on December 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A video shows Nancy Pelosi unveiling a portrait of former U.S. Energy Department employee. Viral image stated on November 25, 2022 in a Facebook post: A video shows lawmakers in compromising positions with children. Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: A video shows Rep. Jim Jordan threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with “‘possible’ jail time.” Viral image stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.” X posts stated on December 14, 2022 in a tweet: Stephen Boss died because of the COVID-19 vaccine. Facebook posts stated on December 13, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video shows Attorney General Merrick Garland saying, “Wait for revenge.” Instagram posts stated on December 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: Pfizer confirmed stiff-person syndrome is an adverse effect of the COVID-19 vaccine. Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post: Grant Wahl died because of the COVID-19 vaccine. Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: The war in Ukraine is “all over.” Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: This video shows Chuck Grassley demanding Joe Biden’s “resignation.” Instagram posts stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post: Early vote counts after the polls closed in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff are evidence of election fraud. Viral image stated on December 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: “JAG charges Nancy Pelosi with treason and seditious conspiracy.” Viral image stated on December 12, 2022 in an Instagram post: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla resigned, saying mRNA vaccines are “not safe.” Viral image stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post: Katie Hobbs signing Arizona’s election certification was “unconstitutional.” Viral image stated on December 7, 2022 in an Instagram post: Elon Musk tweeted, “The Democrats paid the CEO Jack Dorsey of Twitter millions of dollars to block and delete people’s pages during the 2020 election.”
Viral image stated on January 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows Elon Musk talking about what “every failed leader” he met had in common.
Viral image stated on January 4, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows John F. Kennedy Jr. at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.
Viral image stated on November 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows Hillary Clinton being arrested.
Viral image stated on January 6, 2023 in a Facebook post: Coronavirus is a Latin word for “heart attack virus.”
Facebook posts stated on January 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: MMA fighter Victoria Lee died because of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Bloggers stated on December 19, 2022 in a blog post: Tesla launched a cryptocurrency platform that “aims to help families become wealthier.”
Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: A video shows Rep. Matt Gaetz threatening Robert Mueller with jail time.
Instagram posts stated on December 2, 2022 in an Instagram post: Elon Musk said, “I predict that I will buy tomorrow the entire Meta company.”
Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: People who stole U.S. Postal Service uniforms are posing as postal workers and robbing people at gunpoint.
Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: A video shows Jim Jordan saying the 2020 “election was stolen.”
Facebook posts stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: A video shows migrants faking tears for news cameras.
Viral image stated on December 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk said, “In some parts of the world, journalists get murdered for crossing the wrong people.”
Viral image stated on December 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A video shows Nancy Pelosi unveiling a portrait of former U.S. Energy Department employee.
Viral image stated on November 25, 2022 in a Facebook post: A video shows lawmakers in compromising positions with children.
Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: A video shows Rep. Jim Jordan threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with “‘possible’ jail time.”
Viral image stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.”
Facebook posts stated on December 13, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video shows Attorney General Merrick Garland saying, “Wait for revenge.”
Instagram posts stated on December 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: Pfizer confirmed stiff-person syndrome is an adverse effect of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post: Grant Wahl died because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: This video shows Chuck Grassley demanding Joe Biden’s “resignation.”
Instagram posts stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post: Early vote counts after the polls closed in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff are evidence of election fraud.
Viral image stated on December 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: “JAG charges Nancy Pelosi with treason and seditious conspiracy.”
Viral image stated on December 12, 2022 in an Instagram post: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla resigned, saying mRNA vaccines are “not safe.”
Viral image stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post: Katie Hobbs signing Arizona’s election certification was “unconstitutional.”
Viral image stated on December 7, 2022 in an Instagram post: Elon Musk tweeted, “The Democrats paid the CEO Jack Dorsey of Twitter millions of dollars to block and delete people’s pages during the 2020 election.”
