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Nov 18, 2024 | 
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
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Yemen's Huthi rebel group has continued to attack US ships in the Red Sea following Donald Trump's reelection to the White House, contrary to claims online that the Republican's victory resulted in an "immediate ceasefire." The militant group has said it will not halt its military operations, which come in response to Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
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"4 key swing states red entirely because of third party voters," said a November 5, 2024 post on X. Since the November 5 election, similar claims -- primarily targeted at Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Chase Oliver -- sought to pin the Democrat's loss in several swing states to third-party votes.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
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"In case you didn't know, fluoride has been directly linked to many different neurological issues so the fact that the Trump administration is going to remove fluoride from our water supply is a massive deal," says the speaker in a November 5, 2024 Instagram video. clip includes a screenshot of a November 2 X post from Kennedy which claimed Donald Trump would back the removal of fluoride from all US water systems due to the purported adverse effects on health.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
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"I just received this from a friend of a friend who works in the Gwinnett County Sheriff's office!!! Be on Alert," the copy-pasted rumor says. "Last night, a deputy told a family that local White Supremacists/ KKK members originating out of Lexington, NC, are planning to attack from now until the Inauguration.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
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"ABC accidentally aired election results of Harris winning PA by 5% with 100% in," an October 30, 2024 post on X reads. The post shares footage of television station WNEP -- ABC's affiliate for Northern Pennsylvania -- as it broadcast an October 27 Formula One race, with graphics seemingly displaying presidential election results showing Democrat Kamala Harris beating her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, with 52 percent of the vote.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
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"Frequency transmissions can and do have a repelling effect on air masses, especially if and when the air masses have been seeded with electrically conductive nanoparticles," claims YouTuber Dane Wigington in a September 28, 2024 video. Text over the clip indicates it shows radar measurements during Hurricane Helene. Wigington goes on to allege the blue-green dots on the map to the west of the storm were part of a transmission system that artificially guided its path.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
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"In the foothills of the Appalachia, the breathtaking views reflect the beauty of God's creation, echoed in the hearts of the hardworking, reverent people who call the Blue Ridge home.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
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"NFL Referees were given the authority to disqualify players for anthem kneeling. So far they've tossed five of them," says an August 17, 2024 Facebook post. The post and nearly identical claims have circulated on several other Facebook pages and Threads accounts, receiving tens of thousands of interactions. "Good and they should put them out!!! men and woman are fighting for them to make millions of dollars and they can't show them some kind of respect!" one comment says.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
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"They are afraid of black women supporting Trump because when we do, we drop the hoodrat act, and the left hates classy women!" says an August 3, 2024 X post from Sharika Soal, a podcast host and content creator for the Gateway , a website AFP has fact-checked multiple times. The same image also circulated on Facebook, accumulating hundreds of interactions.
