Current Events in May 2025

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Saturday, May 31, 2025

• Fact Check: Karoline Leavitt NOT Lectured By Morgan Freeman About Racism And Inequality On Live TV -- Fictional Viral Article

Friday, May 30, 2025

• Fact Check: German Ministry Of Health Website Does NOT Tell Immigrant Men Most German Men Will Be Happy To Have Gay Sex With Immigrants
• Fact Check: 'Big Beautiful Bill' Would NOT Make Eight-Year-Olds Ineligible For Any Food Aid -- Proposal Would Ratchet Up Parental Work Rule
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows 'TACO' in the Sky Over Mar-a-Lago
• Fact Check: Satire Story Said 'Betheda' Military Court Dismissed Admiral Levine Discrimination Lawsuit As Frivolous -- Fictional Story

Thursday, May 29, 2025

• Fact Check: Robert Hawks Post Contained FAKE Quotes by Cadets Refusing to Shake Hands With Trump at West Point -- It Was Satire
• Fact Check: Florida Court Did NOT Rule That New York Times And Washington Post Have To Return Their 2018 Pulitzers, As Of May 28, 2025

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

• Fact Check: Image Claimed To Show '1930 Russian/Soviet Tarantaika' Is NOT Real Photo
• Fact Check: Liz Cheney And Adam Kinzinger Did NOT Write Warnings About The 'Big Beautiful Bill' Attributed To Them In A Meme
• Fact Check: Disney World Did NOT Announce Replacing American Flags With BLM, Pride, Palestine Flags In Parks -- Rumor First Appeared On Self-Described Satire Site 'Mouse Trap News'
• Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Has NOT Been Refusing, There Is No Judge's Demand For Proof She Organized January 6 Riot -- Troller Of Conservatives Made It Up
• Fact Check: Fictional Story About Jamal Roberts Turning Down Tesla Ad Cites No Sources -- NO Actual 'Media Frenzy' Happened

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

• Fact Check: Screengrab Does NOT Document A Macron Presidential Plane Attendant With A 'Ripped Bloody Shoulder'
• Fact Check: Image of Bearded Man Does NOT Show Liverpool Car Ramming Suspect
• Fact Check: Fake Ben & Jerry's 'From The River' Ice Cream Tub Photo Is AI Generated

Monday, May 26, 2025

• Community Notes On X Appear To Be Down -- No Longer Publicly Displayed, Still There In Backend, Working On A Fix
• Fact Check: Barron Trump Did NOT Marry Princess Leonor -- AI Generated Wedding Video
• Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen NOT Canceling Atlantic City Summer Concert Series -- Never Existed, Satire Origin
• Fact Check: Harvard Is NOT Launching Free Online Courses About Recognizing Dictatorship In Response To Recent Events -- Existing Program, No 'Dictatorship' Course

Sunday, May 25, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Game Clip Shows 'Polish Pilot' Landing Boeing 737 On One Wheel -- NOT Real Footage

Friday, May 23, 2025

• Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE That Harvard University Has Announced A Plan To Blacklist Trump Supporters On Campus
• Fact Check: Picture Held Up By Trump In Oval Office Meeting Did NOT Show Body Bags For 'White farmers' In South Africa
• Fact Check: Joke Meme About Springsteen Royalties 'Tanking' And WDKT Baltimore DJ Radio Boycott NOT Real

Thursday, May 22, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Pope Leo XIV Criticizing JD Vance's Response To Biden's Cancer Diagnosis
• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Authentically Show Houthis Missiles Targeting Israel's Ben Gurion Airport
• Fact Check: 'White Genocide' Video Played In Oval Office Does NOT Show Actual 'Burial Sites' Of White Farmers In South Africa
• Fact Check: Rep. Ilhan Omar Did NOT Fail To Condemn Capital Jewish Museum Shooting
• Fact Check: Venezuelan Government Did NOT Donate $22.9 Million For Barack Obama Presidential Library Apartment -- Satire Origin
• Fact Check: Photo of Two Men With Israeli Flags Does NOT Show Embassy Staff Shot Dead Outside Jewish Museum

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

• Fact Check: Rep. LaMonica McIver Did NOT Start Singing 'You Fight On' During CNN Interview About Her Arrest -- It's A Parody
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show British Porn Actress 'Bonnie Blue' Being Arrested -- It's A Skit Using A Prop Car
• Fact Check: Next Air Force One Is NOT Qatari-Made -- Qatar Manufactures No Jet Airliners
• UN's Statement About 14,000 Children Dying In 48 Hours In Gaza Without New Humanitarian Aid: What We Know
• Fact Check: Usher Did NOT Testify at Diddy Trial, As Of May 21, 2025
• Fact Check: Pam Bondi Did NOT Say 'It's Illegal to Call Yourself The Boss'
• Fact Check: Pam Bondi NOT Prosecuting People Saying 'Clown Prince Trump' -- Spoof Headline From Satire Page

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

• Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Portray Karmelo Anthony Attending Prom
• Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Show Actual Israeli Bombing Of Gaza
• Fact Check: Mo'Nique Did NOT Testify in Diddy Trial About Oprah, Tyler Perry, T.D. Jakes
• Fact Check: Sheila E. Did NOT Testify About Prince's Fears at Trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs
• Fact Check: AI Video Has Trump Cancel Pride Month, Replace It With 'Confidence Month' -- Potty Language NOT Real

Monday, May 19, 2025

• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Campaign Did NOT Illegally Pay Beyoncé $200,000 For A Campaign Rally Appearance -- Satire Site Posted Claim As Troll Bait
• Fact Check: Graph Does NOT Show Romanian Presidential Candidate Nicușor Dan Winning 98% Of Votes
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Tesla Cybertruck Not Destroyed When 'A Ton Of Rock' Dropped On It
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show China Air-dropping Aid To Gaza in 2025 -- It's USA Aid In 2024
• Fact Check: Kentucky Weather Service DID Send Out Tornado Warning Despite Trump Funding Cuts
• Fact Check: Bruce Springsteen Was NOT Met With 'A Strong Chorus Of Boos' At Atlanta Rock Fest -- It's Trolling
• Fact Check: A 'Secret' Recording of Prince Was NOT Played in Court at Diddy's Trial
• Fact Check: Billy Joel Did NOT Cancel Non-Existent Concerts With Bruce Springsteen Over Trump Criticism -- Story is Satire
• Fact Check: Satire Story About LeBron James Calling Karoline Leavitt 'KKK Barbie' Originated On Spoof Facebook Page -- Not Real
• Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg Did NOT Collapse In Court Or Lose Fictional $800 Million Lawsuit From Karoline Leavitt -- AI Video

Sunday, May 18, 2025

• Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Show Actual Cruise Ships Dumping Sewage Into The Ocean -- Fake Footage

Saturday, May 17, 2025

• Fact Check: Antifa Did NOT Hang Jeffrey Epstein Banner Next To Donald Trump's On Department of Agriculture Building -- Parody

Friday, May 16, 2025

• Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Ukrainian Government Issued 'Rules For Reporters' Photographing Zelenskyy In Turkey In May 2025
• Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Air Graphic Claiming 'Pakistan Strikes India's Air Defense'
• Fact Check: Mexican Government Did NOT Gift House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries A '$1.2 million Apartment' -- Story Is Satire
• Fact Check: Stringy Strands In Ripe Tomatoes Do NOT Portend That 'Something Weird Is Happening With American Food' -- Those Are Sprouting Seeds
• Fact Check: AI-Generated Image Shows Women And Children Crying On Demand For A Cameraman -- Not Actual Palestinians In Gaza

Thursday, May 15, 2025

• Fact Check: Dollar General Did NOT Post Sign Saying Self-Checkout Is Closed 'Due To N-----s'
• Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Sean 'Diddy' Combs Testified Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Attended 'Communist Freak-Offs'
• Fact Check: Chuck Schumer Does NOT Use a Rolls Royce Gifted to Him By the British Government -- Story is Satire
• Fact Check: Al Gore Did NOT Receive a $90 Million Custom Gulfstream from the Sultan of Kuwait -- Story Originated As Satire

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Ship From Kenya Landing In Germany
• Trump Vs. Coffee In Saudi Arabia: What We Know
• Fact Check: Australian Man Was Not Filmed Being Arrested For Trying To Take AU$5,000 From His Bank Account
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show RFK Jr. Declaring War On 'Fat, Gay Kids' And Things That Make Them 'Effeminate Weirdo Skanks' - Fake
• Fact Check: FAKE Letter Does NOT Show Pakistan Fired Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed
• Fact Check: Sam Smith and Pamela Anderson Did NOT Trade Insults in May 2025 -- Started as Satire
• Fact Check: Fake Bill Clinton Saudi Helicopter Gift Story Originated On Satire Pages -- No $17 Million Gift News Stories

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pope Leo XIV Turning Away From Pride Flag -- It's The "Pace" (Peace) Flag
• Fact Check: Research Paper Did NOT Show Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increased Death Risk by 36%, Killed 470,000 in America
• Fact Check: UK Government Did NOT Announce New 'Window Tax'
• Fact Check: 'Confidential' Memo Does NOT Prove Radiation Leak In Northern Pakistan
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Dancing With 'Trump 2024' Flag, Then Deported -- Different People
• Fact Check: FAKE Truth Social Screenshot Has Trump Calling Australian PM Albanese The R-Word -- Fabricated Image

Monday, May 12, 2025

• Fact Check: AG Pam Bondi Did NOT Announce 'RICO Probe' Into 'Network of The Clinton, Obama, And Biden Families'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Does Not Document 'Eliteists' On Yacht At Sea Getting Washed Overboard By A Wave
• Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Air Graphic Saying 'Trump Helps Curb India's Losses' With Stats Showing India Losing In Conflict With Pakistan
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Praising Pakistan's Air Force, Mocking 'Humiliated' India

Sunday, May 11, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Clearly Show Macron Hiding White Powder Cocaine On Train With Merz, Starmer -- Hi-Res Pic Looks Like Napkin
• Fact Check: Fake Headline About 'Pakistan Air Force' Being 'Undisputed King Of The Skies' Did NOT Appear In Daily Telegraph

Saturday, May 10, 2025

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Leo XIV Said "Be Woke" Or That Statement Containing That Phrase Is Authentic
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Missiles From Pakistan Impacting Delhi -- Old Israel Footage

Friday, May 9, 2025

• New Pope, New Conspiracies, But At The Speed Of Social Media
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Leo XIV Was A 'Celebrated' Jazz Trombone player AKA 'Bobby Prev' In His Spare Time In Chicago
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Drone Sent By India Destroyed In Pakistan -- Thai Fireworks!
• Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Elon Musk Decided To Gift Alysa Liu Tesla
• Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show Fires, Explosions in Pakistani Port City of Karachi After Indian Attacks

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• Fact Check: Fake Headline About Pope Leo XIV And 2020 Anarchist 'CHAZ' Protest Did NOT Appear In New York Times -- Location Wrong, Too
• Fact Check: New Pope Leo XIV Is NOT 'Registered Republican' -- He Voted In Republican Primaries But Illinois Voters Needn't Declare Party Affiliation When Registering
• Fact Check: NO Evidence Toyota, Nissan And Honda 'Will No Longer Sell Vehicles In The United States' Because Of Tariffs
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Indian Drone Shot Down By Pakistan in May 2025
• Fact Check: John Fetterman Was NOT 'Officially Kicked Out' of the Democratic Party As Of May 8, 2025
• Fact Check: Fake Story About Cuban, Gates And Buffett Receiving $250M Quarterly Payments From Biden Treasury Originated On Satire Site

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• Fact Check: Trump Administration Did NOT Announce $15,000 Government Cash Payment To All Buyers Of American Cars
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say 'Let Em Fight' About India-Pakistan Clashes in May 2025
• Fact Check: Harvard Did NOT Publish Red Pen Corrections of Linda McMahon Letter
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Pakistani Pilot Shot Down Amid May 2025 India-Pakistan Clashes
• Fact Check: Old Video Does NOT Show Nuclear Explosion During 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict -- Shows 2015 Explosion In China

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

• Fact Check: ALTERED Photo Of Shiloh Hendrix Shows Her Holding "$250K You N------" Card
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show India Striking Pakistan In May Of 2025 -- Video Clip Has Been Online Since 2023
• Fact Check: Supreme Court Did NOT Refuse To Hear 'Sexual Orientation Discrimination Lawsuit' From Rachel Levine, As Of May 6, 2025
• Fact Check: 'Monetizing MAGA' Panel Featuring Donald Trump Jr. WAS On Qatar Economic Forum Agenda
• Fact Check: Border Patrol Did NOT Find FEMA Packages Intended for Hurricane Survivors Re-Routed to 'Feed Illegals'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video About Imminent May 6 Arrest Of French Right-Wing Leaders In Leaked WhatsApp Messages Has AI Audio -- Not From Front Populaire

Monday, May 5, 2025

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Capture Canada's Carney Authentic Speech About Banning Cars Manufactured Before 2000
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Capture Real Cop 'Losing His Mind' Over Parking Ticket
• Fact Check: Photo Of Man In SS Uniform Is NOT George Soros -- It's Oskar Gröning, A Corporal in Hitler's Waffen SS At Auschwitz
• Posts About Removal Of Ruby Bradley's Service History: What We Know
• Fact Check: Fake Post About Shell Company Tied To Three Democratic Senators Receiving Millions In Ukraine War Contracts Originated On Karoline Leavitt Satire Account

Saturday, May 3, 2025

• Private, Ritualistic And Consequential: The Conclave Is Conspiracy's Natural Habitat
• Fact Check: AI Image Does NOT Show Actual Jewish Settlers Splashing Liquid On Palestinian Woman In Wheelchairs
• Fact Check: President Trump Did Post An AI Image Of Himself Dressed As Pope

Friday, May 2, 2025

• Fact Check: Miley Cyrus Before-And-After Uses FAKE Image To Ask 'What Happened' To Her In May 2025
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Princess Anne Publicly Said 'I Will Never Bow To Camilla'
• Fact Check: Gasoline Prices Did NOT Fall Below $1.98 A Gallon As President Trump Claimed on May 2, 2025
• Fact Check: AI Clip Of Trump Saying He Will 'Erase Pakistan' If It Attacks India Is NOT Real -- Old Footage, Fake Audio

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• Fact Check: Brittney Griner Was NOT Investigated For 'Gambling On Her Own Games' In April 2025
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT 'Warn' Barack Obama That He Would Be Charged With Hatch Act Violations If He Went To El Salvador
• Fact Check: Chinese Officials Did NOT Say They're Trolling Trump With Obama Speeches As He 'Begs For Trade Deal' On Phone
• Fact Check: FAKE 'Hey, Donald' TIME Cover Shows Mark Carney Giving the Finger