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Is this a Time-Traveling Hula Hooper?

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Dan Evon
Nov 30, 2017 The woman hula-hooping in this photograph did not time-travel to the 1930s.
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Did Melania Trump Plagiarize Michelle Obama's Statement on Women's History Month?

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Dan Evon
Mar 5, 2018 A meme suggesting that Melania Trump plagiarized her Women's History Month statement from Michel ...
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Did Melania Trump Copy Michelle Obama's MLK Day Message?

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Dan Evon
Jan 18, 2018 Rumors holding that Melania Trump plagiarized her Martin Luther King Day tweet from former First ...
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Michelle Obama.

Michelle Obama Never Placed Her Hand Over Her Heart During the National Anthem?

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Dan MacGuill
May 7, 2018 A right-wing, pro-Trump Facebook page uses a photograph of Melania Trump to attack her predecess ...
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Michelle Obama.

Did President Trump Just Cancel Michelle Obama's School Lunch Program in 2018?

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Dan Evon
Oct 25, 2018 The Trump administration rolled back a few guidelines of an Obama-era school lunch initiative, b ...
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Did Michelle Obama's Book Sell More Copies in One Week Than Donald Trump's Did in 32 Years?

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Dan Evon
Nov 27, 2018 The sales numbers of two books by political figures published over thirty years apart were comp ...
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Was Michelle Obama Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

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Snopes Staff
Sep 9, 2019 Her husband, former U.S. President Barack Obama, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
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According to a rumor US President Barack Obama and his wife and former first lady Michelle bought a 2500 gallon propane gas tank for their home in Martha's Vineyard.

Are the Obamas Installing a 2,500-Gallon Propane Tank on Martha's Vineyard?

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Jordan Liles
Jun 15, 2022 We received inquiries from readers to find the truth behind the rumor that the Obamas requested ...
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This picture of Barack and Michelle Obama was doctored to give Michelle male features and pushed the debunked conspiracy theory that her name is Michael.

Doctored Christmas Photo of Michelle Obama Circulates Online

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Jordan Liles
Oct 5, 2022 A message to those users who shared this misleading picture with friends on Facebook: Reverse im ...
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Michelle Obama.

Does This Photograph Show Barack Obama Holding a 'Michelle Obama 2020' Shirt?

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Dan Evon
Oct 3, 2018 Wording displayed on t-shirts is one of the easiest and most common targets for digital image ma ...
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Did Queen Elizabeth Remove the Obamas from Royal Wedding Guest List?

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David Emery
Dec 6, 2017 Fake news web sites reported that Michelle Obama desperately wanted to attend Prince Harry's wed ...
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Was Michelle Obama Arrested for Domestic Violence?

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David Mikkelson
Jan 7, 2018 Reports that the former First Lady was arrested after acting “unpredictably violent” during a do ...
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Melania Trump.

Did Melania Trump Steal Her United Nations Speech from Michelle Obama?

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Dan Evon
Sep 23, 2017 A meme claiming that Trump plagiarized a September 2017 speech from a 2014 talk by the former Fi ...
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Melania Trump Criticizes Charlottesville Violence, Plagiarizes Michelle Obama?

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David Mikkelson
Aug 13, 2017 An image positing that First Lady Melania Trump again copied words from Michelle Obama while den ...
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Barack Obama with daughters Sasha and Malia

Obamas Being Sued by Malia and Sasha’s Biological Father?

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Dan Evon
Mar 13, 2017 Reports that a man named Ezekiel Wilekenmeyer Williams filed a lawsuit claiming that he was the ...
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Barack Obama and aide Valerie Jarrett

Did Obama Aide Valerie Jarrett Move in with the Obamas to 'Mastermind' an Anti-Trump Insurgency?

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Bethania Palma
Mar 2, 2017 Web sites are citing a tabloid claim that Valerie Jarrett, a friend and close adviser to the Oba ...
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Is President Trump Billing Michelle Obama For $11 Billion?

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Arturo Garcia
Feb 17, 2017 A hoax news story reported that the former First Lady spent $11 million alone on "new furniture."
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Did Barack Obama Put His Hand on Melania Trump's Backside?

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Dan Evon
Jan 23, 2017 A photograph purportedly showing the former president touching First Lady Melania Trump's buttoc ...
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Did Michelle Obama Get Ditched by Secret Service?

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Dan Evon
Jan 14, 2017 Reports that Michelle Obama's Secret Service detail abruptly quit and left her on the street in ...
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Carl Paladino

Did Trump Ally Carl Paladino Say Michelle Obama Should Go Live in a Cave with a Gorilla?

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David Emery
Dec 23, 2016 The former co-chairman of Donald Trump's New York presidential campaign also said he hoped Presi ...
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Oprah Winfrey did not suffer a tragedy or die in May 2022 nor did she endorse keto weight loss gummies in Time magazine with Ellen DeGeneres.

Did Oprah Winfrey Suffer a 'Tragedy' and Endorse Keto Weight Loss Gummies?
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