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Coca-Cola, Peru & Ron Howard

Plus: Girl Scout cookies are accused of containing toxins. Here's why they're still safe to eat

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Izz LaMagdeleine
February 13, 2025

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Snopes Debunker

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Coca-Cola is accused of calling ICE on immigrant workers — but there's no evidence of it

This month, a rumor that Coca-Cola called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on its own immigrant employees began spreading on social media. The claim spread on X, Threads, Reddit, Instagram and Facebook and TikTok, where videos calling for a boycott of Coca-Cola products due to the company's purported actions received millions of views.

These claims weren’t based in credible evidence. We could not find any proof Coca-Cola called ICE on former or current employees, nor could we find evidence of mass layoffs at a Coca-Cola plant in Texas. Coca-Cola also denied the allegations, and there was no proof of an apology by the company, as asserted by some videos. Snopes reporter Grace Deng investigated.

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Trump WH falsely claimed USAID funded 'transgender comic book' in Peru

Karoline Leavitt, Trump's White House press secretary, promoted this false claim in the early days of his second term.

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Breaking down how much money Musk's Starlink received from USAID

A senator from Vermont claimed Elon Musk's Starlink received "millions" from the humanitarian aid agency.

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Breaking down what Trump's Super Bowl trip cost taxpayers

Air Force One alone costs nearly $3,000 per minute to fly.

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No, Ron Howard didn't author 'I'm a liberal' letter

"[The] majority of liberals I know think along roughly these same lines," the letter alleges.

Staff Pick

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Girl Scout cookies are accused of containing toxins. Here's why they're still safe to eat

A child would need to eat 9,000 cookies in a day to approach harmful levels of pesticide or naturally occurring heavy metals.