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Qurious About QAnon? Get the Facts About This Dangerous Conspiracy Theory ​ Since its beginnings in 2016, QAnon has gone from a fringe conspiracy theory to practically a household name in mainstream politics. Just this past week, President Donald Trump called QAnon, which the FBI has identified as a domestic terrorist threat, a group of people who love their country.  So what exactly is QAnon? Where did it come from? And how dangerous are they really? Snopes’ Dan Evon has the answers to these questions, and many more. ​Read More Fact Checks Did a Netflix Film Poster Sexualize Young Girls? "Cuties," an award-winning French film about a group of young dancers, gained attention for all the wrong reasons in 2020. ✅ True Are These Victims Who Were ‘Beat Up by a BLM Hate Group’? Yet another meme sought to denigrate a particular group by using misrepresented photographs. ❌ False Did Steve Bannon Predict Obama Officials Would End Up in Jail? An old meme was recirculated in August 2020 after Bannon's arrest on fraud charges. ❌ False Is This a Picture of Biden and Harris in a Crowd Without Face Masks? Believe it or not, there was a time in the United States when face masks were not required to slow the spread of a deadly disease. ❌ False Is USPS Locking Mailboxes To Undermine 2020 Election? Mailbox rumors swirled in 2020, as did real concern about the U.S. Postal Service's ability to meet demand before the general election. ❌ Mostly False View Latest Fact Checks The Truth Never Looked So Good Buy a Snopes T-shirt and support our fact-checking efforts. Buy Now News Here’s How to Talk to Vaccine Skeptics With so much misinformation and disinformation out there, people are often overconfident about their ability to discern good from bad. Read More In DNC Speech, Boy Says Biden Helped Him Overcome Stutter Thirteen-year-old Brayden Harrington and Joe Biden met at a February CNN town hall, where Biden spoke about overcoming a severe childhood stutter. Read More Postmaster Says Ballots No. 1 Priority, but Details No Plan The outcry over mail delays and warnings of political interference have put the Postal Service at the center of the nation's tumultuous election year. Read More Delta Bans Purported bin Laden Killer for Not Wearing a Mask A former Navy SEAL who has said he killed Osama bin Laden has been banned by Delta Air Lines after removing his face mask during a flight. Read More Goodyear: Attire Supporting Police OK, But No Political Wear The CEO of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. said that the company will allow employees to wear attire supporting law enforcement, though it will continue to ask them not to express support for any political candidates while on the job. Read More

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Staff Pick ​ Did the Obama Administration Remove USPS Mailboxes? The removal of U.S. Postal Service mailboxes under the previous administration did not indicate a political agenda. Read More