2021 March

Say Their Names: 101 Black Unarmed Women, Men and Children Killed By Law Enforcement: Remembering George Floyd – Breonna Taylor – Tamir Rice – Michael … – James Chaney – Oscar Grant – Sandra Bland

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

What do the Suez Canal, Hillary Clinton and a Taiwanese shipping company have in common?
The Evergreen ship blocking the Suez Canal is not linked to Hillary Clinton

Conspiracy theorists on Facebook insist they’re all part of an international human trafficking scheme. 

Egyptian authorities are working to remove a 1,300-foot cargo ship that got stuck March 23 in the Suez Canal, a critical shipping route that connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The boat is operated by the Evergreen Group, a Taiwan shipping conglomerate.

Some Facebook users took that as a signal of Clinton’s involvement.

Our Sources
Associated Press, “Shipping losses mount from cargo vessel stuck in Suez Canal," March 25, 2021
CBS, “While Campaigning in Montana, Clinton Reveals Secret Service Codename," May 27, 2008
Evergreen Line, “What is Evergreen Line“
Facebook post, March 24, 2021
JOC Group, EVERGREEN LINE
Newsweek, “QAnon Claims Stuck Suez Canal Ship Used by Hillary Clinton to Traffic Children," March 24, 2021
PolitiFact, “How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business," Dec. 5, 2016
PolitiFact, “Pizzagate conspiracy theorists spread false claims about Beirut explosion, human trafficking," Aug. 7, 2020
PolitiFact, “What is QAnon, the baseless conspiracy spilling into US politics?" Aug. 27, 2020
Telegram, accessed March 25, 2021
Vesseltracker.com, EVER GIVEN
The Wall Street Journal, “Suez Canal Backlog Grows as Efforts Resume to Free Trapped Ship," March 25, 2021
The Wall Street Journal, “Suez Canal Is Blocked by Container Ship Causing Huge Traffic Jam," March 24, 2021

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