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Search results for "Knifeman calling himself 'Lucifer' slashes three at NYC's Grand Central"

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Facebook posts stated on February 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Mitt Romney’s father “U.S. Senator George Romney, was a liberal Republican who had ties to Saul Alinsky, yes, the same dude who wrote the book, Rules For Radicals and dedicated to Satan.”
By Amy Sherman• February 7, 2020
Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The Vatican owns a telescope called Lucifer.
By Samantha Putterman• November 22, 2021
Viral image stated on June 26, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“‘LOL’ stands for ‘Lucifer our Lord.’ Satanists end their prayers by saying ‘Lucifer our Lord’.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 6, 2021
Facebook posts stated on May 05, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
“Se filtran fotos” de “satanista enseñando sus Rituales y Adoración a lucifer a niños en bibliotecas de Estados Unidos”.
By Marta Campabadal Graus• May 10, 2023
Greg Steube stated on December 04, 2019 in a House judiciary committee hearing:
"We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.
By Amy Sherman• December 10, 2019
Viral image stated on January 27, 2023 in an Instagram post:
A photo shows “Barack Obama dressed up as Baphomet (Lucifer).”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 27, 2023
Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump funded a Veterans Day parade 26 years ago in New York City after the city refused to pay.
By Samantha Putterman• September 17, 2020
Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.
By Ella Moore, Amy Sherman• June 26, 2025
Kyle Williams stated on May 06, 2014 in campaign fllier:
State Rep. Elena Parent "supported Governor Nathan Deal’s plan to slash the HOPE scholarship."  
By Eric Stirgus• May 13, 2014
Monica Wehby stated on January 10, 2014 in a town meeting in La Grande:
Some businesses in Oregon "are having to shrink back their businesses as a result of the law."
By Dana Tims• February 6, 2014
Rick Perry stated on June 04, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president:
"I deployed the Texas National Guard" to the Texas-Mexico border. "And the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent."
By Bradley Saacks• July 26, 2015
Barack Obama stated on October 03, 2012 in a presidential debate in Denver:
Says Romney wants to add $2 trillion to the defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
By Jon Greenberg• October 5, 2012
Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photos show Queen Elizabeth II was a “Luciferian.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 14, 2022
Ted Cruz stated on February 28, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press:
"There have been multiple media reports about (Donald Trump's) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia."
By Linda Qiu• March 2, 2016
TikTok posts stated on June 05, 2020 in on social media:
“Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825.
By Hannah Roesch, Julia Schneider• August 12, 2020
Marco Rubio stated on February 27, 2015 in a speech at CPAC:
"There are at least three sectors of the border, one in particular, that are just completely insecure."
By Steve Contorno• March 5, 2015
Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Elon Musk has invented a small gadget to slash energy bills.
By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 15, 2024
Nancy McFarlane stated on November 06, 2017 in on a mailer:
Charles Francis "vows to slash funding for parks and open space."
By Paul Specht• November 6, 2017
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on September 17, 2020 in a campaign website:
Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”
By Amy Sherman• September 30, 2020
Phil Gingrey stated on July 07, 2014 in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Amid the "crisis at our southern border," there are "reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus."
By Louis Jacobson• July 18, 2014

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