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stated on July 3, 2018 a meme shared on the Internet
"More than 66% of ALL births in California are to illegals on Medi-Cal."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2018
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stated on July 3, 2018 in an image
Says Democratic Senators "demand Supreme Court nominee not be unduly influenced by U.S. Constitution."
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By Bill McCarthy • July 3, 2018
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stated on June 11, 2018 a post by a filmmaker
Say a boy was 'caged' in a wire enclosure.
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 15, 2018
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stated on May 29, 2018 viral image
Says Whoopi Goldberg wore a shirt that shows Donald Trump firing a gun at himself.
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By Manuela Tobias • May 30, 2018
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stated on May 22, 2018 an online meme
Says a young Texas rapper charged with capital crimes faces the death penalty but the alleged Santa Fe High School shooter faces prison and then parole after 40 years.
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2018
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stated on March 20, 2018 In a meme
"The United States is 3rd in murders throughout the world. If you remove Chicago, Detroit, Washington, St. Louis and New Orleans, the United States is then 189th out of 193 countries in the entire world."
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By Manuela Tobias • March 28, 2018
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stated on March 24, 2018 posts on the Internet
Says Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting, ripped up a copy of the U.S. Constitution
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By Allison Graves • March 26, 2018
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stated on February 18, 2018 on the Internet
In most states, you can buy an assault rifle with no proof of ID, but in every state, you need proof of ID to vote.
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By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2018
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stated on February 5, 2018 a tweet attributed to @realdonaldtrump
"If the Dow Joans ever falls more than 1000 ‘points’ in a Single Day the sitting president should be 'loaded' into a very big cannon and Shot into the sun at TREMENDOUS SPEED! No excuses!"
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By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2018
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stated on January 4, 2018 a tweet
"White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel" for President Donald Trump.
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By Jon Greenberg • January 5, 2018
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stated on October 9, 2017 Internet posts
A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."
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By Joshua Gillin • October 12, 2017
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stated on September 11, 2017 tweets
"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."  
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By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2017
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stated on August 22, 2017 social media feeds
"At the PEAK of slavery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. What your history books (don't) tell you is that 3,000 blacks owned a total of 20,000 slaves the same year."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2017
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stated on August 9, 2017 a Twitter post
"Bill Clinton gave North Korea $5 billion and two nuclear reactors in 1994, essentially giving them nukes."
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By Joshua Gillin • August 9, 2017
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stated on May 23, 2017 a tweet
"Docs: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took $1 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman—last election cycle."  
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By Tom Kertscher • June 21, 2017
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stated on April 20, 2017 posts on social media
"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."
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By Will Doran • April 24, 2017
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stated on April 15, 2017 a tweet
"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."
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By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2017
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stated on March 6, 2017 social media posts
"It's important to pay attention to the Russian spy drama, but let's not ignore the fact that the following (10) bills have been introduced" in the House.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2017
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stated on February 1, 2017 tweets
Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.
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By Linda Qiu • February 8, 2017
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stated on December 6, 2016 tweets
In Wisconsin, "300,000 voters were turned away by the state’s strict voter ID law" in the 2016 presidential election.
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By Tom Kertscher • December 7, 2016
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