copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: claims that "Fight Club" contains the line, "We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like." (Viral quote, 2019-08-19)
Evidence (2022-03-30): Fight Club is one of the best movies ever made. Period. [...] It’s like the Universe was giving him a hint that all those people, who have lost everything dear to them or were suffering of terminal illness, who would have given anything to change places with Jack, had something that Jack needed. And Jack succumbed to the whole play. He succumbed into denial again, just to have his fix. But when Marla came into the scene, the smoke and mirrors of his denial broke down and he was forced to do what he has been running away from this whole time: facing reality, his existence, his life. [...] ..and the main line used to instigate to Project Mayhem: "We have no great war."
Claim: claims that "Fight Club" contains the line, "We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like." (Viral quote, 2019-08-19)
Evidence (2024-06-13): Fight Club is not a film about fighting: it’s a narrative about life, and it’s about ridding ourselves of the corporate and cultural influences (or perhaps the confluence of the two) that control our lives. Following are some of our favorite minimalist quotes from the film. [...] - Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. Goddammit, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables—slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man: No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war; our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.
Claim: claims that "Fight Club" contains the line, "We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like." (Viral quote, 2019-08-19)
Evidence (2019-09-05): A post shared on Facebook claims that "Fight Club" contains the line, "We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like." [...] The website Quote Investigator traced the earliest strong match for the statement back to a 1928 newspaper column by American humorist and journalist Robert Quillen, though elements of the quote appeared earlier. In that column, he defined "Americanism" as "using money you haven’t earned to buy things you don’t need to impress people you don’t like." [...] The quote was likely attributed to "Fight Club" because it sounded like something that might have been said in the book or movie, according to Quote Investigator. At one point in the book, a character says, "Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they don’t need. Generations have been working in jobs they hate, just so they can buy what they don’t really need."
Claim: claims that "Fight Club" contains the line, "We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like." (Viral quote, 2019-08-19)
Evidence (2023-12-03): You can apply the same phrase to your own life. [...] As the protagonist of the Fight Club film says: "we buy things we don’t need, with money we don’t have, to impress people we don’t like." [...] From the wisdom of Fight Club to that of Socrates: "the unexamined life is not worth living," he said once. I couldn’t agree more.
Claim: claims that "Fight Club" contains the line, "We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like." (Viral quote, 2019-08-19)
Evidence (2020-12-27): Reading and watching Fight Club was one of my eye-openers here, and I can never forget the very famous quote: [...] Although most of us grew up in the great luck of not having to experience any deficiency or lack of things they desperately needed; still we were raised with some beliefs, like ‘keeping stuff even for unlikely events is a good thing.’ We even have dedicated rooms in our houses for ‘stuff that we don’t regularly use’ like attics and basements. Storage room seems to be a significant advantage, even bigger than having room for yourself. All this represents your past, which you still want to hold in your hands. I am not talking about precious memories like family photos or practical things you need and use a few times a year (like a waffle maker or a drill). I am talking about the stuff we keep because something in us isn’t ready to let it go: We keep stuff: [...] And yet again, a Fight Club quote comes to my mind: We buy things we don’t need with money. We don’t have to impress people we don’t like.
Claim: claims that "Fight Club" contains the line, "We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like." (Viral quote, 2019-08-19)
Evidence (2016-04-21): 2) We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like. [...] Americanism: Using money you haven’t earned to buy things you don’t need to impress people you don’t like. [...] People often spend money on things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2023-02-25): Gaetz owned a share of the company, Caregivers, Inc., which received the $482,000 in PPP loan forgiveness. A Gaetz spokesperson told Check Your Fact that the company has since been sold, and Gaetz “retains no interest therein” via email.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2023-02-03): FACT CHECK: Did Matt Gaetz Have $482K In PPP Loans Forgiven Even Though He Doesn’t Own A Business? A post shared on Facebook purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness even though he "doesn’t own a business." [...] "Matt Gaetz opposes student loan forgiveness. Matt Gaetz had $482k in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans forgiven. Matt Gaetz doesn’t own a business," the post claims. A similar post on Twitter garnered over 340 retweets.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2021-04-09): House Ethics Committee Investigating GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz Of Florida [...] Congressional Republicans have largely remained silent over the allegations against Gaetz, a staunch ally and defender of former President Donald Trump's. [...] House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has said if the "serious" allegations are true, Gaetz would be removed from his committee assignments.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
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Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2021-02-26): Businesses linked to members of Congress received millions in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, according to CREW’s analysis of new data released by the Small Business Administration. Many of the lawmakers who benefited from PPP loans opposed legislation to make the program more transparent. [...] Caregivers Inc., a Pensacola-based company in which Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has reported holding between $100,001 and $250,000 in corporate stock, received a PPP loan valued between $350,000 and $1 million. [...] Following the Trump Administration’s repeated efforts to block transparency over PPP loans, CREW has submitted Freedom of Information Act requests seeking extensive data on the program, including details on loans awarded to businesses with congressional ties. CREW’s investigation remains ongoing.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2022-10-08): Gaetz’s attorney and the Justice Department declined to comment. Gaetz himself has long denied allegations that he had sex with a minor, that he ever transported the alleged victim across state lines to engage in prostitution or that he obstructed justice in an effort to cover up his actions — the three main potential crimes he has been investigated for, according to three sources familiar with those aspects of the case. [...] The potential witnesses in the federal government’s inquiry into Gaetz is not limited to Greenberg, the alleged victim and Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend. [...] Gaetz has attacked the Justice Department for not doing more to prosecute alleged co-conspirators who tried to shake down his wealthy father, former state Senate president Don Gaetz, for $25 million in return for securing a presidential pardon of the congressman in the sex crimes investigation. Gaetz’s father went to the FBI and wore a wire to catch the suspects — one of whom has since pleaded guilty.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2022-12-01): The ex-Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal investigation into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a former friend, was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor and other offenses. [...] His cooperation with federal officials could play a role in an investigation into whether Gaetz allegedly sex-trafficked a 17-year-old girl. Gaetz has denied all allegations of wrongdoing and previously said they were part of an extortion plot. No charges have been brought against the Republican congressman, who represents a large part of the Florida Panhandle.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2022-09-06): "Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven," read an Aug. 24 Instagram post that listed the names of 13 members of Congress, including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.. Alongside each name was a federal loan figure in the thousands or millions of dollars that had supposedly been canceled under that pandemic-era program. [...] Gaetz is a shareholder in Pensacola, Florida-based Caregivers Inc., which received a $475,932 Paycheck Protection Program loan. [...] Businesses owned by or associated with the politicians named in the post did receive Paycheck Protection Program loans. Businesses connected to two politicians named in the post received more than the Instagram post showed.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2023-01-31): CLAIM: Rep. Matt Gaetz had a $482,321 loan from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program forgiven even though he doesn’t own a company. [...] "Matt Gaetz had $482,321 in PPP loans forgiven," read a popular tweet that was copied and shared elsewhere on social media. "And Matt Gaetz doesn’t even own a company." "Start with Gaetz’ forgiven $450000 PPP loan," wrote another Twitter user in a response to news of the hearing. "He doesn’t have, run or own a business."
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2022-08-26): The White House on Thursday publicly called out Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Matt Gaetz (Fla.) and other Republican lawmakers who criticized student loan debt relief but benefited from debt forgiveness of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the pandemic. "Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven," the White House tweeted, sharing a link to the lawmaker complaining on Newsmax that it’s "completely unfair" for the government "just to say ‘ok’ your debt is completely forgiven." [...] PPP loans were introduced to support small businesses in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, and borrowers were eligible for loan forgiveness if they used at least 60% of the loan to fund staff wages.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2024-09-23): Newsweek sought email comment on Friday from Gaetz, who has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The allegations are contained in a federal lawsuit between Chris Dorworth, a lobbyist friend of Gaetz, and lawyers who represented Dorworth plus a 17-year-old girl, identified only as A.B. While Dorworth has withdrawn his original claim against his lawyers, they are suing the lobbyist for costs. [...] A woman, identified only as B.G. in court documents, made a sworn statement alleging Gaetz was there, contradicting a statement by Dorworth, who said Gaetz was not.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2022-08-25): According to the Center for American Progress (CAP) Action, a left-leaning lobby group, Greene is one of 13 Republican members of Congress who owns or partially owns a business that received a PPP loan that the Small Business Administration (SBA) ultimately forgave. Greene’s loan was reportedly worth $180,000. [...] Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) with a $476,000 loan [...] Republicans aren’t alone in the fact they received PPP loans and had them forgiven. Democrat members of Congress also utilized the tool for themselves or their families. Nancy Bass Wyden, wife of Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), received a $2.7 million PPP loan.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2024-06-18): WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee said Tuesday it is continuing to review several allegations against Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., including that he engaged in sexual misconduct and illegal drug use. [...] Gaetz, a top Donald Trump ally on Capitol Hill, has denied all allegations of wrongdoing. In a post on X on Monday night, Gaetz pointed out that past ethics investigations into him have resulted in "exoneration." [...] The FBI had spent years investigating Gaetz's personal conduct, specifically allegations that he was part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2024-06-18): Ethics probe into Matt Gaetz now reviewing allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday gave an unusual public update into its long-running investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., saying its review now includes whether Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct. [...] Gaetz has categorically denied all the allegations before the committee.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly received $482,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans "even though he doesn't own a business." (Post, 2023-02-25)
Evidence (2024-06-18): The House Ethics Committee is continuing to investigate Representative Matt Gaetz for allegations including that the Florida Republican "engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, dispensed special privileges and favors to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship, and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct." Steps being taken by the committee and announced on Tuesday follow years-long allegations against Gaetz that began on April 9, 2021. Members reviewed allegations, including sexual misconduct and/or illicit drug use, that he shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity, or impermissible gift. [...] Gaetz, in a post on X, said the allegations are part of a smear campaign that began under former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Claim: Donald Trump Claimed to not know who gave Fauci the commendation (Viral post, 2023-09-14)
Evidence (2023-09-14): The archived Trump White House website shows that a presidential commendation was given to Fauci by Trump.
Claim: Donald Trump Claimed to not know who gave Fauci the commendation (Viral post, 2023-09-14)
Evidence (2024-06-04): In response, journalists, politicians, and social media users skeptical of Trump's now rigid disavowal of Fauci began sharing the claim that, on his last full day in office, then-President Trump awarded the scientist with a presidential commendation: [...] In a September 2023 interview on SiriusXM's "The Megyn Kelly Show," Kelly asked Trump why he awarded Fauci with a commendation. "I don't know who gave him the commendation," Trump responded. "I really don't know who gave him the commendation. Someone probably handed him a commendation." [...] Regardless of his own personal recollection of his final days as president, there is, in fact, a record of Trump awarding a presidential commendation to Fauci on Jan. 19, 2021. As such, the claim is True.
Claim: Donald Trump Claimed to not know who gave Fauci the commendation (Viral post, 2023-09-14)
Evidence (2023-09-15): "I overrode many of the things he did," he claimed about Fauci, though we can’t think of one. "I was not a big fan of Fauci," Trump continued, even though he gave the doctor a presidential commendation. When reminded of that, he stammered, "Ah … I don’t know who gave him the commendation." It was Trump.
Claim: Donald Trump Claimed to not know who gave Fauci the commendation (Viral post, 2023-09-14)
Evidence (2020-07-29): Top US virus researcher Dr Anthony Fauci has called President Donald Trump's sharing of a video which included claims masks are not needed to fight Covid-19 "not helpful". [...] Late on Monday, Mr Trump also retweeted several tweets critical of Dr Fauci. But in Tuesday's briefing the president denied he was criticising the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, insisting: "I get along with him very well."
Claim: Donald Trump Claimed to not know who gave Fauci the commendation (Viral post, 2023-09-14)
Evidence (2024-06-03): After the subcommittee chairman, Rep. Brad Wenstrup of Ohio, thanked Fauci for his years of service Monday, Laura Loomer, a conservative provocateur who operates on the edges of Trump’s political operation, posted on social media: "Dr. Fauci is a criminal and needs to be treated like one. Not be thanked by the REPUBLICAN CHAIR of the Select subcommittee on coronavirus." [...] Kennedy isn’t the first to use Fauci in an attempt to drive a wedge between Trump and his base. During the GOP primary, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis regularly invoked the longtime public health expert to attack Trump from the right, noting the former president gave Fauci a commendation on his last day in office. Trumped claimed he didn’t know who gave Fauci the commendation, leading DeSantis to joke: "Is this the immaculate commendation or something like that? Did this just happen out of thin air?"
Claim: Donald Trump Claimed to not know who gave Fauci the commendation (Viral post, 2023-09-14)
Evidence (2020-10-06): Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious diseases expert, emphasized the dangers of Covid-19 on Tuesday, contradicting President Donald Trump's false claim that the coronavirus was only as deadly as the flu. [...] Asked about Trump's messaging, Fauci opted not to antagonize the president. [...] Fauci has previously disagreed with Trump, and survived a White House attempt to discredit him after he contradicted the president's more optimistic assessment of the progress of the pandemic.
Claim: Donald Trump Claimed to not know who gave Fauci the commendation (Viral post, 2023-09-14)
Evidence (2020-04-14): Anthony Fauci has been different from any other prominent official Donald Trump has dealt with in his time as president. The difference is that Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is not afraid. To put it in terms Trump might recognize: What the hell does he have to lose? This reality does not make it possible to predict what Trump will do with Fauci—fire him, ignore him, give him buddylike Hey, we see things differently respect, or something else. Nothing about Trump is predictable, except his reduction of all discourse to the two themes of his own greatness and the unfairness of his critics. [...] Fauci is a sophisticated bureaucratic operator, and he knows how to "tell them exactly what’s the truth" as tactfully as he can. In his repeated press-briefing "corrections" of Trump’s fantasies and misstatements, Fauci has made it sound as if he is saying, "Yes, and …" rather than "No, that’s nuts." His occasional face-palm moments while Trump is riffing are little glimpses of indiscipline while not at the microphone. Onstage he is honest and polite.
Claim: Donald Trump Claimed to not know who gave Fauci the commendation (Viral post, 2023-09-14)
Evidence (2023-09-14): Trump said he didn’t know who gave Fauci a commendation. Trump’s White House website says Trump did. [...] Former President Donald Trump said he doesn’t know who gave Dr. Anthony Fauci a presidential commendation. [...] Trump said, "I really don’t know who gave (Dr. Anthony Fauci) the commendation."
Claim: Donald Trump Claimed to not know who gave Fauci the commendation (Viral post, 2023-09-14)
Evidence (2023-09-15): Trump claims he doesn't know who gave Fauci presidential award. It was him Former President Donald Trump told Megyn Kelly he wasn't sure who gave Dr. Anthony Fauci a presidential commendation. The former president gave Fauci the award on his last day in office.
Claim: Donald Trump Claimed to not know who gave Fauci the commendation (Viral post, 2023-09-14)
Evidence (2024-06-07): WASHINGTON, DC: Prior to Dr Anthony Fauci's testimony before Congress about his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, an explosive claim arose - that former President Donald Trump awarded Fauci a presidential commendation on his final day in office in January 2021. [...] In response to Trump's dismissive comments, reports circulated online that on his final day as president in January 2021, Trump awarded Fauci a presidential commendation for his work on Operation Warp Speed, the federal initiative to rapidly develop Covid-19 vaccines. [...] When asked about this commendation in a 2023 interview, Trump expressed ignorance, stating, "I don't know who gave him the commendation I really don't know who gave him the commendation. Someone probably handed him a commendation."