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stated on October 2, 2019 a Facebook post
"449,000 Californians turned down jury duty because they were not citizens… but they were registered voters."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 11, 2019
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stated on November 3, 2019 a Facebook post
Says people shouldn’t make birthday donations on Facebook because the organization can claim the donation as a tax write-off, and only has to deliver 15% of the donation to the charity organization.
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By Samantha Putterman • November 11, 2019
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stated on November 5, 2019 a Facebook post
"JFK Jr was declared the frontrunner for the NY Senate seat in 1999. Days later his plane crashed, making Hillary Clinton the newly elected senator."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 8, 2019
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stated on November 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Photos from Sept. 11, 2001, show that "Donald Trump joined America’s heroes and carried victims over his shoulders down the steps of the burning World Trade Center. Obama spent the whole day sitting in the Oval Office with his feet on the desk watching basketball."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 8, 2019
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stated on November 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Jeb Bush tweeted "Ok boomer" at Donald Trump.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 8, 2019
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stated on November 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Thomas Jefferson said "the government will one day be corrupt and filled with liars and the people will flock to the one who tells the truth."
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By Samantha Putterman • November 8, 2019
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stated on September 5, 2018 a Facebook post
On Sept. 5, 1993, "Vince Foster went to Fort Marcy Park and shot himself 3 times in the back of the head to avoid testifying against Hillary Clinton."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 8, 2019
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stated on November 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Says President Barack Obama was "furious" that he was caught on camera holding a pro-Muslim book.
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By Samantha Putterman • November 8, 2019
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stated on August 4, 2019 a Facebook post
"People with pre-existing mental health conditions have access to firearms and not health care."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 7, 2019
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stated on November 5, 2019 a Facebook post
"These are real ads running in New York City calling for the removal of ‘trash’ which includes white people, Trump supporters, and Christians."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 6, 2019
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stated on May 31, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Clint Eastwood called Barack Obama an "incompetent, lying, insincere, narcissistic, double-talking, socialist hypocrite, and fiscally irresponsible moron who spent eight years in the White House trying to … turn our wonderful country into a Muslim loving, socialist sh--hole like the one he came from, and I don’t mean Hawaii!"
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 5, 2019
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stated on August 13, 2013 a Facebook post
Says if an unmarked car tries to pull you over, you should dial 112 to confirm it’s actually a police officer because the number provides "a direct link to state trooper info," and that "this applies in all 50 states."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 5, 2019
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stated on June 3, 2016
Says a photo shows Hillary Clinton shaking hands with Osama bin Laden.  
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 5, 2019
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stated on November 3, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Taco Bell is selling menudo for the month of November.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 5, 2019
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stated on June 14, 2017 a Facebook post
Says Bill Cosby was framed for sexual assault by the Illuminati to stop him from buying NBC.
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By Samantha Putterman • November 4, 2019
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stated on October 29, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Sen. Kamala Harris said Democrats are "coming for" Trump supporters if they win the White House in 2020.
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By Daniel Funke • November 4, 2019
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stated on October 27, 2019 a Facebook post
"Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time. He was part of a company that had to pay 75 million in hospice fraud. They stole from dying people."
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By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2019
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stated on September 16, 2019 a Facebook post
The United States paid for a 274-mile wall between Jordan and Syria, "approved by the Dems in the house and senate," in order "to keep ISIS out."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 1, 2019
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stated on October 14, 2019 a Facebook post
Says drinking cream of tartar mixed with orange juice daily will help people quit smoking because it "flushes the nicotine" out of the body.  
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By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2019
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stated on August 13, 2019 a post on Facebook
Says Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War."   
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 30, 2019
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