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Was Nelson Mandela on US Terror Watchlist Until 2008?
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Oct 16, 2023
For decades, the anti-apartheid leader was considered a possible communist threat.
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Is This a Photo of Ronald Reagan in Drag?
Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Apr 7, 2023
The photograph had circulated widely in left-leaning circles online.
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Did Ronald Reagan Describe Nancy Pelosi as 'Extremely Evil'?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jan 28, 2019
President Reagan may have termed the Soviet Union "evil," but Nancy Pelosi?
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Did Reagan Say ‘No Reason’ to Carry Loaded Guns in Public?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 3, 2022
Readers emailed us to ask if former U.S. President and California Gov. Ronald Reagan once made a ...
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Did Reagan Say 'You Won't Get Gun Control by Disarming Law-Abiding Citizens'?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 1, 2022
A quote meme with former U.S. President Ronald Reagan's image also said "it's a nasty truth" tha ...
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Yes, This Is Ronald Reagan with a Half-Shaved Head
Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
May 23, 2022
In 1989, the former president had surgery on his skull.
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Jefferson and Reagan Were Alive During Harriet Tubman's Life
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 3, 2021
A TikTok video asked viewers to "stop saying everything was 400 years ago."
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Did Reagan Say 'Under No Pretext Should Arms Be Surrendered'?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Dec 1, 2020
Ronald Reagan, Karl Marx, what's the difference?
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Did Ronald Reagan Always Wear a Jacket in the Oval Office?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 30, 2019
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz renewed interest in a longstanding rumor about the former U. ...
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Did Ronald Reagan Try for Eight Years to Build a Border Wall?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 9, 2019
If yes, it would fly in the face of his advocacy of free movement for workers between the U.S. a ...
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Did Ronald Reagan Warn Against 'Demagogues' Willing to Declare a Trade War Against America's Friends?
Written by:
David Emery
Jun 8, 2018
During a 1988 radio address, President Reagan railed against those calling for trade tariffs and ...
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Did the NRA Support a 1967 'Open Carry' Ban in California?
Written by:
David Emery
Feb 26, 2018
A law barring the open carry of loaded firearms was passed in 1967 with the support of the Natio ...
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Did Ronald Reagan Pave the Way for Fox News?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan 26, 2018
A Facebook meme gets some facts right about the demise of the Fairness Doctrine but ignores impo ...
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Did Ronald Reagan Have Alzheimer's Disease While in Office?
Written by:
David Emery
Jan 18, 2018
It has long been rumored that President Reagan suffered from Alzheimer's Disease years before it ...
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Ronald Reagan: 'If Fascism Ever Comes to America, It Will Come in the Name of Liberalism'
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Aug 24, 2017
The former California governor and future U.S. president made the comment during a 1975 intervie ...
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Ronald Reagan Beat Jimmy Carter in a Landslide Despite Trailing 6% in Polls?
Written by:
David Emery
Oct 23, 2016
The claim that Reagan won the 1980 presidential election in a landslide despite trailing well be ...
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More U.S. Embassy Attacks Under Bush and Reagan than Obama?
Written by:
David Emery
Oct 18, 2016
We investigate the claim that more U.S. embassy attacks, with more fatalities, occurred under Ge ...
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John Hinckley, Jr. Released from Mental Hospital
Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
Sep 10, 2016
The man who once tried to kill President Ronald Reagan had been held at Washington, D.C.'s St. E ...
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Patti Davis, Daughter of Ronald Reagan, Denounces Trump on Facebook
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug 11, 2016
President Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis denounced Donald Trump's "Second Amendment" remar ...
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Did Ronald Reagan Predict a Trump Presidency?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Aug 10, 2016
"When I met that young man, I felt like I was the one shaking hands with a president," Reagan re ...
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