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Search results for "A cop scanned a woman's license plate 179 times"

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Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse stated on June 01, 2011 in A highway billboard:
"Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’"
By Richard Salit• July 3, 2011
Viral image stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Joe Biden’s license plate says “THEBIGGUY.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 28, 2020
Progress Texas stated on October 20, 2011 in an opinion column.:
"The Confederate battle flag never flew over Texas, but... you might soon see it on our license plates."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 9, 2011
Congressional Leadership Fund stated on September 12, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Minnesota U.S. House candidate Joe Radinovich has "spent his life running from the law, charged with 18 crimes."
By Stephen Koff• September 17, 2018
Facebook posts stated on November 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Video shows a poll worker committing voter fraud in Delaware County, Pa.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 6, 2020
John G. Edwards stated on February 07, 2012 in a radio interview:
"They're saying that 40 percent of the traffic that goes over [the Sakonnet River Bridge is from] out of state."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 20, 2012
Viral image stated on September 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows a gravestone in Japan with a QR code.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 20, 2021
Andrew Yang stated on December 20, 2019 in a Democratic presidential primary debate:
"They banned face masks in Hong Kong. Why? Because they have AI technology that now is using facial recognition to identify protesters if they so much as do anything on the street, so they can follow up with them and detain them later."
By Bill McCarthy• December 20, 2019
Texans for Economic Development stated on April 19, 2011 in a web banner ad.:
"Texans spend $2.5 billion gambling in our neighboring states every year."  
By W. Gardner Selby• April 29, 2011
Bloggers stated on April 28, 2017 in Internet posts:
"Sarah Palin in a coma after hit and run."
By Joshua Gillin• May 1, 2017
Fran Lebowitz stated on February 20, 2015 in a panel on "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police" in New York in about 45 years.
By Katie Sanders• April 1, 2015
Bloggers stated on July 12, 2018 in a blog post:
"Hillary in hiding as police discover dead body hidden in Huma Abedin’s dumpster."
By Bill McCarthy• July 19, 2018
Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook:
The WHO is developing a pandemic treaty that will remove current human rights protections, enforce surveillance and censorship and eliminate freedom of speech.
By Madison Czopek• September 5, 2023
Bloggers stated on March 17, 2017 in a headline:
"Muslims get their way--Illinois will permit wearing burqas in driving licenses photos"
By Madeleine Doubek• April 2, 2017
PuppetStringNews.com stated on August 12, 2017 in an Internet post:
"Virginia police arrest wrong person to cover for Antifa member who ran over protesters."
By Joshua Gillin• August 14, 2017
Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2024 in a post:
In Glynn County, Georgia, it was 'voter fraud' when poll workers found no record of a person who already voted.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• October 31, 2024
Carol Alvarado stated on March 02, 2011 in remarks on the House floor:
Says women who need a sonogram in the eighth to 10th week of pregnancy have to get a transvaginal sonogram.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 10, 2011
Threads posts stated on October 29, 2024 in a Threads post:
Video shows people “marching in Puerto Rico” after former President Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 30, 2024
Viral image stated on June 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A man’s injuries from falling after police officers shoved him in Buffalo, N.Y. were staged.
By Bill McCarthy, Ciara O'Rourke, Jill Terreri Ramos• June 9, 2020
Protect Women Ohio stated on October 30, 2023 in a video:
Ohio’s Issue 1 “allows for abortion after viability for…financial reasons.”
By Grace Abels• November 3, 2023

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Who is Kamala Harris? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

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