Snopes Debunker - Our Ed Balls Day gaffes roundup, that "California teacher" viral immigration post rumor, and Bill Clinton's photo with Epstein and Maxwell

​ THURSDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker April 28, 2022 Trouble Reading? View in Your Browser Today: Our Ed Balls Day gaffes roundup, that "California teacher" viral immigration post rumor, and Bill Clinton's photo with Epstein and Maxwell ​ Ed Balls Day Is Upon Us! Here Are the 8 Strangest Online Political Gaffes April 28 is “Ed Balls Day” — a weird and wonderful unofficial holiday for political nerds with a sense of humor. That was the date, back in 2011, when the prominent English Labour MP Ed Balls published a tweet that consisted entirely of the words “Ed Balls.” (He didn’t know how Twitter worked and started by simply typing his name in the tweet field.) Eleven years on, and no longer active in politics, Balls still hasn’t deleted the tweet, whose deadpan absurdity continues to delight and bemuse successive generations.  Dan MacGuill reports. Read Now Keep Snopes Debunking Show your support for Team Snopes by making a one-time contribution today. $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 $200 ​View More Options Fact Checks and Original Reporting Did a ‘California Teacher’ Pen a Viral Post About Immigration? A more than decade-old screed about immigration reemerged on Facebook in 2022. Read Story. Was Bill Clinton Photographed with Epstein and Maxwell at the White House? We turned to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum to learn more. Read Story. Did Ghislaine Maxwell Attend Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding? We were asked by our readers if convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell truly was photographed near former U.S. President Bill Clinton as he walked his daughter down the aisle at her wedding. Read Story. Latest Fact Checks News About 6M Californians Ordered to Cut Water Use Amid Drought The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California declared a water shortage emergency. Read More In NYC, Ads for Jobs Will Have to Say What They Pay Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City. Read More Survivors Unite to Deliver Message on Holocaust Remembrance Holocaust survivors across the world have united to deliver a message on the dangers of unchecked hate and the importance of remembrance at a time of rising global antisemitism. Read More

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