How right-wing creators bend reality to their will

Children read at ABC Learning Center Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on December 30, 2025. The daycare was featured in a viral video claiming there were no children present, but it actually just didn’t allow the YouTuber into the building. | Renee Jones Schneider/Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images

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The video opens with a question and a slamming door.