MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 11/24/2025

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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

MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by JD Vance (R): Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage. PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (The number of immigrants in the U.S. illegally is 12–14 million — less than half Vance’s claim. Immigration contributes only marginally to housing demand; the primary drivers of high housing costs are a multi-million-unit housing shortage, high interest rates, and pandemic-era demand shifts.) Vice President JD Vance misleads on immigrants’ role in US housing crisis
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Two U.S. senators and four representatives urged American soldiers and intelligence officers to disobey legal orders from their commanders and is their advice seditious and traitorous behavior Lead Stories rating: False (Democratic Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, and Representatives Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan recorded a video with the message that American military members “must refuse illegal orders,” not legal ones. U.S. law and the Uniform Code of Military Justice require the military personnel to obey all legal orders, but carrying out illegal orders can result in criminal convictions.) Fact Check: Six Members Of Congress Did NOT Suggest Military Service Members Should Refuse Legal Orders — They Said ILLEGAL Orders
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: In November 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump made a Truth Social post referring to Democratic lawmakers that read, “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Snopes rating: True (Yes, this was real.) Trump accused some Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’ in post
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Rep. Sean Casten (D): “Trump spent his first Thanksgiving as president (2017) with Jeffrey Epstein.” PolitiFact rating: False (Emails show Epstein telling a friend that “Trump” was “down there,” meaning in the Palm Beach area. But records, photos, and White House schedules confirm Trump spent Thanksgiving Day at Mar-a-Lago with family and made public appearances at a Coast Guard station and his golf club. There is no evidence Trump met with Epstein.) Epstein emails led to rumors that Trump spent 2017 Thanksgiving with him. Here’s what we found.
FALSE	(International: Australia): Claim by Anthony Albanese: The coalition has opposed all of the Albanese government’s policies. AAP rating: False (The coalition has supported key Labor policies, including a multi-billion dollar Medicare boost.) PM’s claim about opposition policy rewrites history

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