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Chain email
stated on April 4, 2014 a chain email

Says Michelle Obama waved "red communist flags" on her trip to China.

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2014

Chain email
stated on March 17, 2014 a chain email

Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence," and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more.

By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2014

Chain email
stated on February 2, 2014 a chain email forwarded by readers

Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.

By Steve Contorno • February 6, 2014

Chain email
stated on October 15, 2013 an email and social media posts

Congressional lawmakers earn their salaries "FOR LIFE," which for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi would add up to "$803,700 Dollars a year for LIFE including FREE medical."

By Becky Bowers • October 17, 2013

Chain email
stated on September 4, 2013 a chain email

An account of attacks in Benghazi written by former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers shows that the body of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was "dragged through the streets" and abused.

By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2013

Chain email
stated on August 12, 2013 a document shared via email and social media

A United Nations working group has "adopted a proposed agenda" to enable member nations to "disarm civilians within their borders."

By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2013

Chain email
stated on July 14, 2013 an email

"U.S. Department of Homeland Security has told banks -- in writing -- it may inspect safe deposit boxes without warrant and seize any gold, silver, guns or other valuables it finds inside those boxes!"

By Julie Kliegman • July 26, 2013

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stated on July 16, 2013 an email

A "hidden" provision in the health care law taxes sporting goods as medical devices.

By Eric Stirgus • July 23, 2013

Chain email
stated on July 7, 2013 a long-running chain email

Obamacare "will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally."

By Katie Sanders • July 9, 2013

Chain email
stated on June 12, 2013 an email

A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.

By Tom Feran • June 14, 2013

Chain email
stated on June 3, 2013 a chain email

Says "At age 76 when you most need it, you are not eligible for cancer treatment" under Affordable Care Act.

By Janie Har • June 8, 2013

Chain email
stated on May 29, 2013 a chain email

Says the word "Dhimmitude" is on page 107 of the health care law and means "Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2013

Chain email
stated on March 28, 2013 an email

College students "who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant" plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.

By Amy Sherman • April 1, 2013

Chain email
stated on January 6, 2013 a chain email message

Members of Congress "specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed, such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment" ... (and) from the healthcare reform."

By Tom Feran • January 16, 2013

Chain email
stated on January 6, 2013 a chain email message

Members of Congress can "retire with the same pay after only one term" in office

By Tom Feran • January 11, 2013

Chain email
stated on December 21, 2012 an email sent to PolitiFact Texas

Says 11 states have more people on welfare than employed.

By Sue Owen • January 11, 2013

Chain email
stated on November 27, 2012 a chain email.

Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.

By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2012

Chain email
stated on September 27, 2012 an email

Less than 10 percent of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet members have private-sector experience.

By Eric Stirgus • October 8, 2012

Chain email
stated on July 12, 2012 a message via the Internet

Medicare insurance premiums will be rising to "$120.20 per month in 2013 and $247.00 per month in 2014."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 7, 2012

Chain email
stated on July 24, 2012 a chain email

The health care law includes "a 3.8% sales tax" on "all real estate transactions."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 25, 2012

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