Politics in August 2026

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Friday, August 14, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Misrepresents Hassan Piker Quoting Comment Saying America Should Resume Lynching Black People -- Was Denouncing It
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Abdul El-Sayed, Ms. Rachel Talking To Kids About Israeli 'Colonizers'
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Migrant Eating Rat In Europe -- Scene Is From South Africa

Thursday, August 13, 2026

• Fact Check: Sylvester Stallone Did NOT Say Talking To AOC Was 'Like Listening To A High School Girl'
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Athletes With Medals Flipping The Bird To President Trump's Back During Patriot Games
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows AOC In Revealing Sports Bra -- Original Has High-Neck, Full Coverage

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Nonexistent White House X Post With 'Nintendo Lives Matter' Images of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

• Fact Check: Studies Do NOT Show an 81% or 82% Miscarriage Rate in Women Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in First Trimester

Monday, August 10, 2026

• Fact Check: ALTERED Audio Added Sound Of Fart To White House Event Featuring Trump
• Fact Check: AI-Enhanced Photo Shows Moment When Fauci's Wife Flipped The Bird At Photographer
• Fact Check: Photos Show Abdul El-Sayed Played High School Football -- Actor Dean Cain Had Doubted That
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say That Joe Biden 'Destroyed Our Country' And That 'Now Cancer Is Destroying Him'

Friday, August 7, 2026

• Fact Check: Mehdi Hasan Social Media Post Did NOT Have A 9/11 Image Under The Caption 'Make American Planes Crash Again.' -- Now-Deleted Post Retweeted NewsWire
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Falsely Shows Iranian Jets Being Shot Down Over Tel Aviv By Laser System
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT File Emergency Motion To 'Stop His Own Lawsuit Against BBC' -- He Is Trying To Shield His Finances

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Abdul El-Sayed 'Celebrated 9/11' -- He Said 'I Don't Think 9/11 Was Justified'
• Fact Check: Trump DID Post AI-Generated Image Of Himself With Patton, MacArthur -- All In Historically Inaccurate Uniforms

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Karoline Leavitt, Usha Vance, Katie Miller Holding Babies as President, Melania Trump Look On
• Fact Check: No Evidence August 3, 2026, Louisville Procession Was To Bring Mitch McConnell's Corpse To Coroner's Office -- It Was For Deceased Officer

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

• Fact Check: NO Surgeon Named 'François Faivre' Died In Paris In June 2026 Or Ever -- Claim Comes From Recycled, AI-Made Falsification
• Fact Check: Suspected Spokane Arsonist Aaron F. Farinacci Is NOT A Registered Republican Voter -- Washington Voters Do NOT Choose Party Affiliation When Registering

Monday, August 3, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Zohran Mamdani Not Applauding At Funeral Of Staff Sgt. Angel Rampersad -- Originally Had AI Disclaimer
• Fact Check: Photo Shows REAL Massachusetts License Plate Reading '5TAB 47' -- It Is Random