Current Events in August 2025

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Sunday, August 31, 2025

• Fact Check: The NFL Did NOT Ban Rainbow Gear On The Playing Field -- AI Slop

Saturday, August 30, 2025

• Fact Check: Meme About George Strait Saying Garth Brooks Had Been 'Begging Country Stars To Help' Originated On Satire Page

Friday, August 29, 2025

• Fact Check: UK Supermarkets Are NOT Scheduled To Start Checking IDs Before Letting People Shop For Groceries
• Fact Check: There Is NO 'One Last Ride' Tour Featuring Dolly, Reba, George Strait, Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson and Blake Shelton -- AI Slop Trend Uses Fake Concert News For Engagement Farming
• Fact Check: NO Melania Trump Vanity Fair Edition Announced -- Magazine's Archive Doesn't Contain Viral Cover

Thursday, August 28, 2025

• Fact Check: FAKE Viral Chart Misrepresents Data About The Portion of Transgender People Involved In Mass Shootings
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Order U.S. Marshals To Remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook After She Challenged The President's Firing Of Her
• Fact Check: Posts Offering 'Free Meat Bundle Box' Are NOT Authentic -- Bait & Switch Scam Harvests Personal Information
• Fact Check: Rachel Maddow Did NOT Shatter Stephen Miller In A Live Interview 'Takedown' -- Never Happened
• Fact Check: Fake Viral Missing Tourists 'Steve And Natalie Brody' Found In Denali National Park Story -- Details Don't Add Up

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

• Fact Check: Viral Video Of Delivery Drone Dropping Car Battery On Parked Car Was An April Fool's Hoax To Promote A Parts Store
• Fact Check: Robin Westman NOT Clifford Thomas Phillps Jr. Is The Suspect In Minneapolis Annunciation Catholic School Shooting
• Fact Check: Finland Did NOT Test 'World's First Engine-less Superconducting Maglev Cargo Pipeline', As Of August 28, 2025
• Fact Check: Sam Hyde Is NOT The Shooter At Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis -- Troll Posts
• Fact Check: No Proof For Zelenskyy $1.2B Real Estate Empire In 'London Telegraph' Story -- New Website Using Stolen Profile Picture
• Fact Check: AI Generated South Park Clip Has Cartman Talking About Trump's Salary, Golf, Golden Ballroom -- Not Authentic

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

• Fact Check: Walmart Did NOT Fire VP For Taking Daily Kickbacks In H-1B Visa Scandal -- Company Says
• Fact Check: NO Proof Citizens of Turkey, Syria, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan Banned From Clubs In Japan
• Fact Check: Fake Screenshot Of Trump Posting He Won't Release Epstein Files To Protect Bill Clinton Originated On Satire Page

Monday, August 25, 2025

• Fact Check: Eminem, Jelly Roll And Billie Eilish Did NOT Announce A Joint Tour Called 'The Last Showdown'
• Fact Check: Retired Gen. Mark Milley Did NOT Tell Troops Being Deployed To U.S. Cities 'We Do Not Report To A Dictator' -- He Said It Two Years Before Trump Sent National Guard To Los Angeles, D.C.
• Fact Check: Florida Did NOT Ban 'Diary Of Anne Frank' From School Libraries
• Fact Check: Video Is NOT Authentic Showing 'Fake HOA Police' Trying To Arrest Black Man Who Is The 'Most Feared FBI Agent' -- AI Generated
• Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Comment On Meeting With Trump By Saying That 'Trump Doesn't Really Want' Ceasefire Between Ukraine And Russia
• Fact Check: George Strait Did NOT 'Drop Bombshell' Rejecting A $500 Million Tesla Endorsement Deal From Elon Musk -- Yet Another Celebrity Name Plugged Into A Fake Story
• Fact Check: The 'Troops Against Trump ... What Happened To Us?' Video Is NOT Real -- It's AI From Account With 'Satire' Disclaimer
• Fact Check: Arthur MacWaters Was NOT Fired From Cracker Barrel -- Joke Post, Never Worked There

Sunday, August 24, 2025

• Fact Check: Fictional Jasmine Crockett And Mike Huckabee Bible Quote Debate On CNN Did NOT Happen

Friday, August 22, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Of Michelle Wu Calling Trump An 'Asshole' In A High Pitched Voice Is NOT Authentic -- Digital Manipulation
• Fact Check: Jon Stewart Did NOT Make This 'Savage Reply To Trump's India Tariff' On The Daily Show -- Video Is Fake
• Fact Check: Number Of Foreigners On Visas Living In The U.S. Is NOT 55 Million -- Closer To 16 Million
• Fact Check: NO Antisemitism Mentioned In Destiny Marie Diciccio Disorderly Conduct Case -- Not Sentenced To Jail

Thursday, August 21, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Of Italy's Prime Minister Meloni Describing Trump's Smell, Flatulence Is NOT Real -- AI Generated
• Fact Check: Video Of Amy Klobuchar Saying 'Perfect Titties' About The Sydney Sweeney Ad Is NOT Authentic -- Digital Manipulation
• Fact Check: Image Of Cristiano Ronaldo And Georgina At Their Wedding Is NOT Real -- AI Image
• Fact Check: Jon Stewart Did NOT Joke About Karoline Leavitt's Brain 'Missing Makeup' To Her Face On TV
• Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Press Office Account Did NOT Post F-Bomb Responding To Bed Bath & Beyond Announcement

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

• Fact Check: George Strait Is NOT Suing 'The View' And Whoopi Goldberg In A $50 Million Lawsuit
• Fact Check: Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt Did NOT Ban LGBT Merchandise at Arrowhead Stadium -- There Is No Evidence This Happened
• Fact Check: Fake Screenshot Of 'Russia If You Are Listening' Gavin Newsom Post Is NOT Real -- Doesn't Have Truth Social Account

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

• Fact Check: Pam Bondi Did NOT Sue Brittney Griner, Precluding Basketball Player From Competing In Olympics

Monday, August 18, 2025

• Fact Check: AI Image Shows European Leaders Waiting On Chairs In White House Corridor -- Not Real Photograph
• Fact Check: Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler Does NOT Have A Hidden Net Worth Of $100 Million According To DOGE -- Satire Site
• Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE The Nobel Committee Removed Trump's Name From Peace Prize Nominee List
• Fact Check: Aphelion Phenomenon Will NOT Make Earth Experience 'Colder Weather Than Ever Before' -- It's Annual And Unnoticeable
• Fact Check: Satirical Story About Oprah Winfrey Being Ordered To Return $22 Million To FEMA Originated As Trolling
• Fact Check: Satirical Poster Saying Kid Rock Wants You To Vote For Newsom Parodies A Similar Trump Post About Taylor Swift

Friday, August 15, 2025

• Fact Check: There Was NOT An Unusual Spike In Missing Children In Virginia In Early August 2025 -- Post Misstates The Data
• Fact Check: WNBA Star Angel Reese Did NOT Call For A Boycott Of American Eagle Over Sydney Sweeney's Jeans Ad
• Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Press Office Account On X Was NOT Suspended -- Hoaxer Used A Facsimile Of Real Account
• Fact Check: Los Angeles Is NOT Building Homeless RV Camp Near A High School In Encino -- It's For RV Storage
• Fact Check: 'Metal Sky Man' Was NOT Spotted In The Clouds Above Utah On August 11, 2025 -- Ripped From Footage Posted In July

Thursday, August 14, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Electric Ford Malfunction' With 'Steering Locked, Gas Floored'
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Dutch Police Arresting Israeli Major General 'Shitan Shaul'
• Fact Check: George Floyd Statue Was NOT Removed From National Mall Or Smithsonian Museum In Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

• Fact Check: Gay Dating Apps Did NOT Publicly Say They Will Out Closeted Members Of Congress If Gay Marriage Is Repealed
• Fact Check: 'Weird Tentacles' Or 'Horns' On Rabbit Heads Caused By Common Virus
• Fact Check: Baltimore Ravens Did NOT Reject A $500 Million Tesla Sponsorship Offer From Elon Musk
• What We Know About The Rumors Convicted Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell Has Been Cleared To Leave Prison On Work Release
• Fact Check: UK Has NOT Announced It Will Flag All Cash Withdrawals In Excess Of £420

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

• Fact Check: President Donald Trump Did NOT Announce Clearance Of Homeless People From All 50 States - Only D.C.
• Fact Check: Tesla Did NOT Remotely Deactivate Big Huey's Cybertruck
• Fact Check: Photo Of Melania Trump Kissing Jeffrey Epstein Is Fake -- Colbert Didn't Air It

Monday, August 11, 2025

• Fact Check: Linda Sarsour Is NOT Proven To Be Woman Posing With Swastika -- Also, She's NOT Mamdani Campaign 'Senior Advisor'
• Fact Check: Video Of Man Falling From Cruise Ship Waterslide Is NOT Authentic -- News Report Edited
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show "Real Footage" Of Marine Park Trainer Jessica Radcliffe Attacked By Dolphin Or Orca -- It's AI
• Fact Check: WNBA Did NOT Require All Its Women Basketball Teams To Install Safety Nets 'To Protect Against Dildo-Throwing Incidents'

Saturday, August 9, 2025

• Fact Check: Gunman Near Emory University Campus Was NOT Identified As Silas Kruger -- Deceased Suspect Is Patrick Joseph White

Friday, August 8, 2025

• Fact Check: George W. Bush Has NOT Declined Presidential Pension Benefits As Stated In Video -- Baseless Rumor
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Junior DID Post A Meme Of President Trump Throwing A Green Dildo Onto A Women's Basketball Court
• Fact Check: 'Eight-Year-Old Girl' In Video Did NOT Ask Court To Punish Her Stepfather For Murder Of Her Little Brother 'James Andrew' -- NO Such Trial
• Fact Check: Viral 'Breaking News' Video of a Quebec Church Fire Is Re-labelled Footage Of A 2024 Construction Site Blaze
• Fact Check: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth DID Share Video In Which Pastors Say Women Should Not Vote

Thursday, August 7, 2025

• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Make Public Criminal Records Of Democrats 'In Accordance With FOIA' -- It's A Satire Post
• What We Know About Claims That 'Trump Burger' Owner Roland Beainy Is Being Deported
• Fact Check: Obama, Biden, Clinton Did NOT Reject Secret Service Detail For Being 'DEI Hires' -- Satire Site Made It Up

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

• Fact Check: Viral AI Video Does NOT Document A California Aquarium Collapse In Which 50 People Died
• Fact Check: The Obamas Did NOT Sell Their Martha's Vineyard Estate to Jeffrey Epstein's Money Management Client Les Wexner
• Fact Check: U.S. Constitution's Article 1 Sections 9 And 10 WERE Deleted From Congress Website -- Library Of Congress Blames 'Coding Error'
• News: English Police Deny Calling Essex Migrant Protesters 'Fascists'

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

• Fact Check: Former Labor Statistics Commisioner McEntarfer Was NOT 'Arrested By U.S. Navy JAG On Treason Charges'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Massive Metallic UFO Orb Over A Volcano In Mexico -- It's A Large Millimeter Telescope On Sierra Negra
• Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot About Musk Being In Critical Condition Did NOT Show Authentic CNN Report
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Girl Pickaxing Holes In Dad's Truck After He Took Away Her Phone -- It's A Recycled And Re-Titled Snippet From A Clickbait Stunt

Monday, August 4, 2025

• Fact Check: Crop-Duster-Style Mass Spraying Of Population Is NOT What Canadian Researchers Mean By 'mRNA Aerosols' For Vaccination --
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sydney Sweeney Saying 'Words Actually Affect People' In Response to American Eagle Controversy -- It's From 2021
• Fact Check: Scientists Did NOT Agree That 3I/ATLAS Is Alien Spacecraft Approaching Earth For 'Surprise Attack' In November 2025

Friday, August 1, 2025

• Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Name Former Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg To Be Bureau Of Labor Statistics Director
• Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post About 'Fat, Ugly Losers' Critical Of Sydney Sweeney American Eagle Ad Campaign