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Study Finds Trump Primary Source Of COVID Disinfo

The New York Times reports: Of the flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and falsehoods seeding the internet on the coronavirus, one common thread stands out: President Trump. That is the conclusion of researchers at Cornell University who analyzed 38 million articles about the pandemic in English-language media around the world. Mentions of Mr. Trump made up nearly 38 percent of …

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Portland Sheriff: Trump Lied, I Never Supported Him

Fox News sadly reports: The sheriff of Multnomah County, Ore., which includes Portland, emphatically denied supporting President Trump on Tuesday evening — shortly after the president made the claim during his debate against Democrat Joe Biden. Trump mentioned the sheriff while touting support from law enforcement across the country during his first presidential debate with Biden. “We just got the …

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Insane Lie: I Made Insulin “So Cheap It’s Like Water”

STAT News reports: Not only has he lowered drug prices, President Trump claimed in the first 15 minutes of Tuesday’s debate — but he has helped lower the price of insulin, specifically, so that it is so cheap that it’s “like water.” In reality, insulin still retails for roughly $300 a vial. Most patients with diabetes need two to three …

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Trump Email: I Just Won The Debate, Send Money Now

“This debate will go down in HISTORY. I showed the American people that I will ALWAYS put America First no matter what and that I will NEVER stop working to Make America Great Again. “I know the Fake News media will only report LIES about the debate and how strong our movement is, which is why I was really disappointed …

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Trump Accuses Bloomberg Of “Bribing Ex-Prisoners”

Rolling Stone reports: The president seemingly does not care about the more than 200,000 Americans who have lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus, but we do know one thing he cares deeply about — his golf game. Before hitting the links at one own private golf courses in Virginia on Saturday — for the 298th time in …

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Trump “Strongly Demands” Joe Biden Take Drug Test

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump demanded Sunday that his Democratic rival Joe Biden take a drug test either before or after the pair’s first debate on Tuesday, in his latest salvo against his opponent’s mental acuity. “I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to, or after, the Debate on Tuesday night,” Trump …

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Trump: Lincoln “Wasn’t Big On The Hispanic Movement”

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump said at a campaign rally Friday that Abraham Lincoln “wasn’t big on the Hispanic movement” in an apparent attempt to praise himself. Repeating his claim that he’s done more for minority communities than any other American leader, Trump tooted the results of his campaign events in Florida with leaders of the Hispanic community. …

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Trump Again Ridicules Biden For Wearing A Face Mask

The New York Daily News reports: President Donald Trump again mocked Joe Biden for wearing a mask and asked a crowd in Pittsburgh why the Democrat would spend “all that money on the plastic surgery” to cover up his face. “He feels good about the mask,” Trump riffed. “I wonder in the debate, it will be him and I on …

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Trump: Protesters Are Throwing Cans Of Bumble Bee

The Insider reports: President Donald Trump made a bizarre claim Tuesday, without evidence, that protesters against police brutality in Minnesota and Chicago threw cans of “tuna fish and soup” at law enforcement officers. At his campaign rally in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Trump alleged that protesters in Minnesota and Chicago had wielded cans, specifically the brands Goya Foods and Bumble Bee …

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Trump: Coronavirus “Affects Virtually Nobody” [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: In front of a crowd of mostly maskless supporters not adhering to social distancing in Swanton, Ohio, Trump suggested only older Americans with heart problems and preexisting conditions truly need to fear the virus. “It affects elderly people, elderly people with heart problems and other problems. That’s what it really affects,” the president said. “In some …

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Trump Implies He Could Win US Open Golf Tournament

Roll Call reports: President Donald Trump is a member at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York, where the U.S. Open is being contested this week. It’s a notoriously tough layout — but Trump is claiming he routinely scores well enough that he probably should have entered the tournament. Appearing on Fox Sports Radio Thursday morning, the president was asked …

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Trump: We May Never Know Who Really Won Election

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump baselessly questioned the validity of the November 3rd general election in a Thursday morning tweet that criticized what he called “unsolicited ballots,” and cited the efforts of the pro-Trump political group True the Vote. The two-part tweet came shortly after a Fox & Friends segment aired an interview with Catherine Engelbrecht, founder, and president of …

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Trump Tells American Jews: “We Love Your Country”

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports: President Donald Trump spent much of his 20-minute call with American Jewish leaders making the case for more American Jews to vote for him. “We really appreciate you,” Trump said as he signed off the call, an annual pre-Rosh Hashanah presidential tradition. “We love your country also.” Earlier, introducing his Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who …

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Twitter Flags Another Trump Tweet As “Manipulated”

Here we go again with Trump and fake videos: President Trump shared a fake video Wednesday morning that made it seem Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was playing the NWA song “F— tha Police.” It’s the latest example of Trump retweeting a fake, doctored or manipulated image or message from his Twitter account. It comes as the president is leaning …

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Trump: COVID Will Disappear Due To “Herd Mentality”

Forbes reports: During an ABC News town hall in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump once again insisted to host George Stephanopoulos that the Covid-19 coronavirus would just “disappear” even without a vaccine. This time he added a reason why this would occur. “You’ll develop, you’ll develop herd, like a herd mentality,” explained Trump. “It’s going to be, it’s …

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Trump Blames Biden For Lack Of National Mask Rule

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump participated in a town hall event held in Philadelphia Tuesday night, hosted by ABC News’ anchor George Stephanopoulos. Trump noted that he had worn a mask when in hospitals or other places, but immediately blamed the Democrats for not instituting a mask-mandate. “They said at the Democrat Convention…they’re going to do a national mandate, they …

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Trump Admits He Wanted To Assassinate Syria’s Assad

The Daily Beast reports: Back in 2018, when Bob Woodward first reported that President Donald Trump had ordered the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Trump baulked at the mere suggestion. “No, that was never even contemplated, nor would it be contemplated and it should not have been written about in the book,” he said at the time. Well, on …

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Trump Retweets Claim That Joe Biden Is A Pedophile

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump has been on Fox & Friends this morning. Among the tidbits are that he said he had read Bob Woodward’s book Rage last night, and that it was “boring”. The book runs to some 400 pages. The president promised there will be a coronavirus vaccine within “weeks”. “I’m not doing it for political reasons. I …

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Trump Promotes Tweet Calling Him A “Dictator Fanboy”

The New York Daily News reports: Spoiler alert: it’s not a compliment. President Trump promoted a tweet from a Daily Beast columnist that repeated his claim Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un are more mentally competent than Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. That tweet also mocked the president for fawning over tyrants. Trump, who has been …

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Trump Blames Wildfires On “Explosive Trees” [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor thanked the team working to protect California amid the wildfires, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), noting that the wet season will be coming to the state soon. Following Gaynor’s remarks, Wade Crowfoot, California Secretary for Natural Resources, urged the president to take climate change seriously in order to protect Californians in the future. “We …

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