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Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2015 in a roundtable at a community college:
"The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it."
By Louis Jacobson• April 21, 2015
Terry McAuliffe stated on May 06, 2013 in a website post.:
"In our community college system (state) cuts have reduced funding per student by $1,908."
By Sean Gorman• May 28, 2013
Mt. Hood Community College stated on December 09, 2010 in the college's website:
Mt. Hood Community College is No. 1 on average and top faculty pay and benefits. 
By Janie Har• December 15, 2010
Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2021 in a post:
Facebook users can avoid “problems with your Facebook going against community standards” by changing your settings.
By Daniel Funke• February 24, 2021
Daniel Lipinski stated on January 22, 2010 in a press release:
The Senate version of the health care reform bill "allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill."
By Robert Farley• March 9, 2010
Nancy Denuccio stated on February 20, 2013 in A news release:
In annual surveys of Rhode Island communities that receive Drug Free community grants, many report that more than 50 percent of youth surveyed do not think daily marijuana use poses any serious risk of harm.
By Michael McKinney• March 1, 2013
Newt Gingrich stated on November 11, 2011 in remarks at Mandester, N.H. campaign headquarters:
"Community banks … are being destroyed by Dodd-Frank."
By Jon Greenberg• November 21, 2011
Chain email stated on May 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
Obama's wife said her goal in life was to put the black community "first and foremost."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 30, 2008
Herman Cain stated on August 11, 2011 in the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa:
Says that he did "not exactly" say that communities have the right to ban mosques.
By Willoughby Mariano• August 17, 2011
Keith Rothfus stated on May 22, 2018 in a press release:
"Since the end of the financial crisis, we have seen an average of one community bank or credit union disappear every day."
By Colin Deppen• May 31, 2018
Barack Obama stated on August 01, 2008 in a town hall in St. Petersburg, Fla.:
"I have repeatedly said that many of the predatory loans that were made in the mortgage system did target African-American and Latino communities."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 1, 2008
Peter Kilmartin stated on January 11, 2011 in a news release:
Secure Communities "has a proven track record of enhancing public safety by focusing on violent offenders and those that pose a threat to our communities and our national security."
By Peter Lord• January 30, 2011
Portland Community College stated on November 08, 2010 in the college's website:
Portland Community College serves more students than all of the state’s universities combined.
By Ian K. Kullgren• November 13, 2010
Bill McCollum stated on July 15, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Rick Scott's company is partners with Playboy in a social networking website that has community pages specifically geared towards gay dating."
By Aaron Sharockman• July 19, 2010
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona:
The Secure Communities Program and 287(g) immigration programs "were programs that worked" but were "recklessly gutted" by the Obama administration.
By Miriam Valverde• September 6, 2016
John McCain stated on August 30, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pa. :
When Sarah Palin was in government, Barack Obama was a community organizer.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 31, 2008
Peter Kinder stated on March 17, 2016 in a gubernatorial debate:
"Youth unemployment in minority communities is about 40 to 45 percent."
By Katie Moeller• April 1, 2016
Marco Rubio stated on August 06, 2015 in the first GOP primary debate.:
"Over 40 percent of small and mid-size banks that loan money to small businesses have been wiped out since Dodd-Frank has passed."
By Linda Qiu• August 12, 2015
Harris Faulkner stated on July 06, 2015 in a broadcast of "Outnumbered" on Fox News:
"President Obama in November of last year wiped away (a program) that allows for shared fingerprinting for those who are behind bars so you know who is here legally and illegally."  
By Jon Greenberg• July 8, 2015
Joe Biden stated on October 15, 2020 in an ABC town hall:
"They eliminated the funding for community policing."
By Louis Jacobson• October 16, 2020

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Checking Gingrich that Dodd-Frank is destroying community banks

By Jon Greenberg, Martha M. Hamilton• November 21, 2011

Texas organizers battle misinformation on encrypted messaging apps

By Nusaiba Mizan• November 23, 2022

Clinton avoids media on Atlanta visit but regularly hits Truth-O-Meter

By Nancy Badertscher• May 28, 2015

In Context: Sean Duffy on African-Americans and abortion

By Tom Kertscher• January 14, 2016

‘Defund the police’ movement: What do activists mean by that?

By Miriam Valverde• June 9, 2020

The CDC’s new guidelines on COVID-19 risk and masking send confounding signals

By Colleen DeGuzman• March 9, 2022

Ask PolitiFact: Are there communities in the US under Sharia law? No

By Jon Greenberg• September 3, 2019

In Context: Ilhan Omar’s “our country should be more fearful of white men” comment

By Amy Sherman• July 26, 2019

Ask PolitiFact: Is the Biden administration pushing for no-knock raids to seize guns?

By Noah Y. Kim• April 9, 2021

Of hecklers and heating oil

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• August 1, 2008

17 intelligence organizations or 4? Either way, Russia conclusion still valid

By Lauren Carroll• July 6, 2017

How safe is it for elementary schools to meet in person?

By Noah Y. Kim• December 8, 2020

In Context: E.W. Jackson's statement on the Democratic Party

By Nancy Madsen• May 30, 2013

Read the Inspector General's letter on the Ukraine whistleblower complaint

By Josie Hollingsworth• September 26, 2019

What the whistleblower law says about sharing complaints with Congress

By Bill McCarthy• September 25, 2019

Census, demographers on the rocks over proposal to end marriage questions

By Jon Greenberg• December 4, 2014

PunditFact: Dropping questions on marriage from the census

By Jon Greenberg• December 8, 2014

In Nebraska, skyrocketing cases of COVID-19 put localities, governor on separate tracks

By Jon Greenberg• November 24, 2020

Four pressing questions about Hillary Clinton’s State Department email

By Lauren Carroll• July 29, 2015

New reports show backing for lab leak theory, but government agencies remain divided

By Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2023