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This week we have stories about Russians, Republicans, and Obama's tie.

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This incorrect claim was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference with President Donald Trump. [PolitiFact searched through financial records](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jul/16/vladimir-putin/putins-pants-fire-claim-about-400-million-donation/) and found the donation amount to Clinton and the DNC from Browder (a Kremlin enemy) was a total of $315,000.

It's fake!

Bill Browder's associates donated over $400 million to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

Lizzie Purbrick wrote messages like “whore,” “lady slut,” and “big dick lord,” and drew a penis on the floor after catching him cheating on her, [the Guardian reports](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/17/ex-olympian-admits-daubing-tory-peers-home-with-pig-blood).

It's real!

A former Olympian wrote lewd messages on her former partner's home in pig blood.

The image has been photoshopped, as the original image clearly shows no tie grab, [Snopes reports.](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-obama-tie-pull/)

This is a real image of Putin pulling former president Barack Obama's tie.

The sarcophagus [has been opened](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/sarcophagus-opened-egypt-alexandria) and now we have 2,000-year-old bone soup.

This is picture of the 2,000-year-old sarcophagus that was just opened.

Bobby Wilson told the story of defending himself against an alleged attacker without mentioning [the person he killed was his mom.](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/republican-candidate-arizona-gun-rights-story)

A Republican candidate killed his mom in self-defense and used the story to defend gun rights.

Although the woman in the photo may look like Butina, the red-haired woman in the picture [is actually an NSC staffer](https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/1019210350867156992).

This is a photo of Maria Butina, the Russian woman charged with being an unregistered foreign agent.

The 56-year-old incoming CEO spins dubstep, [CNBC reports](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/16/goldman-sachs-ceo-david-solomon-djs-around-the-world.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain).

Future Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon is also a DJ who goes by the monicker DJ D-Sol.

Don't worry — it will get better. Do some reading and stay vigilant. Better luck next week.

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<p>Goldman Sachs's, Bill Browder's, and DJ D-Sol's names were misspelled in an earlier version of this post.</p>

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