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Lilly Maier, an intern for PolitiFact's national staff for Fall 2013, was a student at American University. Originally from Europe, she switches between writing in English and German.

Other publications include the Huffington Post and the Austrian daily newspaper Kurier. Previously, Maier worked for German and Austrian magazines, including News, Presse and Die Stadtspionin ("Cityspottergirl").

In 2007, she founded a bimonthly European youth magazine, Schnipsel ("papercuts"), that was awarded with funding by the European Union.

Featured Statements

Heritage Foundation
stated on December 5, 2013 in a tweet:

"FACT: Repealing Obamacare would be easier than repealing Prohibition."

By Lilly Maier • December 9, 2013
Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2013 in a meme on the Internet:

Says Vladimir Putin said, "President Obama and his fellow Democrats are either idiots or deliberately trying to destroy their own economy."

By Lilly Maier • December 5, 2013
Matthew Dowd
stated on November 24, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"Harry Reid was against (the nuclear option) before he was for it. Mitch McConnell was for it before he was against it. President Obama was against it before he was for it."

By Julie Kliegman • November 24, 2013
Barack Obama
stated on November 21, 2013 in speeches:

On changing the rules for filibusters on presidential nominees

By Lilly Maier • November 22, 2013
Mitch McConnell
stated on November 21, 2013 in speeches:

On changing the rules for filibusters on presidential nominees

By Lilly Maier • November 22, 2013
Harry Reid
stated on November 21, 2013 in speeches:

On changing the rules for filibusters on presidential nominees

By Lilly Maier • November 22, 2013
Facebook posts
stated on October 1, 2013 in viral posts on the Internet:

Says a man opted out of Obamacare after the marketplace launched on Oct. 1, 2013, and was informed he owed a $4,000 fine.

By Lilly Maier • October 4, 2013
Ted Yoho
stated on September 4, 2013 in an interview on Fox Business Network:

Chemical weapons have been used "probably 20 times" since the Persian Gulf War.

By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2013

The year in social media claims, from True to Pants on Fire

By Louis Jacobson • December 26, 2013
Would repealing Obamacare be easier than repealing Prohibition?

By Lilly Maier • December 10, 2013
Flip-flopping on the filibuster

By Becky Bowers • November 22, 2013
Viral Facebook post says Obamacare fines to be seized from bank accounts

By Lilly Maier • October 7, 2013
Syrian rebels include extremists, but how many?

By Lilly Maier • September 30, 2013
Has Russia vetoed even simple U.N. press releases about Syria?

By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013