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Culture of Change Ep. 158: More Democracy Playbook & Marsha Blackburn's Talking Points

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Badlands MediaAug 11, 2026
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Badlands MediaCulture of Change Ep. 158: More Democracy Playbook & Marsha Blackburn's Talking PointsWhole episode, 1:30:18
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  1. 1TrueSenator Marsha Blackburn uses scripted talking points.Sources document a campaign event by Blackburn that was scripted, with assigned topics, planted questions, and a 'Run of Show' document, and several outlets describe her as defaulting to talking points. The evidence is thin and mostly from low-credibility or opinion outlets, and the claim is a broad characterization of her conduct, so confidence is moderate. The post itself frames the point as the speaker's own skepticism about one clip, which the sources do not test directly.4 sources →
  2. 2TrueSoft Disclosure deodorant is formulated to last up to two months of daily use.The only source addressing this specific product is the brand's own product page (softdisclosure.com, published 2026-08-14, three days after the post), which says each deodorant 'can last approximately two months with typical daily use.' That matches the claim's 'up to two months,' and no source contradicts it, but the sole product-specific source is the claimant's own company, so confidence is capped. The generic deodorant-lifespan articles describe other products and are context only.4 sources →

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  3. 3Can’t tellEvery purchase of Soft Disclosure deodorant helps support six American small businesses.The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the sponsor read in Badlands Media's show, but no independent source verifies or disputes that every purchase supports six American small businesses. The only source with the claim is a transcript of the same show's ad (dated 2026-04-01), which merely repeats it and cannot corroborate it; the company's own site snippet does not address the figure.2 sources →

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  4. 4Can’t tellBenson Honey Farms is located in Nebraska.The claim matches the post, which describes the farm as 'their Nebraska farm.' The only source naming Nebraska is the Badlands Media shop page, which is run by the same outlet that aired the sponsor read, so it cannot independently corroborate the claim. Independent sources such as the company's own site and the podcast description do not name a state, and the Nebraska agritourism listing does not include Benson Honey Farms.5 sources →

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  5. 5Can’t tellBenson Honey is never heated during processing.No source addresses Benson Honey Farms' processing, so the claim that it is never heated can be neither confirmed nor refuted. The only Benson-named source concerns Benson Bakery in Minnesota, a different business, and it states it has no confirmed information on processing; general sources say most commercial honey is heated, which is a nearby topic, not a contradiction. The extraction matches the passage's wording.4 sources →

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  6. 6TrueMarsha Blackburn won the Republican primary for Tennessee governor on Thursday.Multiple reliable sources report that Sen. Marsha Blackburn won the Republican gubernatorial primary in Tennessee on Thursday, August 6, 2026, which is the Thursday the claim refers to. The claim matches the passage's wording and does not add anything the post did not say.5 sources →

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  7. 7TrueJerry Green is the Democratic candidate for Tennessee governor in the November election.As of 2026-08-11, Jerri Green was the Democratic nominee for Tennessee governor. The AP projected her win in the August 6 Democratic primary, and later sources (through November) consistently name her as the Democratic nominee. The sources spell her name "Jerri" rather than "Jerry", which is treated as the same person and a spelling variant, not a different referent.6 sources →

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  8. 8TrueMarsha Blackburn is the Republican nominee for Tennessee governor in the November election.As of 2026-08-11, Marsha Blackburn had won the Republican primary for Tennessee governor, with the AP and other outlets calling the race on Aug. 6–7, 2026, and she was set to face Democrat Jerri Green in the Nov. 3 general election. Vote percentages differ slightly across outlets (43.6% vs. 43.8%), which does not affect the claim, and later sources still describe her as the nominee.5 sources →

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  9. 9TrueBill Cassidy cast the deciding vote for the nomination of Todd Blanche.Multiple tier1 sources (Reuters, AP, BBC) report Senator Bill Cassidy was the deciding vote in the 50-49 Senate confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general, with Collins and Murkowski opposed and McConnell absent. The claim's wording matches the passage's own statement and the sources, and no source contradicts it.7 sources →

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  10. 10TrueThe House of Representatives passed the Clarity Act over a year ago.The House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633) on July 17, 2025, by a 294-134 vote, which is more than a year before the post on 2026-08-11. The 2022 H.R. 8157 entry with the same name was only introduced and never passed, so it is a different bill and does not bear on this claim. The extraction drops the post's reference to the bill going to the Senate, but that is a faithful shortening of the passage's core point.5 sources →

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  11. 11MixedThe Senate approved a new tranche of Trump appointees, reaching 95% of all his appointees.The Senate did approve a fifth en bloc batch of 74 nominees on Aug 7, 2026, and Senate Republicans said this brought confirmations to 95% of nominations available for floor consideration, which is the measure the post meant. But the claim drops the post's qualifier 'that are ready' and reads as 95% of all of Trump's appointees, and USAFacts reports only 71.6% of all submitted nominations confirmed (as of Sept 30, 2026, after the claim date).6 sources →

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  12. 12TrueThe Senate passed a continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown.The Senate passed a continuing resolution on August 8, 2026, by a 90-6 vote, to keep the government funded through December 11 and avert a shutdown before the midterms. The House later passed the Senate version on September 1, but the claim only concerns the Senate's passage.5 sources →

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  13. 13FalseSenator Susan Collins chairs the Committee Probes Committee.No source identifies any Senate committee called the "Committee Probes Committee." The sources show Collins chairs the Appropriations Committee, and that she formerly chaired the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, so the claim's named committee is wrong. The passage itself uses this name, so the extraction is faithful, but the claimed chairmanship does not match the record as of 2026-08-11.5 sources →

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  14. 14TrueEvery single Democrat in the United States Senate voted against a bill requiring voters to show an ID.Senate records and reporting show Democrats voted as a bloc against the Husted photo ID bill (52-46, party-line) and against the broader SAVE America Act, so the central assertion holds. The claim's "every single" wording slightly overstates the record: at least one Democrat did not vote on a June photo ID amendment, and the bill vote tally implies one absence, but no source says a Democrat voted for the bill.6 sources →

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  15. 15True83% of Americans support the requirement to show a voter ID to vote.The 83% figure matches the August 2025 Pew Research Center survey, which found 83% of U.S. adults support requiring government-issued photo ID to vote, and independent outlets (PolitiFact, NBC News) cite it. The extraction faithfully paraphrases the passage; the poll predates the SAVE America Act, and a later October 2026 AP-NORC poll (about 7 in 10) uses different wording and postdates the claim.7 sources →

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  16. 16Mixed71% of Democrats support voter ID requirements.The 71% figure matches a Pew Research Center survey from August 2025 (83% overall, 71% of Democrats), which Politifact and a Senate GOP research post both cite. Other polls near the claim date put Democratic support for voter ID between 63% and 70%, and AP-NORC (Oct 2026) reports only that a majority of Democrats favor it, so 71% sits at the top of a range and rests on a year-old poll.5 sources →

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  17. 17TrueThe Save America Act incentivizes states to check voter rolls against the DHS SAVE system.Sources show the SAVE America Act ties state voter-roll checks to DHS's SAVE system: the bill text lets states meet its citizenship-verification requirement by using SAVE, and a CRS analysis says the House-passed version requires states to submit voter lists to SAVE within 30 days. The bill mandates rather than merely incentivizes this, so 'incentivizes' is a loose but directionally accurate description. The post's 'my bill' is resolved to the SAVE America Act from the surrounding passage, and the later court rulings on SAVE concern the executive-branch program, not the bill.5 sources →

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  18. 18TrueThe State of New Jersey has registered 6,600 non-citizens to vote.Multiple tier-1 outlets (AP, Reuters, NBC, WSJ) report that Gov. Mikie Sherrill said about 6,600 noncitizens were registered to vote in New Jersey from June 2023 to June 2024, because of a motor vehicle system software error. The figure is supported, but the state attributed the registrations to a system error, not intent, and the sources say 'about' or 'as many as' 6,600.9 sources →

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  19. 19TrueHundreds of noncitizens who were registered to vote in New Jersey cast ballots in elections.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, Washington Post, NBC, ABC) report that New Jersey's governor said roughly 6,600 noncitizens were erroneously registered and that fewer than 400 (about 400) actually cast ballots, so 'hundreds' who voted is supported; the post's 'hundreds' matches the 'nearly 400' record, and the claim's wording tracks the passage's 'hundreds of those people actually did vote'.8 sources →

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  20. 20Can’t tellScott Pressler has padded voter rolls in the same manner as leftist NGOs.Reporting from The Bulwark, Raw Story, and others says out-of-state GOP operatives were registered or voted from Scott Presler's Pennsylvania home address in 2024, and legal experts question their residency. However, no source finds that Presler padded voter rolls, and none addresses the claim that this was done 'the same way as leftist NGOs'; his PAC says the residents lived there while working in Pennsylvania. The claim's characterization of this as padding and its NGO comparison are not established either way by the sources.5 sources →

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  21. 21TrueMarsha Blackburn killed the state income tax proposal in Tennessee.Independent and primary sources agree that Blackburn led the statewide campaign in the Tennessee Senate that defeated a proposed state income tax in the early 2000s, so the claim that she killed the proposal is supported. The extraction faithfully matches the passage, though AP describes her as having 'helped lead' the revolt and much of the detailed credit comes from Blackburn's own materials and campaign ads.5 sources →

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  22. 22TrueTennessee does not currently have a state property tax.Multiple sources state that Tennessee has not collected a state property tax since 1949 and that the statewide rate is set at zero, so the claim held as of 2026-08-11. The claim is about a state tax only; local property taxes, which the sources confirm exist, do not contradict it, and the extracted claim faithfully matches the post's "we do not have one now."7 sources →

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  23. 23TrueDr. Anthony Fauci stated that COVID-19 vaccines could theoretically be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester due to cytokine storms and fever after the second dose.Multiple sources, including the senators' own release of the text chain and fact-checkers quoting it, confirm Fauci wrote in a January 25, 2021 text that cytokine storms and fever after the second dose 'theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.' The claim accurately reflects that statement; the fact-checks rate the broader miscarriage claims false, but the claim only asserts what Fauci stated, and the text was speculative and not backed by data.5 sources →

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  24. 24Can’t tellSenators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul released documents claiming a 12.6% miscarriage rate for pregnant women who received the COVID-19 vaccine.The 12.6% figure is real: the 2021 NEJM preliminary study reported 104 miscarriages out of 827 completed pregnancies, and the claim it was used to support was debunked. But sources do not show that the senators' released documents claimed 12.6%. The post attributes that figure to unnamed 'authors' and says the senators released the documents, so the extracted claim departs from the passage.4 sources →

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  25. 25FalseRaw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in women vaccinated during the first trimester.The claim that raw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in first-trimester vaccinated women is contradicted by multiple tier1 fact-checkers. The 82% figure came from recalculating the CDC v-safe study with an invalid denominator that excluded the many women whose pregnancies were still ongoing, and the study itself reported a 12.6% rate. The claim's extraction is faithful to the passage, which attributes the figure to Dr. Thorp's reading of the data.7 sources →

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  26. 26MixedPfizer 5.3.6 post-market data noted an 81% miscarriage rate.Literally, the Pfizer 5.3.6 document is a real FDA submission that contains an 81% figure, which fact-checkers trace to miscalculated percentages from 32 pregnancy cases with most outcomes unreported. Read as a real 81% miscarriage rate, the claim is false: fact-checkers say no study found such a rate and the figure is a miscalculation. The claim also departs slightly from the passage, which says the figure was 'noted' in the post's own framing.7 sources →

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  27. 27FalseBill Gates stated in a TED Talk that the global population could be reduced by a few billion through the use of vaccines.Gates did give a 2010 TED Talk in which he said that vaccines, health care and reproductive health services could lower projected future population growth (from about 9 billion) by perhaps 10 to 15 percent. Fact-checkers including Reuters, FactCheck.org and Full Fact rejected the reading that he proposed reducing the existing population by a few billion through vaccines, so the claim is false.6 sources →

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  28. 28FalseCOVID-19 was an experimental bioweapon created in a laboratory in Wuhan.The claim that COVID-19 was an experimental bioweapon created in a Wuhan lab is contradicted by multiple tier1 fact-checkers and scientific/government sources (Reuters, Snopes, PolitiFact, ODNI, WHO, CIDRAP), which found no evidence it was engineered or a bioweapon, though a lab accident remains an open question distinct from the bioweapon claim. The claimant's post asserts the bioweapon story as fact, so the authoritative dismissals of the bioweapon allegation make the claim false.9 sources →

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  29. 29FalseA study on COVID-19 vaccination during the first trimester of pregnancy revealed an 82% miscarriage rate.The claim that a study revealed an 82% miscarriage rate for COVID-19 vaccination in the first trimester is contradicted by multiple fact-checkers. The 2021 NEJM v-safe study reported about 12.6% (104 of 827 completed pregnancies), and the 82% figure came from an incorrect calculation that excluded most participants. The claim faithfully reflects the post, so no extraction departure applies.8 sources →

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  30. 30TrueEmergency rooms in the United States are required to provide care to anyone with a life-threatening condition regardless of their vaccination status.Federal law (EMTALA) requires Medicare-participating emergency departments to screen and stabilize anyone with an emergency medical condition, regardless of ability to pay, and CMS, CRS, and OIG sources describe this as covering every individual. None of the sources mention vaccination status explicitly, so the 'regardless of vaccination status' element is an inference from the law's universal scope, supported by an AMA ethics position against refusing unvaccinated patients.5 sources →

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  31. 31FalseThe Continuing Resolution contained $700 billion in funding for USAID.No source reports a $700 billion appropriation for USAID. The FY2026 CR funded SFOPS at FY2025 levels, the entire SFOPS request was about $31.5 billion, and USAID was largely eliminated in 2025, so the claimed figure is roughly 20 times larger than the total for all foreign affairs funding. The $500-700 billion figure in the sources refers to a Pentagon funding gap, not USAID.4 sources →

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  32. 32TrueThe Democracy Communication Collaborative is an NGO.Two sources describe the Democracy Communications Collaborative as a 501(c)(3) fiscally sponsored project of a nonprofit, which supports calling it a nonprofit NGO. Neither source uses the word "NGO" itself, and the fiscal-sponsorship structure means it is a project rather than a standalone incorporated organization, so confidence is moderate. The extraction matches the post's wording, and the post's "change effort" phrasing is not graded here.4 sources →

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  33. 33Can’t tellThe Democracy Communications Collaborative defines pro-democracy actions to include voting, talking with friends and family about political issues, signing petitions, boycotting companies, sharing information online, attending protests, contacting elected officials, attending town halls, displaying signs, volunteering, donating to candidates, and joining civic or nonprofit organizations.None of the provided sources contains the DCC's pro-democracy action list or any description of how the Collaborative defines pro-democracy actions, so the claim cannot be graded in either direction. The list tracks the claimant's passage closely, and the attribution to DCC is resolved from the post's own context, so there is no extraction departure. The Brookings 'Democracy 76' list is a different, non-DCC source and does not address the claim.4 sources →

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  34. 34TrueThe Democracy Communications Collaborative published a playbook that segments the electorate into eight audience wedges.Three sources (Washington Informer, Spokesman-Recorder, Black Star News), all published June to August 2026 and before the claim date, report that Harmony Labs and the Democracy Communications Collaborative released the Democracy Audience Map, which identifies eight values-based audience segments. The sources call this a report rather than a 'playbook,' a label difference that does not defeat the core claim, and the segments are reported as the same eight across the articles. No source contradicts the claim.5 sources →

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  35. 35Can’t tellThe Democracy Communications Collaborative defines election interference as election officials refusing to certify results they disagree with.None of the provided sources mention the Democracy Communications Collaborative or any definition it has published, so the claim cannot be checked against them. The extracted claim does match the passage's wording, and the only related source (a Campaign Legal Center report) describes refusing to certify results as election subversion but does not attribute that definition to the DCC.12 sources →

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  36. 36Can’t tellLocal election officials in Michigan and Arizona were threatened and bullied into certifying election results.The sources document refusals to certify in Michigan and Arizona and state officials compelling certification through legal warnings and court orders, but none reports officials being threatened or bullied into certifying, so the central assertion is not graded either way. The claim also departs from the passage's framing only in its loaded wording of 'bullied' versus the sources' legal compulsion, and the post's 'Brian' report is not among the sources.5 sources →

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  37. 37FalseThe Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) operates without oversight or authority.The claim that ERIC operates without oversight or authority is contradicted by primary sources describing ERIC as governed by its member states through a Board of Directors that oversees the organization, with independent security reviews. The claim's wording matches the post's own assertion, so no extraction departure applies; the sources cover ERIC's governance as of the 2026-08-11 posting date.6 sources →

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  38. 38Can’t tellERIC has been found to have 6,600 illegal voters on their rolls.The claim departs from the passage: the speaker framed 6,600 illegal voters as a hypothetical ('when they are found to') and never said ERIC was found to have them. The sources tie the 6,600 figure to a New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission software glitch, not to ERIC, and report that about 400 of those registrants voted, so the claim's attribution to ERIC and its 'illegal voters' wording do not match the record.8 sources →

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  39. 39MixedERIC sent 30,000 invitations to register to vote to criminal invaders.The figure is supported: about 30,000 noncitizens received voter-registration postcards in Colorado in 2022, and the error traced to a database glitch involving an ERIC-provided list. But the sources say the Colorado Secretary of State's office mailed the invitations, not ERIC, and nothing shows the recipients were 'criminal'. The claim also leaves out that the state called it a mistake and said noncitizens would not be allowed to register.4 sources →

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  40. 40FalseThe 2020 election was fraudulent.The claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent is contradicted by numerous authoritative sources, including federal agencies, courts, state officials, and a bipartisan review, which found no widespread fraud that could have changed the outcome. The speaker's post refers to the 2020 results being 'bullshit' in the context of questioning elections; the extracted claim matches the post's sweeping assertion, which the authoritative record debunks.8 sources →

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  41. 41MixedThe state of Colorado obstructed inquiries into the 2020 election results.Sources show Colorado did restrict some access: Secretary of State Griswold's 2021 emergency rules barred unauthorized third-party examination of election equipment, and the state prosecuted Tina Peters for breaching Mesa County's voting systems. But Colorado also ran official reviews of 2020 claims (a legislative audit committee hearing, a Mesa County DA review that rejected Peters' report, and bipartisan investigations finding no fraud), and no source describes the state as obstructing inquiry. The claim's 'obstruction' framing is the claimant's characterization, which the sources contest, and the post's own 'investigated us for asking questions' refers to Peters' prosecution, not a general block on inquiry.9 sources →

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  42. 42Can’t tellThe Democracy Communication Collaborative has a set of resources intended for NGOs and other authorities to move people along a change curve to pro-democracy action.The sources do not establish that the Democracy Communication Collaborative (DCC) published a resource set for NGOs to move people along a change curve to pro-democracy action as of 2026-08-11. The passage never names DCC; the claim adds that organization, so it departs from the passage. The only DCC-related source describes a funder-facing guide, which is a different audience.4 sources →

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  43. 43Can’t tellMark Elias has proposed seven new bills for state legislatures to pass.None of the provided sources mention Mark Elias proposing seven bills for state legislatures, so the claim cannot be checked. The sources describe Elias as an election lawyer who litigates against state voting laws, not as someone drafting legislation; the extraction faithfully reflects the post's wording.4 sources →

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  44. 44FalseMark Elias opposes local election officials having a role in the certification of election results.The claim that Mark Elias opposes local election officials having a role in certification is contradicted by his own published statements, which treat county certification as a mandatory duty and attack officials who refuse to certify, not the officials' role itself. The only partial support is a 2021 Elias idea, cited by American Progress, to move certification to a nonpartisan panel of judges. The sources are from 2021 to 2024, so they describe his stance before the 2026-08-11 post; none show a change.6 sources →

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  45. 45FalseTina Peters did not tamper with election equipment.The claim that Tina Peters did not tamper with election equipment is contradicted by the record: a Colorado jury convicted her on seven counts tied to unauthorized access to Mesa County's voting machines, and the appeals panel upheld those convictions in April 2026 while ordering only resentencing. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's assertion, which the post's speaker offers as an opinion about a 'narrative' rather than as evidence.5 sources →

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  46. 46FalseTina Peters was not charged, tried, convicted, or sentenced for tampering with elections.The claim is contradicted by multiple tier-1 sources: Tina Peters was charged, tried, convicted by a Mesa County jury in August 2024, and sentenced to nine years for election-related offenses (BBC, ABC News, Reuters). The extraction faithfully reflects the post, which makes the same assertion, so the claim is graded on its content.6 sources →

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  47. 47TrueThe speaker spent four years in court following a canvassing effort to check the government's work.The extraction matches the passage, which says the speaker and their group did a canvassing effort to check the government's work and then spent four years in court. Court records show a 2022 suit by NAACP, League of Women Voters and Mi Familia Vota against Smith, Epp and Kasun over canvassing, and the defendants' own allies describe a trial and a pending appeal, which fits a four-year span. The corroboration is thin and mostly comes from partisan sources tied to the defendants, so confidence is moderate.3 sources →

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  48. 48TrueThe Democracy Communications Collective works with Harmony Labs.Multiple sources describe the Democracy Communications Collaborative and Harmony Labs jointly releasing research (the Democracy Audience Map) and collaborating on work, which supports the claim as of 2026-08-11. Sources name the group 0 sources →

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  49. 49TrueTina Peters was convicted of four felonies and sentenced to nine years in prison.Multiple reliable sources confirm Tina Peters was convicted by a Mesa County jury of four felonies (plus three misdemeanors, or seven of ten counts depending on the source) and sentenced in October 2024 to nine years. The claim departs from the passage only in dropping no qualifiers; the later Court of Appeals ruling ordering resentencing and Governor Polis's commutation do not make the original sentence claim false, though they reduced her time served.7 sources →

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  50. 50Can’t tellSonia Hawkes Lewis was convicted of four felonies and sentenced to probation and a fine.None of the provided sources mention Sonia Hawkes Lewis, so the claim about her four felony convictions, probation, and fine cannot be checked. The extracted claim matches the passage, which says she was convicted of four felonies and got probation and a fine, but the passage itself is the claimant's words and not evidence.9 sources →

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  51. 51FalseJoe Biden used Merrick Garland to launch investigations against Donald Trump.The claim that Biden used Garland to launch investigations against Trump is contradicted by Garland's sworn-hearing statements that no one directed his charging decisions and by reporting that he appointed the Trump special counsel himself. The post's wording, "it's hard to say Joe Biden did it," concedes the direction was never shown, and no source documents Biden directing the probes.6 sources →

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  52. 52MixedJenna Griswold had a campaign finance complaint filed against her while she was running for governor.Sources confirm a campaign finance complaint was filed against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold in January 2025, alleging she spent funds on a gubernatorial campaign without registering. The complaint was later dismissed for insufficient evidence, and the sources treat her gubernatorial candidacy as the complaint's allegation rather than an established fact, so the claim is only partly supported.2 sources →

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  53. 53Can’t tellThe Election Official Legal Defense Network refused to defend Tina Peters.None of the provided sources reports that the Election Official Legal Defense Network declined to defend Tina Peters. The only EOLDN source (a 2023 Governing article) describes its mission without mentioning Peters, and the Peters-related sources do not mention EOLDN, so the claim can be neither confirmed nor refuted. The extraction is faithful to the passage, which says 'They would not defend' Peters, and the claim is the post's own.6 sources →

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  54. 54MixedGoFundMe deplatformed people who were organizing to help victims of partisan political attacks.Sources confirm GoFundMe removed politically charged fundraisers, including the Freedom Convoy 2022 campaign and Kyle Rittenhouse's legal defense fund, and that critics called this partisan. But GoFundMe cited terms-of-service violations, and no source establishes that those campaigners were 'victims of partisan political attacks' as the claim frames them, so the characterization is contested rather than documented.7 sources →

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  55. 55FalseA shot given to pregnant women had an 82% miscarriage rate.The 82% miscarriage rate claim is false: multiple fact-checkers (FactCheck.org, Snopes, PolitiFact, Full Fact) state the 82% figure resulted from a miscalculation of a 2021 CDC v-safe study, which found roughly 12.6% of completed pregnancies ended in miscarriage, and that COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy is not associated with increased miscarriage risk. The claim's wording ('A shot given to pregnant women had an 82% miscarriage rate') is extracted from the post, which referenced this figure as a falsehood-based example, and is graded as the assertion that the vaccine had that rate.5 sources →

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  56. 56FalseThe Voters Strike Back playbook was published by the NYU Law School Social Justice Law Review.The only source on the Voters Strike Back work (a 2015 article by Ben Cady and Tom Glazer) places it in the N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change, not a 'Social Justice Law Review,' and no source names that journal. The article is also a 2015 scholarly piece, which may not be the ~100-page playbook the claimant describes.3 sources →

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  57. 57Can’t tellThe appellate court ruled that the dismissal of the USGIP free association claim in January 2023 was an error.None of the provided sources addresses the USIP (U.S. Institute of Peace) free association claim or any appellate ruling in that case, so the claim can be neither confirmed nor refuted. The extraction faithfully reflects the post, which is the claimant's own unsourced account and cannot corroborate itself.4 sources →

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  58. 58Can’t tellUSGIP cannot be represented pro se in the upcoming trial.None of the sources mention USCIP, USGIP, the NAACP case, or the planned trial, so the specific claim cannot be graded. The general rule that corporations and LLCs must be represented by an attorney in federal court (sources 7 and 9) is consistent with the post's point, but it does not establish that this organization or this trial is covered. The extracted claim also writes the entity as 'USGIP' where the passage says 'USCIP', so it departs slightly from the post; as of 2026-08-11 the sources do not settle it either way.3 sources →

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  59. 59Can’t tellThe Great American Restoration Tour will hold its 13th stop in Las Vegas, Nevada, from September 17, 2026, to September 19, 2026.The post itself (Badlands Media, 2026-08-11) announces the 13th Great American Restoration Tour stop in Las Vegas for Thursday September 17 to Saturday September 19, 2026, and the claim matches the passage faithfully. However, the only source directly on the event is the Badlands Media virtual-pass ticket page, which is a claimant-affiliated, low-credibility listing and confirms the dates and the 'GART 13 Las Vegas' name but not that the event is the 13th stop per se; no independent outlet covers the tour stop, so the claim cannot be independently corroborated or refuted.10 sources →

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  60. 60TrueEarly bird pricing for virtual tickets to the Great American Restoration Tour event in Las Vegas offers a $10 discount through August 15, 2026.The organizer's own virtual-pass ticket page lists early bird pricing at $25 versus a $35 regular price, a $10 difference, valid through August 15, 2026, for the Las Vegas GART 13 event, which matches the claim as of the 2026-08-11 posting. The page is the organizer's own ticketing source and its published date (2016) is inconsistent with its 2026 content, so confidence is capped.1 source →

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  61. 61TrueSenator Ron Johnson stated that Dr. Fauci was concerned in January 2021 that the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester.Sen. Ron Johnson did make this statement: his own X post and his Senate website both say Fauci was concerned in January 2021 that the second dose 'theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.' Fact-checkers rejected the broader 82% miscarriage claim and the cover-up framing built on it, but the claim as extracted only asserts that Johnson said this, which is accurate.9 sources →

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  62. 62TrueThe United States passed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913.Multiple primary and tier1 sources (Senate.gov, Federal Reserve History, Library of Congress, AP) confirm the Federal Reserve Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Wilson in 1913 (December 23). The claim's 'passed in 1913' matches the post's wording exactly; the post's added causal insinuation about WWI is opinion and not part of the extracted claim.4 sources →

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  63. 63TrueWorld War I started in 1914.Multiple tier1 and other sources show World War I began in 1914, with Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia on July 28, 1914 and a cascade of declarations following that month and August. The claim's core assertion is supported and no source contradicts it; the post's surrounding framing about the Federal Reserve and a 'not a coincidence' implication is opinion and is not part of the extracted claim.5 sources →

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  64. 64Can’t tellThe speaker was sued after telling members of the Colorado legislature that they are not above the law.The sources show that Ashe Epp (the post's author, Ashe in America) was named as a defendant in a federal lawsuit filed by the NAACP, League of Women Voters and Mi Familia Vota in March 2022, after the 2021 canvassing project. However, the only source for that is a self-published GiveSendGo fundraiser page, and no source covers the claimed statement to legislators that they are 'not above the law' or links that remark to the suit, so the central assertion cannot be graded.2 sources →

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Sources

Fact-checkers 71Primary records 57Most reliable outlets 6Reliable outlets 28Less reliable outlets 4Unrated 146Rated low 1

  • givesendgo.comRated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited in checking claims 47, 64

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