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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:31:00 GMT
Subject: 'Ballot dumps,' lab-grown eggs, Sam Altman — and more
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We investigated</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> As the 2026 midterm elections near, misinformation from past election cycles is poised to spread online again. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> One persistent theory surrounds "ballot drops," the phenomenon of a large number of votes suddenly changing the outcome of an election. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Trump and other public figures have attempted to frame these vote spikes as examples of election fraud. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Reporter Laerke Christensen explained why vote spikes generally have a legitimate explanation. </p></td></tr><tr class="btn_row"><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:14px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:14px;text-align:center;width:100%;word-break:break-word;" class="dd"><table width="100%" role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:14px auto 14px auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="background-color:#000000;border-radius:8px;mso-padding-alt:14px 20px;text-align:center;" class="btn"><a href="https://elink378.snopes.com/v2/c/3e69c735479d4e1b270b8afa60a652f82ee20b8fef3ebddd9cad159b242e9df3126e4c2144424e5576855fa16d26f3df136ce2d78cfc21673efe59eb297de6de0c024cf8881ea2c7c6d1981eea757b0e6127915cdcf480d7863f9ed6eac068a95c05af1d0716f72575073d743eef383964ec42121c3b7f15d386ef418ea80f1dbc33c6e2bb389c3b900d3eeae52e37565e82aebdfadfdbeac1f40bd24474df62208811c8b7c935a0dfe213aefc3aceb020ba955585f179528edb017a4972212e1fa65e25bc724e2ccc2e86d07cc516a370c82a65c0386fa02e7856f144ad59ec/851971a7c9a03520" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="background-color:#000000;border-radius:8px;color:#FFFFFF;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;padding:14px 20px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;"> Read More </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:628px;"><a href="https://elink378.snopes.com/v2/c/9bf059b3dfff249459558f075d758af4e8be4c67a906aef02e30319f7d07e2ae0606f2a989bab3669d28f1f40cf10bc586813d9cc8c84203a193a7c9d4e6fefc6b1cce559b3de98ddc2c641517d28caa3cefc2f6d4b09527d1b61d18c2290d9b9b6421208f3bc582fdae7657a2f9b2c6188afbb0cd852331c79c0fe636c1ce32f1d086c1cd64f551e7157927a7d8f68445683f684200c17df707de7ea0ec447f0ae9d3f7fc92d1fb566568a98de67ac01259c33dd0d83954bcb866dc3523c06b6a967409f9425a0feae23fcad33774f8c8746dde496fbc8bf0be068f9eea6d2b/ec7d28ee6233eeb3" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/bfc87f0a-8cef-43bb-8771-66b83dded51e/eggs_repack.jpg" alt="Four rows of brown eggs are shown." height="auto" width="628" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="are-labgrown-eggs-being-sold-in-us-" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Are lab-grown eggs being sold in US stores? </h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> People have voiced concerns that brands are secretly including such eggs in their products. 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Let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay and it's going to be over with very soon." </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> After we published our fact check, Trump said in a Truth Social post yesterday that he wasn't inviting Iran to bomb the cities, as many claimed. The president said he was talking about a temporary increase in gas prices being a small price to pay for Iran not having a nuclear weapon. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> "All I was doing was making a comparison between paying a little more, for a short time, for Gasoline, versus the bombing of our Major Cities," he wrote. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><a class="link" href="https://elink378.snopes.com/v2/c/f2ffd8deb84952abc573b2716150f77a627e7abfb4be17f2bb938147679a1a039ecd6d323309bd5ef7ceee08b640c42965097402c8d48ec6d1b97b2c77cdd8ecbe906218faee8d302caf0eddda9fde83afe757118f5de1704b527d2a60652e26739d3fd95a5f63cc137989c15c7840fc84d9779281a44ca7c021ea7fa1e47048a84d66882ea287b5e3744dfe4aaadb6c977f0f1d2d27972e5d9f6be81eace72ed8b81b898a72f8e7e538629010802c148b3292d40fcdb586597145cb81fcaafbcbea4c2dec8e82cf0da17c45f71f4fa18a03e296efba36ce21e2aaf9234b169a/5a46b78e3eca1086" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Read Trump’s full response</span></a> in our story about the quote. </p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; 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# Snopes Debunker
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## Trump claimed vote spikes prove election fraud. We investigated
As the 2026 midterm elections near, misinformation from past election cycles is poised to spread online again.
One persistent theory surrounds "ballot drops," the phenomenon of a large number of votes suddenly changing the outcome of an election.
Trump and other public figures have attempted to frame these vote spikes as examples of election fraud.
Reporter Laerke Christensen explained why vote spikes generally have a legitimate explanation.
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## Are lab-grown eggs being sold in US stores?
People have voiced concerns that brands are secretly including such eggs in their products. We have the facts.
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## Become a Snopes member to protect the truth
In the run-up to the midterm elections, our work as fact-checkers is crucial.
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Join our effort to keep this election fact-focused by becoming a Snopes member.
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# Fast facts
* Earlier this week, we reported Trump said of Iran, "They can take out a city. Let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay and it's going to be over with very soon."
* After we published our fact check, Trump said in a Truth Social post yesterday that he wasn't inviting Iran to bomb the cities, as many claimed. The president said he was talking about a temporary increase in gas prices being a small price to pay for Iran not having a nuclear weapon.
* "All I was doing was making a comparison between paying a little more, for a short time, for Gasoline, versus the bombing of our Major Cities," he wrote.
* [Read Trump’s full response](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-iran-take-out-la-san-diego/?email_sub_id=sub_6accd90a-e020-4a3a-beb6-491bef97b4da) in our story about the quote.
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## Did Chuck Schumer say 'our ultimate goal' is to give citizenship to immigrants already in US?
People omitted important information, including when the senator supposedly made the comments, from their posts.
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## Did Sam Altman say world needs to accept 'some bad things happening' for benefits of AI?
The alleged quote spread online after the OpenAI CEO discussed AI regulation on a Politico podcast.
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## Does video show Arkansas farmers praying for 'more Mexicans'? Here's the real story
The clip spread online amid reports of U.S. farmers being squeezed by rising prices and trade wars.
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## Staff pick
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## Images allegedly show ancient Egyptian sculptures with cats ignoring personal space. Are they real?
Social media users spread two images seemingly showing ancient Egyptian sculptures with cats walking and resting on their owners.
Senior reporter Jordan Liles inspected the images for signs of AI fakery.
Read More (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/egyptian-sculptures-cats/?email_sub_id=sub_6accd90a-e020-4a3a-beb6-491bef97b4da)
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