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In 2013, during the Obama administration, the Department of Justice revealed that it had secretly obtained nearly two months of Associated Press telephone records from April–May 2012. The records covered 21 (often initially reported as “more than 20”) telephone lines, including:
- AP bureau/general office lines in Washington, New York and Hartford
- The AP line in the House of Representatives press gallery
- Work numbers of individual AP reporters/editors
- Some reporters’ personal/home and cellphone numbers
The affected offices employed more than 100 journalists, although that doesn't mean the government obtained the individual records of 100 reporters. The Associated Press
The important distinction is that this was not established to be wiretapping or listening to reporters' conversations. The DOJ obtained telephone metadata/toll records—information such as numbers called or calling, timing and duration—not the contents of the conversations. AP's contemporaneous reporting explicitly said there was no indication that actual conversations were monitored.

That's in addition to another false claim made in a post where you claim Hilary Clinton suggested Assange be droned - there is no record of that at all.

but what about

In September 2026, the Iowa Farmers Union (IFU) officially endorsed a full slate of Democratic candidates for both federal and state-level elections. Group leadership stated that the candidates were scored and selected based on their commitment to family farmers regarding critical issues like corporate consolidation, unfair trade policies, rural healthcare, and water quality.

Dale is a CNN Senior Reporter.


Soon to be another "Very Fine People" and "Bloodbath" Hoax.


It's headlines like this that continue ton ruin the Democratic Party and the trust in media.



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At least some are responsible and correcting their articles.

And then there is this......

Another BS headline.

The Context for Trump’s ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles, San Diego Remarks
https://www.factcheck.org/2026/10/the-context-for-trumps-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego-remarks/

Another writer walks it back.....

Clowns.....

Oh the irony, as you like to say.

Wonder what Faux and company would have made of the same word Salad if Biden had mumbled it and said something like "Texas" instead of San Diego or LA?

And while several media outlets retracted the headlines with a correction - I don't remember any retraction or acknowledgement from the media or posters who claimed $50 million USAID was for condoms for Hamas.

j/c:

I don't say this often, but good on CNN and MSNOW for removing anything related to this fake nonsense this morning. On both main pages and other pages I viewed, I don't see anything about this.

Again, good on them.

It's funny how they spend an entire day making excuses for what trump said..... again......................

Did Trump say of Iran, 'Let 'em take out' LA and San Diego?

The White House rejected claims that Trump suggested the cities' destruction would be a small price to pay for ending the Iran war.

While speaking about the Iran war on Oct. 5, U.S. President Donald Trump said, "They [Iran] can take out a city. Let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay and it's going to be over with very soon."

Rating: Correct Attribution

Trump said these words during an unscripted, tangential portion of a speech he gave at a Nebraska political rally. Many people, including high-level Democratic politicians and pundits, appeared to interpret him as saying the destruction of two large California cities would be a small price to pay for ending the war. White House spokesperson Steven Cheung replied on X that, on the contrary, Trump "was clearly stating U.S. cities would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn't been stopped."

On Oct. 5, a rumor circulated online that, while speaking at a rally, U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran could "take out" Los Angeles or San Diego and that it would be a "very small price to pay" amid the war on Iran.

The joint U.S.-Israel military operation has killed thousands of Iranians, beginning with the assassination of Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, on Feb. 28, 2026. According to an October poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, only 28% of Americans approve of how Trump is handling Iran, as the cost of gas and groceries continued to soar.

"Trump on Iran: Let 'em take out Los Angeles and San Diego, it's a small price to pay," one X post showing a video of Trump speaking was captioned (archived). It had more than 15 million views.



The video was authentic, and the quote was correctly attributed to Trump. While speaking about economic sacrifices during the war at a Nebraska rally on Oct. 5, Trump said (at 1:47:01):

I want to see a tremendous victory. You want to see a tremendous victory 'cause it verifies all the things we did. And again, remember, with the war it's just artificial. It's a little bit high, it's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay and it's going to be over with very soon. It's essentially almost over with and they might keep going a little long. You know, they always say they have a big threshold for pain — they need it, let me tell you, they need it. But it's gonna end very soon and it'll end one way or the other and your gas and your gasoline and all of the things.

California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and the mayors of Los Angeles and San Diego, denounced Trump's comments.

"After sending the National Guard and Marines to occupy California," Newsom posted on X, "Donald Trump is now saying our foreign enemies should 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego. He is deranged and dangerous."

We sought comment from the White House, which directed us to a statement on X (archived) by spokesperson Steven Cheung. Cheung wrote that Trump was "clearly" stating that "U.S. cities would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn't been stopped."



It was unclear what Trump was referring to when he made the comment about "a small price to pay" and the White House's response didn't provide further context.

For further reading, we've verified numerous authentic Trump quotes, including that he said the Iran war was "small potatoes" and that when speaking about Iran negotiations, he said, "I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-iran-take-out-la-san-diego/

Typical Republican nonsense. "We know what he said but we're going to translate that for you and tell you what we want you to believe he meant."