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On Jan. 5, 2026, the YouTube channel Maddow’s Brief uploaded a video of TV presenter Rachel Maddow reporting that the retail giant Walmart was supposedly planning to pull out of the U.S. market due to downstream affects of tariffs enacted by President Donald Trump. According to the video, the …
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Claim: Georgia election officials admitted they certified ballots in the 2020 presidential election with tabulator tapes — akin to receipts — that weren’t signed by poll workers in violation of Georgia state election rules. Context Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger issued a statement …
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In mid-December 2025, a meme circulated online featuring text that claimed U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon had announced a new department policy making “their,” “there” and “they’re” mean the same thing. For example, on Dec. 13, a Facebook user posted the graphic in a group called Gavin …
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A rumor that circulated online in December 2025 claimed that California Gov. Gavin Newsom had donated $12 million of his own money to feed hungry children. According to social media posts sharing the claim, Newsom donated the money after seeing that former U.S. President Barack Obama was promoting …
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Claim: In late 2025, NASA admitted that it “didn’t go to the moon.” In December 2025, a post on X (archived) claimed that “NASA just dropped the mother of all bombshells” and admitted “we didn’t go to the moon.” For years, some people have insisted that the 1969 moon landing was staged and that …
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Claim: A video authentically shows a UFO taking off from the Amazon rainforest in 1987. A rumor that circulated online in the latter months of 2025 claimed a video showed a UFO taking off from the Amazon rainforest in 1987. The clip allegedly depicts a helicopter pilot’s view of a round, disc-like …
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Claim: On June 3, 2013, X user @Marco_Acortes posted, “Corona virus….its coming.” Context There’s no reason to believe the user was referring to COVID-19 in particular. The first reports of coronavirus — a group of viruses that includes COVID-19 and other diseases — go back to the 1930s; …
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Claim: U.S. President Donald Trump condemned Democratic victories in the November 2025 elections on Truth Social, writing, “if you keep voting this way, you might not be voting much longer!!! (JOKING – sort of!!!)” On Nov. 5, 2025, following Democratic victories in gubernatorial races in Virginia …
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Claim: U.S. President Trump posted on Truth Social in response to election results from Nov. 4, 2025, “I got rid of all the illegal voters out there, and this is how the rest of you treat me? Fine, America. F*** YOU!!!!” On Nov. 5, 2025, the day after Democratic candidates won governor’s races in …
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Claim: Scientists discovered robotic alien spiders from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Earth’s polar ice sheets in October 2025. In October 2025, a Facebook post (archived) about an unusual finding spread across the platform. According to the post, scientists discovered robotic micro spiders from …
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