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Search results for "The Chiefs have selected LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier at No. 249"

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Facebook posts stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has left training camp and says he will ‘not play another down in the NFL’ until the team changes their name.”
By Jason Asenso• July 28, 2021
Tommy Tuberville stated on February 03, 2025 in an interview on "The Megyn Kelly Show" podcast:
As head football coach at Texas Tech University, “I recruited (Patrick Mahomes) ... I’ve got to be very good friends with him.”
By Madison Czopek• February 9, 2025
Major Garrett stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"It's been nearly three weeks since the president has commented" on questions about possible hidden wait lists at veterans hospitals.
By Jon Greenberg• May 20, 2014
Thomas Garrett Jr. stated on January 11, 2016 in a radio interview.:
"A (state) trooper with 10 years on the force is getting $500 a year more than a trooper with 10 minutes on the force."
By Sean Gorman• February 1, 2016
Facebook posts stated on January 02, 2025 in a post on Facebook:
“DEAL DONE: New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson make(s) a handshake deal of $789.5 million contract with former Saints QB Drew Brees as new general manager following Mickey Loomis departure…”
By Madison Czopek• January 8, 2025
Thomas Garrett Jr. stated on April 02, 2014 in an op-ed.:
Federal money for Medicaid expansion "is guaranteed for a few years and then goes away."
By Sean Gorman• April 13, 2014
Herb Garrett stated on August 03, 2012 in a letter:
Says Georgia will send more state money per child to state charter schools and that budget cuts are not applied to those charter schools.
By Eric Stirgus• September 11, 2012
Scott Garrett stated on February 15, 2012 in a radio interview:
Says "half the Americans don't pay any income taxes."
By Bill Wichert• February 29, 2012
Nicholas Kristof stated on December 04, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa."
By Jon Greenberg• December 17, 2014
Scott Garrett stated on July 29, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com:
"The president’s health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board — a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats — to slow the growth of Medicare spending."
By Erin O'Neill• August 3, 2012
TikTok posts stated on July 09, 2024 in a TikTok video:
"Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa” had a “front-row seat” reserved at Donald Trump’s Miami rally.
By Jeff Cercone• July 10, 2024
Viral image stated on February 09, 2025 in a Threads post:
Video shows President Donald Trump was “booed at the Super Bowl.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 11, 2025
Thomas Garrett Jr. stated on April 02, 2014 in an op-ed.:
"Last year the (Medicaid Fraud Control Unit) in Virginia alone recovered over $200 million!"
By Sean Gorman• May 12, 2014
Joel Klatt stated on January 29, 2014 in a Fox Sports panel about Super Bowl XLVIII:
Says Marshawn Lynch is "second all-time in terms of average yards per rush only to Terrell Davis."
By Katie Sanders• January 31, 2014
Facebook posts stated on January 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo from JFK airport shows "our troops leaving to protect each one of us and our country."
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 6, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Joe Biden received a military funeral service Jan. 20, 2021
By Samantha Putterman• April 4, 2023
Barack Obama stated on December 03, 2009 in comments at the White House:
When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 7, 2009
Chris Garrett and Bill Kennemer stated on June 13, 2012 in a commentary article.:
Say "this biennium, liquor sales account for nearly $1 billion in the state budget."
By Ian K. Kullgren• June 14, 2012
Marshall Faulk stated on January 28, 2014 in comments on the NFL Network:
Quarterbacks "won the (Super Bowl) MVP more than 50 percent of the time."
By Katie Sanders• January 30, 2014
Mark Cuban stated on June 30, 2017 in a tweet:
"Twitter reaches only 15 percent of the population."
By W. Gardner Selby• July 26, 2017

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Fact-checking claims about the VA wait lists

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2014

That viral tweet about mass shootings by country? It needs additional context

By Jon Greenberg• August 5, 2019

PunditFact fact-checks claims about VA wait lists

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• May 23, 2014

Hillary Clinton, Obama's VA silence, a Common Core claim in flames: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims• May 23, 2014

Mailbag: 'There has to be something worse than Pants on Fire'

By Shannon Beckham• May 26, 2014

White House construction: How Donald Trump’s ballroom compares with Barack Obama’s renovations

By Maria Briceño• October 31, 2025

Border Patrol encounters up because high level of migrants seeking to cross border multiple times

By Nusaiba Mizan• August 30, 2022

Fast and furious finish

By Bill Adair• December 31, 2007

UPDATED: Ted Cruz ad hearkens to Beto O'Rourke's 2009 call for debate on legalizing narcotics

By W. Gardner Selby• August 3, 2018

In Context: Tom Homan’s comments that ‘families can be deported together’

By Caleb McCullough• November 14, 2024

Checking up on Obama's campaign promises

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Erin Mershon, Lukas Pleva• June 25, 2010

Checking Ron Paul and Barack Obama on torture

By Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2011

Sorting fact from fiction on Election Day

By Bill Wichert• June 5, 2012

Explaining the many sides of Chief Black Hawk’s story

By Madison Black• June 28, 2021

Trump seeks to end cashless bail. What is it and which states might be affected?

By Loreben Tuquero• August 26, 2025

What's coming up on the Sunday talk shows

By Jon Greenberg• December 20, 2013

How the claims stacked up in 2014

By April Hunt• December 29, 2014

Obama's campaign promises: An update

By Louis Jacobson• December 16, 2009

Sen. Rick Scott says his GOP agenda didn’t call for a tax increase. Experts think it did

By Madison Czopek• February 25, 2022

PolitiFact Ohio selects the Top 10 for 2010

By Robert Higgs• December 27, 2010