Politics 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: 'Big Beautiful Bill' Would NOT Make Eight-Year-Olds Ineligible For Any Food Aid -- Proposal Would Ratchet Up Parental Work Rule
• Fact Check: FAKE Videos Show Don Lemon and Elon Musk Arguing During Interview
• 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: 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: Caitlin Clark Did NOT Refuse to Promote Tesla, Threaten to Unveil Dark Secrets About Elon Musk
• Fact Check: Fake Ben & Jerry's 'From The River' Ice Cream Tub Photo Is AI Generated
• Fact Check: Trump DID Attack 'USA Hating Judges' in 2025 Memorial Day Message

Monday, May 26, 2025

• 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

Saturday, May 24, 2025

• Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Uncover 14 Pardons, 11 Executives Orders Signed By Autopen Joe Biden Was Not Aware Of -- Satire

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: Pro-Trump Cuban Activist Hector Luis Valdes Cocho Was Picked Up By ICE Detention And Is Awaiting Possible Deportation
• Fact Check: Ketanji Brown Jackson Did NOT Take $2.1 Million Italian Vacation Home as Bribe From George Soros
• 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: '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: Pete Townsend Did NOT Say Bruce Springsteen Should 'Shut Up and Play'
• 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: Next Air Force One Is NOT Qatari-Made -- Qatar Manufactures No Jet Airliners
• 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: AI Video Does NOT Authentically Show RFK, Jr. Saying China adds 'Gay Chemicals' and 'Fruity Piña Colada Flavoring Agent' To Vapes
• Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Show Actual Israeli Bombing Of Gaza
• 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: 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: 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

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: Mexican Government Did NOT Gift House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries A '$1.2 million Apartment' -- Story Is Satire
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Calling East Palestine Train Derailment an 'Environmental Terror Attack'
• 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: NO EVIDENCE Sean 'Diddy' Combs Testified Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Attended 'Communist Freak-Offs'
• Fact Check: FAKE Photos Show Trump 'Shot Again Exiting the White House' in May 2025
• 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: Video Does NOT Show RFK Jr. Declaring War On 'Fat, Gay Kids' And Things That Make Them 'Effeminate Weirdo Skanks' - Fake
• 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 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: CNN Did NOT Air Graphic Saying 'Trump Helps Curb India's Losses' With Stats Showing India Losing In Conflict With Pakistan
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Police Officers Approaching Black Army Colonel
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Praising Pakistan's Air Force, Mocking 'Humiliated' India
• Fact Check: Ilhan Omar's 'Brother' 'Yosef Barron Omar' Did NOT Get $18 Million in Government Grants

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

Saturday, May 10, 2025

• Fact Check: NO Evidence Pope Leo XIV Said "Be Woke" Or That Statement Containing That Phrase Is Authentic

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
• White Smoke: Cardinals Choose American Robert Prevost As Pope Leo XIV -- What We Know So Far
• 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: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Smoke Detector Low Battery Beeps During Rep. Jasmine Crockett's Speech
• 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

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: Video Of President Trump Talking About 'Very Unathletic, Very Gay' Antifa Is Not Real
• 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: 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

Sunday, May 4, 2025

• Fact Check: White House Posted AI Generated Image Of President Trump Wielding Lightsaber On May 4, 2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025

• Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Say She Was In Therapy Because She's 'Transitioning' Sexually
• Fact Check: AI Image Does NOT Show Actual Jewish Settlers Splashing Liquid On Palestinian Woman In Wheelchairs

Friday, May 2, 2025

• Fact Check: Gasoline Prices Did NOT Fall Below $1.98 A Gallon As President Trump Claimed on May 2, 2025
• Fact Check: AI Clip Of Trump Saying He Will 'Erase Pakistan' If It Attacks India Is NOT Real -- Old Footage, Fake Audio
• Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Post 'I'm Running for President of the United States in 2028'
• Fact Check: Chuck Schumer NASA Shell Company Hoax Story Originated On Satire Website -- NO 16$ Million Scam

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• Fact Check: It Is NOT Legal To Own A Child Sex Slave In California
• 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