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Claims that Dr. Ben Carson is “making a remedy for dementia with honey” are not supported by available fact‑checking and news reports. Major fact‑checkers and reporting show repeated, fabricated endor...
A Cleveland Clinic preprint of 53,402 employees during the 2024–25 respiratory season reported that vaccinated working‑age adults had a higher cumulative incidence of laboratory‑confirmed influenza an...
Claims that Dr. Ben Carson has “found a cure” for dementia or Alzheimer’s are false: multiple fact‑checks say the headlines and ads are fabricated and there is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s diseas...
Experts and fact-checkers find the simple claim — “Bob Cratchit’s 15 shillings/week ≈ $14/hour today, higher than US federal minimum wage” — is misleading because conversions depend on method and assu...
The phrase has been used to describe two different sets of events: a recent wave of social-media allegations in September 2025 claiming that Erika Kirk’s charitable project was tied to child trafficki...
Available reporting shows repeated instances where Ben Carson’s name and image have been used in online ads or promotions for brain and other supplements without his consent; Carson’s representatives ...
The claim that Senator Chuck Schumer “wrote” a law that explicitly allows the U.S. government to blow drug-smuggling boats out of the water is a simplification and a mischaracterization: Schumer backe...
Available reporting shows Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) ran a U.S.-based nonprofit project called Romanian Angels / Everyday Heroes Like You that donated gifts and organized visits to an orphanage in Cons...
Multiple fact‑checking organizations have found that social‑media ads claiming Dr. Ben Carson discovered a “blue honey” or CBD‑gummies cure and that he endorsed products are fabricated and described a...
Neurocept-related advertising that uses Dr. Ben Carson’s image and voice is part of a pattern of online health-product scams that have repeatedly used fake or altered endorsements; Carson’s team has d...
Mark Epstein publicly denied that the now-viral line in his 2018 email — “Ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba” — referred to former President Bill Clinton, saying “Bubba” is a priva...
Available fact‑checks and reporting show no credible evidence that Dr. Ben Carson has ever claimed honey (or any simple dietary item) can treat or prevent dementia; major debunking outlets say headlin...
Available reporting shows no public family‑court records confirming that Erika Kirk lost custody of her two children; multiple fact‑checks and news searches found no custody orders or open cases tied ...
Publicly released Epstein materials — including flight logs and address books that news organizations uploaded to DocumentCloud and searchable databases compiled by outlets like Business Insider — con...
Available reporting shows multiple fact‑checks and news outlets rejecting claims that Dr. Ben Carson endorsed or appeared on 60 Minutes to announce a cure for dementia; fact‑checkers say the attributi...
A widely shared image showing Donald Trump apparently kneeling and touching Bill Clinton is an authentic still photograph from a 2000 U.S. Open encounter, but viral video clips that animate the frame ...
Multiple independent fact‑checking outlets concluded that the most viral “Trump smells” stories circulating in January 2026 were not grounded in verified reporting: prominent claims that an oil execut...
Dr. Ben Carson has ; multiple fact-checks and reporting found alleged endorsements to be fabricated or misattributed, and Carson’s representatives denied he endorsed any “brain pill” products . Claims...
Claims that Erika Kirk (widow of Charlie Kirk) was involved in sex trafficking or formally tied to Jeffrey Epstein and was “banned” from Romania have been widely circulated online, but multiple fact‑c...
Claims that Egypt (or Egyptian aircraft) has been surveilling Erika Kirk surface in social-media threads and some commentary, often linked to broader conspiracies about Charlie Kirk’s assassination; m...