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Episode 5718: Attacks On Cleta Mitchell; Remembering Oct 7th 2016 And 2023

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Bannon`s War RoomOct 7, 2026
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Bannon`s War RoomEpisode 5718: Attacks On Cleta Mitchell; Remembering Oct 7th 2016 And 2023Whole episode, 54:41
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  1. 1TrueCleta Mitchell has been subjected to attacks.Multiple sources dated before 2026-10-07 (ProPublica reporting Oct. 28, The Federalist, Liberty Tribune, RealClearPolitics, and a court filing describing threats and harassment against Mitchell) show Cleta Mitchell was the target of criticism, hostile coverage, and threats as of the claim date. The claim is a general, faithful paraphrase of the post's title "Attacks On Cleta Mitchell" and is supported by the sources.7 sources →
  2. 2TrueSusan Collins voted to provide funding to the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.Multiple sources report that Collins voted in April 2026 to adopt a $70 billion budget plan funding ICE and Border Patrol, and she later defended that support, so the central claim of a funding vote is supported. The sources describe a budget resolution rather than a final appropriation, and the extraction's dropped 'inordinate amount' qualifier is a faithful paraphrase, not an added claim.6 sources →

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  3. 3MixedPresident Donald Trump stated that a ballistic missile would be dropped on Los Angeles or San Diego.Trump did say, at the San Antonio rally, "Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles," but he did not use the word "ballistic," and the sources frame the remark as a conditional about Iran rather than a stated plan. The White House and Trump's Truth Social post say he meant that Iran with a nuclear weapon would threaten those cities, while critics read it as calling for an attack. The literal wording is supported, but the claim's characterization of Trump's intent is contested.10 sources →

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  4. 4TrueStuart Stevens served as a campaign advisor to Mitt Romney.The sources consistently show Stuart Stevens was the top strategist and chief political strategist for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, which satisfies the claim's 'campaign advisor' description. The claim faithfully reflects the passage's reference to Stevens advising Romney, and no source contradicts it.6 sources →

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  5. 5FalseMitt Romney served as President of the United States for two terms.Multiple sources show Mitt Romney never became President: he was the Republican nominee in 2012 and lost the general election to Barack Obama, and the passage itself says 'Oops, maybe not' after the claim. The claim is a faithful, if literal, reading of the sarcastic remark, which the speaker was retracting.7 sources →

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  6. 6TrueThe Republican Party leadership in the House of Representatives held a conference call with 246 Republican colleagues to discuss Donald Trump's candidacy in October 2016.Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources confirm that Speaker Paul Ryan held a conference call with House Republicans on October 10, 2016, to discuss Trump's candidacy, and The Hill explicitly describes it as a call with his 246 rank-and-file members. The claim matches the passage's referents and is not an extraction addition.8 sources →

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  7. 7TrueAt least a dozen House Republicans publicly stated over the weekend in October 2016 that they did not want Donald Trump to be the party's nominee.Multiple sources from October 8-12, 2016 report that a substantial number of House Republicans publicly broke with Trump over the 2005 tape weekend, with Roll Call counting 53 Republican members of Congress overall and sources like the Denver Post and MPR reporting more than two dozen to over 30 Republicans calling for him to drop out, including several House members such as Rep. Mike Coffman and Rep. Martha Roby. The claim's 'at least a dozen' House Republicans is a conservative figure consistent with these reports, and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage's wording; the claim's 'did not want Trump to be nominee' matches the calls to drop out or replace him.6 sources →

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  8. 8TrueBarbara Comstock, a first-term incumbent in a moderate district in Northern Virginia, called for Donald Trump to drop out of the race in October 2016.Multiple contemporaneous October 2016 reports (CBS, NBC, InsideNoVa, Patch, WTVR, Mother Jones) confirm that Rep. Barbara Comstock urged Trump to step aside after the Access Hollywood tape. Sources also show she was first elected in 2014 and faced a competitive race in her moderate Northern Virginia district, so the claim's descriptors hold.9 sources →

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  9. 9TrueBarbara Comstock called for Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race.Multiple independent 2016 reports confirm that Rep. Barbara Comstock publicly urged Donald Trump to step aside or drop out of the presidential race after the Access Hollywood tape surfaced. The sources date her call to Friday night, October 7, 2016, rather than 'over the weekend' as the passage says, a minor timing detail that does not change the core claim.6 sources →

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  10. 10Can’t tellJoni Ernst is the only female Republican senator who has not called for Donald Trump to step aside.The sources show Sens. Deb Fischer and John Thune and Shelley Moore Capito called for Trump to step aside or step down, and that five of six GOP women senators said they would not vote for him. None of the sources directly states whether Joni Ernst called for him to step aside, so the 'only female senator' claim cannot be graded in either direction. The claim is also from October 2016, and the sources do not address the 2026 posting date.5 sources →

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  11. 11TrueMitch McConnell called Donald Trump's comments repugnant and unacceptable.Multiple independent tier1 and tier2 sources (BBC, Vox, LA Times, RFERL) report that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Trump's Access Hollywood comments 'repugnant' and 'unacceptable in any circumstance' in October 2016. The claim's wording is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, which refers to the same 2016 remarks, so the claim is graded as true; the post's 'today' framing and 2026 date do not affect the 2016 statement.7 sources →

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  12. 12TrueMitt Romney called Donald Trump's comments vile.Multiple sources report that Mitt Romney tweeted in October 2016 that Donald Trump's comments about women were "vile degradations" that "demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America's face to the world," so the claim that he called the comments vile is supported. The claim matches the passage's wording and refers to the 2016 Access Hollywood tape reaction, which the post's date context supports.7 sources →

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  13. 13TrueJohn McCain stated there were no excuses for Donald Trump's comments.Multiple sources quote McCain saying there were 'no excuses' for Donald Trump's offensive and demeaning comments about women in October 2016, so the claim is supported. The extraction faithfully matches the post, which refers to the same 'no excuses' remark about Trump's comments.4 sources →

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  14. 14TrueJohn Thune called for Donald Trump to withdraw and for Mike Pence to be the nominee.Contemporaneous reporting from October 2016 quotes Thune saying "Donald Trump should withdraw and Mike Pence should be our nominee effective immediately," so the claim that he called for Trump to withdraw and for Pence to be the nominee is supported. The claim omits the "effective immediately" wording and the post's 2016 timing, which are peripheral; AP's 2024 piece notes Thune later backtracked, which does not change that he made the call.4 sources →

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  15. 15TrueMark Kirk called Donald Trump a malignant clown.Multiple sources, including an NBC News report, an NPR article, and a Washington Post-derived report, quote Sen. Mark Kirk calling Trump "a malignant clown" in an October 7, 2016 tweet, and his tweet is reproduced in several outlets. The claim faithfully matches the passage, though the remark dates from 2016, not the post's 2026 posting date.7 sources →

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  16. 16TrueKelly Ayotte announced she would write in Mike Pence for president.Multiple independent sources from October 2016 report that Sen. Kelly Ayotte announced she would not vote for Trump or Clinton and would write in Mike Pence for president, so the claim holds. The statement dates from October 2016, not a recent event, and the post is recirculating that older news.7 sources →

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  17. 17MixedIn the three months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, the spot price of gold increased by over 12%.No source directly measures gold's change over the three months before the November 5, 2024 election, so the claim can only be estimated from monthly data. Those estimates vary by measure: compounding COMEX monthly changes from source [2] gives roughly +13% for August through October, while monthly-average figures in [6] give roughly +9% from August to October and about +12% from July. The claimed 12% sits within that range, so the verdict depends on the measure used.4 sources →

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  18. 18TrueMedicare enrollment for new plans begins on October 15th.Medicare open enrollment for the 2027 plan year runs from October 15 to December 7, per CMS and AP, so the claim that enrollment starts October 15 is supported. The post says 'the fifteenth' in an October 7 post, which the posted day supplies as October 15; the schedule was already published before that date.4 sources →

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  19. 19MixedPaula Jones and other women publicly accused Bill Clinton of rape at a presidential debate.The sources confirm that Trump presented several Clinton accusers, including Paula Jones, at a pre-debate event in St. Louis, and that Juanita Broaddrick publicly accused Bill Clinton of rape. They contradict the rape part as applied to Jones: her allegation was of propositioning and exposure, not rape. The claim also departs from the post's setting (the women were at a pre-debate press conference and sat in the debate hall, and the sources do not record a rape accusation spoken at the debate itself).7 sources →

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  20. 20TrueHillary Clinton represented a man who abused a young girl while working as a defense lawyer.Multiple fact-checkers and contemporaneous reporting confirm that Hillary Rodham, as a court-appointed young lawyer in 1975, defended Thomas Alfred Taylor, a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl, and that he later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge (reported as unlawful fondling). The claim's core assertion holds; the sources don't characterize him beyond the charge and plea, and the post's 'predator' wording is the poster's own, while the separate 'laughed' allegation is debunked but is not part of this claim.7 sources →

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  21. 21TrueMark Cuban was seated in the line of sight of Donald Trump during a presidential debate at Hofstra University.Multiple 2016 reports establish that Mark Cuban had a front-row seat at the first Trump-Clinton debate at Hofstra University, an invitation from the Clinton campaign, and Politico quotes commentators describing him as sitting directly in front of Trump. The sources describe the position rather than measuring Trump's exact sightline, and the post's motive (corruption) is not part of the claim.6 sources →

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  22. 22TrueAbraham Lincoln was called a baboon by newspapers during the American Civil War.Multiple sources report that Lincoln was called a baboon by newspapers and critics during the Civil War: the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Last Best Hope cite Northern/Southern papers, the Chicago Times and Charleston Mercury are quoted, and the LA Times and a Lincoln tribute cite 'baboon' among the names used. The claim is literally a reasonable paraphrase of the post's point that newspapers called him a baboon, which the sources support.7 sources →

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  23. 23TrueRepublicans held the Senate and the House of Representatives during the 2016 election cycle.Multiple tier1 sources, including BBC, AP, CBS and CNN, report that Republicans retained control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives after the November 2016 elections. The post's framing that Republicans 'took' the Senate and 'held and built on' the House is a loose description of the same outcome, and the claim faithfully matches the passage.6 sources →

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  24. 24TrueMy Patriot Supply's emergency food supply kits contain 2000 calories per day and 100% of 12 essential vitamins and minerals.Multiple sources state that My Patriot Supply's emergency food kits provide 2,000+ calories per day, and the vendor's product page lists 100% of the recommended daily value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals. All of these are vendor or review-site sources, not independent testing, and the 100% vitamin figure appears only on the product page, so confidence is capped. The claim's scope is slightly broader than the post, which tied these figures to the three-month kit, but the core figures match the sources.8 sources →

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  25. 25TrueMy Patriot Supply's emergency food kits are designed to last up to 25 years when stored properly.Multiple sources, including the company's own product pages and a 2026 retailer FAQ published before the post, state that My Patriot Supply food is designed to last up to 25 years when stored properly, so the claim matches the sources as of 2026-10-07. The sources all trace back to the manufacturer's stated shelf life and none provides independent testing, and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage's wording about the sponsor's food.5 sources →

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  26. 26TrueField of Greens is not extract-based.The manufacturer's product page and the supplement label describe Field of Greens as made from whole fruits, vegetables and greens rather than isolated extracts, and reviewers echo this. The claim is a broad characterization, and the label does include a minor stevia leaf extract sweetener and natural flavors, which the sources flag but do not treat as making the product extract-based. The claim matches the extraction from the passage, and the sources are consistent for the 2026-10-07 check date.5 sources →

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  27. 27TrueUnited States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stated that the Pentagon will work to ensure Israel has what it needs to defend itself.Austin's statement that the Department of Defense 'will work to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself' is confirmed verbatim by the primary War.gov release and a separate ABC News report quoting it. The extracted claim is faithful to the post, and the statement dates from October 2023, so the post's 'just released' framing is a peripheral detail that does not change the verdict.4 sources →

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  28. 28TrueThe October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas into southern Israel involved the use of Humvees, motorcycles, paragliders, drones, and speedboats.Multiple tier-1 sources confirm Hamas used motorcycles, paragliders, drones, and motorboats in the October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel. No source mentions Humvees (sources describe pickup trucks and vans instead), but that element is not contradicted, so the claim is graded true with the Humvee detail noted as unconfirmed.6 sources →

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  29. 29TrueJakov Katz wrote the book 'While Israel Slept', which was published in 2025.Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia, Kirkus Reviews, Jerusalem Post excerpt, Jewish Insider, OverDrive, bookstore listings) confirm that 'While Israel Slept' was co-written by Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot and published by St. Martin's Press on September 2, 2025. The claim's name spelling 'Jakov' is a minor variant of 'Yaakov' and the post's own 'Katz' references the same author; co-authorship with Bohbot is omitted but not contradicted.9 sources →

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  30. 30TrueThe Hamas attack on Israel occurred three years prior to October 2026.The Hamas attack on Israel took place on October 7, 2023, which is three years before October 2026, as confirmed by Reuters and by BBC and AFP coverage of the 2026 third anniversary. The passage refers to the attack only through a book-title phrase ('Three Years After'), so the claim is a reasonable paraphrase rather than a departure from the post.4 sources →

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  31. 31MixedThere have been no official government investigations into the October 7, 2023, attack in Israel as of October 2026.Read literally, 'no official government investigations' is contradicted: the IDF (Feb 2025), the Shin Bet (Mar 2025) and the state comptroller (launched Dec 2023, later suspended) all conducted official probes of the October 7 failures. Read as the post likely meant it, 'no official state inquiry', the sources largely support it: a BBC piece from 2026-10-07 says there is still no independent state inquiry, and the government's Nov 2025 committee was described as watered-down and under Netanyahu's control. The claim's literal wording and its intended meaning get different verdicts, so it is rated mixed.7 sources →

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  32. 32TrueEgyptian intelligence warned the Israeli government of an impending attack approximately one week to 10 days before the October 7, 2023, attack.Multiple reports, including The Atlantic's account of an Egyptian intelligence chief's September 26, 2023 visit to Israel (about 11 days before October 7) and NPR's reporting of that visit, support the claim that Egypt warned Israel roughly 10 days before the attack. The warning rests largely on anonymous officials, and Netanyahu's office denies it, but no authoritative source contradicts the timing.7 sources →

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  33. 33TrueAll Family Pharmacy offers over 500 medications for sale online.The sources support the claim that All Family Pharmacy offers over 500 medications through its website: its own directory lists 617 medications (873 total treatments and categories) and its order page offers online browsing and ordering. Because the evidence is the company's own material, not independent verification, confidence is moderate, and the directory snapshot is dated 2026-10-13, a few days after the 2026-10-07 post.3 sources →

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  34. 34TrueHome Title Lock offers a 30-day free trial of its $1 million triple lock protection service.The sources support the claim that Home Title Lock offered a 30-day free trial of its $1 million TripleLock protection, and the post itself says the same. All sources are company pages or paid sponsor reads, and they postdate the 2026-10-07 claim date, so they show an offer running during Cybersecurity Awareness Month rather than a dated record from that day. One company page is headlined 'Protection FREE for 14 days' while its body advertises 30 days, which is an unresolved inconsistency.3 sources →

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  35. 35TrueColorado initiatives 133, 134, and 135 are on the statewide ballot to protect children.Colorado Propositions 133, 134 and 135 (the citizen initiatives the post called Initiatives 133, 134, 135) were certified for the November 3, 2026 statewide ballot before the 2026-10-07 post date, per the official Blue Book published 2026-09-25. Sources describe them as child-protection measures, consistent with the claim, though opponents characterize them differently, which is opinion rather than a factual contradiction.7 sources →

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  36. 36Can’t tellSigns supporting ballot initiatives were removed from the property of St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church in Littleton, Colorado.No provided source reports the claimed removal or theft of pro-initiative signs at St. Francis Cabrini in Littleton; the only evidence is the claimant's own account, which cannot corroborate itself. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, which says the signs were 'torn down, stolen' from the church's adjacent lot.4 sources →

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  37. 37TrueThe Colorado Catholic Conference is supporting the Protect Kids Colorado initiatives.Multiple sources, including the Colorado Catholic Conference's own bishops' letter and a CPR report from March 2026, show the Colorado Catholic Conference backing the Protect Kids Colorado initiatives before the claim's 2026-10-07 date. The post's '100% behind' wording is dropped in the extraction, which is a permissible simplification, and the claim does not depart from the passage.6 sources →

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  38. 38TrueProtect Kids Colorado collected over 500,000 signatures for three initiatives to be placed on the November ballot.Sources show the three Protect Kids Colorado initiatives (Propositions 133, 134, 135) were submitted with signature counts that sum to over 500,000, and all three qualified for the November 2026 ballot. The Denver Catholic reports more than 503,000 combined, and the Secretary of State figures reported by Colorado Politics add up to about the same. A campaign-finance complaint over an undisclosed canvassing firm does not dispute the signature count.6 sources →

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  39. 39TrueOver 3,300 volunteers circulated petitions for the Protect Kids Colorado initiatives.Multiple sources report more than 3,300 volunteer petition circulators for Protect Kids Colorado, including a 3,320 figure and a 3,300+ figure from independent reporting. Lower figures in other sources (more than 3,000 or 3,200) are consistent with the claim as lower bounds, and all of the figures trace back to the organization's own leaders, so confidence is moderate.6 sources →

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  40. 40Can’t tellThe Protect Kids Colorado signature submission had a 91% validity rating.Multiple outlets (Colorado Sun, The Center Square, Rocky Mountain Voice) report that Protect Kids Colorado executive director Erin Lee gave a 91% validity figure, and the extracted claim matches the post's wording. No source independently confirms the 91% rate, and the official state check reported only a projection above 110% of the required signature threshold, which is consistent with 91% but does not state it.5 sources →

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  41. 41TrueThe Protect Kids Colorado initiatives on the November ballot are numbered 133, 134, and 135.The official Colorado Secretary of State list and the 2026 Blue Book show that the citizen initiatives on the November 3, 2026 ballot are Propositions 133, 134, and 135, matching the claim. Multiple sources, including the Colorado Blue Book and Jefferson County's ballot page, also list these three numbers, and several outlets tie all three to Protect Kids Colorado. The claim is taken faithfully from the post, and the numbering was correct as of 2026-10-07.7 sources →

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  42. 42Can’t tellField of Greens offers a money-back guarantee if a doctor does not notice improved health at a user's next checkup.The sources confirm Field of Greens (BrickHouse Nutrition) offers a money-back guarantee, but describe it as a 60-day, no-questions-asked full refund rather than a refund tied to a doctor's assessment at the next checkup. No source mentions a doctor-based condition, so the claim's distinctive terms cannot be verified as of 2026-10-07.3 sources →

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  43. 43FalseThe Department of Homeland Security has a budget of one billion dollars.The claim that DHS has a budget of one billion dollars is grossly off in magnitude. Sources show DHS funding in the tens of billions: a $64.4 billion FY26 DHS bill passed by the House and a $115.6 billion FY26 President's budget request. The post's rhetorical 'a billion dollars' does not match any figure in the record for the period around 2026-10-07.4 sources →

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  44. 44MixedFollowing the release of the Access Hollywood tape in October 2016, Republican establishment figures proposed that Mike Pence replace Donald Trump as the presidential nominee with Condoleezza Rice as the vice-presidential nominee.Contemporaneous 2016 coverage shows many Republicans called for Trump to step down and often suggested Pence as a replacement, and Vox columnist Akhil Amar floated a 'flip the ticket' idea. The specific claim that GOP officials proposed a Pence-for-Trump ticket with Condoleezza Rice as VP rests on a single Atlantic report (2017) repeated by other outlets, which Pence's press secretary explicitly denied ('Didn't happen'). The sources conflict on whether the Pence-Rice arrangement was actually proposed.7 sources →

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  45. 45TrueClaire McCaskill attended a presidential debate as a guest in the VIP seating area.Multiple 2016 reports quote Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway saying McCaskill was invited into the Clinton VIP box at the second presidential debate, which the post's 'she had her VIP' matches. The sources establish the invitation rather than directly confirming her presence, and the account comes from an interested party, so confidence is moderate.4 sources →

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  46. 46Can’t tellBrickHouse Nutrition offers a 20% discount on products when using the code BANNON.None of the sources mention the code BANNON, so the specific promo code cannot be confirmed. Several coupon aggregators list 20% offers under other codes, and the brand's own promotions page reports no active sales, but none ties a 20% discount to BANNON on 2026-10-07.6 sources →

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  47. 47TrueBrickHouse Nutrition sells a canned, slightly carbonated version of Field of Greens.BrickHouse Nutrition's own product page (published 2026-10-28, about three weeks after the 2026-10-07 post) lists a 'Sparkling Field of Greens Drink' described as sparkling ready-to-drink greens, under a 'Travel Packs and Cans' heading, which supports the claim as of the post date. The support comes only from the seller's own site, and the page does not explicitly state that the sparkling drink is the canned product, so confidence is capped. The claim matches the post's wording ('canned drinks... slightly carbonated... Field of Greens now in a can'), so it does not depart from the passage.3 sources →

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Sources

Fact-checkers 36Primary records 12Most reliable outlets 10Reliable outlets 45Less reliable outlets 1Unrated 147Rated low 2

  • foxnews.comRated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited in checking claim 21
  • thefederalist.comRated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited in checking claim 1

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