Snopes Debunker - Rumors about Thomas Paine, "Biden Bucks," and foil-wrapped doorknobs

​ THURSDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Sept. 15, 2022 Trouble Reading? View in Your Browser Today: Rumors about Thomas Paine, "Biden Bucks," and foil-wrapped doorknobs ​ Did Thomas Paine Write, ‘The Duty of a True Patriot Is to Protect His Country from Its Government’? Recently, a user on the Telegram social media platform shared a quote meme that claimed writer Thomas Paine once wrote, “The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government.” We also found that the quote had been widely shared on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and Truth Social.  But is this a real quote? Jordan Liles reports. Read Now Fact Checks and Original Reporting No, Executive Order 14067 Won’t Replace US Dollar With Trackable ‘Biden Bucks’ Internet posts about the executive order spread dystopian fears about an authoritarian, cashless society. Read Story. ‘Wrap Foil on Doorknob When Alone’ Is Misleading Clickbait If an online ad hints at placing a household object where it doesn't normally belong, it's probably nothing more than misleading clickbait. Read Story. Are There UFOs Over Kyiv? Ukrainian astronomers are studying the skies. Read Story. Latest Fact Checks News Alabama Sidesteps Compensation for Survivor of ’63 KKK Blast Sarah Collins Rudolph lost an eye and still has pieces of glass inside her body from a Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed her sister and three other Black girls at an Alabama church 59 years ago. Read More Officials Probing Whether Northeastern Explosion Was Staged Federal officials are examining whether the employee who reported an explosion at Northeastern University may have lied to investigators and staged the incident. Read More Biden: Tentative Railway Labor Deal Reached, Averting Strike Railroads and union representatives had been in negotiations for 20 hours at the Labor Department to hammer out a deal. Read More

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