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Did Visitors to Joshua Tree National Park Cut Down Trees During the Government Shutdown?

• 11 January 2019

The iconic wilderness area fell victim to staff shortages caused by the budget standoff in...

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Did Visitors to Joshua Tree National Park Cut Down Trees During the Government Shutdown?

Is it Legal for a Migrant ‘Fleeing Violence’ to Enter the U.S. Without Authorization?

• 25 October 2018

A viral meme confused the legalities of entering the United States with the legalities of...

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Is it Legal for a Migrant ‘Fleeing Violence’ to Enter the U.S. Without Authorization?

Five Years in Prison for Stealing Sneakers, 90 Days’ House Arrest for Raping a Young Girl?

• 19 October 2018

Two criminal cases that were widely disparate in the sentencing were also widely disparate in...

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Five Years in Prison for Stealing Sneakers, 90 Days’ House Arrest for Raping a Young Girl?

Did Georgia’s Secretary of State ‘Block’ the Registrations of 53,000 Voters, Most of Them African-American?

• 17 October 2018

Left-wing Facebook pages weighed into Georgia's gubernatorial race with widely shared memes about alleged voter...

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Did Georgia’s Secretary of State ‘Block’ the Registrations of 53,000 Voters, Most of Them African-American?

Did Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Register Her Yacht in the Cayman Islands?

• 17 August 2018

Several viral memes made unfounded assumptions based on the complicated inner workings of the DeVos...

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Did Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Register Her Yacht in the Cayman Islands?

Christian Non-Profit Faces Scrutiny Over Government Foster Care Contract for Separated Children

• 11 July 2018

Bethany Christian Services, which has links to the family of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, has...

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Christian Non-Profit Faces Scrutiny Over Government Foster Care Contract for Separated Children

Did a Christian Foster Care Provider ‘Kidnap’ Migrant Children for Profit?

• 25 June 2018

Reports and viral memes made several claims about Bethany Christian Services and its purported links...

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Did a Christian Foster Care Provider ‘Kidnap’ Migrant Children for Profit?

Did Trump Kill 100,000 Boeing Jobs By Pulling Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal?

• 9 May 2018

A viral meme circulating on Facebook jumps to conclusions about the effects of the president's...

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Did Trump Kill 100,000 Boeing Jobs By Pulling Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal?

Did Samuel L. Jackson Tweet About Overpaid ‘Modern Mumble Rappers’ and Teachers’ Pay?

• 3 May 2018

A poorly-formatted purported Twitter quote attributed to the actor is just a hoax.

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Did Samuel L. Jackson Tweet About Overpaid ‘Modern Mumble Rappers’ and Teachers’ Pay?

Did Abraham Lincoln Order the Execution of 38 Dakota Fighters?

• 14 March 2018

After a violent Native American uprising in 1862, President Lincoln signed off on 39 executions...

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Did Abraham Lincoln Order the Execution of 38 Dakota Fighters?

Papa John’s John Schnatter vs. Little Caesar’s Mike Ilitch

• 2 November 2017

A meme comparing the founders of Papa John's (John Schnatter) and Little Caesar's (Mike Ilitch)...

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Papa John’s John Schnatter vs. Little Caesar’s Mike Ilitch

Why Are NFL Players on the Sidelines for the National Anthem?

• 27 September 2017

For much of the NFL's history, players weren't present on the field during the playing...

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Why Are NFL Players on the Sidelines for the National Anthem?