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Search results for "Jury awards 11.8 million to Dodgers fan blinded by LAPD during World Series celebration"

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Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet:
Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”
By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• June 19, 2023
George Will stated on June 06, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2010
Mitt Romney stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg:
The Red Sox waited "87 long years" to win the World Series.
By Bill Adair• November 29, 2007
John Chiang stated on May 12, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles)  ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk."
By Chris Nichols• May 16, 2018
Facebook posts stated on May 01, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video showing celebrities, politicians and other notable figures with black eyes proves they are part of the Illuminati.
By Jeff Cercone• August 10, 2023
Liberals Are Cool stated on March 17, 2013 in an Internet meme:
"Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers."
By Caryn Shinske• March 24, 2013
X posts stated on November 01, 2022 in viral tweet:
Thunderous crowd at Philadelphia Phillies game “literally registering on the Penn State University Brandywine seismograph station.”
By Michael Majchrowicz• November 3, 2022
Viral image stated on February 08, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Michelle Obama earned a doctorate after leaving the White House.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 9, 2021
TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video:
"Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!”
By Jeff Cercone• August 22, 2023
Instagram posts stated on November 06, 2024 in an Instagram post:
President-elect Donald Trump “has been to Epstein’s island”
By Caleb McCullough• November 8, 2024
David Alameel stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:
Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.
By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2014
Viral image stated on July 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows Portland protesters pointing lasers at federal officers.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 30, 2020
Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2024 in a post:
A jury “ordered Disney and Lucasfilm to pay” actor Gina Carano $115 million.
By Grace Abels• July 1, 2024
Bloggers stated on January 09, 2017 in a headline:
Says "Meryl Streep just got fired from a major project for lying about Trump."
By Joshua Gillin• January 31, 2017
Donald Trump stated on September 05, 2018 in a tweet:
"Someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?"
By Louis Jacobson• September 5, 2018
Aaron Lieberman stated on April 28, 2022 in an ad:
"Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination."
By Tom Kertscher• May 12, 2022
Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:
"In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation."
By Chris Nichols• October 18, 2017
Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Amy Coney Barrett overturned a $6.7M verdict after a prison guard repeatedly raped a 19-year-old inmate who was 8 months pregnant.”
By Jeff Cercone• March 29, 2022
Facebook posts stated on September 05, 2022 in a video on Facebook:
Joe Biden called Pope Francis the “famous African American baseball player in America."
By Andy Nguyen• September 13, 2022
X posts stated on June 14, 2025 in an X post:
Video shows the New York Mets “showed a Pride flag instead of the American flag” during the national anthem.
By Gabrielle Lazor• June 17, 2025

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By John Kruzel• August 10, 2017

Can the president pardon himself? 4 questions about the presidential pardon

By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• July 21, 2017

Mailbag: 'I am so very disappointed'

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2017

Pondering the perfect game of 1956

By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2010

A Nobel Prize and a horse dewormer: Explaining the controversy over ivermectin and COVID-19

By Tom Kertscher• September 8, 2021

Were Donald Trump, John Cornyn 'draft dodgers'?

By W. Gardner Selby• July 22, 2015

Was Trump a 'draft dodger'?

By Jon Greenberg• July 22, 2015

Did Obama balk on Series?

By Robert Farley• October 21, 2008

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By Josie Hollingsworth• April 2, 2019

John Cornyn, draft dodger? That's Fatigues on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2014

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