Society 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

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: Video Of Man Smoking In Minnie Mouse Costume Is NOT At A Disney Park -- Unauthorized Character In Las Vegas
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Man In McDonald's During Toronto Earthquake -- It's AI
• 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: 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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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

Sunday, January 25, 2026

• Fact Check: Fake Trump Post Image About 'Only Criminals' Carrying 'Guns On Our Streets' NOT Actual Truth Social Post After Minneapolis Shooting

Friday, January 23, 2026

• Fact Check: Helen Keller's Life Achievements Were NOT Faked -- Social Media Conspiracies Offer No Hard Evidence

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: Your Favorite Sports Star Did NOT Refuse To Wear An LGBT Armband -- It's Spam From Vietnam
• Fact Check: Fake Video Of ICE Entering Class At Cal State University Looking For Student Is Made By Sora AI Tool
• Fact Check: Mia Khalifa Is NOT Dating Rowan Atkinson, The Actor Who Played "Mr. Bean" -- Rumor Denied By Khalifa

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

• Fact Check: Johnny Carson Did NOT Comfort Dying Woman Barbara Martinez While Taping The Tonight Show On March 17, 1983
• 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

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

Friday, January 16, 2026

• Fact Check: David Muir Did NOT Launch Into An Anti-Trump Tirade Predicting Martial Law, No Midterms -- Clickbait Story
• 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

Thursday, January 15, 2026

• Fact Check: Joke 3D Rendering Shows Kanye West NOT 14th-Century ruler Mali Ruler Mansa Musa Reconstructed By Harvard Researchers
• Fact Check: Proud Boys Founder Enrique Tarrio Did NOT Say He Is In ICE

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

• Fact Check: Erika Kirk And Tom Brady Are NOT Dating -- The 'Report' Came From A Parody Account
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Really Show Local Officer Ordering Driver To Open Armored Truck That Was 'A Federal Asset"
• 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: Clickbait Story About Diner Bought By Springsteen, Cher, Joni Mitchell And Other Celebrities To Feed 120 Homeless Every Day Is NOT Real - Vietnam Spam
• 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: Video Does NOT Show Timberwolves National Anthem Ceremony For Renee Good, Minneapolis Mother Killed By ICE
• Fact Check: "Kramer Hammy" Who Penned Viral Opinion Piece About Minnesota ICE Shooting IS A Former Deputy Sheriff

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

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
• Fact Check: AI Image In Keanu Reeves 'Arch Animal Sanctuary' Story With No Verifiable Details -- No Actual News Reports

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: 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

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

• Fact Check: Fake Posts About '100% Free Community Health Center' Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real -- Foreign Clickbait
• Fact Check: Baseless Video About Mark Delcourt's Escape From An Organ Harvesting Hospital Is Mashup Of Unrelated Clips
• Fact Check: Mamdani Did NOT Say That 'Husbands Are Allowed To Beat Their Wives' Or That City Authorities Should Ignore Domestic Violence Calls
• Fact Check: Posts About Connecticut Woman Ada Morrison Committed To Asylum For 'Excessive Reading' In 1893 Do NOT Tell Real-Life Story

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: 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

Friday, January 2, 2026

• Fact Check: FBI, ICE Did NOT Raid Yacht Near Miami & Rescue 34 Students Sex-Trafficked By A Harvard Professor