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  • Fake News: Obama Did NOT Respond To Report: 'Barr Is Trump's Lap Dog. He Lies For Him'

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    Did former President Obama respond to the Inspector General Watchdog report saying Attorney General William Barr is Trump's lap dog? No, that's not true: the self-proclaimed satirical article says Obama is being investigated, which he is not. The former president has not come out with recent comment on the report. The story was published by a liberal satire website that…

    • Dec 22, 2019
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fake News: Obama Did NOT Respond To Report: 'Barr Is Trump's Lap Dog. He Lies For Him'
  • Fake News: NOT CNN Breaking News - Turkey Did NOT Attack Israel - NO Air Raid On Tel Aviv

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    Did Turkey just launch an air raid on Tel Aviv in Israel and is CNN reporting about it? No, that's not true: an old video from the 2003 Gulf War showing explosions and air defense systems in action over Baghdad seems to have been uploaded to YouTube with a misleading title in 2010 and the video went viral again in…

    • Nov 26, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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  • Fake News: No Evidence Hillary Clinton Killed Jeffrey Epstein And She Did Not Admit It

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    • Nov 19, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: No Evidence Hillary Clinton Killed Jeffrey Epstein And She Did Not Admit It
  • Fake News: Campus Young Republican Club Did NOT Topple Obama Statue

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    Did the Campus Young Republican Club at Bartlett College in Oregon topple an Obama statue? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by…

    • Nov 5, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Campus Young Republican Club Did NOT Topple Obama Statue
  • Fake News: Former Speaker Paul Ryan Is NOT Photographed With ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi

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    Was former House Speaker Paul Ryan photographed with ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? No, that's not true: A photo purportedly of the former Republican house leader with the now-dead ISIS leader is actually a photo of Ryan with Syrian activist Mouaz Moustafa. There is no evidence or reasons otherwise to believe that Paul Ryan ever met al-Baghdadi, who spent the…

    • Nov 3, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Former Speaker Paul Ryan Is NOT Photographed With ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi
  • Fake News: Obama Did NOT Say "He's Low Risk", Did NOT Free ISIS Leader Al Baghdadi

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    Did Barack Obama say Abu-Bakr Al Baghdadi was "Low Risk" before releasing him? No, that's not true: for starters Obama did not release him and secondly the story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles…

    • Nov 2, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Obama Did NOT Say "He's Low Risk", Did NOT Free ISIS Leader Al Baghdadi
  • Fake News: Donald Trump Was NOT Golfing During Al-Baghdadi Raid And There's No Evidence Situation Room Photo Was Staged

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    Was President Donald Trump playing on one of his golf courses while U.S. soldiers were carrying out the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? No, that's not true: The claim that the raid happened at 3:30 pm EST on October 26, 2019, when reporters saw the president leaving his Trump National Golf Club is wrong. It began after…

    • Nov 1, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Donald Trump Was NOT Golfing During Al-Baghdadi Raid And There's No Evidence Situation Room Photo Was Staged
  • Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Award K-9 Medal Of Honor To The Dog Who Chased Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi To His Death

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    Did President Donald Trump award a special K-9 version of the Medal of Honor to the military dog who chased ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi down a dead end tunnel? No, that's not true: A photo tweeted by President Trump of him placing a medallion around the neck of the Belgian Malinois is a photo-shopped image shared by a conservative…

    • Oct 30, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Award K-9 Medal Of Honor To The Dog Who Chased Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi To His Death
  • Fake News: Obama Did NOT Tweet Al Baghdadi Was A Great Man, An Innocent Man & My Friend

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    Did former President Barack Obama send a tweet claiming Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was "Great Man, An Innocent Man, & My Friend"? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to misleadTrump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from…

    • Oct 28, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Obama Did NOT Tweet Al Baghdadi Was A Great Man, An Innocent Man & My Friend
  • Fake News: Barack Obama Did NOT Free Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi From GitMo And Return Him To The Middle East

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    Did President Barack Obama free ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi from GitMo, return him to the middle east, and allow the ISIS leader into Syria? No, that's not true: Al-Baghdadi was freed from an Iraqi prison after several months in U.S. military custody during President George W. Bush's first term. The future ISIS Caliph was considered a low risk and…

    • Oct 28, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Barack Obama Did NOT Free Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi From GitMo And Return Him To The Middle East
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