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FalseDuring a December 2025 appearance on live TV, actor and singer Bette Midler said she would invest $68 million in streaming service Netflix to "rip apart the fog that has hidden the truth."SnopesDec 8, 2025FalseA new California law set to take effect in 2027 will require kids ages 8- to 16-years-old to sit in a booster seat while riding in a vehicle.SnopesDec 7, 2025Can’t tellScotland accidentally approved a policy it called "T***ies for Cities," confusing a potato-growing scheme ("Tatties for Cities") with an initiative to allow women to go topless.SnopesDec 7, 2025FalseA picture authentically shows U.S. first lady Melania Trump kissing the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on his cheek.SnopesDec 6, 2025FalseIn December 2025, basketball legend Michael Jordan announced he was walking away from the Democratic Party, saying he "just can't do it anymore."SnopesDec 6, 2025FalseA video authentically shows a raccoon breaking into a liquor store, drinking alcohol and passing out on the bathroom floor.SnopesDec 6, 2025FalseIn late 2025, NASA admitted that it "didn't go to the moon."SnopesDec 6, 2025FalseA video authentically recounts the story of a 99-year-old former atheist named Walter Briggs being baptized as a Christian.SnopesDec 6, 2025MixedAn image authentically shows a Dec. 2, 2025, memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that marked all migrants who came into the United States in or after 2021 for deportation and, when relevant, revocation of citizenship.SnopesDec 5, 2025Can’t tellIn November 2025, the U.S. Navy struck a yacht carrying Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.SnopesDec 5, 2025Can’t tellIn late 2025, U.S President Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that the "Trans Siberian Orchestra has exactly 24 days to figure out if they are male or female Siberian orchestra."SnopesDec 5, 2025False“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.Said by Tim WalzPolitiFactDec 5, 2025FalseA video authentically shows a UFO taking off from the Amazon rainforest in 1987.SnopesDec 5, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump said: "I hear Colombia, the country of Colombia, is making cocaine. They have cocaine manufacturing plants, OK? And then they sell us their cocaine. We appreciate that very much."SnopesDec 5, 2025TrueA video shared online in late 2025 authentically showed U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem celebrating her birthday at a Mexican restaurant while wearing a pink sombrero.SnopesDec 5, 2025TrueOn Dec. 2, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump said, "I think [Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz] is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, who is more incompetent, that man or my man? I had a man and he had a man; they were both incompetent."SnopesDec 5, 2025FalseA photograph authentically shows Sean "Diddy" Combs smiling in a prison yard while holding a basketball, accompanied by another person holding his arm and chatting with a third person.SnopesDec 4, 2025Can’t tellIn December 2025, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced that references to Christmas would be changed to “Inclusive Winter Observance."SnopesDec 4, 2025TrueThe administration of U.S. President Donald Trump removed a report on missing and murdered Native Americans, calling it “DEI content.”SnopesDec 4, 2025TrueU.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem thanked President Donald Trump for an uneventful 2025 hurricane season in the U.S., saying, "You kept the hurricanes away."SnopesDec 4, 2025FalseA new North Carolina law “prohibits the use of wireless communication devices while driving.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactDec 4, 2025FalseAny pardon signed with an autopen is now "fully and completely terminated, and is of no legal effect."Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactDec 4, 2025FalseVideo muestra noticia de “última hora” en el que el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro se “rindió públicamente” ante el presidente Donald Trump.Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactDec 4, 2025TrueFollowing reporting that the Department of Defense executed a likely illegal follow-up strike to kill survivors of an initial strike on an alleged drug boat, former Fox News host Megyn Kelly said in a December 2025 podcast episode that she'd want to see the survivors "killed in the water" and that "I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."SnopesDec 4, 2025