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Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 20, 2020
Searching the long quote trails of public figures often turns up interesting statements from day ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 15, 2020
This famous quote about patriotism has been circulating for more than 100 years.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 7, 2020
White evangelical Christians are a powerful force in the Republican Party.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 7, 2020
"A strange thing happened to that word," read a quotation attributed to the former first lady wh ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 1, 2020
The expanded version: "If someone perceives something to be true, it is more important than if i ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 26, 2019
The president raised eyebrows in December 2019 with a somewhat baffling attack on the use of win ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 24, 2019
Right-leaning websites accurately quoted something Wolf said during a stand-up comedy performance.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 23, 2019
We should note here that the term was in quotation marks.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 9, 2019
"People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times," the president was reported to have said.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 27, 2019
The Florida pastor used his online channel TruNews to launch a virulently anti-Semitic attack on ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 20, 2019
Jackson Kernion, a doctoral student in philosophy, became the focus of online outrage after he p ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 12, 2019
The civilian prosecution of a former president has never been undertaken in U.S. history.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 24, 2019
The president raised eyebrows by suggesting his administration was constructing a border fence i ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 16, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a Down Syndrome Awareness Month proclamation in October 2019.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 20, 2019
An Associated Press article from 1989 is popular among climate-change deniers.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 11, 2019
A famous quote from Thomas Jefferson has been shared in support of several different opinions.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 27, 2019
Dr. Allen Frances did make the remark on CNN's "Reliable Sources" and later expounded on what he ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 10, 2019
Sometimes alleged historical parallels that seem a bit too apt appear so because they actually t ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 7, 2019
Biden reportedly made the gaffe during a campaign event in San Diego, California.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 7, 2019
Nine people were killed by a gunman in Dayton, Ohio, in early August 2019.
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