“he played the war card. Say he decided to declare war on Iran or decided really come out and do whatever he could to support Israel, which I would like him to do.”
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Sarah Palin
Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator, and author who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee with U.S. senator John McCain.
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2026· 13 entries
“s reluctance to support Trump for president. In early August, Palin said again that she supported Paul Nehlen, a little-known Republican challenger to Ryan, despite Trump”
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“the future of politics in America.”
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“call Obama out on his associations”
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“on behalf of candidates who believe in the right things, regardless of their party label or affiliation.”
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“very, very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing”
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“Many of these inquiries were completely appropriate. However, the serial nature of the contacts could be perceived as some kind of pressure, presumably at my direction.”
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“absolutely no pressure ever put on Commissioner Monegan to hire or fire anybody, at any time. I did not abuse my office powers. And I don”
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Yahoo: Democrat Mary Peltola beat Sarah Palin twice. Now she's trying to topple Alaska's Republican senator.
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Mshale: Life With Sarah Palin - A New Sitcom From FOX Swapped (g5optGANWn)
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Mshale: Diane Sawyer Interviews Sarah Palin Rory Mcilroy Pga Championship Preparation (xeTEeBOP72)
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jezebel.com: Sarah Palin Is Threatening to Re-Enter Politics
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Posts claiming that Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, or other celebrity women wore probably the smallest bikini In the world are real.” AI Slop.
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2025· 6 entries
The Guardian: Sarah Palin loses retrial of defamation case against New York Times
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A federal jury found the Times was not liable for defamation against Palin
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New York Post: Sarah Palin says NYT editorial falsely linking her to mass shooting ‘kicks the oomph right outta ya’
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Yahoo: Sarah Palin tells defamation trial jury that Times editorial 'kicked the oomph' out of her
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The Guardian: Sarah Palin’s defamation suit retrial against the New York Times raises first amendment concerns
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The Guardian: Jury selected in retrial of Sarah Palin’s libel case against the New York Times
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2024· 5 entries
Yahoo: Sarah Palin appears miffed Trump isn’t nominating her for a cabinet spot
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CNN: Sarah Palin granted new trial in defamation lawsuit against the New York Times
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Yahoo Finance: Court revives Sarah Palin's libel lawsuit against The New York Times
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CNBC: Appeals court revives Sarah Palin defamation lawsuit against The New York Times — again
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New York Post: Sarah Palin scores victory with new trial in NY Times defamation case
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2023· 3 entries
The Guardian: Sarah Palin says US civil war ‘is going to happen’ over Trump prosecutions
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The Guardian: Sarah Palin denies then seems to confirm that Trumpism is a cult
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The Guardian: Sarah Palin says Ron DeSantis ‘should stay governor’ and not run for president
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2022· 11 entries
Election lost: 2022 House of Representatives candidacy.
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The Guardian: Sarah Palin loses Alaska special election to Democrat Mary Peltola
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The Guardian: Sarah Palin advances to November election for Alaska House seat
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The Guardian: Alaska election tests weight of Sarah Palin’s celebrity – and Trump’s sway
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The Guardian: Sarah Palin hits comeback trail with fellow loose cannon Trump at her side
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The Guardian: Sarah Palin leads in special primary for Alaska’s House seat in comeback bid
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The Guardian: Sarah Palin’s bid for new libel trial against New York Times thrown out
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Former president Donald Trump endorsed her run for the House of Representatives
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The jury reached a unanimous verdict in favor of The New York Times, finding that Palin had not proven actual malice
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Campaign: 2022 House of Representatives candidacy.
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Palin ran in the special election for Alaska's at-large congressional seat that was vacated after the death of Representative Don Young, but lost to Democrat Mary Peltola, who completed Young's unfinished term
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2020· 2 entries
Called for him to be pardoned, saying, "I am the first one to admit when I make a mistake and I admit that I made a mistake some years ago, not supporting Julian Assange, thinking that he was a bad guy”
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Palin competed in season three of The Masked Singer as "Bear"
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2018· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “During an interview Sarah Palin asked, "What has NATO ever done for us? Where were they in World War II, when America defeated the Nazis.”” False.
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2017· 5 entries
Claimed: “Says an Internet meme shows people rejoicing over the Paris agreement.” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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Snopes rated the claim “Sarah Palin said Obamacare made people irresponsible, and that people with Lyme disease should quit eating limes.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““Sarah Palin in a coma after hit and run.”” Pants on Fire.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Sarah Palin blamed the Fort Lauderdale shooting on "Mexican Muslim" immigrants.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “President-Elect Donald Trump appointed Sarah Palin Science and Technology Advisor.” False.
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2016· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Sarah Palin excused Donald Trump's lewd comments by saying 'real men talk dirty.'” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Donald Trump paid Sarah Palin $10 million for her endorsement.” False.
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Palin appeared as a guest panel on the Season 1 Finale of the ABC-rebooted Match Game
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2015· 3 entries
Published video “"Building America's Future" - The Documentary”.
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Published video “"Building America's Future" - The Trailer”.
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Published video “Thank A Vet!”.
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2014· 6 entries
Published video “Awakening 2014”.
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Election won: 2014 Alaska gubernatorial election endorsement.
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Published video “Announcing SarahPalinChannel.com”.
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Snopes rated the claim “Sarah Palin said Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may have disappeared "because it mistakenly flew too high and ended up in heaven."” False.
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Published video “Roaring to November”.
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Campaign: 2014 Alaska gubernatorial election endorsement.
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2013· 6 entries
Published video “Celebrating the Season”.
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Snopes rated the claim “Sarah Palin once said, "Thanksgiving is for real Americans, not Indians."” Originated as Satire.
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Published video “"Good Tidings and Great Joy" at Fort Benning, GA”.
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Published video “"Good Tidings and Great Joy" in Wausau, Wisconsin”.
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Published video “Just Sayin'”.
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Palin rejoined Fox News Channel as an analyst
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2012· 2 entries
Campaign: 2012 election cycle and candidacy speculation.
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With political pundits such as David Frum and Jonathan Chait identifying Palin as the front-runner
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2011· 3 entries
Palin said she had decided not to seek the Republican nomination for president
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Snopes rated the claim “During the 2008 presidential campaign, VP candidate Sarah Palin said: "I can see Russia from my house."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Palin was the keynote speaker at an annual tax day tea party rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, a conservative political advocacy group headquartered in Arlington, Virg
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2010· 5 entries
It was reported that SarahPAC and Palin's personal credit card information were compromised through cyber attacks
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Palin was the keynote speaker at the first Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tennessee
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When asked on Fox News whether she would run for president in 2012, she replied, "I would be willing to if I believe that it's right for the country
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“These include allowing for the state to pay legal costs for officials cleared of ethics violations; (and) allowing for a family member of the governor or lieutenant governor to travel at state cost in certain circumstances ...”
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Former congressman and influential TV host Joe Scarborough urged his party to dissociate itself from her
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2009· 7 entries
In an inaugural ceremony in Fairbanks upon Palin's resignation taking effect
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Palin announced that she would not run for reelection in the 2010 Alaska gubernatorial election and would resign before the end of the month
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Awarded Alaska Women's Hall of Fame (2009).
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Palin formed the political action committee, SarahPAC
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Commenting on Barack Obama that he would be her president and that she would assist in any way to bring progress to the nation without abandoning her conservative views
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Has campaigned for the fiscally conservative Tea Party movement
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“While we recognize the occurrence of these natural, cyclical environmental trends, we can't say with assurance that man's activities cause weather[sic][11] changes. We can say, however, that any potential benefits of proposed emissions reduction policies are far outweighed by their economic costs.”
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2008· 16 entries
The State of Alaska Personnel Board reported that there was no probable cause to believe that Palin or any other state official had violated state ethical standards
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The Alaska Legislative Council unanimously voted to release, without endorsing, the Branchflower Report, in which investigator Stephen Branchflower found that firing Monegan "was a proper and lawful exercise of her const
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Palin delivered a 40-minute acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention that was well received and watched by more than 40 million people
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Palin revealed that her daughter Bristol was pregnant and that she would marry the child's father, Levi Johnston
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Alaskans voted against ending the state's predator control program
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Steve Schmidt and a few other senior McCain campaign advisers discussed potential vice presidential picks with the consensus settling around Palin
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The Alaska Legislature hired an investigator, Stephen Branchflower, to review the Monegan dismissal
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Citing performance-related issues, such as not being "a team player on budgeting issues" and "egregious rogue behavior
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Palin declared that the people of Alaska "can and must continue to develop our economy, because we cannot and must not rely so heavily on federal government [funding]
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Palin vetoed $286 million, cutting or reducing funding for 350 projects from the FY09 capital budget
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As a candidate for vice president, Palin characterized her position as having told Congress "thanks, but no thanks, on that bridge to nowhere
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Campaign: 2008 vice presidential election.
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Prior to the 2008 Republican National Convention, a Gallup poll found that a majority of voters were unfamiliar with Sarah Palin.
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Wasilla's incumbent mayor credited Palin's 75 percent property tax cuts and infrastructure improvements with bringing "big-box stores" and 50,000 shoppers per day to Wasilla
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“can and must continue to develop our economy, because we cannot and must not rely so heavily on federal government [funding].”
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Palin supported NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia, and affirms that if Russia invaded a NATO member, the United States should meet its treaty obligations
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2007· 3 entries
Palin supported a 2003 Alaska Department of Fish and Game policy allowing the hunting of wolves from the air as part of a predator control program intended to increase moose and caribou populations for subsistence-food g
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Showed her with 93% and 89% popularity among all voters
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Traveled to Kuwait, where she visited the Khabari Alawazem Crossing at the Kuwait–Iraq border and met with members of the Alaska National Guard
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2006· 6 entries
Palin had run for governor with a "build-the-bridge" plank in her platform, saying she would "not allow the spinmeisters to turn this project
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Career landmark: Governor of Alaska (2006–2009).
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“How could I be the team mom if I was a U.S. Senator?”
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At age 42, she became the youngest person and the first woman to be elected governor of Alaska
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Running on a clean-government platform, Palin defeated incumbent governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican gubernatorial primary
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Palin obtained a passport
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2004· 2 entries
“[The Alaska Constitution is] my bible in governing. I try to keep it so simple by reading the thing and believing in it and living it. It's providential. Some of the crafters of the Constitution are still alive. They're my mentors, my advisers. I get to meet with these folks and ask, "What did you mean by this?" And it makes so much sense.”
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Palin told the Anchorage Daily News that she had decided not to run for the U
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2003· 1 entry
After an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor, she was appointed chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, responsible for overseeing the state's oil and gas fields for safety and efficiency
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2002· 3 entries
Palin ran for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, coming in second to Loren Leman in a five-way Republican primary
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Completed the second of the two consecutive three-year terms allowed by the city charter
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It was proposed that a for-profit prison corporation, Cornell Corrections, build a prison on Gravina Island
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1996· 2 entries
Defeating incumbent mayor John Stein by a 651–440 margin
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Career landmark: Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska (1996–2002).
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1987· 1 entry
Studied at University of Idaho, bachelor's degree (1986–1987).
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1985· 1 entry
Studied at Matanuska–Susitna College (1985–1985).
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1984· 1 entry
Palin won the Miss Wasilla beauty pageant; she finished third (as second runner-up) in the Miss Alaska pageant, where she won the title of "Miss Congeniality"
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1983· 1 entry
Studied at North Idaho College (1983–1983).
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1982· 2 entries
Palin enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Hilo
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Studied at Hawaii Pacific University (1982–1982).
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1964· 3 entries
Born 1964-02-11.
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“, LA Times A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what a ship is built for. Taken from a quote of Grace Hopper. Tropp, Henry S. (Fall 1984) .”
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“, The Guardian, December 21 2021 == Quotes about Palin == Alphabetized by surname. I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings. Roger Ailes to AP, quoted in Moore, Frazier (2011-10-05).”
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