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Can’t tellDirector Ron Howard authored a letter starting, "I'm a liberal, but that doesn't mean what a lot of you apparently think it does."SnopesAug 28, 2026FalseA time-lapse video authentically shows Sen. Mitch McConnell sitting in the U.S. Senate chamber, barely moving, for 20 hours straight.SnopesAug 28, 2026FalseLa “inmigración ilegal desenfrenada” durante la administración Biden es la causa de “un brote de sarampión en ciertas partes del país”.Said by Byron DonaldsPolitiFactAug 28, 2026MixedIn August 2026, Costco removed Callaway golf products from its inventory online and in stores because of backlash over advertisement released by Callaway partner Good Good Golf that featured a man shoving a woman to the ground.SnopesAug 27, 2026False“Rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration is the cause of “a measles outbreak in certain parts of the country.”Said by Byron DonaldsPolitiFactAug 27, 2026FalseThe Detroit Police Department issued a warning about a “gang initiation” trend of young men stabbing women in Detroit in August 2026.SnopesAug 27, 2026Can’t tellSupreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un paid tribute to the late country music star Dolly Parton at the summit of Mount Paektu in August 2026.SnopesAug 27, 2026FalseA video authentically showed a Target ad featuring a costume that critics said evoked racist blackface and minstrel imagery.SnopesAug 27, 2026TrueU.S. President Donald Trump bought up to $500,000 in Boeing stock the same day the U.S. Navy awarded the aerospace company with an $880 million contract.SnopesAug 27, 2026TrueSinger Dolly Parton declined receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom three times, twice from U.S. President Donald Trump and once from former President Joe Biden.SnopesAug 27, 2026FalseA video features an authentic audio recording of the late country music legend Dolly Parton revealing her "final wish."SnopesAug 27, 2026MixedGirl Scouts of the USA offers "Muslim badges" that members can earn by learning the five pillars of Islam or visiting a mosque.SnopesAug 26, 2026FalseDrug overdoses decreased in Maine because the Trump administration “sealed the border.”Said by JD VancePolitiFactAug 26, 2026TrueIn late August 2026, the White House posted a "Magic Deportation Bus" graphic to social media, referencing the 1990s educational cartoon "The Magic School Bus."SnopesAug 26, 2026MixedActor Steve Buscemi was attacked on the streets of New York City and hospitalized, as social media users claimed in August 2026.SnopesAug 26, 2026Can’t tellIn August 2026, police raided and shut down a funeral home in Weston, Missouri, for operating as a “necrophilia brothel.”SnopesAug 26, 2026MixedProject 2025, The Heritage Foundation's plan for a conservative presidency that U.S. President Donald Trump has largely used as a blueprint for his second administration, calls for culling wild horses to cut costs.SnopesAug 26, 2026FalseProducts marked as beef on U.S. store shelves “might just be from a foreign country that was buying horses from the U.S. government for the slaughter.”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactAug 26, 2026Can’t tellIn August 2026, Yellowstone National Park rangers warned the public that ravens had learned to open car doors.SnopesAug 25, 2026MixedIn August 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump said, “We were a dumb, stupid country, led by a very, very stupid person a year ago.”SnopesAug 25, 2026TrueA screenshot shows an authentic Truth Social post from U.S. President Donald Trump that says: "The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer."SnopesAug 25, 2026FalseWhen he was a senator, Sherrod Brown “supported Social Security payments for illegals, healthcare for illegals and COVID checks for illegals.”Said by Jon HustedPolitiFactAug 25, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows a baby sitting in a car seat hanging from the open window of a driver's side door.SnopesAug 25, 2026Can’t tellIn August 2026, actor George Clooney was "very upset" about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's wealth tax, saying "it’s gotten way out of hand."SnopesAug 25, 2026