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​ Snopes Debunker 19 October 2021 Tonight: Gabby Petito's final text message, supply chain disruptions and communist plots, Canada's chant ban rumor, and Eric Trump holds a shovel ​ Does STAN Stand for ‘Send The Authorities Now’? Last month, internet users were made aware of the final text message sent by Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman who was found dead after going missing in Wyoming, when a search warrant filed by authorities in Florida to search the home of her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, was made public.  The text message, sent on Aug. 27 to Petito’s mother, read: “Can you help Stan, I just keep getting his voicemails and missed calls.”  Internet users quickly invented their own interpretations of the text, claiming that “STAN” was an acronym for “Send The Authorities Now.” Dan Evon 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 Are Container Ship Backups and Supply Chain Disruptions a Communist Plot? Rumors abound that October 2021 supply chain interruptions across the U.S. were deliberate. Read Story. Did Canada Ban ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Chants? Conservative Trump supporters aren't cheering on random Brandons. Read Story. Does Eric Trump Know the Front End of a Shovel? A meme attempting to mock Eric Trump's intelligence used a doctored photograph to make its point. Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks Entertainment Rumors, legends, and lore about Hollywood, the entertainment industry, and its many stars. Read More News Grammys Release Inclusion Requirement to Ensure Diverse Show The Grammys will stick to its word with the public release of the full inclusion rider to ensure equity and inclusion in hiring on all levels of production for next year’s ceremony. Read More France Returns Marble Angels Stolen from Italy Church in ’89 A British art collector who bought a pair of 17th-century marble angels from an antiques shop has returned the winged “putti” to Italy’s art police after learning that they had been stolen from a church. Read More Israeli Scuba Diver Discovers Ancient Crusader Sword An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country's Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders. Read More

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