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MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 12/16/2025

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Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each fact check for accuracy before publishing. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. When appropriate, we explain the rating and/or offer our own rating if we disagree with the fact-checker. (D. Van Zandt)

Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other

Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC

TRUE Claim via Social Media: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the FBI to identify and list “extremists” in the U.S. for investigation and prosecution.

Snopes.com rating: True (Specifically they state: These domestic terrorists use violence or the threat of violence to advance political and social agendas, including opposition to law and immigration enforcement; extreme views in favor of mass migration and open borders; adherence to radical gender ideology, anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, or anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality; and an elevation of violence to achieve policy outcomes, such as political assassinations.)

Is FBI compiling list of American ‘extremists’? We confirmed leaked memo

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: Grid batteries are fire hazards.

Science Feedback rating: Unsupported (Comprehensive data on grid battery fires is limited, but the existing data suggests that grid battery fires are probably very uncommon.)

Are grid battery storage systems fire-prone? Early data suggests their fires are rare

MOSTLY
FALSE
Claim by Donald Trump (R): The 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act enacted “the biggest tax cuts ever.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Measured as a share of GDP, the largest tax cut was Reagan’s 1981 bill (3.5%). Trump’s 2025 law ranks third at 1.4%—and much of that is simply extending Trump’s 2017 cuts. Counting only new cuts, the 2025 bill ranks sixth.)

PolitiFact – Trump Pennsylvania speech

Donald Trump Rating

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk launched a $175 million charity project for a Chicago boarding school named The Kirk Academy of Hope.

Snopes rating: False (She did not do this)

Did Erika Kirk launch $175M school for orphans and homeless children in Chicago?

FALSE (International: China): The video shows recent visuals of China starting massive military build-up near Arunachal Pradesh.

The Quint rating: False

This Video Doesn’t Show China’s Massive Build up Near Arunachal Pradesh

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