CNN: 'Here's what actually happened in Bowling Green'

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Updated 11:43 AM ET, Fri February 3, 2017
There was never a "Bowling Green massacre."

Here's what happened: In 2011, two Iraqi men were arrested on charges related to terrorism in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They were later convicted of trying to get weapons and money from the United States to al Qaeda in Iraq. They were also convicted of helping al Qaeda carry out attacks on American troops in Iraq.

In fact, the two men never plotted any attacks inside the United States, according to the head of the Justice Department's National Security Division at the time.

The discovery of these two men prompted the Obama administration to make temporary changes to the way Iraqi refugees and visa applicants were admitted into the United States.

But in defending the new travel ban on immigrants and refugees, Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway cited a nonexistent "Bowling Green massacre" in an interview Thursday.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/bowling-green-not-massacre-terrorists-trnd/

For those of you, like me, who'd forgotten about it

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1. :(

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6. Stealing...

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7. "never remember"

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8. OMG, I want one of those for my car.

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2. Media silence about something that didn't happen

The media's silence about something that didn't happen (the already-infamous Bowling Green Massacre) doesn't excuse the Trump administration's silence about something that did happen (the Quebec City shooting spree by a white supremacist Trump fan). And before any trolls try to excuse that silence because it didn't happen in the U.S., Trump has been more than happy to comment on events in France, Germany, Syria, and elsewhere when it suits his purpose. The only reason Trump hasn't been tweeting up a storm about Quebec City is because the perpetrator is too ideologically close to his administration. Therefore, the victims of Alexandre Bissonette's rampage aren't deserving of presidential notice.

This official response (or lack thereof) is one way you can determine whether victims' lives matter or not.

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3. In a post-truth Administration, what place is there for fact?

How dare you attempt to introduce reality into the reality television Trump Presidency?

Recommended.

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4. K&R

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5. Just look what those terrorists did to the Corvette Museum