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At what point does the American public wake up and realize we are being fed a constant stream of lies by the current administration?
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Arkansas Online, 13 Jan. 2026
Or just lie by the pool and soak up the splendour of it all.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Jan. 2026
In Berkeley, Daniel Ellsberg exposed government lies by releasing the Pentagon Papers.
—Tom Debley, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
It is entirely based on Hamas’s campaign of lies and the laundering of those lies by others.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 13 Jan. 2026
Or just lie by the pool and soak up the splendour of it all.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Jan. 2026
In Berkeley, Daniel Ellsberg exposed government lies by releasing the Pentagon Papers.
—Tom Debley, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
It is entirely based on Hamas’s campaign of lies and the laundering of those lies by others.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Lie by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20by. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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