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stated on August 28, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Winston Churchill said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."  
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By Samantha Putterman • September 4, 2019
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stated on August 28, 2019 a post on Facebook
 Says a photo shows Donald Trump holding a sign that says, "No matter who is president, Jesus is still king."
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September 4, 2019
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stated on August 17, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes George Washington as saying "when any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns … It no longer trusts its citizens because such a government has evil plans."
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By Samantha Putterman • September 3, 2019
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stated on August 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows a gas-powered van towing a diesel generator that is charging an electric car.  
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By Samantha Putterman • August 23, 2019
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stated on August 20, 2019 a Facebook post
Says President Barack Obama made it "legal" for the media to "purposely lie" to the public when he "quietly signed into law HR 4310 in 2012."
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By Samantha Putterman • August 23, 2019
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stated on August 15, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying "When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."  
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By Samantha Putterman • August 19, 2019
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stated on August 15, 2019 a Facebook post
Says pre-cut onion used to cook the following day "becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning."  
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By Samantha Putterman • August 16, 2019
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stated on August 14, 2019 a Facebook post
Says CNN President Jeff Zucker ordered employees to downplay Bill Clinton’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and make it look like Epstein was "Trump’s partner in all of this."
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By Samantha Putterman • August 16, 2019
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stated on August 8, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo of Trump smiling with staff at a hospital in Dayton, Ohio, was staged and the nurses were paid actors.  
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By Samantha Putterman • August 16, 2019
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stated on August 12, 2019 a post on Facebook
The daughter of a Donald Trump appointee posed as an El Paso shooting victim in a photo with the president.
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August 14, 2019
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stated on August 8, 2019 a post on Facebook
Says a crisis actor played the parts of a shooting victim and the mothers of shooting victims in Las Vegas, Orlando and Thousand Oaks.  
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August 14, 2019
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stated on August 10, 2019 multiple posts on Facebook
Say Jeffrey Epstein is not dead.
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By Jon Greenberg • August 12, 2019
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stated on July 26, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the names of CNN anchors Chris Cuomo, Brian Stelter and Jake Tapper were on the flight logs of Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane.  
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By Samantha Putterman • July 29, 2019
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stated on June 28, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is proposing a "nationwide motorcycle ban."
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By Samantha Putterman • July 25, 2019
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stated on July 22, 2019 a Facebook post
"Fox ‘News’ just announced that they will not air Mueller’s testimony about his report, which they claim ‘exonerates’ Trump."
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By Bill McCarthy • July 23, 2019
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stated on July 14, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez as saying private truck drivers are "destroying America" and should be "government regulated and drivers should be on full-time camera until we can figure out how to automate our shipping and do away with them altogether."
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By Samantha Putterman • July 19, 2019
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stated on July 1, 2019 a story
Says country hip-hop star Lil Nas X was "dropped from Wrangler endorsement" after coming out of the closet.
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By Samantha Putterman • July 17, 2019
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stated on July 14, 2019 a Facebook post
Says George H.W. Bush once said "If the American People ever find out what we have done, they will chase us down the street and lynch us."
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By Samantha Putterman • July 17, 2019
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stated on July 10, 2019 a Facebook post
Former President Barack Obama gave Presidential Medals of Freedom to Bill Cosby, Anthony Weiner and Harvey Weinstein.
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By Daniel Funke • July 16, 2019
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stated on July 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."  
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By Samantha Putterman • July 15, 2019
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