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Did Elon Musk Say Twitter Employees 'Who Are a 7 or Below' Are Fired?

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Mar 8, 2023 Musk supposedly tweeted, "Effective immediately, all remaining twitter employees who are a 7 or ...
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'A Country Founded by Geniuses, but Run by Idiots' Quote

'A Country Founded by Geniuses, but Run by Idiots' Quote

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David Mikkelson
May 8, 2013 Did a list of "A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots" entries originate with comedian ...
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Did Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok Tweet That President Trump is a 'Dictator,' a 'Russian Asset,' and an 'Unhinged Madman?'

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David Emery
Aug 14, 2018 A parody account in Strzok's name issued the combative tweet in the wake of the FBI agent's firi ...
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Did Barack Obama Say 'If We Don’t Do Something About This President, I Will?'

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Dan Evon
Jul 2, 2018 A quote attributed to former president Barack Obama has him vowing to "do something" about Presi ...
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Did Kawhi Leonard Refuse to Play Because His Coach Made Anti-Trump Comments?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Apr 19, 2018 A quote attributed to the San Antonio Spurs small forward about Gregg Popovich's criticism of th ...
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Did Jim Carrey Say the United States Is 'Morally Upside Down?'

Written by:
Dan Evon
Mar 26, 2018 We found no evidence that the actor was responsible for the quote attached to his name in a vira ...
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Did Charles Krauthammer Write an 'Interesting Take on Trump?'

Written by:
Dan Evon
Mar 20, 2018 An opinion piece arguing that President Donald Trump is a pragmatist rather than a Republican or ...
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Did Tomi Lahren Say That Victims of Mass Shootings Don't 'Believe in God Enough'?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb 20, 2018 A meme used a fabricated quote based on Lahren's comments about politicians' offering thoughts a ...
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Did Denzel Washington Say Trump's Election Saved Us From an 'Orwellian Police State'?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb 5, 2018 The quote attributed to the famed actor was fabricated by a disreputable web site.
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Did Donald Trump Say 'Politics Is Boring' and 'There's No Money in It' in 1990?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 8, 2018 A popular meme attributes an unlikely quote to the then-businessman, who was already making comm ...
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Did KellyAnne Conway Say Being Labeled Racist is 'a Small Price to Pay' for Making America Great Again?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 30, 2017 A purported quote from a White House senior adviser came from a web site that blends factual sto ...
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Winston Churchill on the Arts

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 23, 2017 Although a statement defending the importance of the arts is frequently attributed to Winston Ch ...
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Did Hillary Clinton Trash Michelle Obama in a Leaked E-Mail?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jan 9, 2017 An online image falsely claimed Hillary Clinton insulted the First Lady in an e-mail message pur ...
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Did Sinclair Lewis Say This About Fascism in America?

Written by:
David Emery
Dec 29, 2016 Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis allegedly warned that when fascism comes to America it ...
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DeGrasse Tyson Robbed 'a Dope Dealer in Harlem'

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Dec 26, 2016 Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson did not convey a bizarre tale of robbing a drug dealer of LSD ...
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Julian Assange Said Bernie Sanders Won Race, Was Threatened

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sep 9, 2016 Claims that Bernie Sanders was threatened to drop out of the presidential race originated with a ...
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President Obama: 'Even Terrorists Have Rights and We Should Respect Them'

Written by:
David Emery
Aug 23, 2016 A clickbait web site is sucking in users by peddling a fake Obama quote stating that even terror ...
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Betty White on 'Grow Some Balls'

Written by:
David Emery
Jul 17, 2016 A popular joke about the wisdom of the saying 'Grow some balls' is falsely attributed to actress ...
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Thomas Jefferson on Gun Rights

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jun 22, 2016 A real Thomas Jefferson statement about bearing arms is frequently shared along with a sentence ...
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Benjamin Franklin Said to 'Question Authority'?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
May 22, 2016 We were unable to locate any evidence that Benjamin Franklin ever said it was the first responsi ...
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