Here's a nice *quantitative analysis* of Sir #TrumpVirus' State of the Union...

The qualitative ( #truth - #substance - and actual reflection of the #SOTU) is easy to summarize: 💩

> The Trump ‘Affordability’ Pivot That Never Came

https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-trump-affordability-pivot-that-never-came-state-of-the-union-inflation-housing-stock-market

> In his record-breakingly-long SOTU, the president spent more time talking about Venezuela than prices.

#Factchecks / #Lies numbers still in process.

#psychopathology #megalomania #GQP #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #tariffs #Epstein

Nature: The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight misinformation. “Cut to the real [Simon] Clark, who has a PhD in stratospheric dynamics and uses the handle @simonoxfphys, as he dismantles several myths about renewable energy using a deadpan style and a torrent of charts. The video, with almost 180,000 views, is an effort to fight misinformation by meeting people where they are, […]

State of Minnesota: New state webpage separates fraud facts from fiction​. “On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the Minnesota Department of Human Services launched a new fact check webpage to correct misleading information and outright false claims about Medicaid fraud in Minnesota.”

Spotted on LinkedIn: ImageWhisperer. Henk van Ess described it this way on his post: “Upload a suspicious photo and it instantly checks against a global database of debunked images, updated daily. If your photo matches a known fake, it shows you the debunk. It also has a ton of new features to detect photos that are not in that database.”

University of Exeter: Football-style ‘Video Assistant Referee’ tackles climate misinformation. “Available online and as an app, ClimaVAR assesses climate information, flagging content as onside/in game (accurate), or showing it a yellow (misleading/partially incorrect) or red card/offside (false or harmful). It also provides the user with scientific references to where the information was […]

#Snopes has reached 10,000 paying members!

Some recent #factchecks we are proud of:
Image claiming to show Renee Nicole Good's car aimed at ICE officer isn't what it seems
(Jan 9, 2026) Credible videos of the shooting showed the wheels of Good's car were turned away from the agent when she moved forward and he shot her

https://mail.snopes.com/p/new-post-59eb

#Trump: " #BigMedia practices #viewpointdiscrimination and outrageously #factchecks Americans trying to use their #FirstAmendment Rights."

Also #Trump: "Here's a new official federal government list of fake, subversive, lying, seditious, evil, terrible, treasonous news outlets we don't like."

https://apnews.com/article/trump-press-media-bias-hall-of-shame-4571e8bfc924de0d83529b635be0a68c

LatAm Journalism Review: Five tools to detect, analyze and counter disinformation. “The following list brings together five tools that media outlets and fact-checking organizations use for tasks ranging from tracking disinformation and analyzing its dissemination patterns, to recovering deleted content and analyzing audiovisual material.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/02/latam-five-tools-to-detect-analyze-and-counter-disinformation/

European Broadcasting Union: EBU to open digital Ukraine Archive as trustworthy source of material for journalists, researchers and other investigators. “The EBU has launched an extensive digital archive of curated audiovisual news content documenting the war in Ukraine since February 2022. The Ukraine Archive, created in partnership with EBU Members and supported by numerous international […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/23/european-broadcasting-union-ebu-to-open-digital-ukraine-archive-as-trustworthy-source-of-material-for-journalists-researchers-and-other-investigators/