Fact Check in February 2025

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Friday, February 28, 2025

• Fact Check: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Did NOT Post Message About Benching Zelenskyy With One Hand -- Unaffiliated X Account Did
• Fact Check: DOGE-Suing Lawyer Norm Eisen's Daughter Tamar Is NOT The Tamar Eisen Who Once Worked For A USAID-Funded Organization
• Fact Check: House Judiciary GOP DID Link To A 'Rickroll' In Tweet Promising 'Epstein Files' -- Later Deleted
• Fact Check: Congress Did NOT 'Decide' To Deport Rep. Ilhan Omar 'To Somalia' As Of February 28, 2025 -- Only Federal Courts Could
• Fact Check: New York Post Did NOT Report USAID Paid TIME Magazine $4 Million To Name Zelenskyy 'Person Of The Year'
• Fact Check: 'Did I Say That?' Yes, Trump DID Call Zelenskyy 'A Dictator'
• Fact Check: AI Image Shows Dead Pope Francis Laid Out In Front Of Congregation
• Fact Check: AI Video Shows Influencers Dancing At White House Holding 'Epstein Files' Binders -- No Actual Dancing Was Reported

Thursday, February 27, 2025

• Fact Check: We Already Have The Epstein Flight Logs -- Since 2015
• Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Report 'Elon Musk Is Wasting Everyone's Time and Money' -- Screenshot is Fake
• Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Michelle Trachtenberg 'Died Suddenly' Because Of COVID-19 Vaccination
• Fact Check: Claims Gene Hackman And Wife Took Their Own Lives -- What We Know So Far
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Bill And Hillary Clinton Fleeing U.S. Before Epstein Document Release
• Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Sign Executive Order Banning HOAs -- Video Is A Joke
• Fact Check: GSA Has NOT Been Paying Chelsea Clinton $46,000 a Month Since 2003 -- Story Originated On Satire Website
• Fact Check: Satirical Video Shows Bill Clinton Statement Anticipating Epstein Files Release -- Was Watermarked 'Meme/Satire'
• Fact Check: Trump Administration Did NOT Announce Or Make Changes To U.S. Divorce Law Regarding 50-50 Asset Split
• Fact Check: Claim DOGE Halted $2.6 Million Annual Payment To Obama For 'Obamacare Royalties' Originated On Satire Site

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

• Fact Check: Donald Trump Jr. Did NOT Say On His Podcast That US 'Should Have Been Sending Weapons To Russia' -- Audio Is Likely AI Generated
• Fact Check: Trump's 'Gulf of America' Order Does NOT Enforce 'New Borders' Under Decision by the 'World Court'
• Fact Check: Damon Imani Has NEVER Been On 'The View' -- Posts Satirical Edited Videos
• Fact Check: February 2025 GOP Budget Resolution Does NOT Include An End To Taxes On Tips -- It Just Contains Revenue and Spending Targets
• Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE USAID Paid Pizza Hut $150 Million 'To Renovate And Modernize' In 1997
• Fact Check: NO Announcement Of $1 NYC Walking Tax Or Fee From Gov. Kathy Hochul -- Just Error-Filled Videos
• Fact Check: AI 'Trump Gaza' Video Published On Donald Trump's Official Social Media Features Golden Trump Statue, Bearded Belly Dancers

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

• Fact Check: US Supreme Court Did NOT Rule In 'Moore vs Alliant Credit Union' That Mortgages And Fiat Currency Are Illegal -- No Such Case, No Such Ruling
• Fact Check: AI Video Is NOT Actual Footage Of Karoline Leavitt And Whoopi Goldberg On 'The View' Together
• Fact Check: Wisconsin Bill Proposes Gender Inclusive Language Concerning Parenthood But Does NOT Replace 'Mother' With 'Inseminated Person' In All Contexts
• Fact Check: Apple Acknowledges 'Issue' Shown In TikTok Video of iPhone Replacing 'Racist' With 'Trump' -- Bug Is With 'R' Words
• Fact Check: Rumors About Four-Star General Shredding Documents And Fleeing Country Originated In Anonymous TikTok Video -- No Proof Offered
• Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Calls Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek 'Tampon Tina'
• Will the Philadelphia Eagles Visit the White House in 2025? What We Know So Far
• Fact Check: DOGE Did NOT Announce Discovering Louisiana Man With 34 Names, Addresses, Social Security Numbers Collecting $1,168,646 Per Year
• Fact Check: Story About Nancy Pelosi's Vineyard Receiving Millions In USAID Or Federal Grants Originated On A Satire Website

Monday, February 24, 2025

• Fact Check: Secretary Of Defense Says US Is NOT Shutting Naval Base In Alexandroupoli, Greece, Trump Says Report Of Closure 'Not A Correct Story'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Elon Musk Left Son When Exiting MAGA Victory Rally Stage -- Video Cut Short
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say On X That 'Billionaires Are Tired Of Subsidizing Everyone Else's Schools, Parks, Health Care, Even Food And Entertainment'
• Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Kick Whoopi Goldberg Off The View 'After Heated Clash On Live TV' As Of February 24, 2025
• Fact Check: HUD Headquarters TV Monitors DID Show Trump Licking Elon Musk's Feet In AI Video
• Fact Check: Government Employee Union Did NOT Say Justifying Job Duties Is 'Cruel And Disrespectful' -- Misleading Incomplete Viral Quote
• Fact Check: President Trump DID Post Meme Of SpongeBob SquarePants 'Got Done Last Week' List
• Fact Check: Story Of German Pilot Terminated For Refusing To Spray Chemtrails Originated On Satire Site
• Fact Check: Non-Existent Sources In Viral Story About 'Listening Devices' In Oval Office And Resolute Desk Removal

Sunday, February 23, 2025

• Fact Check: AI Taylor Swift Breaks Up With Travis Kelce In Deepfake Video -- Didn't Actually Say She Only Dates Winners
• Fact Check: AI Article Claims The View Was 'Officially Cancelled' After Decades On Air -- No Such Announcement Was Made
• Fact Check: AI Photo Shows Simone Biles Pregnant And Posing In Evening Wear Next To Jonathan Owens -- No Pregnancy Announced

Saturday, February 22, 2025

• Fact Check: AI Video Of Cross Being Installed In Oval Office By President Trump Shows Ghostly Worker And Non-Existent Building

Friday, February 21, 2025

• Fact Check: Police DO Have Suspect In Murder Of California Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi
• Fact Check: DOGE Did NOT Uncover $2 Billion Grant To Nonprofit Power Forward Communities, Linked To Stacey Abrams
• Fact Check: Viral Video Game Footage Shows C-17 Globemaster Plane Taking Off From Carrier Deck
• Fact Check: Ukraine Did NOT Block Truth Social
• Fact Check: 95% Of Canada's Imports Do NOT Come From US; Actual Figure Is 62.2%
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Carrie Underwood Won $1 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Involving 'The View' -- Originated On Clickbait Channels

Thursday, February 20, 2025

• Fact Check: Flight 4819 Pilots Were NOT Both Women
• Fact Check: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Did NOT Hold A Press Conference On Barack Obama's Birth Certificate In February 2025 -- Clip Shows 2016 Arpaio Stunt
• Fact Check: Trump Administration Did NOT Ban Julianne Moore's Book From DoD Schools, But Review Is Ongoing
• Fact Check: Donald Trump DID Say Ukraine Started War
• Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Pay Nintendo $9 Million To Study Infantilism -- Fake 4Chan Post
• Fact Check: Video Of Cars Frozen In Ice On A Residential Street Shows Aftermath of Detroit Water Pipe Burst -- Footage Geolocated
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Bill Gates 'Caught Pumping Bird Flu Jabs Into Food Supply' In Story With That Headline -- Not Even A Mention

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

• Fact Check: AI Image Of President Trump Wearing Crown On Magazine Cover Was Posted By Official White House Account
• Fact Check: British Singer Sam Smith Is NOT 'Self-Partnered' -- Originated On Satirical Facebook Page
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's Approval Rating Was 4% As Of February 18, 2025
• Fact Check: MSNBC Program Is NOT Named 'Inside Jen Psaki' -- Social Media Posts Feature Edited Image
• Fact Check: Claim DOGE Forwarded Names Of 163 Members Of Congress To IRS Originated On Satire Page
• Fact Check: 'Free Headphones Hack' Video Does NOT Authentically Show Man Stealing Headphones From Train Passenger
• Fact Check: Photo Of Upside-Down Pilots Is Inverted News Photo From 16 Years Ago
• Fact Check: Edited Photo Of Javier Milei's Sister Shows Different Eyes, Nose, Mouth -- Original Taken In 2023

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

• Fact Check: Trump Administration Has NOT Proposed 2025 Stimulus Checks As Of February 18, 2025 -- 'Stimmy' Rumors Rampant But Unfounded
• Fact Check: DOGE Team Has NOT Triggered A Housing Listing Surge In Washington, DC -- No 'Mass Evacuation'
• Fact Check: ICE Van Was NOT Intentionally Torched In Philadelphia -- Fire Determined To Be Accidental
• Fact Check: Ex-USAID Chief Samantha Power's Net Worth Did NOT Increase By $23 Million In Three Years
• Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show Authentic German Election Ballots With AfD Left Out In City Of Leipzig
• Fact Check: Chlorine Dioxide Is Bleach-Like Chemical And Should NOT Be Ingested -- Can Cause Life-Threatening Ailments
• Fact Check: AI-Generated Image Does NOT Show Delta Crash Pilot Jonathan Simpson -- Person Is Adult Film Star
• Fact Check: Canada Did NOT Delete Its Foreign Aid Database -- It Was Experiencing Technical Difficulties
• Fact Check: Senator Mitch McConnell Has NOT Died On February 17, 2025 -- False Report Posted By Prank Account
• Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Chris Stapleton Filing Official Objection To Beyoncé Grammy Win Is Baseless
• Fact Check: Term 'Treasury Access Symbol' Did NOT Exist Before DOGE X Post -- Meant To Say 'Treasury Account Symbol'
• Fact Check: AI Video FALSELY Claims Joy Behar Was Arrested At The Airport Over $50M Lawsuit Involving Karoline Leavitt

Monday, February 17, 2025

• Fact Check: Far-right AfD Party Did NOT Get 'Massive Majority' In German Mock Election For Students -- Post Shows Result From One Polling Place
• Fact Check: AI-Generated Photo Does NOT Show Overturned Delta Plane Involved In Toronto Airport Crash
• Fact Check: Edited Clip Shows German Diplomat Crying Emotional Tears During Part Of Speech Ending His Munich Conference Chairmanship -- Over Five Minutes After His Remarks About J.D. Vance
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Millions Over 140 Years Old Receive Social Security Benefits Fraudulently
• Fact Check: AI Video Shows Joe Rogan Discussing Conspiracy Theory About Non-Removable Batteries In Phones
• Fact Check: Edited Clip Shows Zelenskyy Saying 'The Risk That Russia Will Occupy Europe Is 100%' -- Context Was About U.S. Leaving NATO

Sunday, February 16, 2025

• Fact Check: FAKE Ashley St. Clair Post Mentions Conceiving Elon's Baby With IVF And DNA From 'Other Organisms'
• Fact Check: Barron Trump Did NOT Tweet About 'Uncovering A Dark Legacy In This Country' -- Unaffiliated Account Did
• Fact Check: Claim the White House Offered Ashli Babbitt's Family A Plot In Arlington National Cemetery's Section 16 Originated On Satirical Facebook Page
• Fact Check: TikTok Video Does NOT Show Pete Hegseth Drinking Bourbon Whiskey From A Glass During NATO Press Conference
• Fact Check: AI Generated Videos Of 200-Foot Jesus Statue Being Placed On White House Lawn Contain Visible Mistakes
• Fact Check: Viral Facebook Post About Fired Park Ranger Brian Gibbs -- What We Know So Far

Saturday, February 15, 2025

• Fact Check: Pictures of Pope Francis Taken Years Apart Do NOT Show A Body Double -- Aged 10 Years Between Photos
• Fact Check: Fake Trump Post Calling New Zealand A Third World Country And Mentioning Democrats Launching Meme Coin Is NOT Real

Friday, February 14, 2025

• Fact Check: DOGE Did NOT 'Just Discover' $2.7 Trillion In Improper Medicare And Medicaid Payments -- GAO Did In 2024 And Not All Are Fraudulent, Nor Medicare/Medicaid
• Fact Check: Reuters, Politico Did NOT Receive US Government Payments Only Under Biden Administration
• Fact Check: Rep. Jasmine Crockett Does NOT Have Net Worth Of $9 Million
• Fact Check: NO Public Record That Trump Banned Use Of Word 'Felon' In White House As Of February 14, 2025
• Fact Check: Military Document Does NOT Show USAID 'Actively Helping To Destabilize Nations'
• Fact Check: 9th Circuit Court "Ruling" About 84 Unconstitutional Pardons By Joe Biden Originated On Satirical Facebook Page

Thursday, February 13, 2025

• Fact Check: There ARE Enough Cows Worldwide To Supply McDonald's Beef Burgers
• Fact Check: Video Of Barron Trump Singing On America's Got Talent Is AI Generated
• Fact Check: Trump State Department Did NOT Begin Procurement Process For $400 Million Armored Tesla Vehicles
• Fact Check: U.S. Government Did NOT Pay Reuters For 'Large Scale Social Deception'
• Fact Check: Hollywood's Ron Howard Did NOT Write Viral Essay About Why 'I'm A Liberal' -- 2018 Post Written By Lori Gallagher Witt
• Fact Check: 2025 Poll Does NOT Say Germans Think Trump Is World's Greatest Threat To Peace -- Poll Was From 2019
• Fact Check: No Evidence Oprah Winfrey Said She Is Moving To Italy Because Of Elon Musk -- It's AI-Written Clickbait
• Fact Check: Story NFL 'Admitted' To Canceling Elon Musk Super Bowl Ads Originated On Satirical Facebook Page

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

• Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Place A Real Ad Saying 'Help Eliminate Elon' On Washington, DC, Street
• Fact Check: January 6 Insurrectionist Did NOT Accidentally Burn Down His House While Torching Daughter's Taylor Swift Merch -- Satire Post
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Pay For A Super Bowl Ad That Claimed USAID Spent $2 Million On German Llama Racing -- No Such Ad Aired
• Fact Check: Fake Malia Obama Quote About Getting $2.3M From USAID Originated On Satirical Facebook Page
• Fact Check: Canadian Government Did NOT Threaten '100% Tariff On Tesla' In February 2025; Individual Politicians Did
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Signed Executive Order Setting Two-Year Deadline For Residents To Leave Public Housing As Of February 12, 2025
• Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Say 'Jesus Didn't Have Electricity Either' When Discussing Tariffs
• Fact Check: Post Does NOT Show Real CNN Video Of Yale Professors Protesting Student Use Of AI
• Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Spend 14.2 Million Euros To Buy 'Legendary Eagle's Nest Previously Owned By Hitler'
• Fact Check: AI Ad Shows Celebrities Wearing T-Shirt With Star Of David On A Hand That's Giving The Finger To Kanye

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

• Fact Check: January 2025 Study Did NOT Conclude Ozempic Causes Blindness
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Spend $40 Million On Super Bowl Ads
• Fact Check: Trump Executive Order Did NOT Overturn Purported National 'Plastic Straw Ban' -- No Such National Ban Exists
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sinkhole In Paris -- AI Generated
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Melania Trump At 2025 Super Bowl
• Fact Check: Picture Of Goat Statue Covered In Fake Trump Banknotes At Mar-A-Lago Appears To Be Real -- Art Project
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Mexican President Said 'Shame on Trump,' Warned US Not To Build Border Wall
• Fact Check: FEMA To Fire Employees Over 'Egregious' NYC Hotel Payments, But $59 Million Claim Lacks Confirmation
• Fact Check: Mirrored Video Of MAGA Hat Wearing Patient Who 'Gets Denied Healthcare' Originated On Channel With Skits
• Fact Check: FAKE Sign Has Apology To 'White People' For Self-Checkout Closure 'Due To Dishonesty' -- Original Said 'Honest People'

Monday, February 10, 2025

• Fact Check: Reporter Katherine Long Who Broke DOGE Employee Resignation Story Did NOT Work For USAID When Article Was Published
• Fact Check: Fox News Reporter Did NOT Ask House Speaker About 'Unelected Billionaires' Deciding Policy
• Fact Check: Anderson Cooper Did NOT Endorse Supposed Elon Musk 'Crypto Trading Secrets'
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Man Flipping Off Trump During 2025 Super Bowl -- It Was Taken In 2023
• FACT CHECK: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Has NOT Been Charged In Trump Assassination Attempt
• Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Trump Post Claiming Chiefs 'Focused on DEI Nonsense' and Eagles Got 'USAID Money Flowing' -- No Such Post
• Fact Check: Edited Video Captioned 'Boo The Bastard' Does NOT Show Trump Being Booed At 2025 Super Bowl -- Old Video, Audio Added

Sunday, February 9, 2025

• Fact Check: CNBC Did NOT Publish Headline Saying Luigi Mangione Was Found Dead In His Jail Cell
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Coca-Cola Called ICE On Their Own Workers in Texas -- Company Denies Rumor
• Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post About Education Department Developing Fork & Spoon Hybrid -- Fake Screenshot

Saturday, February 8, 2025

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Elizabeth Warren Quote About Constitutional Right to See What Happens With Tax Dollars Is Real

Friday, February 7, 2025

• Fact Check: FAKE Article Describes Elon Musk Helping Child -- Clickbait Story With Fictional Origin
• Fact Check: Tel Aviv University Did NOT Get $581 Million From US Taxpayers; Official Data Shows Under $6 Million
• Fact Check: George Floyd Statue Was NOT Removed From National Mall In DC -- It's In New Jersey
• Fact Check: Trump Administration Is NOT Giving Every Adult In US $18,000
• Fact Check: Mexican President Did NOT Say She Thought Americans Encouraged Felons, Rapists To Come To US Since That's Who They Chose As President
• Fact Check: NO Evidence NATO Sending Troops To Greenland To Defend It From US
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show USAID Money Found At Zelenskyy's House -- Shows 2007 Mexico Drug Bust
• Fact Check: Story About Arrest Of USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong Originated On Site With Satire Disclaimer

Thursday, February 6, 2025

• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Elon Musk With Trump, Netanyahu At White House -- It Didn't Happen
• Fact Check: Panama Did NOT Agree To 'No Longer Charge Fees For US Government Vessels' Crossing Panama Canal
• Fact Check: Walmart NOT Decreasing Food Prices 'Back To Pre-Inflation Rates' Within Month Of Trump's Inauguration
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Call USAID 'One Of The Biggest Globalist Terror Organizations In History'
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Italians Should Stay In Italy, Japanese Must Stay In Japan
• Fact Check: E! News Did NOT Report Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn And Other Celebrities Were Paid By USAID To Visit Ukraine
• Fact Check: Graph Does NOT Show Chelsea Clinton 'Taking Home $84 Million' -- Label Says Clinton Foundation 'Gross Receipts'

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

• Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Fund That Jeffrey Epstein -- Different Guy
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Younger Brigitte Macron, Who Did Not Transition From Male To Female -- Image is Altered
• Fact Check: No Evidence Pelosi's And Feinstein's Husbands Colluded To Profit Off High-Speed Rail Land
• Fact Check: NO 'National Pillow Fluffing Initiative,' Similar Government Expenses Found by DOGE -- It's A Comedy Skit
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Sign Executive Order To 'Purchase 2 Billion Doses Of Covid Shots' -- It Established Sovereign Wealth Fund
• Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say 'Defunding USAID Will Bring About Another Mystery Illness Across The World. MILLIONS WILL DIE'
• Fact Check: Study Claiming 170% Higher Autism Risk In Vaccinated Kids Is NOT Credible
• Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Spend Over $8 Million On Politico, LLC
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Indian Nationals Handcuffed And Chained During Deportation -- Guatemala Deportation Flight

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

• Fact Check: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Did NOT Wear 'Make America Mexicana Again' Hat -- Image Was Made Using X's AI Tool
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet 'Anyone Protesting The Trump Administration Will Be Suspended From X'
• Fact Check: Mexican President Sheinbaum Did NOT Impose 50% Counter-Tariff On Tesla, Call Elon Musk 'Pendejo'
• Fact Check: Image Of ICE Agent Restraining Crying Girl Is NOT Authentic -- AI Generated
• Fact Check: NO Public Record Colin Powell Said 'Lazy Immigrants' Quote
• Fact Check: Ed Sheeran Did NOT Perform For IDF Soldiers To Show Support For Israel -- Performance Was 'A Large Scale Public Concert'
• Fact Check: Samuel Hydén NOT The Shooter In Örebro, Sweden, School Shooting On February 4, 2025
• Fact Check: Parody Account Claimed Pentagon Spent $600 Million On Sushi, Air Force $1,280 Per Paper Coffee Cup, IRS $230K on Cinnamon Coffee

Monday, February 3, 2025

• Fact Check: NOT 'Breaking News' -- Video Claiming 'Woman Found Truck Full Of Childrens' Bodies' Is Mix Of Old Video Clips
• Fact Check: Canada Is NOT Planning To Cut Off Energy Exports To US in Response To Trump Tariffs As Of February 3, 2025
• Fact Check: Melania Trump Did NOT Win A $900M Defamation Lawsuit Against 'The View'
• Fact Check: Nine-Star US Flag Icon On Federal Websites Since At Least 2020 -- NOT Related To 2025 Events
• Fact Check: Post FALSELY Identifies Woman In Photo As Pilot Of Black Hawk Helicopter in DC Crash
• Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Starliner Astronauts 'Are Not With US Anymore,' Astronauts Did NOT Die In Space In January 2025
• Fact Check: Police Did NOT Find Human Remains And Evidence Of Cannibalism In Oprah's Los Angeles Home That She Sold In 2013
• Fact Check: Explosion In Philadelphia Was NOT Caused By 'Missile Or Comet' -- FAA Reports It Involved A Learjet 55 Airplane
• Fact Check: Edited Photo Shows 'Rapists Welcome' And 'Stand Up For Rapists' Signs -- Originals Said 'Refugees Welcome' And 'Stand Up To Racism'