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Chain email stated on April 13, 2012 in a chain email forwarded by an Austin American-Statesman reader.:

Says there is an upcoming vote to preserve benefits of Texas homestead exemption for seniors and the disabled.

By W. Gardner Selby• April 20, 2012

Chain email stated on September 06, 2011 in a chain email:

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is considering implementing mandatory physical fitness testing for security staff.

By James B. Nelson• September 10, 2011

Chain email stated on April 01, 2012 in e-mail messages circulating on the Internet:

Says Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie made a late-night visit to Kinko’s to forge President Barack Obama’s birth certificate two days before Obama unveiled it to the media.

By Louis Jacobson• June 7, 2012

Chain email stated on June 26, 2012 in a message forwarded to many people:

Says "a lip-reading instructor at the River School, a Washington, D.C., school for the deaf" has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, Michelle Obama said, "All this for a damn flag."

By Bill Adair• June 26, 2012

Chain email stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email:

Says Barack Obama is the "first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office."

By Shannon Beckham• June 25, 2014

Chain email stated on July 24, 2012 in a chain email:

The health care law includes "a 3.8% sales tax" on "all real estate transactions."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 25, 2012

Chain email stated on March 17, 2014 in a chain email:

Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence," and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more.

By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2014

Chain email stated on July 07, 2013 in a long-running chain email:

Obamacare "will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally."

By Katie Sanders• July 9, 2013

Chain email stated on June 12, 2013 in an email:

A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.

By Tom Feran• June 14, 2013

Hillary Clinton stated on September 07, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum:

"Classified material has a header which says ‘top-secret, secret, confidential.’ Nothing, and I will repeat this and this is verified in the report by the Department of Justice, none of the emails sent or received by me had such a header."

By Lauren Carroll• September 8, 2016

Chain email stated on March 21, 2012 in a chain email:

"The ACLU has filed a suit to end prayer from the military completely."

By Eric Stirgus• April 19, 2012

Chain email stated on December 05, 2017 in a chain email:

Says Russian President Vladimir Putin got a standing ovation from the Duma after he gave a speech saying Muslims are "taking over" other countries but won't take over Russia.

By Sophie Kaplan• December 11, 2017

Chain email stated on January 31, 2012 in a chain email.:

A Dallas proof-of-insurance ordinance resulted in area tow lots mostly filling with the cars of illegal residents.

By Katie Glueck• February 28, 2012

Chain email stated on June 22, 2011 in a chain e-mail:

Says that President Obama said, "Nobody made these guys go to war. ... Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?"

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 4, 2011

Chain email stated on February 02, 2014 in a chain email forwarded by readers:

Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.

By Steve Contorno• February 6, 2014

Chain email stated on June 24, 2015 in a chain email:

"Under the Affordable Care Act, anyone on Medicare who is admitted to a hospital for observation will be responsible for the bill. Medicare won't pay a cent."

By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2015

Chain email stated on July 10, 2012 in a chain e-mail:

Says President Barack Obama "doubled the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year."

By Bill Wichert• July 25, 2012

Chain email stated on April 23, 2008 in in a chain email:

Obama thinks the national anthem should be "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 30, 2008

Chain email stated on March 28, 2013 in an email:

College students "who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant" plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.

By Amy Sherman• April 1, 2013

Chain email stated on July 14, 2009 in a chain email:

"The Senate voted this week to allow illegal aliens access to Social Security benefits."

By Catharine Richert• July 29, 2009

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