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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 27, 2014 TV ad
A Scott Rothstein victim says that he was "swindled" by Charlie Crist.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on September 8, 2014 oped commentary
"To deprive" underprivileged children "of a meat-based protein during school lunch is most likely depriving them of their only source of protein for the day."
Pants on Fire!
By Dylan Baddour • September 21, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 18, 2014 a campaign ad
Says "President Obama hijacked the farm bill (and) turned it into a food stamp bill."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • September 19, 2014
Mika Brzezinski
Mika Brzezinski
stated on September 16, 2014 a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Super Bowl Sunday has the highest rate of domestic violence."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • September 18, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 Internet posts
"Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2014
Lois Frankel
Lois Frankel
stated on September 12, 2014 a fundraising email
Recently Rick Scott "closed 30 women’s health care centers across the state."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 18, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on August 28, 2014 a press release
"As chair of the Senate Education Committee, I led the charge to restore most of the education cuts from last session."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2014 a post on Facebook
A flight from Atlanta to Houston was canceled due to a "terrorist dry run."  
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By Derek Tsang • September 11, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 27, 2014 a Facebook meme
"McDonald’s hamburgers are only 15 percent ‘real beef.’ The other 85 percent is meat filler cleansed with ammonia, which causes stomach and intestinal cancer."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • September 3, 2014
Mark Begich
Mark Begich
stated on August 29, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Dan Sullivan approved a "light sentence" for a sex offender who got out of prison and is now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • September 3, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 28, 2014 blog posts
"Over 73% of all donations raised (from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge) are going to fundraising, overhead, executive salaries, and external donations."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 26, 2014 a chain email
Says Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad chartered a plane to remove 124 young illegal immigrants from his state and take them back to Honduras.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 6, 2014 a Facebook Q&A with Charlie Crist
Obamacare "prevents (Florida) from regulating insurance."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 19, 2014 stories
Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State.  
Pants on Fire!
By Derek Tsang • August 19, 2014
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on July 11, 2014 a Facebook photo post
Says Ted Cruz "was just bribed by the Kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies America’s national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2014
Gary Lambert
Gary Lambert
stated on August 11, 2014 a campaign mailer
Says Marilinda Garcia supports "$150 billion in new taxes."
Pants on Fire!
By Jim Haddadin • August 15, 2014
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on August 9, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends Weekend."
"Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 14, 2014 a chain email
Says the former president of the Czech Republic said the American people were a "confederacy of fools" for electing Barack Obama.
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2014
X posts
X posts
stated on August 13, 2014 posts on Twitter
The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent."  
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By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 28, 2014 a blog post
Says George Soros and Bill Gates are funding a bioweapons lab in Sierra Leone that caused the Ebola outbreak.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • August 11, 2014
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