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Viral image stated on March 1, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Instagram has been limiting our posts so that no more than 7% of our friends see our posts.” Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Identification is required “to get into Washington DC.” Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden said a racial slur. Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said, “A few right winged nuts won’t affect our bottom line.” Viral image stated on February 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden tweeted, “the way white people talk leaving minorities confused.” Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.” Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Nancy Pelosi has invited all illegals to her mansion at 2724 Pacific Ave San Francisco CA.” Viral image stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Monticello power plant just outside of Pittsburg TX has been closed since 2018 because of renewable energy.” Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Heidi Cruz, Ted’s wife, is managing director of Goldman Sachs. They oversee the Texas utilities.” Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Utah OFFICIALLY starts RECALL for Mitt Romney.” Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Jill Biden was a teenage babysitter for Joe Biden’s family. Viral image stated on February 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: A Texas energy company billed a customer more than $200,000. Viral image stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.” Viral image stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!” Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice. Viral image stated on February 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Gorilla Glue tweeted, “Do not use our products on your f------ hair.” Viral image stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl. Viral image stated on February 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Joe Biden asleep at his desk. Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Michelle Obama earned a doctorate after leaving the White House. Facebook posts stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden. Bloggers stated on February 7, 2021 in a blog post: “Military rescues tortured children from tunnel beneath Capitol Hill.” Bloggers stated on January 30, 2021 in a blog post: “Trump assassination foiled, Deep State in panic mode!” Bloggers stated on January 31, 2021 in a blog post: Says Denzel Washington said, “I support police over BLM, don’t put them down!” Viral image stated on January 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: The White House was dark for 10 nights in a row. YouTube videos stated on February 2, 2021 in a YouTube post: “US Capitol raided 2/2/21.” Viral image stated on January 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Rachel Levine’s family. Facebook posts stated on February 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” Viral image stated on January 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: H&M advertised a sweatshirt that said, “Koolest Kid in the Klan.” Bloggers stated on January 25, 2021 in a blog post: “WHO now saying you do not need to wear a mask.” Viral image stated on January 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show Joe Biden with a “Chinese handler.”
Viral image stated on March 1, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Instagram has been limiting our posts so that no more than 7% of our friends see our posts.”
Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Identification is required “to get into Washington DC.”
Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said, “A few right winged nuts won’t affect our bottom line.”
Viral image stated on February 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden tweeted, “the way white people talk leaving minorities confused.”
Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.”
Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Nancy Pelosi has invited all illegals to her mansion at 2724 Pacific Ave San Francisco CA.”
Viral image stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Monticello power plant just outside of Pittsburg TX has been closed since 2018 because of renewable energy.”
Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Heidi Cruz, Ted’s wife, is managing director of Goldman Sachs. They oversee the Texas utilities.”
Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Utah OFFICIALLY starts RECALL for Mitt Romney.”
Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Jill Biden was a teenage babysitter for Joe Biden’s family.
Viral image stated on February 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: A Texas energy company billed a customer more than $200,000.
Viral image stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”
Viral image stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!”
Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice.
Viral image stated on February 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Gorilla Glue tweeted, “Do not use our products on your f------ hair.”
Viral image stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl.
Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Michelle Obama earned a doctorate after leaving the White House.
Facebook posts stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden.
Bloggers stated on February 7, 2021 in a blog post: “Military rescues tortured children from tunnel beneath Capitol Hill.”
Bloggers stated on January 30, 2021 in a blog post: “Trump assassination foiled, Deep State in panic mode!”
Bloggers stated on January 31, 2021 in a blog post: Says Denzel Washington said, “I support police over BLM, don’t put them down!”
Viral image stated on January 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: The White House was dark for 10 nights in a row.
Facebook posts stated on February 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.”
Viral image stated on January 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: H&M advertised a sweatshirt that said, “Koolest Kid in the Klan.”
Viral image stated on January 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show Joe Biden with a “Chinese handler.”
