Did Robert De Niro say he had to leave New York City now that Mamdani is officially the mayor as some viral posts are saying? No, that's not true: The actor did not make the comments about having "no choice" and Mamdani wanting to take half of his savings because he was wealthy. The story and quote originated on a…
Did Tom Hanks broadcast a program in 2026 about Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse and trafficking of Virginia Giuffre titled "Finding The Light?" No, that's not true: There has been no broadcast schedule and no real news report that such a show aired and attracted an audience of millions. There is no public record of Hanks or anyone else promoting a…
Did ABC News anchor David Muir "snap" in an on-air tirade against Trump, predicting martial law and no midterm elections? No, that's not true: This story is clickbait. David Muir never said this on-air. The story originated on a clickbait website linked from a Facebook page styled to attract Muir's fans but with no affiliation to the news anchor or…
Did Greenland's parliament introduce legislation to ban Donald Trump and all his descendants for 100 generations? No, that's not true: The story originated on a social media account that describes itself as "Dadaist graffiti news", comedy and satire. No real news outlet reported such a ban, which would have been international news while Trump was publicly saying he would annex,…
Did Proud Boys founder Enrique Tarrio say he works for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement? No, that's not true. Tarrio sarcastically replied to a tweet claiming his name appeared on a leaked list of ICE employees, but later clarified that he does not work for the agency. The claim originated from a January 13, 2026, post by Tarrio on his…
Did the U.S. Department of Homeland Security release an image of Jonathan Ross's arm with an IV tube as evidence that the ICE agent suffered internal bleeding from Renee Good's car? No, that's not true: The photo was taken by a college student in 2016 and used in an attempt to convince his professor that he was hospitalized and should…
Were 20 percent of Oregon voters revealed to be "fake" after the secretary of state announced they were going to clean 800,000 names from voter rolls? No, that's not true: The removal of 800,000 inactive registered voters is part of routine voter roll maintenance required by state law. The 800,000 are not part of the 3 million active registered voters…
Does a real photo show Elon Musk and Ted Cruz posing together while two furries are passing in the background? No, that's not true: A real photo that was posted on Instagram by Ted Cruz has been digitally altered. The changes to the photo are subtle, but unflattering. The faces of the two men have been changed to take away…
Did a video document U.S. Marshals confiscating a Somali daycare owner's Lamborghini? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated. A Sora watermark appears in different positions on the frame throughout the video. One copy of the video (archived here) was published on X by @its_The_Dr on Jan. 13, 2026. It is captioned: How funny is this? Somalian daycare owner…
Did the phrase "One of ours all of yours" originate in Nazi Germany after all the residents in a Czech village were killed in retribution for the killing of an SS officer? No, that's not true: The phrase, which was displayed on a lectern at a DHS press conference, is not present in historical records of Nazi slogans, nor is…
Did Renee Good, the woman who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minnesota, lose custody of her two older children because her partner Rebecca Good abused them by putting cigarettes out on them? No, that's not true: No credible evidence shows that she lost custody or that her partner burned her children. Social media posts have circulated making…
Did an actual news outlet report that an oil executive said Donald Trump "smelled like rotten roast beef" and audibly farted multiple times during a White House meeting with oil industry leaders? No, that's not true: The viral message making those claims originated on a satirical X.com account. There were no actual news reports that any participant in the Jan.…
Did singer Beyoncé Knowles announce she would be covering the expenses of Renee Good's children until they were adults? No, that's not true: The viral video apparently showing that was labeled as AI generated by the TikTok account that posted it. Beyoncé's actual social media accounts and those of her charitable foundation have not made any mention of the Minneapolis…
Is this viral image a real photo of a woman in a pink shirt carrying black-and-white bags standing in front of three black SUVs marked 'ICE' while holding up a phone? No, that's not true: The image is a digital edit made to resemble a famous historical picture known as "Tank Man". That picture showed a man carrying shopping bags…
Did U.S. citizen Renee Good, shot and killed in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on January 7, 2026, actually live elsewhere outside Minnesota? No, that's not true: Multiple credible media outlets described her as a resident of that city. The Minneapolis Mayor said that Good lived there on the day of her death. The claim was made…
Was there an Antifa sticker and another one claiming "transgender surgeries performed in this car" on the Honda Pilot Renee Good was driving when she was shot and killed on a Minneapolis street by an ICE agent? No, that's not true: The image of a cluster of car stickers is labeled as AI-generated. The TikTok account that first used the…
Did Secret Service Agent Larry Cockell document that Bill Clinton stopped to speak with a homeless Desert Storm veteran named Marcus Williams outside the Kennedy Center in 1997? No, that's not true: This sentimental story is fictional clickbait. The story's many details make it sound believable but they do not check out. There is no record of this 1997 interaction…
Does a viral still image actually show the moment an ICE agent fired at Minneapolis resident Renee Good? No, that's not true: The details of the scene don't match real eyewitness videos of the event. The image was first published by an account with a parody label, and that account later said the picture was created by AI. The claim…
Did Erika Kirk lose custody of her children, as indicated by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in an interview? No, that's not true: Rep. Luna said in a podcast interview that Kirk "lost her kids," but later said she "meant to say the kids lost their dad." There is no evidence to conclude that the widow of Charlie Kirk lost custody…
Did a group of "radical libertarian NRA members" face off with ICE agents and their vehicles in Oregon, daring them to move an inch toward them? No, that's not true: A viral message making that claim in the wake of the Minneapolis shooting of a woman by an ICE agent originated on a satirical X.com account. There were no actual…
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