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stated on 2013-10-05 in a tweet:
"Obama has jumped the shark and ordered the ocean closed!"
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By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2013
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stated on 2013-10-01 in viral posts on the Internet:
Says a man opted out of Obamacare after the marketplace launched on Oct. 1, 2013, and was informed he owed a $4,000 fine.
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By Lilly Maier • October 4, 2013
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stated on 2013-07-20 in a Facebook post:
The very first meal on the surface of the moon was the Holy Communion.
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By Janel Davis • September 16, 2013
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stated on 2013-07-21 in Instagram posts:
Dozens of artists, including Justin Timberlake, Jay Z and Rihanna, are canceling Florida shows like Stevie Wonder in protest of  "stand your ground."
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By Katie Sanders • July 23, 2013
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stated on 2013-06-13 in a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster.:
"Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2013
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stated on 2013-07-14 in tweets:
"In the 513 days between Trayvon dying, and today’s verdict, 11,106 African-Americans have been murdered by other African-Americans."
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By Amy Sherman • July 17, 2013
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stated on 2013-03-15 in a Facebook post:
"Harvard Study Finds States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 10, 2013
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stated on 2013-03-29 in a Facebook post:
A new law "requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment."
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By Molly Moorhead • April 5, 2013
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stated on 2013-03-20 in tweets:
While the sequester is in effect, the federal government is still funding a study on duck penises.
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By Molly Moorhead • March 22, 2013
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stated on 2013-02-06 in on the Internet:
"Washington, D.C., now has greater population than Wyoming and Vermont, more active duty military than 29 states, more tax revenue than 29 states (and) a larger domestic product than 27 states."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2013
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stated on 2013-01-08 in on Facebook:
In 2011, more people were murdered with knives, "hands or feet" or "clubs and hammers" than with any type of rifle.
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By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2013
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stated on 2012-12-16 in a Facebook posting:
"Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!"
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2013
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stated on 2012-12-15 in an internet message:
"Last year, handguns killed 48 people in Japan, 8 in Great Britain, 34 in Switzerland, 52 in Canada, 58 in Israel, 21 in Sweden, 42 in West Germany and 10,728 in the United States."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2012
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stated on 2012-11-20 in a post on Facebook:
A precinct in the Allen West-Patrick Murphy recount has "7 registered voters in Guatemalan community and the tally showed 900 voted!!!!!"
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By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2012
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stated on 2012-07-21 in a post on the Internet:
"USA is #1 in gun violence."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2012
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stated on 2012-07-21 in on the Internet:
"Nearly 100,000 people get shot every year. That's 270 people a day and 87 dead."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2012
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stated on 2012-07-03 in on the Internet:
"75 percent of the Obamacare tax falls on the middle class."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2012
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stated on 2012-07-02 in on the Internet:
"In 1950, corporations paid $3 in taxes for every $1 by a worker. Today, they pay 22 cents for every $1 by a worker."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2012
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stated on 2012-06-10 in a widely circulated posting:
"Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties in U.S. are illegals."
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By Jon Greenberg • June 21, 2012
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stated on 2012-06-19 in on the Internet:
"Less than 2 percent of illegals are picking crops, but 41 percent are on welfare."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2012
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