Snopes.com - AOC challenger promoted and attended Capitol riot, a new Facebook investigation, White House staff vaccination requirements, and forced vaccination rumors in Australia

​ SATURDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 28 August 2021 This Week: AOC challenger promoted and attended Capitol riot, a new Facebook investigation, White House staff vaccination requirements, and forced vaccination rumors in Australia ​ AOC Challenger Tina Forte Promoted and Attended Jan. 6 Capitol Riot During a recent investigation into QAnon activity on Facebook, our research led us to social media accounts managed by Republican congressional challenger Tina Forte, which included heavy promotion of the deadly Jan. 6 “Save America” rally, the event that resulted in the Capitol riot that left law enforcement officers bloodied. Five people died just before, during, or after the riot, and dozens were injured. Forte is running in 2022 to claim the New York seat in Congress currently held by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Jordan Liles reports. Read More URGENT: Save Our Snopes Dear Debunker readers, Four years ago, we launched a GoFundMe campaign to fight off legal threats, SLAPP lawsuits, and a takeover attempt by hostile shareholders. Many of you stood up and helped, and we cannot tell you how much we appreciate it. We thought we’d have good news to share with you by now, but that is unfortunately not the case. Although every major court ruling has been in our favor so far, the point of these lawsuits has been — always — to bleed Snopes dry. Now, on the verge of trial, the years of constant legal battles have your favorite fact-checkers in need of rescue. That’s why we launched one more campaign to Save Our Snopes. Will you help us? Contribute Fact Checks and Original Reporting Facebook Page with Russian Name Posted Altered Fox News Videos, Earning Tens of Millions of Views It's not everyday that a Facebook page pushing disinformation involves three foreign countries and a Spanish-language telenovela. Read Story. Walmart ‘GALE’ Receipts Are Outdated Isolated cashiers' errors in 2019 continue to stir up concerns in 2021. Read Story. White House Staff Are Not Required To Get Vaccinated for COVID However, a vaccine mandate for federal employees states that they have to be regularly tested for the virus if they choose not to be vaccinated. Read Story. No, Australian Officials Did Not Say They Would ‘Seize’ and Forcibly Vaccinate 24K Kids Vaccine-skeptical outlets took a voluntary vaccination drive in New South Wales and distorted it into a barbaric (and fictional) incident of mass kidnapping and forced injection. Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks Entertainment Rumors, legends, and lore about Hollywood, the entertainment industry, and its many stars. Read More News Japan Suspends 1.63M Doses of Moderna over Contamination Japan suspended use of about 1.63 million doses of Moderna vaccine Thursday after contamination was found in unused vials, raising concern of a supply shortage as the country tries to accelerate vaccinations amid a COVID-19 surge. Read More Kabul Airport Attack Kills 60 Afghans, 13 US Troops Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. Read More Australian Mourns Beloved Aunt with Heart-Shaped Love Ewes Drone-shot video of pregnant ewes munching barley in a paddock while unwittingly expressing Ben Jackson’s affection for his beloved Auntie Deb was viewed by mourners at her funeral in the city of Brisbane . Read More

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