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The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation [1] is a 2008 book by radio talk show host Michael Medved. The book reached #30 on the New York Times Best Seller List .
PolitiFact, [132] which awarded Trump its "Lie of the Year" in 2015, [133] 2017 [134] and 2019. [135] FactCheck.org, [136] which dubbed Trump the "King of Whoppers" in 2015. [137] The Washington Post said in January 2020 that Trump had made more than 16,241 false or misleading claims as president, [138] an average of about 15 such statements ...
J. Irving Whalley (R-PA) received suspended three-year sentence and fined $11,000 in 1973 for using mails to deposit staff salary kickbacks and threatening an employee to prevent her from giving information to the FBI. [228] Martin B. McKneally (R-NY) was placed on one year's probation and fined $5,000 in 1971 for failing to file income tax ...
The book presents and discusses conspiracy theories related to several notable events in the history of the United States, with the first edition covering fourteen events and their conspiracies. [4] The book opens with a quote from Albert Einstein that reads "A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth". [5]
The scheme continued after Grant’s re-election, being “a purely criminal enterprise, defrauding the federal treasury of an estimated $1.5 million a year.” A special prosecutor was appointed ...
By tackling waste and protecting taxpayer resources, this administration could rebuild public trust while saving hundreds of billions of dollars.
Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past is a book of essays by 20 leading historians and other academics debunking popular beliefs regarding events in American history, as well as more contemporary issues. The book was published by Basic Books in early 2023.
By 1933, the organization claimed to have sorted through 1,500 entries in the "contest" for biggest lie in America, to select the winner. [1] [5] By the 60th year, the contest had become "international." [6] [3] In 1980, the club was abandoned, but revived in 1981, and during the 1980s repeatedly received over 300 submissions a year. [2] [7]