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Search results for "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure - Clarence Darrow"

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Russ Feingold stated on September 14, 2010 in a TV interview and multiple other sources:
"I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate."
By Tom Kertscher• September 20, 2010
Your Action News 3 stated on December 05, 2017 in a headline:
"Legendary actor Kirk Douglas dead, 4 days before his 101st birthday."
By Amy Sherman• March 5, 2018
Instagram posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a video on Instagram:
The COVID-19 vaccines were linked to the deaths of 80 Canadian doctors.
By Madison Czopek• December 16, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Five JetBlue pilots died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 21, 2021
Facebook posts stated on May 05, 2021 in a Facebook post:
An Ohio doctor died from a COVID-19 vaccine.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 24, 2021
Ken Cuccinelli stated on September 06, 2013 in a TV ad.:
"Terry McAuliffe cashed in, walking away with millions" from the demise of Global Crossing.
By Warren Fiske, Nancy Madsen• September 23, 2013
Instagram posts stated on November 09, 2022 in an Instagram post:
A “dead man on the ballot” is evidence the Democrats cheated in the election.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 10, 2022
Sean Hannity stated on January 27, 2022 in a radio show segment:
“There's never been a president (before Joe Biden) that has made race and gender the defining factor” for a Supreme Court nomination.
By Bill McCarthy• January 28, 2022
Facebook posts stated on November 26, 2016 in a Facebook post:
Says George Soros was an “SS in the National Socialist German Workers Party. Nazi Party.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 10, 2020
Bloggers stated on October 18, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
George Soros was an SS officer.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2018
Viral image stated on January 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the mother of Covington student Nick Sandmann said "I only wish the pioneers had brought more blankets with smallpox."
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 24, 2019
Anthony Weiner stated on March 02, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:
"Under the clear letter of the law, (Justice Clarence Thomas) must recuse himself" from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.
By Robert Farley• March 7, 2011
Bloggers stated on June 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet:
"Lincoln was fervently making plans to send all freed slaves to the jungles of Central America once the (Civil War) was over. … The only thing that kept this from happening was his assassination."
By Louis Jacobson• June 26, 2015
Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Clinton aide found dead, tied to tree in apparent murder.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023
Viral image stated on August 26, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A scarecrow discovered on a Texas ranch was actually a human skeleton.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 11, 2019
Scott Walker stated on November 18, 2010 in a statement issued by a transition team leader:
"The Madison-Milwaukee (high-speed) train line is dead."
By James B. Nelson• November 30, 2010
Rick Santorum stated on February 29, 2012 in a speech near Knoxville, Tenn.:
"If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders … happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do."
By Becky Bowers• March 7, 2012
Hillary Clinton stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement:
"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 26, 2016
Bloggers stated on June 26, 2018 in a blog post:
"A Trump fan was just charged with trying to murder Maxine Waters on same day Trump threatened her."
By Bill McCarthy• June 28, 2018
Viral image stated on November 09, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says photos show the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower with Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 14, 2019

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 16, 2016

Mailbag: Lie of the Year

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By Tom Kertscher• February 13, 2015

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 3, 2010

Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech, annotated

By Joseph Cariz, Taylor Leighton, Adam Thorp• July 29, 2016

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Thompson's first role: factory worker

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