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Here are a few recent examples of your tax dollars at work. This week, the Trump administration distributed:

-- Multiple tweets from the president that tried (and failed) to justify his incorrect claims that Alabama was, as of Sunday, at risk of being "hit" by Hurricane Dorian.

-- A misleading statement from Trump's homeland security adviser that attempted to justify Trump's falsehoods

-- An op-ed by Stephanie Grisham and Hogan Gidley attacking the Post. The op-ed contained multiple errors.

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