Bill McCarthy

Both critics and fans of Donald Trump are sharing a video purporting to show the US president dancing on the roof of the White House, but it is a fake.

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Both critics and fans of Donald Trump are sharing this video purporting to show the US president doing his signature dance from the top of the White House roof, but it is an altered fake: u.afp.com/SMuj

🔬I was contacted by Stanford researcher Solomon Hsiang to cover this major correction of a climate paper published in Nature last year. Here's the story: phys.org/news/2025-08...

Christopher C. Cuomo & @ChrisCuo...•1h8... Nothing about hamas or people burning jews cars...but sweeney jeans ad? Deserved time on floor of congress? What happd to this party? Fight for small business ...not for small culture wars AOC Says Sweeney Jeans Capaign From instagram.com @ 47 1728 102 1hl 12K Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez * 4 @AOC This is a deepfake dude. Please use your critical thinking skills. At this point you're just reposting Facebook memes and calling it journalism 1:36 PM • 8/6/25 • 60 Views

1. Chris Cuomo has posted a blatantly fake video of @aoc.bsky.social

It’s so fake that it’s clearly labeled as parody AI at the top.

Video on in next post.

A video compilation viewed millions of times claims to show massive hailstones hitting Wyoming, but the visuals are old and unrelated to recent storms in the US state.

Several of the clips were filmed years ago, in Australia and other locations.

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Combating Domestic Violent Extremism Is No Longer a FEMA Priority Documents obtained by WIRED show FEMA plans to direct states and tribes to halt activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism so as to align with "current administration priorities."

NEW: Documents obtained by @wired.com show that FEMA plans to direct states and tribes to halt activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism --- so as to align with "current administration priorities."

read @mollytaft.com:

This 14-shot video compilation claiming to show hailstones pelting Wyoming has millions of views, but the clips are not from the state's recent storms.

The visuals are old and unrelated, with many filmed years ago in Australia and other locations.

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A widespread video claims to show a lone protester holding a crass sign outside Donald Trump's meeting with Keir Starmer in Scotland.

But the clip is altered, with an image of the late Scottish comedian Janey Godley -- known for protesting Trump -- edited into the frame.

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This video claiming to show a lone protester holding a crass sign outside Donald Trump's meeting with Keir Starmer is altered. Live footage showed no interruption.

The woman edited into the frame is Scottish comedian Janey Godley, known for her Trump protests, who died in 2024.

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"This report reads like an undergraduate exercise in misrepresenting climate science," James Rae, climate researcher at the University of St Andrews in Scotland

Top scientists told AFP their research cited in a flagship climate report by the US Department of Energy was misused to downplay the role of human activity in global warming.

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23-year-old who died of cancer after refusing chemo had ‘five coffee enemas a day’ Her brothers claim that their mother's controversial beliefs played a role in her death.

23-year-old who died of cancer after refusing chemo had ‘five coffee enemas a day’

Oprah Rejects Claims She Closed Hawaii Road Amid Tsunami Warning Oprah Winfrey refuted widespread online claims Wednesday that she blocked off a private road on Hawaii property she owns, preventing tsunami evacuees from quickly reaching higher ground.

Oprah Winfrey has refuted widespread online claims that she blocked off a private road on her Hawaii property from tsunami evacuees, with a spokesperson saying the TV host opened the road for cars to pass 50 at a time and that "any reports otherwise are false." www.barrons.com/news/oprah-r...

This video spread across platforms falsely claims to show a massive crowd greeting US President Donald Trump as he visited Scotland in July 2025.

In reality, the footage comes from a Courteeners performance at a 2016 music festival. u.afp.com/SgDz

US Energy Department Misrepresents Climate Science In New Report Top scientists told AFP Thursday their research cited in a flagship climate report by the US Department of Energy (DoE) was misused to downplay the role of human activity in global warming.

Scientists whose research was cited in a flagship climate report by the US Department of Energy told AFP their work was misrepresented to downplay the role of human activity in global warming, via @manonjacob.bsky.social. www.barrons.com/news/us-ener...

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

Post Exclusive: Under pressure from White House, Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum. Now the text reads that "only 3 presidents seriously faced removal," meaning A. Johnson, Nixon and Clinton -- not Trump. wapo.st/3HhfyxU

US Energy Department Misrepresents Climate Science In New Report Top scientists told AFP Thursday their research cited in a flagship climate report by the US Department of Energy (DoE) was misused to downplay the role of human activity in global warming.

Scientists whose research was cited in a flagship climate report by the US Department of Energy told AFP their work was misrepresented to downplay the role of human activity in global warming, via @manonjacob.bsky.social. www.barrons.com/news/us-ener...

🌋🌊 While we're on the topic of earthquakes and other natural disasters... Claims of animals "sensing" or "predicting" mass seismic activity have been resurfacing on social media recently and gaining a lot of traction.

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Oprah Rejects Claims She Closed Hawaii Road Amid Tsunami Warning Oprah Winfrey refuted widespread online claims Wednesday that she blocked off a private road on Hawaii property she owns, preventing tsunami evacuees from quickly reaching higher ground.

Oprah Winfrey has refuted widespread online claims that she blocked off a private road on her Hawaii property from tsunami evacuees, with a spokesperson saying the TV host opened the road for cars to pass 50 at a time and that "any reports otherwise are false." www.barrons.com/news/oprah-r...

This video spread across platforms falsely claims to show a massive crowd greeting US President Donald Trump as he visited Scotland in July 2025.

In reality, the footage comes from a Courteeners performance at a 2016 music festival. u.afp.com/SgDz

Several fake CNN chyrons labeling the New York shooter as "a white male" are spreading online. u.afp.com/SgDb

Republicans across the country are pushing bills to stop government 'weather modification' “If it doesn't exist,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a co-sponsor of federal legislation targeting geoengineering, “then you don't have anything to worry about.”

NEW: Republicans in nearly 20 states + Congress are writing bills to ban “weather modification.”

“It’s not a conspiracy theory,” PA Sen. Camera Bartolotta said. “All you have to do is look up.”

Dems see it as “absolutely” the GOP’s latest response to climate change

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This image depicting Hulk Hogan posed in front of migrants at the Alligator Alcatraz detention center has spread rapidly since he died, but it is fake.

It combines a 2014 portrait of the pro wrestler with an unrelated photo of migrants detained in 2019.

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Mullin: "In 2009 there was sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration with Epstein."

Tapper: "No, that's not right. It was 2008. The U.S. Attorney at the time was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee He went on to become President Trump's Secretary of Labor."

This video purports to show Jerome Powell resigning in a expletive-laden speech condeming the economy, inflation and Wall Street.

The clip is a deepfake, with AI-generated audio dubbed over unrelated footage of the Federal Reserve chair from 2023.

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Trump: “It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion…”

Powell: “I’m not aware of that.”

Trump: “It just came out.”

Powell: “You are including the Martin renovation. You just added in a third building.”

Trump: “It’s a building that's being built.”

Powell: “No, it was built five years ago.”

It appears the "QAnon Shaman," Jacob Chansley, has now soured on US President Donald Trump.

Prominent conservative influencers and US Senator Mike Lee shared a fake resignation letter purportedly from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

The document's seal, signature and typesetting showed clear signs of inauthenticity.

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This video purporting to show Jimmy Kimmel bashing Donald Trump and warning about free speech after CBS cancelled Stephen Colbert's show is a fake made with AI-generated audio.

Kimmel is on a summer break and has not fronted his late-night show since June.

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Macrons file defamation suit against right-wing US podcaster Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against a right-wing US podcaster who claimed the spouse of the French president used to be a man.In a statement release...

Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against right-wing US podcaster Candace Owens over claims that the spouse of the French president used to be a man. uk.news.yahoo.com/macrons-file...