Society in August 2025

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Incident Where A Trump Supporter Was Denied Service At A Grocery Store

Monday, August 25, 2025

• 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: 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: Article II Section 4 Of The U.S. Constitution Does NOT Say All Officers Will Be Removed If The President Is Impeached For Treason
• 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: Number Of Foreigners On Visas Living In The U.S. Is NOT 55 Million -- Closer To 16 Million
• Fact Check: JD Vance DID Post 'It's Pretty Disgusting To Equate 'American' with 'White'' About His Biracial Family -- In 2019
• Fact Check: NO Antisemitism Mentioned In Destiny Marie Diciccio Disorderly Conduct Case -- Not Sentenced To Jail

Thursday, August 21, 2025

• Fact Check: Jon Stewart Did NOT Joke About Karoline Leavitt's Brain 'Missing Makeup' To Her Face On TV
• Fact Check: Peyton Manning Did NOT Honor Ray The Gatekeeper With A Jersey And Standing Ovation -- It's A Clickbait Story With AI Image

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

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: Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler Does NOT Have A Hidden Net Worth Of $100 Million According To DOGE -- Satire Site
• 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
• Fact Check: Story About 'Foster Child Lily Tran' Getting Into Stanford And Singing With Eminem Uses AI Photo -- Versions With Other Celebs Circulating

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: Colorado Man Identifying As A "Wolf Furry" Was NOT Mauled Attempting To Join A Wyoming Wolf Pack -- Story From Satire Site
• Fact Check: George Floyd Statue Was NOT Removed From National Mall Or Smithsonian Museum In Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Ronald McDonald Killed Children In 1892
• 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

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 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'

Friday, August 8, 2025

• Fact Check: George W. Bush Has NOT Declined Presidential Pension Benefits As Stated In Video -- Baseless Rumor
• 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

• 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: U.S. Constitution's Article 1 Sections 9 And 10 WERE Deleted From Congress Website -- Library Of Congress Blames 'Coding Error'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Sheriff's Deputy Asking Purple-Haired Woman 'Does the Carpet Match the Curtains?'
• 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: 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: Video Does NOT Show Sydney Sweeney Saying 'Words Actually Affect People' In Response to American Eagle Controversy -- It's From 2021
• Fact Check: FAKE TV News Report Describes Fictional Couple 'Mark and Jennifer Patterson', Lost At Sea For 25 Years
• Fact Check: Scientists Did NOT Agree That 3I/ATLAS Is Alien Spacecraft Approaching Earth For 'Surprise Attack' In November 2025
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Boy and Dad Caught 'Ding Dong Ditching' -- It's a Sketch

Friday, August 1, 2025

• Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post About 'Fat, Ugly Losers' Critical Of Sydney Sweeney American Eagle Ad Campaign