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Do Vice Presidents Not Have Authority To Declassify Documents?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jan 13, 2023 The question surfaced after news broke that two batches of classified documents were found at Pr ...
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No, Obama Wasn't Guarded by a Reptilian Secret Service Agent

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Dec 11, 2022 Oh Gorn!
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Did Obama want executive order to change name of Thanksgiving Day to Celebrate Immigrants Day?

No, Obama Didn't Float Plan To Change Thanksgiving Day to 'Celebrate Immigrants Day'

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Mar 6, 2015 Contrary to rumor, then-President Obama did not advocate issuing an executive order to rename th ...
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Does Video Show Obama Demanding 'Ribs and Pussy Too?'

Written by:
Dan Evon
Oct 8, 2016 A clip of Barack Obama reading from his book "Dreams from My Father" has been shared out of context.
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A man named Ken Huber from Tawas City Michigan purportedly wrote what has America become in a letter to the editor.

Did Ken Huber Ask 'What Has America Become' in a Letter to the Editor?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Apr 27, 2021 A letter to the editor purportedly written by Ken Huber from Tawas City, Michigan, was shared on ...
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Clothing, Apparel, Person

Did Obama Scale Back 'Massive' 60th Birthday Party Due to COVID-19 Concerns?

Written by:
Jessica Lee
Aug 4, 2021 George Clooney, Steven Spielberg, and Oprah Winfrey were reportedly among the "hundreds" of invi ...
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Franklin Graham giving a speech

The American Dream Ended Last Night in Ohio?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Apr 2, 2015 A speech by Franklin Graham laments that the American dream ended with the reelection of Barack ...
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US President Joe Biden holds a face mask

Did a Prague Newspaper Call U.S. a 'Confederacy of Fools' for Electing Joe Biden?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov 12, 2012 A Czech newspaper editorial purportedly claimed the U.S. was endangered by the people who electe ...
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President Barack Obama

Barack Obama and the National Anthem

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct 26, 2007 A decade-old brouhaha over a photograph that shows Barack Obama not placing his hand over his he ...
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Did the Obama Administration Break Precedent with Funerals for Generals?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug 25, 2014 "This is beyond outrageous," reads the copy-and-paste text that has appeared in email forwards a ...
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Could Barack Obama Serve as Vice President?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb 3, 2008 An ambiguity in the U.S. Constitution allows for speculation about a back door method of getting ...
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President Barack Obama.

Did Every Candidate Barack Obama Campaigned for in 2018 Lose?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Nov 8, 2018 It probably took less time to debunk this meme than it did to create it.
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Did the Obama Administration Approve the Transfer of Money to a Listed Terrorism Funder?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Aug 1, 2018 An investigation into U.S. international aid practises in 2015 hit the headlines in July 2018.
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Does Barack Obama's Official Portrait Contain Secret Images of Sperm?

Written by:
David Emery
Feb 13, 2018 Far-right pundits went off the deep end after African-American artist Kehinde Wiley's portrait o ...
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Was Barack Obama President During Hurricane Katrina?

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Aug 30, 2017 Twitter users tried to pin the blame for Katrina relief issues on Obama, though he wasn't even p ...
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New Video Editing Tool Would Make it Possible to Put Words in Politicians’ Mouths

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Jul 18, 2017 Media outlets have already described the technology as 'scary' because of its potential for misuse.
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Person, Human, Tarmac

Cook County Correctional Center

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jul 13, 2008 Rumor: Photographs show a new prison facility in Chicago, Illinois.
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Greatest Nation

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Mar 14, 2008 Did Barack Obama urge his supporters to join him in changing 'the greatest nation in the history ...
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Michelle Obama Is Pregnant?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb 13, 2011 Has the White House announced that First Lady Michelle Obama is pregnant?
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Was Barack Obama a Black Panther?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Sep 15, 2009 A chronologically impossible photograph supposedly documents a young Barack Obama as a Black Pan ...
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Do Facebook 'Copy and Paste, Don't Share' Posts Make Your Account Hackable?

Is Morgan Freeman Really Jimi Hendrix?
A Facebook hoax claimed that to regain friends in your news feed and get rid of ads, copy and paste some text into a post to upgrade the system, then say hello new and old friends.

Facebook Hoax Promises Way 'To Regain Friends and Get Rid of Ads'