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stated on March 20, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Islamic studies professor Tariq Ramadan said Muslims are here "to colonize the U.S. and Canada and spread Sharia law" and won’t "hesitate to use violent Jihad" if they have to.
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By Samantha Putterman • March 29, 2019
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stated on March 20, 2019 posts online
"President Trump’s wall costs less than the ObamaCare website."
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By Julianna Rennie • March 29, 2019
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stated on February 25, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Fred Trump was arrested for "participating in KKK riot" in 1927.
Mostly False
By Sarah Stanley • March 28, 2019
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stated on March 21, 2019 a post
Says Adam Schiff used taxpayer money to "reach a sexual harassment settlement with a 19-year-old male."
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By Samantha Putterman • March 27, 2019
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stated on March 5, 2019 posts on the Internet
"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."
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By Liz Newton, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • March 27, 2019
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stated on March 20, 2019 a Facebook post
"Congress quietly repealed the McCarran Warner Act of 1952 forbidding Muslims from holding office."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 27, 2019
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stated on March 18, 2019 posts online
ATM users in distress can enter their PIN backwards to secretly call the police.
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By Julianna Rennie • March 26, 2019
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stated on March 17, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photograph of Harriet Tubman shows she was a "gun-toting, Democrat-shooting, 2nd Amendment-supporting Republican."
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By Samantha Putterman • March 25, 2019
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stated on March 19, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Albert Einstein as saying "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."
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By Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2019
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stated on March 18, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent.
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By Samantha Putterman • March 21, 2019
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stated on March 13, 2019 a Facebook post
Florida drivers who have their cell phones "in hand" can be ticketed $250 and sent to "driving school." 
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By Samantha Putterman • March 18, 2019
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stated on March 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Prince invested in Nike in 1971, recruited Michael Jordan to the company in 1983 and designed the first Air Jordans.
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By Samantha Putterman • March 15, 2019
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stated on March 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, grew and smoked marijuana, and said "hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country."
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By Samantha Putterman • March 13, 2019
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stated on March 9, 2019 a text post on Facebook
Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"
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By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2019
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stated on March 8, 2019 a Facebook post
Says President Theodore Roosevelt said "To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth."
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By Samantha Putterman • March 11, 2019
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stated on February 28, 2019 a Facebook post
An HIV-positive Cadbury worker has been arrested after contaminating products with his blood.
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By Samantha Putterman • March 7, 2019
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stated on July 20, 2018 a Facebook post
Facebook video purports to show man flying a hoverboard at over 103 miles per hour.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2019
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stated on March 1, 2019 a Facebook post
Says author J.K. Rowling was the first billionaire to fall off Forbes billionaire list because of charitable giving.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2019
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stated on February 28, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Bernie Sanders marched with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Cuba.
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By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2019
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stated on February 27, 2019 Facebook posts
Says a challenge called "Momo" is appearing online in apps and children’s programs and threatens kids in an attempt to force them into performing harmful acts.  
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By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2019
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