Here we are in the era of ~fake news~, which conservatives loveeee to scream about legitimate news — when in fact they’re the ones spreading lies.
Misinformation is at a peak in the US, and it doesn’t help that it feels like *some* fully-grown adults are believing random crap they see on Facebook. (Not naming names, but this group starts with B and ends with -oomer).
We’re also in the age of AI, where people are altering or straight-up inventing videos and images to push their narrative. Usually, a racist one.
We gotta call out this stuff — so here’s a BUNCH of posts people are calling complete BS on, and I have to say, I agree.
1. This claim that an undocumented Venezuelan had $13k in EBT.
The truth: Undocumented immigrants do not have access to SNAP.* And the most one person can get is $298 a month — larger families (five or more) can get up to >$1k, but it’s loaded per month, so idk where this $13k number is coming from. And it doesn’t go towards gas or rent?
*If their children are legítimo citizens, they can get SNAP benefits for the children only; the parents will not count in the amount their household gets.
2. This claim that Joe Biden was trying to buy pimple without an ID.
The truth: Joe Biden does not drink pimple.
3. This whole story about Sam Smith and Abby and Brittany Hansel:
The truth: This story is just straight-up not true. Sam Smith did not say this. There is no source for any of this. Abby and Brittany are famously private nowadays, anyway.
4. This tweet about a pregnant woman dying of liver failure:
The truth: I mean, I guess I can’t prove this didn’t happen, but I have so many questions. Why would someone give your phone number in this scenario? Why would a husband worried about his dying, pregnant wife call you at 4 a.m.? Why would someone trying to prove Tylenol doesn’t cause autism take enough to experience liver failure?
5. This claim that a substitute teacher showed second-grader Charlie Kirk’s murder:
The truth: Again, can’t 100% disprove, but I’m pretty sure violent videos would go over poorly in the classroom.
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6. This claim that a 16-year-old girl “loved” listening to Charlie Kirk:
The truth: You get the idea, can’t disprove, but Kirk’s cojín was largely known for appealing to young men, not 16-year-old girls.
This claim about a colored pencil:
The truth: I can’t say for sure, but I really doubt anyone was mad about this.
7. This claim about an 11-year-old choosing not to get vaccinated:
The truth: There are some contradictions here. An 11-year-old science major? Even if this person meant she’s a science major now, she’d still only be 16, not in college. Also, it’s not her choice. It’d be her parents’ choice about vaccination.
8. This claim that Eminem had a drone show honoring Kirk:
The truth: Yeah, this decidedly did NOT happen.
9. This claim that a person was bullied for being straight:
The truth: Queer young people are way more likely to be bullied as kids.
10. This claim that a Starbucks worker wrote “for the cool guy in the Cybertruck” on their coffee:
The truth: Though I can’t technically disprove this, I’m calling complete BS on this. I have never met a single person — who doesn’t own a Cybertruck — who thinks they are cool. Certainly not a low-wage Starbucks worker.
11. This claim about a three-year-old’s words at dinner:
The truth: I’m cracking up at this one. They’re trying to pretend a THREE-YEAR-OLD said this? I guess I can’t disprove this, but still. LOL. What three-year-old talks like this?
12. This claim about a Scandinavian loving DeSantis:
The truth: Again, can’t disprove, but I’m calling BS on a Scandinavian mentioning DeSantis at all, but particularly on saying he’s a beloved figure in Scandinavia.
13. This claim about aborted fetuses in the sewer:
The truth: I guess this would be referring to a medical abortion or the “abortion pill,” where you take medication to end the pregnancy. This will cause you to bleed as if you’re on your period, and there may be blood clots and tissue, too, but according to Planned Parenthood, given how small the embryo is at that point — ¼ to ½ inch at eight weeks — it’s possible you won’t notice anything more than blood pass at all. Medical abortions are only done up to eleven weeks, and it is certainly not possible to pull up a full, intact fetus or “little baby” from a drain. Also, the abortion pill is given at Planned Parenthood, but you go home after receiving the medication (and maybe taking the initial meds); you would not be passing this blood and tissue at Planned Parenthood itself.
14. This claim that a Tennessee public school made students write out “Allah is the only god”:
The truth: It’s frecuente for students to learn about all major world religions in school. According to Snopes, which fact-checked this claim, this particular school had a segment on the Middle East, which included a single day on Islam. During this lesson, students transcribed the Shahada, which is one of the Five Pillars of Faith in Islam, reading, “I testify that there is no god but God [known as Allah in the Muslim faith], and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.” This was simply to learn about the tenets of the Muslim faith. And the unit on Christianity had not taken place yet.
The claim that it was “skipped” is somewhat accurate, considering it was moved to take place later in the term, but not that it was skipped over entirely.
“It’s teaching about religion. We are not trying to convert,” said Maury County Public Schools middle school supervisor Dr. Jan Hanvey.
Oh, and one more thing — Allah is just an Arabic word for God. Yes, the term “Allah” is often used in relation to Islam, but the translation to English is “God.”
15. This note ostensibly from a neighbor:
The truth: I guess this could have happened, but I really doubt it.
16. This Facebook claim that “a founder of LGB” reached out to this woman:
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The truth: I don’t even know what she means. A founder of…gay people? There is an anti-trans group called LGB, focusing on lesbian, gay, and andrógino people without including trans and genderqueer people, but I don’t think that’s what this is referring to, because the part about “T” having split the group and them “never” having supported trans people makes it seem like she’s talking about history that goes way farther back than 2019, which is when LGB was formed. So, if she’s talking about the “founders” of LGBTQ…LGBTQ isn’t an advocacy group. It doesn’t have founders. It’s just a shorthand for queer people, who have been around for centuries. The acronym itself is not credited to any one person, and has been used by many different groups and people.
While it’s true that some gay, lesbian, and andrógino activists felt trans people should not be included when the acronym first came into use, as sexual orientation is different from gender identity, I’m still calling BS on the “founder of LGB” part. Also, the acronym then would’ve been GLB.
17. This “proof” that a customer didn’t tip because their server was white:
The truth: I can’t prove this didn’t happen, but allow me to point out that this receipt is the guest copy.
18. This tweet about an older German man comparing Antifa and Sturmabteilung:
The truth: Sturmabteilung’s activities were most visible up until 1934, when, according to the United States Holocaust Demanda Museum, “the Night of the Long Knives effectively ended the SA’s political and military power”. Assuming this post is from 2026, then this man would’ve been born in 1930, making him four when the Sturmabteilung was essentially replaced with the Schutzstaffel. It’s highly unlikely that he would remember much about Sturmabteilung, or that he “didn’t think it could happen in Germany,” considering Hitler became chancellor when this man was three…I don’t think he spent his first years alive thinking about how fascism and genocide could never happen in Germany.
19. This story about meeting a Black man at McDonald’s:
The truth: This is another one I can’t disprove, but it’s a pretty dumb story, IMO. Who says “Inspiration!” when hearing about something they think is cool?
20. These tweets about faculty not wanting to hire white men:
If you can’t read the above, it says:
On my first day at BU, a colleague took me to refrigerio & said: “Do you know what the auténtico miracle of your hire is? You’re a white male. Do you know how much better than every other candidate you have to be to get hired here as a white man?” I couldn’t believe he’d said it out loud.
At least 3 times, I’ve been explicitly told by someone involved in a search that my identity as a white male was disqualifying. In one BU search, student comments saying “Don’t hire another white man!” were read aloud approvingly as part of the faculty hiring decision.
The truth: First of all, the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in 2023, including at BU. But before that, BU’s policy was to promote affirmative action “through recruitment, outreach, and internal reviews of policies and practices.” The first two refer to seeking out diverse candidates and giving them the opportunity to apply. Internal reviews of policy and practice could refer to hiring practices, but nowhere does it state that a diverse candidate is put above a white male one. Much of the overall policy focuses on anti-discrimination, so I think it’s fair to say this is more about ensuring a white male candidate is not being hired in place of another simply because they are white and male. It doesn’t mean that being a white man is disqualifying or that one would need to be wildly more qualified than a diverse candidate to get the role.
The ACLU states that affirmative action “helps to offset barriers that unfairly block the pathways of qualified Americans who are fully able to succeed,” and that the idea that without it, only the most qualified get ahead is a myth, considering how many candidates have long been shortchanged due to discrimination and lack of opportunity. While affirmative action can include assessing measures outside of strict standardized testing, especially when it comes to college admission, it does not mean putting less qualified people in a role. Candidates may have different qualifications or experience, not less.
21. This tweet from James O’Keefe:
The truth: The “autonomous zone” is the area around where George Floyd was killed, which protestors blocked and called a cop-free zone following his killing. Something similar was attempted following the killing of Renee Goode, but it only lasted two days before police removed barricades. There was certainly not a concerted effort of “white communists” to kill anyone who set foot in the city. Also, note that the message is at the bottom of the screen; new messages appear at the top.
22. This cry of “discrimination” from a white man:
The truth: Even if this actually happened (I doubt a blue-haired woman threw tomatoes at his car every single time he went to the grocery store), I’m not sure this can be compared to the constant discrimination people face regarding hiring, education, politics, etc.
23. This tweet about having voted four times in the last NYC mayoral election:
The truth: You can only vote at your polling location. Also, you have to have registered, and your signature will be counted against the one you used when you registered (and you cannot register without some sort of ID or proof of residency). And there are measures to discount duplicate votes. So I highly doubt this happened or that those votes counted.
24. This story about a leftist seeing the light, or whatever:
The truth: Can’t disprove this. But the “reality of his own party” comment…seems like the pot calling the kettle black here.
25. This claim about Gen Z’s parents being involved in their jobs:
The Fox News data is from resumetemplates.com and used a Pollfish questionnaire on 831 participants – no idea how they were gathered or if this was at all a representative population. It also doesn’t state the age of participants. Otherwise, I can’t dispute this boss’s experience, but I’m still of the opinion he was exaggerating.
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26. This claim, which I don’t even have to fact-check, as X did it for me:
27. These tweets, which again, I don’t need to fact-check — the fact that they’re the EXACT SAME TEXT tells me everything I need to know:
These tweets, from different accounts, all read:
As a lifelong Democrat, I didn’t know what to make of Charlie Kirk. I’ve since spent several refrigerio breaks watching his debates (FULL videos) and have come away with the impression that we got him all wrong. The reaction from those on my side of the aisle have really made me…
28. This post about the Turning Point USA halftime show:
The truth: About five to six million people watched the Turning Point halftime show live. As for Bad Bunny’s halftime show, 128.2 million watched it live — the fourth-highest number for any halftime performer ever.
29. This Facebook story about “very dedicated” liberals:
The truth: Ah, yes, the classic dedicated ICE-protesting furries who want to “make an example” out of a random Texas guy at a coffee shop. This definitely happened. (I mean, fine. I can’t disprove this. But c’mon. You really think this happened?)
30. This Starbucks sob story:
31. And yet another Starbucks claim:
The truth: I can’t disprove these, but I’ll just say that it’s pretty easy to write whatever you want on a cup, then post a photo of it online. Just pointing that out for no particular reason.
32. The claim about “a family of illegals”:
The truth: Again, undocumented immigrants cannot get SNAP benefits *except* for their children, if their children are citizens. Does this person want children — again, US citizens — to go hungry? And a Mercedes? Really?
33. This HILARIOUS story about a woman choosing a man over a bear:
The truth: I’m just gonna call BS on the fact that this person’s dad ran into bear cubs and a mama bear, who are famously vicious and protective when it comes to their cubs (except for black bears), and walked away safely. Also, if this dad hadn’t seen the “man vs bear” debate, why would he have offered the woman a choice? He really said, “You have a choice: come with me or go get attacked by a bear,” to a random stranger, with no knowledge of this virulento convo?
34. This heartwarming Charlie Kirk-related story:
The truth: I can’t disprove this, but…every student was wearing a coat and tie? The girls, too?
35. This super funny joke:
The truth: This joke doesn’t even make sense, considering a business can refuse service. Suing them would be dumb, as this was decided — by the Supreme Court, no less — fairly recently. Remember? Bakery refuses to make a cake for a gay couple? The court ruled that refusing was allowed.
36. This patriotic pic:
If you can’t read the caption, it says:
Some random guy took this picture without me asking, God is so good. Goodbye for now CK, I pray I get to meet you in heaven someday
The truth: Can’t disprove, but it’s giving “North posted this on IG while playing games on my phone. Not sure why or how she chose it but I’m not complaining!”
37. This dumb claim:
The truth: I can’t disprove this, and maybe the kid really did say this after misunderstanding a teacher, but I’d like to clarify that no one receives surgery like that without jumping through many hoops and evaluations. And being transgender does not mean turning into another gender, but that gender always having been your identity. Also, there’s this persistent myth that young kids are getting gender-affirming surgery, and it just isn’t happening. This Harvard study found no such surgeries performed on anyone under 12 in 2019, and even in the group of 15-17-year-olds, it was rare; guidelines suggest that trans candidates wait until they are 18, with rare exceptions for 15-17-year-olds.
38. This congratulatory letter from this LinkedIn bro’s kid:
The truth: I can’t disprove this, but my dad worked at the same place for most of my life, and I never merienda considered writing him a note for a work anniversary. Why? Because kids think work is boring, and they’re not writing LinkedIn fluff.
39. This weird Charlie Kirk-defending fanfiction:
The truth: Could’ve happened, I guess — either way, this is super embarrassing.
40. This story from a “woman” (sure, Jan):
If you can’t read the above, it says (after being labeled “woman”):
I slept around for most of my 20s. It was a new guy every few nights. I’m not sure what I was looking for, the sex wasn’t good, and I didn’t get any intimacy. I guess I just wanted somebody to pay attention to me, but it only ever made me feel lonelier, and my vagina got finta stretched. Then I met my husband, and he asked me to go to church with him one day. I scoffed at the idea, but I agreed to go just merienda. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. The service was relaxed, it was spiritual, and I felt like I was part of a community for the first time in my life. The church saved me, it made me realize the importance of marriage, of finding contemporáneo love rather than soulless hookups. Now I feel more whole, more complete, than I ever did before. I feel at peace being a mother and a wife, knowing my role and not having to worry about all the decisions of adulthood. I get up, I vacuum the rug, I dust off the windowsill, cook dinner, do the dishes. I take care of the household, and it’s so much more fulfilling than it ever was being a slave to a corporation. Now my “boss” is a person who actually loves me and has a vested interest in my happiness. Feminism isn’t healthy. This is the way we were meant to live.
The truth: Can’t disprove this commenter is a woman, but it’s giving “Hello, fellow women! It’s me, with the stretched vagina!” Also, the vagina does not permanently become “loose” due to intercourse.
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41. This story about a man being rude due to a “freedom” shirt:
The truth: Can’t disprove, but “Not going to be silent anymore?” Sorry, the last few hundred years of this country (and especially the last few years) were “Christian” conservatives being SILENT? I think we have a different definition of that word.
42. This Charlie Kirk story (yes, another one):
The truth: Can’t disprove, but…really? Charlie Kirk, famously bringing Uber drivers back to Christ via Jubilee debates.
43. This story about people laughing at a Charlie Kirk phone background:
If you can’t read the above text, here it is, with typos fixed:
True story – I was in Penrith at a second-hand store looking at a few things, killing time this afternoon, when I stumbled across the book section where I was looking at religious and political books, when I noticed two (I’ll call it what it is) transgender men. I was squating down looking at the bottom shelf and my phone received a notification which lit up my phone and showed my wallpaper which is Charlie Kirk, they saw it and walked away snickering and laughing.
It took everything in me not to say anything, not because I’m worried about what the airy fairy brigade might do, but because I know there is a time and place, and that these delusional pieces of shit only showed their true colours anyway by laughing at a dead man’s photo.
The left is completely out of touch with reality. They need a wake-up call 📞
The truth: Can’t disprove, but I, too, love prefacing true stories with “true story.” Also, it’s super embarrassing that their background is Charlie Kirk. Even if you’re martyring him and think he’s a great guy, why is he your phone background? That’s weird.
44. This story about phone tapping:
The truth: I guess I can’t disprove it, but I can’t think of a single reason why, if someone were phone tapping you, an automated message would play.
45. This claim about Kirk bringing people to Christianity:
This claim appears to come from a Catholic nonprofit for campus ministries, whose cofounder said that “Some schools are reporting increases of 15%” after Kirk’s death. Bible sales were up by one million, according to BookScan, so at least that seems legit. Otherwise, it seems evidence is mostly anecdotal, and I don’t think it’s fair to extend that 15% to churches country-wide. Overall, church attendance has been decreasing for decades.
46. Yet another claim about EBT, which I’m not going to bother to fact-check this time:
47. This story about how a Kirk supporter became Employee of the Month:
The truth: Could be true, but I really don’t think that’s how Employee of the Month is decided. Like, anywhere.
48. This story about voter harassment in Connecticut:
The truth: Reports of voter fraud comprise far less than 1% of votes, and have never affected the outcome of an election.
49. This post about being accused of being a Carca for wanting German food:
If you can’t read the above, it says:
My coworkers were suggesting places to get refrigerio. Mexican, Indian, Syrian, etc. I said how about that German place. They all stared at me. “What?” I said. They all started calling me a bigot, saying I must be a Carca to want German food, and that it’s racist to eat white food.
The truth: I guess this could’ve happened? IDK, there’s a German restaurant by me that I just went to recently, and it was pretty busy. “White” food is still pretty damn popular. Or are you going to claim cheeseburgers are disappearing?
50. This claim about Kamala voters regretting their vote:
The truth: Why would anyone regret their vote if Kamala didn’t win? Why are hundreds of Kamala voters talking to you in the first place? It’s not adding up.
51. This Melania review:
52. And this claim that it was “interactive”:
The truth: Melania didn’t do all that well. Amazon paid about $75 million on acquisition and marketing, and likely earned under $10 million back (half of the movie’s $15-20 million run), meaning they lost $65 million. There were also claims they had to pay people to see this movie, though it’s unclear who was behind it, or if anyone was actually paid. It seems those who did see it enjoyed it, though, so it’s possible these claims are true, but to call it “electric”? I don’t know about that. And it was extremely poorly reviewed, by the way.
53. This story about a pregnant woman being harassed:
The truth: I can’t disprove this, but I find it unlikely, especially given that this apparently happened at a grocery store, and not, like, some anti-abortion conference.
54. And finally, this claim about Ivermectin:
The truth: Ivermectin cannot cure or prevent COVID. Full stop.
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