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stated on 2019-04-10 a Facebook post:
A photo of Muslim women with the words "Down with the USA" written on their hands was taken in Michigan.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 11, 2019
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stated on 2019-04-04 a Facebook post:
"Health and Human Services admits they have never conducted federally-required monitoring of vaccine safety for over 30 years."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 10, 2019
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stated on 2019-03-14 a Facebook post:
In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president."
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By Samantha Putterman • April 10, 2019
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stated on 2019-04-03 a Facebook post:
A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 10, 2019
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stated on 2019-04-03 a Facebook post:
Says "13,506 Marines have applied for White House duty" since Trump’s inauguration. When Obama was president, "no Marines volunteered" but had to be "assigned."
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By Samantha Putterman • April 8, 2019
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stated on 2019-04-02 a Facebook post:
Says President Barack Obama once said, "The American dream is to be Donald Trump"
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By Samantha Putterman • April 8, 2019
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stated on 2019-04-05 a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals."
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By Miriam Valverde • April 8, 2019
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stated on 2019-04-01 a Facebook post:
Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 8, 2019
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stated on 2019-04-01 a Facebook post:
Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 8, 2019
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stated on 2019-03-31 a Facebook post:
A photograph shows Joe Biden kissing a woman behind Lindsey Graham.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2019
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stated on 2019-04-02 a Facebook post:
"Hackers are posting sexual videos and pictures on your (Facebook) walls! You don’t see them, but your friends do, then it seems as if you posted it."
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By Samantha Putterman • April 3, 2019
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stated on 2019-03-30 a Facebook post:
Seven days before John F. Kennedy was assassinated he said, "There’s a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 3, 2019
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stated on 2019-04-01 a Facebook post:
Quotes Harriet Tubman as saying, "I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."
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By Samantha Putterman • April 2, 2019
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stated on 2019-03-31 a Facebook post:
"When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ "
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2019
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stated on 2019-03-31 a Facebook post:
Quotes Bernie Sanders as saying, "Christianity is an insult to Muslims."  
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By Samantha Putterman • April 2, 2019
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stated on 2019-03-30 a Facebook post:
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sun shine equal less heat hitting Earth’s surface."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2019
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stated on 2019-03-11 a Facebook post:
"The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2019
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stated on 2019-04-01 a Facebook post:
The Mueller report was leaked.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2019
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stated on 2019-03-28 a Facebook post:
Bluegill fish "are responsible for over 500 deaths in the United States every summer."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 1, 2019
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stated on 2019-03-21 a Facebook post:
Quotes Adolf Hitler as saying the best way to control a people is "to take a little of their freedom at a time."
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By Samantha Putterman • April 1, 2019
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