On this day in conspiracies

The Rainbow Warrior arrives in Auckland, New Zealand, to prepare for the voyage. French agents, some posing as tourists and others crewing a yacht, the Ouvéa, are already in the country.

Shortly after 1 a.m., an armed team storms Moïse's residence in Pèlerin 5, above Pétion-Ville, with members shouting in English that this is a DEA operation. Moïse is shot roughly a dozen times and killed; First Lady Martine Moïse is gravely wounded and later airlifted to Florida for treatment.

The claim reaches national politics. A member of Congress says she will introduce legislation to ban cloud seeding and other weather modification, pointing to a recently passed Florida law. PolitiFact publishes a fact-check the same day concluding that naturally occurring rainfall, not cloud seeding, caused the flooding.

A joint Department of Justice and FBI memo states that an exhaustive review of the government's Epstein holdings found no incriminating 'client list,' no credible evidence that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals, and no basis to open investigations against uncharged third parties, while reaffirming the finding that he died by suicide.

With McConnell hospitalized for about a month and few details released, news organizations report growing questions. An emergency-services recording surfaced by an independent journalist references an unconscious person and CPR in progress, intensifying online speculation. Some commentators claim, without evidence, that he is brain-dead and will not return.

The furries clip is reposted by the X account @LePapillonBlu2 stripped of any AI label, and circulates as if it were real footage. Around the same time, a separate 'before Patriot Front' video, appearing to show a woman from a genuine Reuters subway photo, spreads; it too shows signs of AI generation, including a missing reflection in a train window.