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Crown Royal's Purple Bag Project to pack a bag for US troops is a real and legitimate offer and is not a scam.

Legit: Crown Royal's 'Purple Bag Project' for US Troops Is Not a Scam

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Jordan Liles
Nov 17, 2023 Readers asked us about this offer via email in November 2023. We found that it was legitimately ...
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Did a Military Tribunal Convict US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen of Treason?

Written by:
Jack Izzo
Oct 27, 2023 The idea originated from Real Raw News, a website that regularly publishes similar outlandish cl ...
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Is Ukraine Preparing to Legalize Porn Production to Raise Military Funding?

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Alex Kasprak
Oct 19, 2023 Viral posts mischaracterized a legislative proposal to decriminalize pornography in the country.
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Did Trump Call Fallen Soldiers ‘Suckers’ and ‘Losers’?

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Nur Ibrahim
Oct 4, 2023 A former Trump administration official and Biden recently accused the former president of making ...
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Video Shows 500K Men in Africa Preparing to 'Invade' Europe and America?

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Aleksandra Wrona
Sep 26, 2023 "A World invasion is happening now," one X user commented on the viral video.
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A photo that claims to show incomprehensible military activity in the U.S. is miscaptioned.

Did a Viral Video Show Heavy 'Military Activity' in the U.S. in June 2023?

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jun 19, 2023 We learned some tanks were returning to base after an exercise.
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Does Video Show Ukrainian Armed Forces Training Child Soldiers?

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Aleksandra Wrona
Jun 16, 2023 Social media users started sharing a video that supposedly showed Ukrainian child soldiers train ...
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Did Beau Biden Die While Serving in Iraq?

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Nur Ibrahim
May 24, 2023 President Joe Biden told U.S. troops stationed in Japan that his son lost his life in Iraq.
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Did Russian Forces Strike a 'NATO Command Center' in Lviv, Ukraine?

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Alex Kasprak
Apr 3, 2023 A lazy piece of obvious propaganda has become incorporated into several false claims about the w ...
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Did Biden Call for a Military National Draft?

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Nur Ibrahim
Feb 28, 2023 A post claimed he would call 20-year-olds to war over Ukraine.
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Did Chinese-Sent Surveillance Balloons Fly Over the US During Trump’s Presidency?

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Nur Ibrahim
Feb 7, 2023 Glen VanHerck, the head of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said the flight ...
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Did President G.W. Bush pose with plastic Thanksgiving turkey while visiting troops in Baghdad?

Did President Bush Pose with a Plastic Turkey?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec 4, 2013 A photo taken while Bush visited U.S. troops in Iraq on Thanksgiving in 2003 was mistaken for a ...
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The Origins of 'Taps'

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Barbara Mikkelson
Oct 28, 2008 An old rumor tells of how the "Taps" military bugle song supposedly originated from a compositio ...
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Did a Protester Kneel During a Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

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Dan MacGuill
Sep 28, 2017 A viral photograph shows a man kneeling and recording a video at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ...
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Even as Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, its military appears to be suffering setbacks – from mounting casualties to dwindling military supplies.

Scholar: As Russia Enlists Hundreds of Thousands of Men to Fight Ukraine, Public Support for Putin is Falling

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The Conversation
Oct 12, 2022 Arik Burakovsky, a scholar of Russia and public opinion, says public approval of the president a ...
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Readers asked us by email about an article that said an old U.S. veteran named Jacob Rivas had to resort to selling his medals in order to buy groceries.

Did US Veteran Jacob Rivas Sell His Medals to Buy Groceries?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Aug 3, 2022 According to the story, the elderly veteran woke up the next day and heard a loud military band ...
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According to a 2014 Facebook post the origins of the musical notes in Taps had something to do with a Union Army captain finding the composition inside the pocket of his dead son who fought for the Confederacy.

'Taps' Did Not Originate the Way Viral Facebook Post Claims

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Jordan Liles
Apr 12, 2022 A post from 2014 about the supposed origins of the military melody known as "Taps" recently rece ...
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Did Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Criticize 'Pantyhose-Wearing' Politicians for Gun Restrictions?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan 17, 2019 A widespread meme attributes some colorful criticisms of pro-gun-control lawmakers to the legend ...
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Did Trump Tap Giorgio A. Tsoukalos for Secretary of the Space Force?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jun 29, 2018 A satirical article jokingly claimed that the television personality and producer best known as ...
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American flag against a gray, cloudy sky.

Flag Controversy at Jaguar Power Sports in Florida

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Apr 17, 2018 City of Jacksonville employee Melinda Power was targeted by Jaguar Power Sports after citing the ...
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