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​ THURSDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 12 August 2021 Tonight: Biden and the border, Facebook's continual COVID failures, and 'quarantine camps' in Tennessee ​ No, Biden Isn’t Letting Thousands of ‘Illegal Immigrants’ into US Without COVID Testing Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a debate has arisen over the influx of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border, and their alleged role in spreading the virus in the United States. Nur Ibrahim 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 Fails To Stem COVID Denialism Even as Delta Variant Surges We documented a sampling of Facebook posts, comments, and a group that continue to push anti-mask and anti-vaccine rhetoric, as well as COVID denialism. Read Story. No, Bill Lee Did Not Sanction ‘Quarantine Camps’ for Unvaccinated Tennesseans Pastor Greg Locke either fundamentally misunderstood, or grossly misrepresented, the contents of Executive Order 83, signed by the Republican governor in August 2021. Read Story. About That ‘Nazi Eagle’ on Donald Trump’s Cards Eagles are common in national symbology, including that of the United States. Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks Entertainment Rumors, legends, and lore about Hollywood, the entertainment industry, and its many stars. Read More News Republicans Take to Mask Wars As Virus Surges in Red States The party's base has opposed mask rules for more than a year and long recoiled at the word “mandate.” Read More Census Shows US Is Diversifying, White Population Shrinking The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. Read More More Than 9,000 Anti-Asian Incidents Since Pandemic Began​ The frequency of anti-Asian incidents reported in the United States so far this year seems poised to surpass last year despite months of political and social activism. Read More Britney Spears’ Father To Step Down from Conservatorship Britney Spears’ father said in a court filing Thursday that he is planning to step down from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years, but his departure is not imminent. Read More

View Latest News Staff Pick ​ The Do’s and Don’ts of Flu Prevention from 1918 A hundred years later and this simple advice still rings true. Read More