Politics in January 2026

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Saturday, January 31, 2026

• Fact Check: No Video Emerged Of Alex Pretti Talking About How He Kicked Out A Federal Agents' SUV Taillight -- Claim Is Viet Spam
• Fact Check: NO 'Epic Island Vacation' Email Thread With Elon Musk In Epstein Files Released In January 2026

Friday, January 30, 2026

• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Prove ICE Agent Stole The Bracelet He Was Wearing, As Social Media Post Suggests
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Make The Melania Movie Mandatory In History Courses, Did NOT Spell Her Name 'Melanie'

Thursday, January 29, 2026

• Fact Check: Your Favorite Celebrity Did NOT Defend Donald Trump, Saying Chaos In Streets Isn't Spontaneous, It's Weaponized to Scare Americans -- Viet Spam
• Fact Check: Millie Bobby Brown Did NOT Say Being Deported Is 'Not The End Of The World' And 'There's A Literal Genocide In Gaza.' -- Fake Quote
• Fact Check: NBA Star Anthony Edwards Did NOT Donate $514,000 Game Check To ICE
• Fact Check: Parody X Post Telling J.D. Vance To 'Go F*ck A Couch' Not From Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's Actual X Account

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

• Fact Check: Alex Pretti Was NOT Fired From Hospital For Inappropriate Behavior Months Before He Was Killed By Feds -- It's Viet Spam
• Fact Check: Democratic Candidate For Ohio Attorney General Elliot Forhan DID Say 'I'm Going To Kill Donald Trump' In TikTok Video
• Fact Check: CBS Did NOT Report Kazmierczak, Alleged Attacker Of Congresswoman Omar, On Payroll At Winery Co-Owned By Omar's Spouse
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Ilhan Omar Posing With Attacker Anthony Kazmierczak As If Promoting Fiji Water -- AI-Generated, It Originated From Parody Account

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

• Fact Check: Alex Pretti's Nursing License Was NOT Expired When He Was Fatally Shot By Ice Agents -- Good Until April
• Fact Check: Video Of Cartoon Of Greg Bovino Spilling Blood Was NOT Projected On Trump Tower In Midtown Manhattan -- Cartoonist Used AI To Generate The Video
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Call 'Mother Of All Deals' Pact Between India And EU A 'High School Science Project' On Truth Social
• Fact Check: Alex Pretti's Parents Did NOT Say Son Quit Hospital Job Months Ago, Showed 'Unusual Behavior' -- Spam From Vietnam
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Gregory Bovino Shows Plaid Shirt With Earring When He Actually Wore A Green Uniform

Monday, January 26, 2026

• Fact Check: Anti-ICE Protesters Did NOT Beat Up Staff At Minneapolis Hotel, NOT TRUE That 'Police Never Came'
• Fact Check: AI-Altered Image Of Immigration Officers' Scuffle With Alex Pretti Is NOT A Reliable Picture Of The Scene -- Pulled From Blurry Video
• Fact Check: Truth Social Image Of Trump Calling For 'Kill Switch' On Phones So ICE Can 'Kill' Video Recording Is Satire
• Fact Check: Photo Of Man In Drag Is NOT Alex Pretti, ICU Nurse Shot And Killed By ICE In Minneapolis
• Fact Check: Conservative Commentator Evan Kilgore DENIES Social Media Posts Saying That He Was Officer Who Shot And Killed Alex Pretti In Minneapolis -- Agent Timeline Doesn't Match Kilgore Career Changes
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ICE Raiding Home Without A Warrant After Man Shouted They Shouldn't 'Smack' His Neighbor -- It's Columbus SWAT In 2019

Sunday, January 25, 2026

• Fact Check: Fake Stories About Celebrities Saying Alex Pretti, Fatally Shot By ICE Agents, Was A Relative Are Spam From Vietnam
• Fact Check: Fake Trump Post Image About 'Only Criminals' Carrying 'Guns On Our Streets' NOT Actual Truth Social Post After Minneapolis Shooting

Saturday, January 24, 2026

• What We Know About Claim Alex Pretti, Was Disarmed Seconds Before He Was Shot and Killed by Immigration Agent
• Fact Check: Fake Stories About Karoline Leavitt Smirking At Celebrities Because 'Complex Social Policy' Is 'Out Of Their League' Are Spam From Vietnam

Friday, January 23, 2026

• Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt Did NOT Say Trump 'Mistook Greenland For Iceland' Because 'They Share The Same Border'
• Fact Check: Video Of Somali Defendant Sentenced To 30 Years For Child Care Fraud Asking To Be Deported Is NOT Real -- AI Slop
• Fact Check: Image Of Usha Vance Dressed In The Same Fabric As Couch Is NOT Real
• Fact Check: Article, Video Do NOT Prove Crowds Chanted 'Mass Murderer' At Bill Gates During WEF Visit

Thursday, January 22, 2026

• What We Know About ICE Claim 5-Year-Old Liam Ramos' 'Criminal Illegal Alien' Father Abandoned Him To Flee ICE Agents In Minnesota
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Activist Nekima Levy Armstrong Crying During Arrest In FBI's Minnesota 'Church Riot' Case -- White House Posted An Altered Photo That Changes Her Expression, Adds Tears

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

• Fact Check: Viral Video Is NOT NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Nor Is It AI -- It Is Dutch Comedian Remko Vrijdag's Parody Of Rutte
• Fact Check: Fake Video Of ICE Entering Class At Cal State University Looking For Student Is Made By Sora AI Tool

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

• Fact Check: Irish Teacher Enoch Burke Was Arrested Again For Contempt Of Court, NOT For Views On Transgender Issues
• Fact Check: Fake Video Of Cherokee Woman Fighting Off ICE Agent At The Grand Central Market Is AI-Generated Ragebait
• Fact Check: Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton And A Dozen Other Celebs Did NOT Call Donald Trump A 'Vicious Old Bastard Draining America's Soul'

Monday, January 19, 2026

• Fact Check: Viral Videos of Bathtub Viking And 'Techno Viking' Escaping ICE Officers In Minneapolis Are FAKE -- Made With AI By Parodists
• Fact Check: Stephen Colbert Did NOT 'Reveal' Donald Trump's 1970 Wharton Aptitude, IQ Tests
• Fact Check: Story about Ronald Reagan Driving Himself To Visit Virginia Nursing Home On Christmas Day 1983 Is NOT Real -- Spam From Pakistan
• Fact Check: Fake Video Of Erika Kirk Jumping On Stage Using A Power Boosted Lift At 'Rolling Loud Orlando 2026 Is AI
• Fact Check: Trump DID Tell Prime Minister He Isn't Obligated To 'Think Purely Of Peace' Since Norway Denied Him The Nobel Prize -- Demands 'Complete And Total Control Of Greenland'
• Fact Check: French Channel LCI Did NOT Report Ukraine Sent False Strategic Info To US -- Clip Only Mentioned 'Leaks' To Moscow

Sunday, January 18, 2026

• Fact Check: Slop Stories About $500.000 Donations To 'Remembering Renee Nicole Good Fund' Originated On Foreign Websites

Saturday, January 17, 2026

• Fact Check: Robert De Niro NOT Leaving New York Now Mamdani Is Mayor -- Liberal Trolling From Satire Page

Friday, January 16, 2026

• Fact Check: NO 'Finding The Light' Program By Tom Hanks About Jeffrey Epstein's Sexual Abuse And Trafficking Of Virginia Giuffre -- Viet Spam Posts Made It Up
• Fact Check: David Muir Did NOT Launch Into An Anti-Trump Tirade Predicting Martial Law And No Midterms -- Clickbait Story

Thursday, January 15, 2026

• Fact Check: Satirical Post Said Parliament of Greenland Banned Trump And His Descendants For 100 Years -- Not Real News
• Fact Check: Proud Boys Founder Enrique Tarrio Did NOT Say He Is In ICE
• Fact Check: Photo Of Arm With 'IV' Was NOT Released By DHS As Evidence Of ICE Agent Jonathan Ross Internal Bleeding -- Old Joke Photo

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

• Fact Check: 20% of Oregon Voters Were NOT Shown To Be Fake When 800,000 Inactive Registrations Were Removed
• Fact Check: Image Of Elon Musk And Ted Cruz Has Been Digitally Edited -- Faces Changed, Furries Added
• Fact Check: Video Of U.S. Marshals Confiscating A Lamborghini From A Somali Daycare Owner Is NOT Real -- Made By Sora AI Tool

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

• Fact Check: "One Of Ours All Of Yours" Is NOT A Phrase From Nazi Germany -- However It Was Really Displayed On A Lectern At A DHS Press Conference In New York City
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Renee Good Lost Custody Of Her Children Because Her Wife Rebecca Put Cigarettes Out On Them

Monday, January 12, 2026

• Fact Check: Satirical Post Said Trump Smelled Like Rotten Beef, Farted Audibly During White House Meeting With Oil Executives -- Not Real News

Sunday, January 11, 2026

• Fact Check: AI Video Of Beyoncé Announcing She Would Be Covering Expenses Of Renee Good's Children Is NOT Real -- No Such Announcement

Saturday, January 10, 2026

• Fact Check: Edited Picture Of Woman Blocking Line Of ICE SUVs Based On Historical 1989 Photo From Events In China -- Does NOT Show Minneapolis

Friday, January 9, 2026

• Fact Check: Claims Casting Doubt On Renee Good's Place Of Residence At Time Of Death Are NOT Supported By Facts
• Fact Check: There Were NOT Antifa and "Transgender Surgeries Performed In This Car" Stickers On Renee Good's Honda Pilot -- AI-Generated Image Originally Posted in 'Comedy' Account Riff On Minneapolis ICE Shooting
• Fact Check: There Is NO Record Of A 1997 Interaction Between Bill Clinton And 'Marcus Williams', A Homeless Desert Storm Veteran -- Clickbait Fiction
• Fact Check: Overhead Still Image Of ICE Agent Opening Fire On Renee Good In Minneapolis Is NOT Real
• Fact Check: Erika Kirk Has NOT Lost Custody Of Her Kids -- Congresswoman Says She Misspoke
• Fact Check: Satirical Post Said 'Radical Libertarian NRA Members' Wielding AR-15 Rifles Were Facing Off With ICE Vehicles In Oregon -- Not Real News

Thursday, January 8, 2026

• Fact Check: Blonde Elsa Thora's Picture Is AI-Generated Image NOT A Real Photo Aboard A Ship During A Military Operation
• Fact Check: 'Lucas Mamdani' Did NOT Buy NYC Properties Through Holding Company Co-Owned With Bernie Sanders -- Mayor Does Not Have A Brother Named 'Lucas Mamdani'
• Fact Check: Steve Grove Is NOT The Name Of The ICE Agent Who Shot And Killed Renee Good In Minneapolis
• Fact Check: Photo Circulating Does NOT Show Renee Nicole Good Who Was Shot By ICE In Minneapolis -- It Shows Another Woman Who Attended The Same University
• Fact Check: DeSantis Did NOT Defend Renee Good, Saying She Had The Right To Drive Away And Even Run Into People Blocking Her Car -- Video Predates Minneapolis ICE Killing By Six Months

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

• Fact Check: Fake Stories Say Streisand, Farage, Speaker Johnson And Others Said 'Our country would be safer without Somali immigrants' -- Vietnam-Launched Hoaxes Say Celebrities Targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar
• Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show U.S. Operation To Capture Bella-1 Oil Tanker, Previously Known As Marinera
• Fact Check: South Park Did NOT Do An Episode With Minnesota Governor Walz And The 'Quality Learing Center' -- AI-Generated Clip
• Fact Check: Federal Judge Did NOT Instruct Treasury Department To Claw Back $15 Million From A USAID Scam By Adam Schiff -- Fake Story From Satire Site
• Fact Check: Wrong Headline Saying Michael Byrd 'Pocketed' $190 Million In Maryland HHS Funds CORRECTED By Gateway Pundit

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

• Fact Check: Mamdani Did NOT Say That 'Husbands Are Allowed To Beat Their Wives' Or That City Authorities Should Ignore Domestic Violence Calls

Monday, January 5, 2026

• Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Trump Being Told 'Shame On You' Live On Air By Depp, Eminem, Cher, McCartney, Others NOT Real - Vietnam Spam
• Fact Check: This 'Official Photo' Of Maduro In U.S. Custody Can NOT Be Traced Back To Official Government Channels
• Fact Check: Blonde's Selfie Is AI-Generated Image NOT A Real Photo With Nicolás Maduro Handcuffed In Back Seat Of Car
• Fact Check: Video Of U.K. Member Of Parliament Calling For Netanyahu To Be Captured Like Maduro Is NOT Real
• Fact Check: Inconsistent Details in Ventura Village Daycare Child Actors Wanted Craigslist Ad From Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sunday, January 4, 2026

• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Real CBS News Report That Gabbard Thwarted A Rep. Jeffries Attempt To Tip Off Maduro -- It's Rage Bait
• Fact Check: Satirical California 'Rep. Jack Kimble' Post About Other Countries Considering Invading U.S. Over Corrupt President Is NOT Real

Saturday, January 3, 2026

• Fact Check: Viral Image of 'Captured Maduro' Is NOT Real -- Maduro's Head Was Digitally Attached To Body Of Ukrainian Businessman Known For Ties With Putin
• Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Caracas, Venezuela Under Missile Bombardment -- 2025 Israel Footage

Friday, January 2, 2026

• Fact Check: Photo Shared By President Trump In 'Eagles Going Down' Post Is NOT An Eagle -- It's A European Red Kite
• Fact Check: Chart Does NOT Show Drug Overdose Deaths 'Dropped Off A Cliff' in 2025 Under Trump -- It Was Biden in '24