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1. 1TrueSince September 2, 2025, the US military has carried out at least 70 strikes on civilian vessels in the Caribbean Basin and the eastern Pacific Ocean.Multiple sources show the U.S. had carried out about 70 or more boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific by early October 2026, which matches the claim's 'at least 70' as of the post date. The sources do not directly address the 'civilian' label beyond describing the targets as small civilian or alleged drug boats, and the 'at least 70' count is consistent with the later tallies of 72 and 'more than 70'.8 sources →

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2. 2TrueAt least 234 people have been killed by US military strikes on civilian vessels in the Caribbean Basin and the eastern Pacific Ocean since September 2, 2025.The claim's figure is a floor ('at least 234'), and sources show the death toll was at least 234 by early October 2026 and higher later: AP reported at least 235 in 70 strikes, and the NYT tracker showed 244 by late October. The post's own attribution to the New York Times is consistent with the NYT tracker, though the extracted claim drops that attribution.6 sources →

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3. 3TrueThe United States military has conducted boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific regions.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, Reuters, CBS/AP, Al Jazeera, HRW, Airwars) report that the U.S. military has carried out lethal boat strikes in both the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean since September 2025, with dozens of strikes recorded. The claim's core assertion is fully supported; the post's title wording matches the claim, and no source contradicts it.8 sources →
4. 4MixedThe Department of Homeland Security has conducted a voter roll purge.The sources support that DHS ran a large review of state voter rolls to find noncitizen voters before the midterms, as of 2026-10-03. They do not document DHS actually removing anyone from the rolls, so calling it a 'purge' is a contested characterization used by critics rather than a reported removal.7 sources →
5. 5TrueXfinity Cyber Secure provides protection against online threats and risky sites for every device.Xfinity's own product pages and a Comcast corporate story describe Xfinity CyberSecure as a built-in network-level feature that screens for malware, phishing and other online threats across every device connected to the Xfinity gateway, and a Reuters report on the Xfinity Shield platform, which includes it, is consistent with that. The post's claim matches these descriptions, and the later Comcast page does not change the state of affairs as of 2026-10-07. Most of the support comes from the company's own material, so confidence is capped.3 sources →

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6. 6TrueOnly three out of 28 total survivors of US military boat strikes have been rescued.The claim matches the passage's figure: AP (republished by NBC and Newsday) and The Intercept both report 28 survivors of US boat strikes, with only three ever rescued, based on SOUTHCOM social media data and Airwars-linked reporting. The claim drops the 'Per Air Wars' attribution, which does not change the graded assertion, and no source contradicts the figures.5 sources →

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7. 7TrueThe US military reactivated the Roosevelt Roads military base in Puerto Rico.Multiple independent sources (Reuters visual investigation, Military.com, Wikipedia, NBC News, and a Puerto Rico-focused report) document that the US military reactivated the formerly closed Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, beginning around September to November 2025. The claim is supported; the exact reactivation date varies by source, which is a peripheral detail, and the claim is a faithful extraction of the passage.5 sources →

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8. 8TrueDefense Secretary Pete Hegazy announced Operation Southern Spear as the overarching DOD operation to disrupt the flow of narcotics in the Western Hemisphere.The claim is supported: the Lead Inspector General report to Congress states that on November 13, 2025, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Operation Southern Spear as the overarching DoW operation to disrupt Western Hemisphere narcotics flow from cartels designated as terrorist organizations. The post and claim spell the secretary's name 'Hegazy', but the sources identify the same official as Pete Hegseth, so this is treated as a misspelling rather than a different referent; the claim also omits the November 13 date, which is not a contradiction.4 sources →

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9. 9TrueOperation Southern Spear has evolved into Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere.Multiple independent reliable sources report that Joint Task Force Southern Spear was retired in early August 2026 and replaced by Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere, and that SOUTHCOM described the change as an evolution of Southern Spear, so the claim held as of 2026-10-03. The post's 'Sphere' is a typo for 'Spear' and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage.7 sources →

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10. 10TrueThe Trump administration issued an executive order on January 20, 2025, that labels groups as foreign terrorist organizations or specially designated global terrorists.Executive Order 14157, 'Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists,' was signed by President Trump on January 20, 2025, per the Federal Register, White House, govinfo, and CRS sources. The claim faithfully reflects the passage and the order's text matches its description.5 sources →

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11. 11TrueAirwars has identified 26 victims of US boat strikes by their full names.The claim matches the post's passage: a list compiled by Airwars identifies 26 victims by full name. Airwars' own August 2026 report says 26 of those killed have been publicly named, and secondary coverage citing Airwars' analysis reports the same count. The sources credit journalists and researchers rather than the U.S. government for the identifications, which is context rather than a contradiction.5 sources →

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12. 12Can’t tellThe Los Bombardeados investigation geolocated seven U.S. boat strikes, with three in the Pacific and four in the Caribbean.The only sources that state the seven-geolocation breakdown (three Pacific, four Caribbean) are the podcast transcripts that repeat the claimant's own passage, so they cannot corroborate it. The investigation's own outlet and Airwars describe the project without giving this count, and no independent source confirms or disputes it. The extraction is faithful to the passage.7 sources →

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13. 13OpinionThe US military's boat strikes on civilian vessels are basically murder, according to the host.A judgement, not a statement of fact. It has no true or false answer.

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14. 14TrueBen Saul, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, stated that U.S. boat strikes are in violation of the right to life and international law.Multiple tier1 outlets (BBC, UPI, ABC, and others) report that Ben Saul, UN Special Rapporteur, issued a briefing note stating the US boat strikes violate the right to life and international law, quoting the same language the claim paraphrases. The extracted claim faithfully reflects the passage's quoted assertion and no source contradicts it.7 sources →

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15. 15TrueThe Trump administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act to declare that Tren de Aragua was engaged in an invasion of the U.S. on behalf of the Venezuelan government.The sources confirm that on March 14, 2025 the Trump administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act via Proclamation 10903, declaring that Tren de Aragua was perpetrating an invasion of the U.S. The proclamation also says TdA operates with the Maduro-regime-sponsored Cartel de los Soles, which supports the 'on behalf of the Venezuelan government' element as the administration's allegation. Courts later rejected the invasion finding, but that does not contradict the claim that the administration made the declaration.8 sources →

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16. 16TrueThe U.S. government sent 137 Venezuelan men to El Salvador.Multiple reliable sources, including Reuters and CBS News, report that the U.S. deported 137 Venezuelan men to El Salvador's CECOT prison on March 15, 2025 under the Alien Enemies Act. The claim matches the passage's '137 Venezuelan men' and 'El Salvador' in March, and the 'no connection to the gang' qualifier in the post is dropped without changing the core assertion.4 sources →

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17. 17Can’t tellThe Trump administration sent 137 Venezuelan men to El Salvador's Sicot prison in March 2026.The sources support the core event: the Trump administration sent 137 Venezuelan men to El Salvador's CECOT prison, but they show this happened in March 2025, not March 2026. The post never names a year for "in March", so the 2026 date was added during extraction and the claim departs from the passage, which is why the verdict is unverifiable rather than false.5 sources →

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18. 18TrueThe United States government listed the Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in November 2025.The sources confirm the US formally designated Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced by the State Department on November 16, 2025 and effective November 24, 2025, with the Federal Register notice published that day. The extracted claim faithfully matches the passage, which also reports the November 2025 listing.5 sources →

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19. 19MixedThe United States government dropped the accusation against Nicolas Maduro that he led the Cartel de los Soles during his court case in New York in 2026.In January 2026 the Justice Department dropped its claim that Cartel de los Soles was an actual organization led by Maduro in a revised indictment at his New York arraignment, per NYT and Yahoo reporting. However, later sources, including a State Department page from October 2026 and the superseding indictment, still describe Maduro as leading or being part of the Cartel of the Suns, so the sources conflict on whether the accusation was fully dropped.6 sources →

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20. 20MixedThe Justice Department signed a secret opinion in the summer of 2025 justifying boat strikes by stating the United States was in an armed conflict with narco-terrorists.The core assertion holds: the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel produced a classified opinion justifying the boat strikes by asserting an armed conflict with narco-terrorist cartels. However, sources say the opinion was drafted or prepared in the summer, while WOLA reports it was signed September 5, 2025, so the claim that it was signed in summer is contradicted.Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.6 sources →

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21. 21TrueThe secret legal memo justifying boat strikes was signed on September 5, 2025.Multiple sources, including a federal court filing and a court-record-based report, state the Office of Legal Counsel memo was issued or signed on September 5, 2025, three days after the first boat strike on September 2. The claim matches the extracted passage, though most sources are unrated and several trace back to the same court record.7 sources →

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22. 22TrueThe Drug Enforcement Administration assessed that boat strikes have not reduced the amount of cocaine entering the United States.The Washington Post reported, citing a DEA assessment it reviewed, that the boat strikes have not reduced the amount of cocaine entering the U.S., and an NHPR interview with a Post reporter repeated this. Other outlets trace back to the same Post reporting, and no source contradicts it; the claim matches the passage's wording, and the reporting dates from July 2026, before the 2026-10-03 post.8 sources →

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23. 23TrueThe former president of Honduras was sentenced to 45 years in prison in June 2024 for importing more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States between 2004 and 2022.Multiple tier-1 and primary sources confirm that Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras, was sentenced on June 26, 2024 to 45 years in prison for conspiring to import more than 400 tons of cocaine into the US. The DOJ and CRS sources also tie the trafficking to 2004–2022. The claim's 'importing' wording is slightly loose, since the conviction was for conspiracy to import plus firearms offenses, but this does not change the substance.8 sources →

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24. 24TrueIn August 2025, the Department of Defense issued an execute order containing targeting instructions that required reasonable certainty rather than positive identification of a target.A 2026 federal court opinion quoting the execute order states that the August 5, 2025 Hegseth EXORD did not require positive identification of any individual and instead required DOD to 'determine with reasonable certainty' that the boat carried adult males affiliated with a designated terrorist organization. Other reporting citing The Washington Post and anonymous officials matches this, so the claim is supported and the extraction tracks the passage.6 sources →

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25. 25TrueIn August 2025, the U.S. military issued an execute order requiring reasonable certainty that a target is affiliated with a drug trafficking organization to authorize a strike.Multiple sources report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued an execute order on August 5, 2025, which required 'reasonable certainty' that targets were members of or affiliated with a designated terrorist organization and did not require positive identification. The claim's central assertion is supported, and the extracted wording is a faithful paraphrase of the post.5 sources →

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26. 26MixedA joint U.S. and Ecuadorian operation on a compound in Ecuador resulted in a raid on a dairy farm with no arrests.The sources support the core claim that a joint U.S.-Ecuadorian operation in March 2026 raided and destroyed a dairy farm in San Martín, though Ecuador disputed that it was a farm. They contradict the 'no arrests' element: HRW and a Senate letter report that Ecuadorian forces arrested or detained four farm workers, who were allegedly tortured. The claim also drops the 'alleged' qualifier on the compound, which is a faithful paraphrase and does not change the grade.7 sources →

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27. 27TrueA U.S. military strike killed at least 123 children at a girls' school in Manab, Iran.Multiple independent sources report that a U.S. missile strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary girls' school in Minab, Iran, on Feb. 28, 2026 killed at least 123 children, consistent with the claim. The post's spelling 'Manab' appears to be a typo for Minab, and Bloomberg's reporting supports the AI-reliant 'kill chain' framing.7 sources →

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28. 28TrueAdmiral Frank Bradley ordered SEAL Team Six to strike a vessel a second time, killing two survivors who had been in the water for 45 minutes.Multiple reliable outlets report that Adm. Frank Bradley, then JSOC commander, ordered a follow-on strike by SEAL Team 6 on the September 2 boat that killed two survivors who were clinging to the wreckage. The Intercept (via Airwars) reports the men were in the water for about 45 minutes before the second strike, and the claim's core and details are consistent across sources. The claim's 'in the water' wording is a minor paraphrase of 'clinging to the wreckage', and the sourcing relies partly on anonymous officials.9 sources →

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29. 29TrueLuis Chemaria Martinez was jailed in Venezuela in 2020 after a boat he was operating capsized, killing about two dozen people.Multiple sources confirm that Luis Martínez, a local crime boss who was operating a boat that capsized in Venezuela in December 2020, was detained and jailed by Venezuelan authorities on human-trafficking charges. The AP's account, which the claim tracks, puts the death toll at about two dozen, though Reuters reports at least 20 and El País reports 32 burials, and the name and age details vary slightly across sources.7 sources →

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30. 30TrueA US military boat strike occurred on September 15, 2025, killing three men, including Alejandro Caranza Medina.Multiple reliable outlets confirm that Alejandro Carranza (Carranza Medina) was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat on September 15, 2025, and ABC News reports that U.S. officials said three people in total were killed in that strike. Sources differ on whether the strike was off Colombia's Caribbean or Pacific coast, and say 'people' rather than 'men', but these details do not affect the core claim.4 sources →

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31. 31Can’t tellAlejandro Caranza Medina previously pled guilty to a scheme to steal weapons confiscated during legal proceedings.None of the provided sources mention Alejandro Caranza Medina, a guilty plea, or a scheme to steal confiscated weapons; the search results concern unrelated Medina cases. The claim is also a restatement of the passage's content, which is the claimant's own words and cannot corroborate it, so the claim cannot be graded in either direction.4 sources →

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32. 32MixedFour men from Guiria were killed in a US military boat strike on October 1, 2025.The sources support that a US strike killed four men, but they place the four-fatality strike on October 3, 2025, not October 1, so the claimed date is contradicted. The Guiria origin rests mainly on the podcast relaying the Los Bombardeos team's account, with AP reporting only that the dead came from Venezuela's northeastern coast.Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.6 sources →

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33. 33TrueA US military boat strike on October 14, 2025, killed six people, including Chad Charpo, Joseph, and Richie Samaru.Multiple reliable sources confirm that a U.S. military strike on October 14, 2025 killed six people, including two Trinidadian men, Chad Joseph (called 'Charpo' in some reporting) and Rishi Samaroo. The claim's spelling 'Richie Samaru' differs from the sources' 'Rishi Samaroo', but it refers to the same man, so the variant does not change the claim.5 sources →

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34. 34TrueFamilies of Joseph and Samaru filed a lawsuit against the US government in the District of Massachusetts regarding the October 14, 2025, boat strike.Families of Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo (the post's 'Samaru') sued the US government in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts over the October 14, 2025 boat strike, with the suit filed January 27, 2026. The post's spelling 'Samaru' is a variant of Samaroo, and the filing date is not in the claim, so both are peripheral.7 sources →

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35. 35TrueFamilies of Joseph and Samaru filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in the District of Massachusetts regarding the deaths of the two men.Multiple independent sources confirm that relatives of Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo (spelled 'Samaru' in the post) sued the U.S. government in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts over their deaths in the October 14, 2025 strike. The sources do not match the post's spelling exactly, which is a minor, non-material difference.6 sources →

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36. 36TrueDushak Mirovich was killed during a U.S. boat strike.Multiple sources, including AP-derived reporting and Airwars, state that Dushak Milovcic, a 24-year-old former National Guard Academy cadet from Guiria, was killed in a U.S. boat strike, and Airwars places him in the October 29, 2025 strike that killed four men. The claim spells the name 'Mirovich', as the post does, while the sources spell it 'Milovcic'; this appears to be a transliteration variant for the same person, so it does not change the referent.4 sources →

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37. 37TrueDushak Mirovich was a former cadet at the Venezuelan National Guard Academy.Multiple AP-sourced reports say a 24-year-old named Dushak Milovcic, killed in a US boat strike, had dropped out of the country's National Guard Academy, which supports the claim's core assertion. The sources spell the surname 'Milovcic' rather than 'Mirovich' as in the claim and post, but the matching age, cadet history, and strike context point to the same man, so the spelling difference is treated as a minor discrepancy.8 sources →

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38. 38TrueAn official admitted that only one victim of the first U.S. boat strike was considered a member of a designated terrorist organization.The Intercept reports that a Pentagon official's later briefing treated only one person aboard the September 2 boat as a member of a designated terrorist organization, with the other 10 categorized as affiliates. WOLA's analysis independently describes the same official admission, so the claim is supported, though both rest largely on the same reporting and the Intercept's account relies on anonymous officials.8 sources →

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39. 39TrueSenator Mark Warner stated that the U.S. does not know the identities of all individuals on many of the boats targeted in strikes.The claim is a faithful paraphrase of Warner's on-air remark that 'they don't know all of the individuals on many of the other boats,' which appears verbatim in the ABC 'This Week' transcript of December 14, 2025. The NYT report and Rep. Jacobs's account of Pentagon concessions support the substance, though the 'U.S.' wording is a loose rendering of 'they' referring to the administration.4 sources →

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40. 40Can’t tellOperation SOOS, carried out by the Colombian Aerospace Force, Dominican counterpart, and U.S. Joint Interagency Task Force South, resulted in the seizure of nearly 450 kg of cocaine and the arrest of two people.None of the provided sources mention Operation SOOS, a Dominican counterpart, or a seizure of roughly 450 kg with two arrests, so the claim can be neither confirmed nor refuted. The sources describe different operations: a June 2026 Colombian Caribbean seizure of 5,439 kg with seven arrests, and an Oct. 30 Caribbean interdiction of about 8,131 lb with five detained. Those are nearby but different events, so they do not contradict the claim, and the post is 30 days old with no matching coverage.7 sources →

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41. 41TrueAndres Fernando Tufino Chila and Jonathan Abando were released without being formally charged by the U.S. or their home countries.Sources support both parts of the claim: Ecuador released Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila after prosecutors found no evidence of a crime, and Colombian prosecutors found no evidence to pursue Obando, who was released without formal charges. The US repatriated both men rather than charging them. The post names the Colombian survivor 'Jonathan Abando', but the sources call him Jeison Obando Pérez, so the identity match is probable but not confirmed by name.6 sources →

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42. 42TrueThe U.S. Coast Guard took 45 hours to begin searching the attack zone for survivors after a December 30 strike sank three vessels.The Intercept reports, based on a Coast Guard-provided timeline and Airwars flight-tracking analysis, that roughly 45 hours passed before a Coast Guard flight reached the search area after the December 30 strikes. The claim's "almost 45 hours" is dropped to "45 hours", a faithful paraphrase, and the extraction matches the post's attribution to The Intercept.4 sources →

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43. 43MixedOn March 23, 2026, the Ecuadorian ship La Negra Franciscano de Dos was hit by a U.S. military drone strike.Sources support that the Ecuadorian fishing vessel (named La Negra Francisca Duarte II in most reporting) was hit by drone-dropped explosives, but they place the strike on March 17, not March 23; March 23 is when the crew was found. The U.S. role is unconfirmed: HRW says the U.S. likely had some involvement, while the Pentagon and Coast Guard deny responsibility, so the claim's unqualified attribution to a U.S. military drone strike, and its vessel name, depart from the record.8 sources →

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44. 44MixedThere was a pause on U.S. boat strikes from July 21, 2026, to August 23, 2026.Sources confirm that U.S. boat strikes paused and resumed with a strike on August 23, 2026, so a pause covered July 21 to August 23. However, they place the start of the pause around June 21-24, not July 21, so the claimed July 21 start date is contradicted. The claim's window falls inside the longer pause, but it misdates when the pause began.7 sources →

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45. 45TrueThe Trump administration kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is currently sitting in jail in New York.As of 2026-10-03, sources confirm the US military seized Maduro in a Trump-ordered raid and that he was held in a Brooklyn federal jail (MDC Brooklyn) awaiting trial in New York. "Kidnapped" is a contested characterization, used by Maduro and some critics, while official sources describe a capture under an indictment, and the sources call him "ousted" or "former" rather than sitting president.9 sources →

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46. 46TrueOn September 22, 2026, the United States and 14 other countries published a joint statement announcing a first joint action to confront narco-terrorism.The Sept 22, 2026 joint statement by the US and 14 other countries is confirmed by the State Department text and multiple outlets, and it describes a first joint action (intended asset freezes, visa restrictions and criminal liability against 24 narco-terrorist organizations) against narco-terrorism. The claim's wording matches the post, and the statement is framed as announced intentions rather than completed actions.7 sources →

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47. 47TrueStephen Miller told Latin American military leaders at a conference of the America's Counter Cartel Coalition in March 2026 that organizations can only be defeated with military power.Multiple independent reports (Reuters, DW, EFE, Miami Herald, Just Security) confirm that Stephen Miller told Latin American military leaders at the inaugural Americas Counter Cartel Conference at SOUTHCOM in Doral on March 5, 2026, that 'these organizations can only be defeated with military power.' The claim's conference name ('America's Counter Cartel Coalition') differs slightly from the sources' 'Americas Counter Cartel Conference', but it refers to the same event and does not change the substance.9 sources →

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48. 48TrueHero Bread products contain zero to 5 grams of net carbs per serving.The claim's 0 to 5 gram net carb range for Hero Bread's sliced breads, bagels, tortillas and noodles is supported by Hero's own product pages and retailer listings, which show 0 to 1 g net carbs for the breads. The sources are brand and retailer materials rather than independent testing, and they do not cover every Hero product, so confidence is capped. No source contradicts the claim as of 2026-10-03, and the extraction's generalization to 'products' matches the passage's scope.5 sources →

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49. 49TrueHero Bread products contain up to 19 grams of protein per serving.The claim's upper bound matches the product sources: Hero's blog cites 4-19g protein per serving, and the Albertsons listing shows 19g per serving for Hero Classic Plain Bagels. The sources are brand and retailer material rather than independent fact-checks, and the 19g figure is a maximum across varieties, not a figure for every product. The extraction faithfully reflects the passage, and the claim's date is 2026-10-03, so the Albertsons listing (published 2026-10-12) describes a standing product spec rather than a later change.7 sources →

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50. 50TrueCeuta is a Spanish-held enclave located on the continent of Africa.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources state that Ceuta is a Spanish-held enclave (Spanish sovereignty since 1580, autonomous city administered by Spain) located on the northern tip of the African continent, with Spain claiming it despite Moroccan objections. The extraction faithfully reflects the passage's assertion; the claim's 'on the continent of Africa' element is supported by AP and PBS ('at the tip of Africa', 'norte de África'), with no source contradicting it.6 sources →

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51. 51TrueThe Spanish Supreme Court issued a decision regarding migration a few weeks prior to the mass migration event in Ceuta.The Spanish Supreme Court issued a migration-related ruling on pushbacks of sea arrivals in Ceuta and Melilla about three weeks before the late-July mass entry into Ceuta, as Reuters and DW report. The post's claimed June date differs from the July 8 judgment in the sources, but the claim does not state a date, so this does not affect the verdict.5 sources →

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52. 52MixedA Supreme Court decision in Spain regarding migrant regularization was issued in June 2026.Sources establish a Spanish Supreme Court ruling (Judgment 814/2026) dated 29 June 2026 concerning summary returns ('hot returns') of migrants arriving by sea at Ceuta and Melilla, and a 30 June 2026 deadline for regularization applications; the claim's June date is supported. However, the ruling concerned summary pushbacks/rechazo en frontera rather than migrant regularization itself, so the claim's description of the decision as 'regarding migrant regularization' is partly inaccurate, although the regularization programme was a related context and an EU source referenced both the regularization and the June judgment.8 sources →

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53. 53TrueApproximately 70,000 people participated in a mass migration event in Ceuta in July 2026.Multiple sources, including Spain's Interior Ministry figure of about 72,000 cited by Reuters, report that more than 70,000 people crossed into Ceuta from Morocco in late July 2026, so the claimed approximate figure matches the official estimate. Other estimates range from 50,000 to 80,000 and the Ceuta mayor gave 60,000, but the claim sits within that spread and near the official revised count; the extraction's 70,000 figure is the same one the post itself uses.7 sources →

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54. 54FalseDeclassified documents released by the Spanish government revealed that WhatsApp groups used by migrants contained nearly 200,000 members each.The declassified CNI message cited by AP, Reuters and BBC describes two WhatsApp/social media groups with a total of about 180,000 followers, not nearly 200,000 members in each group. The claim's per-group figure roughly doubles the documented per-group figure of about 90,000.5 sources →

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55. 55MixedSpanish intelligence informed the Spanish government that significant migrant movement was expected in mid-July 2026.Sources support that Spanish intelligence (the CNI) warned the Spanish government's Ceuta representative and Moroccan services of a planned mass crossing, but they date those warnings to July 29 for a July 30-31 surge, not mid-July. Sources also dispute whether the warnings anticipated the scale of the surge, which the Interior Ministry and Foreign Minister say they did not.8 sources →

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56. 56Can’t tellThere have been anti-migrant protests in Ceuta almost every day for the last 30 days.The sources confirm that protests in Ceuta and across Spain over the migrant crisis occurred in September 2026, and some included anti-migrant slogans. None of them documents protests in Ceuta on almost every day of the 30 days before 2026-10-03, so the frequency claim is not graded either way. The claim also refers to Ceuta, which the garbled passage ('Seoulta') supports as the intended place. The sources are not about daily frequency and are mostly from after the claim date; the anti-migrant framing is mostly tied to Spain-wide marches rather than a documented daily Ceuta pattern.5 sources →

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57. 57TrueMigrants have been stranded on the beaches in Ceuta, including migrants from Palestine, Yemen, Mali, and Sudan.As of 2026-10-03, multiple tier1 and other sources (Reuters, AP, Al Jazeera, Mediapart, RFI, AFP/France24 coverage) report thousands of migrants stranded on Ceuta beaches, with named nationalities including Yemenis, Malians, and Sudanese among those remaining. The extraction faithfully reflects the passage's list of Palestine, Yemen, Mali, and Sudan; the sources document Palestinians and Yemenis on El Trampolin beach (Aug 2026), and Sudanese, Malian, and Yemeni asylum seekers on beaches, though the Palestinian element rests mainly on one aggregator-level mention. Later Reuters coverage (Sept 18) shows beach clearance operations, consistent with migrants still stranded on the beaches in September.7 sources →

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58. 58TrueSpain supported South Africa during the ICJ hearing.Multiple sources show Spain backed South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel by seeking and filing to join it as an intervening party, which supports the core claim. The sources do not tie Spain's move to the exact days of the hearing (Spain's intervention was announced in June 2024, after the May 2024 provisional-measures hearings), and the claim drops the post's word 'tremendous', which is a faithful extraction otherwise.4 sources →

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59. 59TrueSpain has funded Moroccan border securitization.Sources support the claim that Spain has funded Moroccan border control: a Spanish-government disbursement from the Contingency Fund in 2019 and analyses citing EU/Spanish border-control funding for Morocco. The extraction dropped the post's qualifier "often," which is a faithful-enough paraphrase, and no source contradicts the claim as of 2026-10-03; the evidence is thin and partly from an advocacy group.8 sources →

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60. 60TrueAlgeria and Spain have reestablished relationships in 2026.Multiple sources from March through September 2026 document Algeria and Spain restoring diplomatic relations: Algeria reactivated the 2002 friendship treaty in March, Sánchez visited Algiers in July 2026 as the first visit in four years, and a political consultation session was held in Madrid in September. The claim as on 2026-10-03 is supported; the post's 'reestablished relationships' matches the reported rapprochement, and the sources indicate the relationship had not been fully normalised on Western Sahara, which the claim does not assert.11 sources →

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61. 61TrueSpain has not reversed its 2021 decision regarding Western Sahara.Sources published around the claim's date (MEI 2026-10-07, SYBIL 2026-10-09, POLITICO 2026-10-25) describe Spain's pro-Morocco autonomy stance as still in place, and none reports a reversal, so the claim that Spain has not reversed its position holds as of 2026-10-03. The sources date the shift to 2022, not 2021 as the passage says, but that date detail does not change the core assertion.5 sources →

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62. 62TrueThe AfD party won a victory in a region of Germany.Multiple tier1 sources (AP, Reuters, BBC) confirm the AfD won a resounding victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6, 2026, falling just short of an absolute majority, so the claim that AfD won a victory in a German region is supported; the claim's wording matches the passage's reference to AfD's victory in a region of Germany.5 sources →

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63. 63MixedThe Indian government is denationalizing and stripping people of citizenship in Muslim regions of India under Hindutva.Sources support that the government's citizenship policies (the CAA combined with the NRC) have left large numbers stateless, mainly in Assam, and that critics see them as targeting Muslims. But the record does not support a finding that the government is stripping citizenship specifically in Muslim regions: the Assam NRC exclusions reportedly fell mostly on Hindus and other non-Muslims, and the CAA itself does not remove citizenship from Muslims. The claim's 'denationalizing' framing rests largely on opinion and scholarly interpretation, and the most directly relevant reporting (the Daily Star, 2026-11-01) post-dates the 2026-10-03 posting.10 sources →

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64. 64TrueXfinity Shield offers a guaranteed WiFi price for five years.The post's claim that subscribers can lock in one WiFi price for five years, guaranteed, is supported by Xfinity's own page (published 2026-10-14) describing a 5-Year Price Guarantee on select internet plans, and by a 2026-09-28 review site and a 2025 CNET article describing the same guarantee. The extracted wording 'Xfinity Shield offers' is a slight reframing, since the guarantee is attached to internet plans with Xfinity Shield features rather than being a Shield-specific product, but this is a minor label difference; the sources do not contradict the core assertion, and the post's own 'select plans only' and 'Xfinity gateway required' restrictions are consistent with the guarantee being conditional. Sources are from after the 2026-10-03 post date but describe a standing offer, so the state on that date is judged as continuous.4 sources →

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65. 65TrueMacklemore was removed from a tour with Ed Sheeran after making pro-Palestine statements at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.Multiple tier1 sources (Reuters, AP, BBC) report that Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran's US Loop tour after pro-Palestinian 'Free Palestine' remarks during September 4 performances at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The claim matches the passage faithfully, and the core assertion is directly corroborated.9 sources →

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66. 66TrueColumbia University students initiated the encampments movement in the spring of 2024.Multiple sources agree that Columbia's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, set up April 17, 2024, was the first of the 2024 campus encampments and that it inspired encampments at other universities. The extraction is faithful to the passage, and no source contradicts the claim.7 sources →

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67. 67TrueHindra Jab was a 5-year-old killed by the Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza in January 2024.The sources support the core claim: Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old, was killed in Gaza City in January 2024 after Israeli forces fired on the family's car, and in August 2026 the Israeli military acknowledged its troops fired on the vehicle and opened a criminal investigation. The post's spelling 'Hindra Jab' is a variant of Hind Rajab, and the sources disagree on her age (5 in AP, Gulf News and the bill; 6 in Reuters and Times of Israel), but the claimed age is supported by several sources.7 sources →

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68. 68TrueRobert Kraft barred Macklemore from appearing at the Boston shows at Gillette Stadium.Multiple reliable outlets, including AP and Reuters, report that Robert Kraft, owner of Gillette Stadium, barred Macklemore from appearing at the Boston-area Sheeran shows there, and Kraft confirmed this in a statement to Rolling Stone and ESPN. Macklemore denies the antisemitism basis for the decision, and the Gillette shows were later canceled due to a nor'easter, which the sources report as a separate event.7 sources →

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69. 69Can’t tellEd Sheeran stated that Robert Kraft rallied other stadium owners with an ultimatum that if Macklemore stayed on the tour, they would not be allowed to play in those venues.The sources show that Macklemore alleged Sheeran told him Kraft rallied other stadium owners with this ultimatum, and that venues did refuse to host Macklemore, but no source reports Sheeran himself confirming or denying the ultimatum. The claim is about Sheeran's own statement, so the sources do not settle it either way.5 sources →

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70. 70TrueRolling Stone listed seven stadium venues that objected to Macklemore's inclusion in the tour.Multiple sources (Reuters, AP, Rolling Stone-derived reports, Fox29, WFLA, Jewish Post) report that Rolling Stone identified seven stadium venues that allegedly objected to Macklemore's inclusion in Ed Sheeran's tour, and the claim matches that reporting. The claim departs from the passage only in dropping the word 'allegedly', which is a minor hedging difference, not a change of substance; the reports also say the venues 'allegedly' objected, so the claim's wording slightly overstates certainty but the count and attribution are supported.9 sources →

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71. 71TrueOf the seven stadium venues that objected to Macklemore's inclusion, five are publicly owned by a city, county, or state.The Rolling Stone list of seven venues that reportedly objected to Macklemore, as relayed by North Jersey, identifies five as publicly owned (Lincoln Financial Field, Mercedes-Benz, Lucas Oil, AT&T Stadium, Raymond James) and two as privately owned (Gillette, Bank of America), matching the claim. Confidence is capped because the count appears to trace back to a single Rolling Stone list, and the claimant's own podcast is not evidence.5 sources →

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72. 72TrueThe First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution applies only to the government.Multiple primary and tier1 sources state that the First Amendment restricts government action and generally does not bind private parties, though it reaches all levels and branches of government and can apply to private actors in limited state-action circumstances. The extracted claim matches the passage's own statement, and the 'only' is a reasonable simplification of the sources' position.7 sources →

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73. 73Can’t tellThe state of Florida owns one of the stadiums where Macklemore was scheduled to perform.The claim faithfully paraphrases the post, but none of the sources says the State of Florida owns any Macklemore tour stadium. The Florida venue, Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, is described only as publicly owned and managed by the local Tampa Sports Authority, which points away from state ownership without stating it. As of 2026-10-03, the sources do not settle the claim either way.4 sources →

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74. 74TrueThe stadiums in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Tampa, Indianapolis, and Arlington, Texas are owned by public entities.The sources consistently show all five stadiums are owned by public entities: the City of Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field, with a public structure per one source), the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (Mercedes-Benz, Atlanta), the Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority (Lucas Oil, Indianapolis), Hillsborough County (Raymond James, Tampa), and the City of Arlington (AT&T Stadium). The claim matches the post's wording, which also said the stadiums are privately operated in some cases, and the claim omits that qualifier without changing its meaning. Ownership status is stated as of the post date and no source reports a change.8 sources →

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75. 75TrueThe Capital Improvement Board for Marion County, Indiana confirmed that Macklemore will not be performing at the upcoming show at Lucas Oil Stadium.The Capital Improvement Board's statement, as quoted in the passage, confirmed Messina Touring's announcement that Macklemore would not perform, and IndyStar and Progressive Indiana both report that the board made such a statement about the October 10 Lucas Oil Stadium show. The claim drops the 'Messina Touring's announcement' qualifier, but the core assertion holds as of 2026-10-03.2 sources →

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76. 76TrueThe Tampa Sports Authority owns and operates the stadium in Tampa where Macklemore was scheduled to perform.Multiple sources, including WFLA, the Tampa Bay Times (via Yahoo), and Fox 13, report that Macklemore was scheduled to perform at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa and that the Tampa Sports Authority operates or manages that stadium. The sources describe the venue as publicly owned but do not explicitly state that the Tampa Sports Authority holds title, so the ownership element is supported only by inference, not by a direct statement. As of 2026-10-03 the show was still listed on the tour, though Macklemore had already been dropped in mid-September, which the claim's past tense accommodates. The extraction matches the passage's content and adds no new scope.5 sources →

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77. 77TrueThe government is permitted to impose constraints on the time, place, and manner of expression if they are reasonable, content-neutral, and narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest.The claim accurately states the three-prong test for time, place, and manner restrictions: they must be content-neutral, narrowly tailored to a significant government interest, and reasonable, as confirmed by the CRS, Cornell LII, and MTSU First Amendment sources. The claim's 'reasonable' element and the ample-alternative-channels prong are omitted, but the claim does not assert those as its core, so the omission does not make it false.4 sources →

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78. 78TrueCriticism of Israel, support for Palestine, and criticism of Zionism are not classified as hate speech under First Amendment protections.Sources consistently support the claim's core legal assertion: the First Amendment has no categorical hate-speech exception, and criticism of Israel, criticism of Zionism, and pro-Palestinian advocacy are generally protected speech. The main caveats are that the Encyclopedia hedges criticism of Zionism as 'most likely' protected and that an amicus brief says conduct-specific context can matter, but neither contradicts the general claim as of 2026-10-03.6 sources →

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79. 79TruePrivately owned stadiums are at liberty to decide whether or not to host specific events or speakers.Sources consistently state that the First Amendment restrains government, not private owners, so a privately owned stadium or private event organizer generally may decide whether to host an event or speaker. Sources note exceptions where government compulsion, joint action, or a traditional public function makes the private owner a state actor, but funding or leasing alone does not, so the core claim holds.7 sources →

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80. 80TrueKanye West performed multiple times at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa at the end of June 2026.Multiple independent outlets report that Kanye West (Ye) held two concerts at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on June 26 and June 28, 2026, which is the 'multiple times at the end of June' the claim describes. The post's own wording matches this, and no source contradicts it.6 sources →

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81. 81TrueKanye West released a song titled "Heil Hitler" in 2025.Multiple tier-1 sources (AP, Reuters, BBC) report that Kanye West, now known as Ye, released a song titled "Heil Hitler" in May 2025, with the music video dated May 8, 2025. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's "that I guess came out in 20 25" and adds nothing beyond it.9 sources →

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82. 82MixedThere are more Christian Zionists in the United States than there are Jews in the entire world.The sources support the claim only under loose estimates of Christian Zionists in the US: Al Jazeera cites an academic figure of more than 30 million, and Political Research Associates says tens of millions, against a world Jewish population of about 15.7 million (DellaPergola, 2024). The figure depends heavily on definition, though. The 10 million CUFI figure is a self-reported membership claim and falls below the world Jewish total, and Britannica compares Christian Zionists with Jewish Zionists rather than all Jews. The claim therefore holds on some measures and fails on others.6 sources →

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83. 83MixedPublicly owned stadiums are leasing decisional authority to private third-party companies that are not subject to First Amendment constraints.The arrangement itself is supported: several publicly owned stadiums are privately operated under leases or management agreements, and sources say private operators generally are not bound by the First Amendment. But the claim's broad statement that these operators are not subject to First Amendment constraints is contested, because courts can treat private operators of publicly funded venues as state actors. As of 2026-10-03 the sources show the arrangement existed; no later change is reported.7 sources →

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84. 84TrueA new ruling was issued against a student from the University of Texas Austin regarding Palestine solidarity protests in the week prior to October 3, 2026.A federal judge ruled on Thursday, September 24, 2026, that UT Austin did not violate Ammer Qaddumi's First Amendment rights and upheld his suspension, which matches the claim's ruling against a UT Austin student over pro-Palestinian protest. The claim's 'week prior to October 3' timing is a reasonable reading of the post's 'just last week' and is consistent with the September 24 date.6 sources →

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85. 85TrueA student from the University of Texas Austin received a ruling against them last week.A federal judge ruled on Thursday, September 24, 2026, against UT Austin student Ammer Qaddumi, finding the university did not violate his First Amendment rights, which fits the 'last week' timing of a post made October 3, 2026. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, and the sources' only tension is that the judge also criticized the university's handling of the protest, which does not change the ruling against the student.4 sources →

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86. 86True1,900 video game workers at Activision Blizzard won their first union contract.Multiple sources report that nearly 1,900 Blizzard Entertainment workers, part of Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard, ratified their first union contracts with CWA in early September 2026. Some sources name Activision Blizzard directly, and the claim's 'just have won' framing fits the post's timing.7 sources →

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87. 87TrueActivision Blizzard workers formally unionized with the Communication Workers of America in 2024.Multiple independent sources report that Activision Blizzard workers formally unionized with the Communications Workers of America in 2024, including about 600 Activision QA testers in March 2024 and over 500 World of Warcraft developers in July 2024. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, which also says the workers organized since 2021; the post's separate claim of a first contract is not graded here.7 sources →

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88. 88True800 Walmart workers at a distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario, won the company's first union contract in North America.Multiple independent outlets (Mississauga News, INsauga, Jacobin, The Militant, Phenomenal World, People's World, MR Online) report that about 800 Unifor Local 252 members at the Walmart distribution centre in Mississauga ratified the first collective agreement Walmart has signed in North America, in May 2026. The claim's wording omits the post's 'just', so the post's October timing does not affect the grade; the sources describe the ratification as May 2026, not recent.8 sources →

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89. 89TrueIn 2000, Walmart eliminated its entire meat department in Texas and five other states after meat cutters at a Texas location voted to unionize.Contemporaneous 2000 reporting from the Washington Post, the Dallas-datelined Ledger story, and an AP story says Wal-Mart announced it would close meat-cutting operations in six states (Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas and Missouri) weeks after meat cutters at its Jacksonville, Texas store voted to unionize. Wal-Mart denied any link to the vote, and later NLRB rulings upheld by an appeals court found the elimination was tied to the union drive, but the claim's 'after' timing is correct.5 sources →

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90. 90TrueNearly 70,000 caregivers in New York have signed union cards to join 1199 SEIU through the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program.Multiple outlets reporting on the September 22-23, 2026 NLRB filing say roughly 70,000 ("over 70,000" or "approximately 70,000") CDPAP caregivers had signed authorization cards to join 1199SEIU, which is consistent with the claim's "nearly 70,000" as of the 2026-10-03 posting date. The figure traces largely to the union's own announcements, which caps confidence, and the claim's "to join 1199 SEIU" matches the post's referent.6 sources →

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91. 91TrueIn 1999, 74,000 Los Angeles County home care workers voted to form a union with SEIU.The 1999 Los Angeles County home care worker vote for SEIU representation of about 74,000 workers is confirmed by the contemporaneous LA Times report and by a peer-reviewed-style labor analysis, and the extracted claim faithfully matches the post. Some sources say 'more than 70,000' or describe joining a public authority, which are minor imprecisions rather than contradictions.4 sources →

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92. 92TrueThe Trump administration enacted federal cuts to Medicaid-funded services.Multiple tier1 and primary sources establish that the Trump administration's 2025 tax and policy law (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) enacted large federal cuts to Medicaid, with CBO projecting roughly $900 billion to $1 trillion in reductions and 7.5 million fewer insured, and that further Medicaid cuts were pursued after enactment. The claim as extracted matches the passage's wording, and the post's own referent ('the Trump administration') resolves to the administration described in the sources.5 sources →

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93. 93TrueNational Nurses United is the largest union of registered nurses in the United States.Multiple sources describe National Nurses United as the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S. (about 225,000 members as of October 2026), consistent with the claim as of 2026-10-03. The claim faithfully reflects the post's wording, and no source contradicts it; the only support is NNU's own materials and a 2009 Reuters piece, so confidence is moderate.4 sources →

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94. 94TruePalantir provides technology to ICE to surveil and target immigrants in the United States.Multiple reliable sources, dated before the 2026-10-03 post, report that Palantir holds ICE contracts to build surveillance and deportation-targeting systems, so the claim holds as of that date. The claim matches the post's wording, and the post's reference to the company and ICE is resolved correctly.7 sources →

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95. 95TruePalantir provides technology to Israel's Ministry of Defense for use in Gaza.Multiple reliable sources, including Reuters and Bloomberg reporting from 2024 and a Palantir SEC filing, confirm that Palantir has a strategic partnership with Israel's Ministry of Defense to supply technology for the war in Gaza, so the claim held as of 2026-10-03. The claim drops the post's 'genocide' characterization, which is a qualifier rather than a factual element, and the sources do not address that framing either way.4 sources →

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96. 96TruePuny Maharaj is the executive director of National Nurses United.A National Nurses United press release dated August 5, 2025 says the union named Puneet Maharaj as its new executive director, succeeding Bonnie Castillo. No source contradicts that she still held the post on 2026-10-03, though the record is a year old and the source spells the name "Puneet" rather than "Puny", which appears to be the same person's nickname. The other sources are unrelated or empty.4 sources →

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97. 97TrueOil prices have increased because of the war involving the United States and Israel in Iran.Sources published around the 2026-10-03 posting date consistently attribute the rise in oil prices to the US-Israeli war on Iran and Iran's disruption of Strait of Hormuz shipping, and show Brent up sharply over the period. The claim matches the post's wording, and the causal link is supported by multiple outlets, though the sources are mostly dated after the posting date and some note that supply flows were partly recovering.6 sources →

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98. 98TrueDeck officers at Alaska Tanker Company and Overseas Shipholding Group voted to unionize with the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots in 2024.The 2024 MM&P union elections at Alaska Tanker Company and Overseas Shipholding Group are well documented: the NLRB tally for the OSG unit shows a win for the union, and OnLabor and MarineLink report that the union won 80% at ATC and 70% at OSG in NLRB-certified elections in 2024. The claim's wording matches the post and the sources, and the dispute is over the later bargaining, not the vote.5 sources →

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99. 99TrueThe National Labor Relations Board ordered Alaska Tanker Company and Overseas Shipholding Group to recognize the union and start bargaining.The NLRB issued bargaining orders against Alaska Tanker Company (May 19, 2026, per an NLRB weekly summary) and against Overseas Shipholding Group (August 4, 2026, per the Board's decision and order), requiring recognition of and bargaining with the MM&P union. The claim matches the passage's referent, which is the two companies' deck officers. The companies have appealed to the Eleventh Circuit, but the orders stand as reported and the appeal does not make the claim false.5 sources →

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100. 100TrueDeck officers at Alaska Tanker Company and Overseas Shipholding Group have not received a first contract two years after voting to unionize.Multiple sources describe licensed deck officers at Alaska Tanker Company and Overseas Shipholding Group as still without a first contract more than two years after their 2024 union elections, and the NLRB ordered bargaining in 2026. The companies are appealing those orders rather than bargaining, so the claim held as of 2026-10-03 and no source reports a contract since.7 sources →

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101. 101TrueSubsidiaries of Alaska Tanker Company and Overseas Shipholding Group received millions of dollars in federal subsidies.Sources support the core claim that Alaska Tanker Company and Overseas Shipholding Group, both Saltchuk subsidiaries, receive millions in federal subsidies through the Tanker Security Program. One outlet frames the subsidies as flowing to the parent, Saltchuk, rather than the subsidiaries, and no source states the exact subsidiary-level breakdown.4 sources →

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102. 102TrueAn Iranian military official identified Overseas Shipholding Group as a candidate for potential retaliatory measures.Multiple reports from August 2026 say an Iranian military official, relayed by Nournews and Iranian state media on August 18, named Overseas Shipholding Group among companies under scrutiny for supporting US military logistics and warned of potential retaliatory measures. The post's wording is a faithful paraphrase, and the statement predates the October 3 posting, so the claim was true on that date. The reports largely trace back to the same Nournews/Iranian state media item, which limits independent corroboration.8 sources →

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103. 103MixedJournalist Amirka Foggy published a story titled 'Cesar Alarcon Dismantles Unions: Why Is He Now Creating Them?' on September 23 in Documented New York.The story exists as described: Documented published 'Cesar Alarcón Dismantles Unions — Why Is He Now Creating Them?' on September 23, 2026. However, the byline and the author's own posts name Amir Khafagy, not 'Amirka Foggy', so the claimed author name is contradicted. The claim departs from the passage only in matching the post's own (apparently mangled) name, so this is a misattribution rather than an extraction addition.Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.2 sources →

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104. 104MixedThe union avoidance consulting industry generates approximately $1.5 billion in annual revenue.The claim's $1.5 billion figure is close to the $1.7 billion annual estimate that EPI and LaborLab published in 2026, whose headline says employers spend 'more than $1.5 billion.' But that $1.7 billion includes law firms: consultants alone are estimated at about $442 million, and an earlier EPI estimate was about $340 million. Read as the consultant industry alone, the figure is far too high; read as total union avoidance spending, it is roughly right. The claim is faithful to the post's wording, and this is a claimant-stated figure, so the verdict is about the sources' measures, not the post.5 sources →

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105. 105TrueCesar Alarcon identified himself as a representative for Progressive Workers of the World Local 311 at a Golden Cross Manufacturing plant in the Bronx.Investigative reporting by Documented (republished by the Queens Daily Eagle) says Cesar Alarcón, described as a representative for Progressive Workers of the World Local 311, showed up at the Bronx plant and met workers, which supports the claim's core. The source names the plant 'Golden Krust' rather than 'Golden Cross Manufacturing', and the podcast's 'Alison' is a transcription of Alarcón, so the extraction matches the post's own referent; the name difference appears to be a mistranscription of the same Bronx plant.4 sources →

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106. 106TrueWorkers at the Golden Cross Manufacturing plant in the Bronx are unionized with IBEW Local Union 1430.The Bronx plant workers' IBEW Local 1430 representation is supported by a September 2026 report describing IBEW Local 1430 as the current union at the plant, and an NLRB dismissal of a rival union petition because a valid contract was in place. The post and that report name the plant differently ('Golden Cross' vs. 'Golden Krust'), but the surrounding details match, so they appear to describe the same plant; the claim's 'IBW' typo in the post was corrected to IBEW and is not a substantive change.2 sources →

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107. 107Can’t tellTransportation and logistics workers are forbidden from striking under the Railway Labor Act.The extracted claim says all transportation and logistics workers are forbidden from striking under the Railway Labor Act, but the post only says 'so many of them' are, and it says truckers are not covered by the Act, so the claim departs from the passage and is graded as unverifiable. The sources do show that the RLA restricts strikes for railway and airline workers during mandated bargaining stages, but they do not support a blanket ban across all transportation and logistics workers.5 sources →

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108. 108TrueJoe Biden prevented a railroad workers strike from occurring.Multiple sources show Biden brokered a tentative rail labor deal in September 2022 that averted a strike, then pushed Congress to impose the deal, and he signed the bill on December 2, 2022, which ended the threat of a rail strike. The claim's core assertion that Biden prevented the strike is supported, though the post's 'killed off' framing is rhetorical and the 2022 events are the referent, not the 2026 posting date.7 sources →

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109. 109TrueEleven workers at an AutoZone location in White Plains, New York, won their union election.Workers at the AutoZone store in White Plains, NY, won a union election on September 25, 2026, joining UAW Local 259. The NLRB tally shows 11 eligible voters with a 6-4 vote for the union, so the claim holds when read as the 11-person bargaining unit winning, though not as all eleven voting yes.6 sources →

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110. 110TrueWorkers at an AutoZone location in White Plains, New York, voted to join UAW Local 259.The NLRB tally shows a White Plains AutoZone store voted 6-4 on September 25, 2026 to join UAW Local 259, and independent reports from the AFL-CIO, Jacobin, The Chief and a UAW newsletter agree. The vote happened before the October 3 posting, so the claim was true on that date; the later firings of organizers do not change the vote outcome.6 sources →

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111. 111TrueAutoZone spent over 200,000 dollars to oppose the unionization effort at the White Plains store.Multiple sources report that AutoZone spent roughly $200,000 opposing the White Plains unionization effort, but every figure is an estimate by the watchdog LaborLab, built from attorney costs and executive salaries, not a documented expenditure. The claim's 'over $200,000' is slightly stronger than the 'around' or 'about' used in the sources, a minor imprecision that does not change the verdict.4 sources →

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112. 112TrueAutoZone flew in 17 managers from Memphis, Indiana, California, and Florida to the White Plains store to monitor workers and discourage unionization.The Chief reports that AutoZone dispatched 17 managers to the White Plains store from Memphis and other locations, including Indiana, California and Florida, and other sources describe flown-in executives monitoring workers and running anti-union meetings. The 17-manager count traces mainly to The Chief, and other outlets cite 11 corporate executives, which the later reporting reconciles as part of a larger group of regional and district managers.6 sources →

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113. 113TrueThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found AutoZone guilty of unlawful conduct during a union drive at a distribution center in the early nineties.Sources on the same 1992–93 Greenville, South Carolina distribution center campaign show the NLRB found AutoZone interfered unlawfully, ordered a rerun election, and the Sixth Circuit enforced the Board's order in 1996. The claim matches the passage faithfully, though the sources do not describe the Teamsters' drive as failing in the exact words used and the NLRB findings are not described as 'guilty' verdicts.3 sources →

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114. 114TrueAutoZone fired Nathan De Kong following the unionization vote at the White Plains store.Multiple sources report that AutoZone fired Nathan DuCongé, the lead organizer, the day after or immediately following the September 25, 2026 union vote at its White Plains store. The claim's spelling "De Kong" is a variant of the same person's name (DuCongé, also rendered Ducong/Du Kong in the post), so the referent matches.6 sources →

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115. 115MixedAutoZone management fired a supervisor at the White Plains store for failing to stop the union.Multiple sources report that a second AutoZone White Plains worker was fired shortly after the union win for 'not stopping the union,' so the firing itself is supported. However, the Jacobin-sourced report calls that person 'another worker,' while only The Chief's account relayed by a low-credibility site calls him a 'store supervisor,' so the supervisor label is contested.3 sources →

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116. 116TrueZorah Mandani was elected mayor.Zohran Mamdani (spelled 'Zorah Mandani' in the claim and post) was elected New York City mayor in the November 4, 2025 election, as NBC, CNN, AP, and Snopes report. The spelling differs but refers to the same person, and the claim faithfully reflects the passage's 'now Mayor Zorah Mandani.'5 sources →

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117. 117TrueDonald Trump launched the website America.gov on September 29, 2026.Multiple tier1 and primary sources, including the White House fact sheet, Reuters, and AP, report that Trump launched America.gov on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. The claim's date matches the post's own week (September 23 to 30) and the sources, so the extraction is faithful.7 sources →

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118. 118TrueDonald Trump signed an executive order to rename artificial intelligence to super intelligence.Trump signed Executive Order 14434, 'Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence,' on September 29, 2026, directing agencies to use 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' in place of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI'. The claim omits the post's mention of polling, which no source addresses, and the AP report's reference to UN General Assembly remarks does not contradict the signing.6 sources →

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119. 119TrueDonald Trump met with the heads of six tech companies to sign the White House Accord on a Super intelligence.Multiple tier1 and primary sources confirm that Trump and the heads of six AI/tech companies (Google, Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI/Musk, Nvidia) signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence at the White House on Sept. 29, 2026. The claim's wording matches the post, and the Sept. 29 date fits the post's 'Tuesday' reference.6 sources →

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120. 120TrueSundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Greg Brockman, and Dario Amodei signed a document titled the White House Accords.Multiple tier-1 sources (AP, Reuters, BBC, Snopes) report that Trump and exactly these six executives (Pichai, Zuckerberg, Musk, Huang, Brockman, Amodei) signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence on September 29, 2026. The claim's title 'White House Accords' is a casual plural of the document's actual title, and the sources note that Musk and Brockman appear under xAI/SpaceX and OpenAI, which does not change the core claim.7 sources →

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121. 121TrueA White House memo identified Dario Amodei as a leading figure in the Effective Altruism movement.Multiple outlets report that a memo circulating within the White House, obtained by Axios, places Dario Amodei at the foundation of the effective altruism movement, which the memo describes as a fringe, cultish collective. The claim matches the passage's wording, and the main caveat is that nearly all coverage traces back to the Axios report.9 sources →

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122. 122TrueThe U.S. War Department has been publicly attacking Anthropic and Effective Altruism.The sources show the Department of War and Secretary Hegseth publicly attacking Anthropic from February 2026 onward, and attacking effective altruism in September and early October 2026 ("Americanism, not effective altruism"). The claim was accurate as of 2026-10-03; the extraction's "as of last week" timing is a dropped qualifier, not a contradiction.5 sources →

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123. 123TruePennsylvania Senator John Fetterman has been fundraising using GOP email lists.The Intercept reported that Fetterman sent fundraising emails from GOP-linked addresses (info@gopsquad.com), and TIME independently obtained those emails. The Atlantic also reported on the GOP-aligned firm and payment processor involved, so the claim is supported as extracted from the passage.7 sources →

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124. 124TrueCampaign fundraising emails for John Fetterman were sent from the address info@gopsquad.com.The Intercept reports that an email sent by Fetterman's campaign came from info@gopsquad.com, and TIME independently reports fundraising appeals from that address. The claim matches the passage's wording and no source contradicts it, though neither outlet confirms the arrangement with the list owners, and Fetterman's campaign did not respond to comment requests.5 sources →

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125. 125TrueSenator Mike Lee sent a fundraising email stating that John Fetterman is basically a Republican and asking for help to draft him.The Atlantic obtained a solicitation from Sen. Mike Lee's fundraising list that reads "I just got an email from John. He's basically a Republican now. I need your help to draft him," and Time independently reports a Lee-sent fundraising email with the same text. The claim matches the passage and the sources, and no source contradicts it.7 sources →

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126. 126TrueSenator John Fetterman referred to himself as a Republican while speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival.Multiple outlets, including CNN, report that Fetterman called himself a "lifelong Republican" while answering an audience question at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, then was corrected to "Democrat" by moderator Major Garrett. The claim's core assertion is supported; the sources date the remark to Saturday, Sept. 26, not Sunday as the post says, but the claim does not state a date.7 sources →

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127. 127TruePalantir was named a top supporter of the Congressional Black Caucus at their annual charitable gala.Multiple outlets report that Palantir was listed as a 'top supporter' at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's (the CBC's charitable arm) annual event in Washington in September 2026, with its name and logo on signage and a banner. The sources date the event to September rather than the post's 'this month' (October), and HuffPost calls it both a gala and a legislative conference, but these are peripheral details that do not change the core claim.5 sources →

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128. 128TrueThe Congressional Hispanic Caucus returned donations from Palantir.Multiple sources report that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the caucus's affiliated charitable arm, publicly returned a Palantir donation in September 2026 after an outcry. The claim omits the Institute and refers to a single donation, but the core assertion that the Caucus returned Palantir money holds.4 sources →

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129. 129TrueShirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress.Multiple primary and tier1 sources, including the U.S. House history office, AP, and the National Archives, state that Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American (Black) woman elected to Congress, winning in November 1968 and taking office in 1969. The claim's wording matches the passage, which refers to the same Shirley Chisholm, and no source contradicts it.7 sources →

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130. 130TrueJim Clyburn is 86 years old.Jim Clyburn (the 'Cliburn' in the post is a misspelling of the same person) was 86 on 2026-10-03. He was born July 21, 1940, and turned 86 that July, as reported by Vox, the Illinois public media transcript, and Dartmouth in September; he remains 86 as of the later Britannica and Referandom snapshots.8 sources →

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131. 131TrueThe federal government has begun airing pro-Trump television ads paid for by US taxpayers.As of 2026-10-03, the federal government had already begun airing taxpayer-funded television ads promoting President Trump, with DHS/CBP funds of about $20 million and at least $2.5 million spent by early October per AdImpact. Later developments, including Trump's Oct. 5 pledge that his super PAC would pay going forward and the Oct. 30 court order to pull three ads, do not change the status on the claim's date, and the White House's public-service-announcement framing is a characterization dispute rather than a contradiction.7 sources →

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132. 132TrueThe U.S. government is airing television ads that feature Donald Trump and text reading 'Largest tax cuts in history', 'Reigniting American manufacturing', and 'Defend law and order and police'.As of 2026-10-03, sources confirm the government-funded TV ads featuring Trump carried the on-screen text 'largest tax cuts in history,' 'reigniting American manufacturing,' and 'defend law and order and police.' The claim's wording is a faithful paraphrase of the post. A judge later ordered three other ads pulled (Oct. 11 restraining order, Oct. 30 ruling), but that change came after the claim date and does not affect the verdict.7 sources →

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133. 133TrueThe California Supreme Court ruled that Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state election law by seizing 650,000 ballots for the Prop 50 special election on redistricting.Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources (AP, Governor's office, CBS LA, LA Times, SF Chronicle) report that on September 24, 2026 the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state election law by seizing roughly 650,000 Proposition 50 ballots during his election fraud investigation. The claim's figure and core assertion match the sources, and the claim faithfully reflects the passage, which referred to the ruling as occurring 'last Thursday' relative to the October 3 post.9 sources →

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134. 134MixedEmails leaked in 2021 revealed that Sheriff Chad Bianco was a dues-paying member of the Oath Keepers since at least 2014.The record strongly supports that leaked Oath Keepers data, reported in 2021, showed Bianco as a dues-paying member in 2014, and he acknowledged it. Read as 'since at least 2014' meaning continuous membership from 2014 onward, the claim is contradicted: sources say he paid for a one-year membership in 2014 and did not renew it. Read as 'as early as 2014,' the record supports it.6 sources →

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135. 135TrueDonald Trump and DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen claimed they uncovered hundreds of thousands of non-citizens registered to vote.Multiple tier1 sources confirm that Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin publicly claimed in July 2026 that DHS had identified roughly 250,000 to 278,000 noncitizens registered to vote, so the claim that they claimed to have uncovered hundreds of thousands is supported. The sources also find those figures unsupported by evidence and disputed, but the claim is about the act of claiming, not the claims' accuracy.7 sources →

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136. 136TrueThe Department of Homeland Security initially informed Nevada election officials that there were 15,903 non-citizens on the state's voter rolls.Multiple sources report that DHS told Nevada officials in July that as many as 15,903 noncitizens could be on its voter rolls, so the core claim about the initial notice holds. The sources also stress that the figure was described as preliminary or 'as many as' and was later cut to 185 and then disputed as zero, which the claim omits but does not contradict.6 sources →

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137. 137MixedThe Department of Homeland Security confirmed that 185 individuals on the Nevada voter rolls were not U.S. citizens after a manual review.The sources support that DHS told Nevada officials it had manually confirmed 185 voters as noncitizens, so the act of confirming is documented. They contradict the substance: Nevada's Attorney General's office says its records show all 185 are citizens, DHS has not provided substantive evidence, and DHS has since cited a different figure of at least 2,000 noncitizens from the 16,000 list.8 sources →

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138. 138TrueNevada state officials determined that the 185 individuals flagged by the Department of Homeland Security as non-citizens were actually U.S. citizens.Nevada election officials said their records showed all 185 people DHS flagged as noncitizens were U.S. citizens, and multiple reliable outlets report this. The claim matches the post's wording; the DOJ and DHS dispute whether Nevada's records amount to proof, but that disputes the evidence standard, not Nevada's determination.7 sources →

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139. 139TrueOn September 25, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to use a Department of Homeland Security citizenship database to purge voter rolls.Multiple tier1 and primary sources confirm the Supreme Court's September 25, 2026 emergency order, decided 6-3 along ideological lines, allowing the Trump administration to use DHS's revamped SAVE citizenship database to check voter rolls. The 'purge' framing is supported by some outlets, but sources also note the NVRA bars broad purges within 90 days of an election, which limits the ruling's practical impact this year.8 sources →

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140. 140TrueThe Supreme Court granted a stay of a district court ruling that had blocked the Trump administration's implementation of the modified SAVE database for voter verification.The Supreme Court on September 25, 2026 granted the Trump administration's request to stay Judge Sooknanan's district court ruling that had blocked the revamped SAVE database, as reported by AP and Reuters. The claim matches the passage's wording, and the post's 'last week' timing is consistent with the September 25 order.8 sources →

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141. 141TrueThe Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security is allowed to use confidential data from the Social Security Administration based on Section 1373 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.The Supreme Court's September 25, 2026 emergency order stayed the lower-court block on the revamped SAVE database, with the majority reasoning that 8 U.S.C. §1373 of IIRIRA expressly authorizes DHS to receive citizenship-related information from agencies including SSA. The order is interim (a stay pending appeal that found plaintiffs likely to lose), not a final merits ruling, but the claimed core holding is accurately reported.6 sources →

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142. 142TrueThe National Voter Registration Act prohibits states from systematically removing the names of ineligible voters from their rolls in the 90 days prior to any primary or general election.The NVRA's 90-day quiet period bars states from systematic list maintenance that removes ineligible voters within 90 days before a federal primary or general election, as confirmed by DOJ, CRS, AP, PolitiFact and FactCheck.org. Sources note exceptions for deaths and voter-requested removals, and that individualized removals remain allowed, but these do not contradict the claim. The claim matches the passage's wording without adding scope.10 sources →

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143. 143TrueThe Trump administration claimed there were 300,000 non-citizen voters.The claim is extracted faithfully from the passage and concerns the act of claiming. Multiple sources report that DHS and Secretary Mullin publicly claimed about 300,000 potential noncitizen voters, though they describe these as potential or under-investigation cases rather than confirmed noncitizen voters. Coverage dated before 2026-10-03 is thin, and the later reports show the figure was later narrowed and not substantiated, which does not make the claim that it was made false.7 sources →

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144. 144MixedThe Trump administration flagged 16,000 voters in Nevada as non-citizens.DHS did publicly flag a figure of about 16,000 possible noncitizens on Nevada's voter rolls (15,903 in its July 17 release), so the flagging itself is supported. But DHS described that figure as preliminary, 'may be as many as', and a DHS official called it 'the ceiling'; by September 23-24, before the claim's October 3 date, Nevada had found that the 185 IDs DHS later supplied were all citizens, so the 'as non-citizens' characterization is contradicted. The claim is graded as of 2026-10-03.5 sources →

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145. 145True185 manually confirmed cases of alleged non-citizen voting in Nevada were determined to be US citizens.Nevada election officials documented in a September 23, 2026 letter that their records showed all 185 DHS-flagged individuals were citizens, so the claimed determination is supported. DHS disputes that conclusion and says at least 2,000 names on the original list of 16,000 are noncitizens, but it does not offer a specific contrary finding on the 185. The claim matches the extraction from the post.4 sources →

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146. 146TrueA message reading 'Free pussy' was posted to a Cornell fraternity Snapchat group on the night of the alleged assault.Multiple independent outlets report that a vulgar 'free p*ssy' message was sent to the Chi Phi Actives Snapchat group at 1:42 a.m. during the night of the alleged assault (October 19–20, 2024), and the lawsuit includes a photo of it. The DA also acknowledged the text messages as 'completely vulgar and disgusting,' though the underlying assault allegations remain unproven.5 sources →

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147. 147TrueTompkins County District Attorney Matt Van Houten described Snapchat messages related to the Cornell assault case as morally disgusting.Multiple sources report that Van Houten called the Snapchat messages "disgusting" (People, AOL/PEOPLE) and quote him saying the conduct was "morally disgusting" (US Magazine), all from September 29, before the post. ABC reports his phrase as "morally disturbing," a minor wording difference that does not change the substance, so the claim is supported.4 sources →

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148. 148TrueJane Doe reported the alleged assault to the Cornell University Police on November 8, 2024.Multiple sources, including the BBC and Snopes, state that Jane Doe reported the alleged assault to Cornell University Police on November 8, 2024, and the claim matches the post's own wording. The claim departs from the passage only in describing the report as the 'alleged assault', which is faithful to how the sources frame it.5 sources →

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149. 149TrueTompkins County District Attorney Matt Van Houten stated that Jane Doe's original police statement described her drug use and sexual activity as voluntary and consensual.Multiple tier1 sources, including the Tompkins County DA's own primary statement, confirm Van Houten said Jane Doe's sworn November 2024 statement described her drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual. The extraction's 'at least some of' wording is consistent with the passage, and the 'Tomkins' spelling is a trivial misspelling of the county name.7 sources →

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150. 150TrueUnder New York State law, voluntary intoxication does not by itself legally establish that a person was incapable of consenting to sex.Multiple tier-1 outlets (Reuters, AP, BBC) report that under New York law a person who voluntarily becomes intoxicated is not automatically considered incapable of consenting to sex, and only those drugged without consent are treated as mentally incapacitated. The claim matches the passage's wording, and the NYSACDL dispute concerns whether this is a 'loophole', not whether the legal rule exists.6 sources →

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151. 151TrueMatt Van Houten stated that Jane Doe gave police a comprehensive statement and made more than 20 handwritten corrections to that statement before signing it.Van Houten's own remarks are documented: AP quotes him describing Doe's 'very detailed, very comprehensive statement', and People quotes him saying she 'made 20-plus handwritten corrections' to it. The claim is about what he stated, so it holds; the dispute from Doe's attorney concerns the statement's content, not whether he said these things.5 sources →

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152. 152TrueCornell University temporarily suspended the Kai Fi fraternity and imposed temporary suspensions or restrictions on students accused in connection with the incident.Cornell's own statements say temporary suspensions and other restrictive measures were issued against students when the conduct was reported, which supports the core of the claim. The sources name the fraternity as Chi Phi, not 'Kai Fi' (likely a transcription error in the post), and they do not specifically describe a temporary suspension of the chapter itself, only its 2024 closure and ban from campus.2 sources →

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153. 153TrueJane Doe filed a formal Title IX complaint with Cornell University in January 2025.The claim faithfully matches the passage, and multiple sources place Jane Doe's formal complaint to Cornell's Title IX coordinator on January 14, 2025, with no source contradicting it. Most of the timeline details trace back to Doe's lawsuit, which caps confidence.7 sources →

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154. 154MixedBy May 2026, Cornell's Title IX committee had held at least 12 hearings regarding the allegations.The at-least-12-hearings figure is well supported: multiple sources report at least twelve Title IX hearings in May. However, every source places those hearings in May 2025, not May 2026 as the claim states, and the passage itself says only "by May" with no year.6 sources →

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155. 155TrueCornell University has barred the Ki-fi fraternity chapter from campus.Cornell has barred the Chi Phi fraternity chapter from campus, as stated in Cornell's own statements and wire coverage dated before the 2026-10-03 post. The claim's name, "Ki-fi," is a phonetic rendering of Chi Phi from the passage, and the sources identify the same chapter, so the core assertion holds.6 sources →

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156. 156TrueJane Doe's attorney stated that two of the seven students named in the lawsuit were expelled from Cornell University.Doe's attorney Thomas Giuffra is reported by BBC and CNN as saying two of the seven accused were expelled, so the claim about the attorney's statement is supported. The sources do not say which two men were expelled, and Cornell declined to disclose individual outcomes, but the claim does not assert that.5 sources →

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157. 157TrueThe Cornell Daily Sun published the names of the men named as defendants in the Jane Doe lawsuit on September 21, 2026.The Cornell Daily Sun's editorial board published the names of the seven men named as defendants in the Jane Doe lawsuit in a Sept. 21, 2026 editorial, 'Cornell Won't, We Will'. The editorial itself lists the names and is corroborated by several other outlets, and the claim matches the passage's wording and date.6 sources →

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158. 158TrueTompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten announced the reopening of a criminal investigation into the Cornell University sexual assault allegations on September 28, 2026.The claim is supported: Tompkins County DA Matthew Van Houten announced on September 28, 2026 that his office would reopen the criminal investigation into the alleged 2024 Cornell University assault, as reported by Reuters, AP, and the DA's own press release reproduced by the New York Times. The claim matches the passage's content and date, and the 'do nothing DA' remark in the post is opinion that the claim does not repeat.8 sources →

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159. 159TrueNew York Governor Kathy Hochul called for an independent review of how Cornell University handled the Jane Doe situation.Multiple independent tier1 and tier2 sources (CBS News, Straits Times, Spectrum, DW, CNN/AP coverage) report Gov. Kathy Hochul calling for an outside counsel to conduct a transparent, independent review of Cornell's handling of the Jane Doe case, and Cornell's president confirms the review. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, which said 'outside council' (a typo for counsel), and the core assertion is directly supported.5 sources →

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160. 160TrueLouisiana State University found a football player responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape through its Title IX process.Multiple reports from September and October 2026 say LSU's Title IX office found a football player responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape through its administrative process, based on internal documents. The claim is faithful to the post, and no source contradicts it; the player's punishment was later reduced on appeal, which does not affect the finding.7 sources →

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161. 161TrueLouisiana State University reduced a football player's one-year suspension for sexual assault to two years of disciplinary probation without restrictions on appeal.Multiple reporting sources (ESPN, WAFB, The Advocate/LSU Reveille, LA Times, NBC) confirm that LSU's Title IX office found the player responsible for sexual assault/forcible rape, and that on appeal the finding was upheld while the one-year suspension was reduced to probation without restrictions, equal to the four semesters (two years) cited by several outlets. Sources differ on whether the original suspension was one year or two semesters, a detail that does not change the core claim.9 sources →

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162. 162TrueKendall Francis filed a formal Title IX complaint against an LSU football player in January 2026.WAFB reports that Francis filed a formal Title IX complaint with LSU in January 2026 and that the complaint concerned a football player LSU found responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape. Other outlets repeat this, but they appear to rely on the WAFB reporting, and no fact-checker examined the claim.6 sources →

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163. 163TrueLSU suspended a student for one year after finding him responsible for rape.Multiple reports, citing ESPN's review of LSU documents, state that LSU found football player Damien Shanklin responsible for 'forcible rape' in July and issued a one-year suspension, so the core claim is supported. The claim omits that the suspension was later reduced to probation on appeal, which is a peripheral omission rather than a contradiction, and the sources largely trace back to a single ESPN report.5 sources →

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164. 164TrueThe Trump administration formally reinstated Title IX regulations created during Trump's first term on September 28, 2026.The U.S. Department of Education's September 28, 2026 press release states it formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX rule and reinstated the first Trump administration's 2020 regulation, and Politico and EdWeek report the same action on that date. The claim's core assertion is supported; the exact publication date (Federal Register on September 29) is a peripheral detail that does not contradict it.4 sources →

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165. 165TrueThe Trump administration rewrote Title IX rules in 2020 to narrow the scope of sexual harassment schools were required to address and strengthen procedural protections for accused students.The sources confirm the 2020 Trump Title IX rules narrowed the sexual harassment schools must address and added live hearings and stronger protections for accused students, as the claim states. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's passage, and the 2020 rules were reinstated in 2025 and formally in September 2026.6 sources →

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166. 166TrueThe Biden administration rewrote Title IX rules in 2024 to extend protections to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.The sources consistently show that the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rule expanded sex discrimination protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity, and the claim's wording matches the post's own statement. Sources also show the rule was later vacated and formally rescinded, which does not change the 2024 rewrite claim.6 sources →

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167. 167TrueA federal judge struck down the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rules nationwide in January 2025.Multiple tier1 and primary sources (AP, Reuters, POLITICO, NAICU, Pitt, Department of Education fact sheet) report that federal judge Danny Reeves in the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated the Biden 2024 Title IX rule nationwide on January 9, 2025. The claim's 'January 2025' and 'nationwide' elements match the record; the post's own wording ('in January of 2025, a federal judge struck them down nationwide') matches the extraction without added scope.6 sources →

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168. 168TrueViktor Orban was forced out of office following parliamentary elections in Hungary in April 2026.Multiple tier1 sources (AP, Reuters, BBC) report that Orbán lost the April 12, 2026 parliamentary election to Péter Magyar's Tisza party, ending his 16 years in power, so the claim that he was forced out of office after the April election is supported. The sources describe a landslide electoral defeat rather than a formal removal, and the claim's wording fairly reflects that; he also declined to take his parliamentary seat.5 sources →

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169. 169TruePeter Magyar's Tisza Party won the Hungarian parliamentary elections in 2026.Multiple tier1 and independent sources (Reuters, BBC, AP, Hungarian election report, Commons Library) confirm Peter Magyar's Tisza Party won the 12 April 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election with 141 of 199 seats and a two-thirds supermajority. The claim faithfully reflects the passage's reference to Tisza winning, and the election was held in 2026 as claimed.8 sources →

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170. 170TrueHungarian prosecutors detained two of Viktor Orban's former ministers on corruption allegations in October 2026.Multiple sources report that Hungarian authorities detained two former Orban-era ministers, Balazs Hanko and Miklos Seszták, over corruption allegations, and both were ordered into pre-trial detention around September 30 to October 1, 2026. The claim's 'in October 2026' timing is only partly matched, since one order was dated September 30, but the core assertion holds; the post's 'On Monday' is consistent with the same week.5 sources →

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171. 171Can’t tellZsolt Takacs served as Hungary's development minister from 2014 to 2018.None of the sources mention a Hungarian development minister named Zsolt Takacs or any 2014–2018 term. The only Takacs hits are an unrelated LinkedIn profile for a sustainability CEO and a 2007–2008 Interior Minister, Albert Takács, so no source addresses the claim's referent. The passage also says "Zsoltak", not "Zsolt Takacs", so the extracted full name departs from the post's wording.6 sources →

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172. 172Can’t tellZsolt Takacs is suspected of taking 30 million euros in bribes linked to bus tenders.The claim names "Zsolt Takacs," a name that appears nowhere in the passage (which says "Zsoltak") or in the sources, so it departs from the post. The sources instead describe Miklós Seszták, former development minister 2014–2018, as suspected of taking around €30 million in bribes linked to bus tenders, so the claim does not match the referent the sources cover.2 sources →

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173. 173TrueHanko is being investigated for the disbursement of 46 million euros in cultural funds to public figures.Hanko, the former Orbán-era culture minister, is under criminal investigation over misuse of National Cultural Fund grants, with figures reported at about €46 million (€46.2m in one source, €47.6m+ in another, and roughly 40+ million euros in a third). One Euronews-syndicated source uses the same wording as the claim, and the sources report that authorities largely regard the funds as campaign financing. Sources describe the grants as going to artists and organisations with Fidesz ties rather than strictly to 'public figures', which is a loose but not contradicted characterization. As of 2026-10-03 the investigation was ongoing, and the later court detention order does not change that.5 sources →

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174. 174MixedPeter Magyar stole a man's phone and threw it into the Danube in May 2024.Multiple sources report that Magyar took a man's phone at a Budapest nightclub and threw it into the Danube, but they date the incident to June 21, 2024, not May, and the theft is only a prosecutorial allegation that Magyar denies. The core act is supported while the claimed month is contradicted and the 'stole' framing overstates an unadjudicated accusation.8 sources →

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175. 175TrueThe Hungarian Parliament passed a law limiting the prime minister to two terms in office.Hungary's Parliament approved a constitutional amendment on June 15, 2026 that limits prime ministers to a maximum of eight years, described by Reuters and others as two four-year terms. The claim's 'law' is technically a constitutional amendment, a label difference that does not change the core assertion.4 sources →

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176. 176TrueJair Bolsonaro is in prison for a coup launched after he lost the 2022 election.Jair Bolsonaro was convicted in September 2025 of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election and sentenced to 27 years, and sources say he began serving that sentence in November 2025. As of the claim date (2026-10-03), he was serving it under temporary humanitarian house arrest rather than in a cell, which is a minor imprecision in 'in prison' that does not overturn the core claim. Later reporting (November 2026) says his house arrest was converted to preventive detention, a change after the claim date that does not make it false.7 sources →

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177. 177TruePolling from September 30, 2026, showed Lula with 39.4% of the vote and Flavio Bolsonaro with 38.4% of the vote.The Meio/Ideia poll released September 30, 2026 showed Lula at 39.4% and Flávio Bolsonaro at 38.4% in the first round, matching the claim. The poll's fieldwork ran September 25–28, and later polls and the October 2026 result do not change what the September 30 poll showed.4 sources →

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178. 178TrueLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva is 80 years old.Lula was 80 years old on the claim's date of 2026-10-03, as AP (published 2026-10-05), Reuters (2026-07-31) and WSJ (2026-10-04) all state, and Britannica's birth date of October 27, 1945 is consistent with that. He turned 81 on October 27, 2026, a later change that does not affect the verdict. The extracted claim faithfully matches the passage's wording.7 sources →

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179. 179TrueFlavio Bolsonaro is 45 years old.Flavio Bolsonaro was 45 on 2026-10-03. The BBC (published 2026-10-05) and CNN (published 2026-10-02) both give his age as 45, and a Le Monde article gives his birth date as April 30, 1981, which makes him 45 from April 30, 2026 onward. The claim's wording matches the passage, and later AP coverage still says he is 45.4 sources →

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180. 180TrueLula da Silva won the 2022 election with 50.9% of the vote against Jair Bolsonaro's 49.1%.The claim that Lula beat Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 runoff with 50.9% to 49.1% is supported by the Congressional Research Service, NPR's report of official returns, and the TSE final tally as reproduced in other sources. The 2026 results in the sources, where Lula won against Flávio Bolsonaro, concern a different election and do not affect the claim.7 sources →

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181. 181MixedFlavio Bolsonaro asked Daniel Vorcaro for 27 million dollars to make a film about his father.The record strongly supports that Flávio Bolsonaro sought money from Daniel Vorcaro to finance the film 'Dark Horse' about his father, and he acknowledged seeking funding. However, the sources put the amount at about US$24 million (R$130-134 million) or $25 million, not 27 million, and the claim also drops the passage's 'almost'. The claim's figure is therefore disputed by the record, while the core act is supported.Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.5 sources →

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182. 182PredictionJair Bolsonaro will wind up in a hospital within the next three months.Can't be checked yet. We check it after Feb 2, 2027.

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183. 183TrueTrump levied 50% tariffs against Canada using the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.Multiple tier-1 sources confirm Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Canadian goods (about $20 billion in imports) by invoking Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the Smoot-Hawley Act. The post's point that these were not the tariffs being litigated is context and does not contradict the claim.6 sources →

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184. 184TrueTrump levied Section 301 tariffs in July.Multiple tier-1 and primary sources confirm that the Section 301 tariffs (10% or 12.5% on 60 trading partners) were imposed in July 2026 at President Trump's direction, taking effect July 24. The claim matches the post's wording and no source contradicts it.7 sources →

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185. 185MixedThe Section 301 tariffs apply to 99.4% of all imported goods in the U.S.USTR's official figure, repeated across the sources, is that the Section 301 action covers 99.4% of U.S. imports from 60 trading partners, so the figure holds on that coverage measure. However, sources also say numerous product exemptions (oil and gas, fertilizer, certain foods, Section 232 goods) mean the duty actually applies to a much smaller share of imports, so the claim fails if read as the tariffs applying to 99.4% of goods in practice. The claim matches the post's wording and was accurate as of 2026-10-03.9 sources →

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186. 186TrueThe Trump administration is currently defending Section 301 tariffs in court.As of 2026-10-03, the Trump administration was defending its Section 301 tariffs in the U.S. Court of International Trade. The Hill and the New York Times both report the government appearing before the court on September 30, and CSIS describes a briefing schedule running to about October 2. The post's description of the hearing matches this record, and the claim does not add anything the passage lacks. Later reporting (Foreign Policy, October 27) shows the litigation continuing, which does not change the October 3 assessment.5 sources →

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187. 187TrueThe Trump administration is using the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act as legal authority for tariffs on Canada.Multiple sources state that the Trump administration invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which is commonly called the Smoot-Hawley Act, as the legal basis for 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, and these tariffs were in effect by late August 2026, before the October 3 posting date. The post's garbled 'Holly Smoot' reference reasonably resolves to Smoot-Hawley. The legality of the authority is being challenged in court, but that does not affect whether the administration is using it.4 sources →

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188. 188TrueThe Trump administration is investigating excess capacity in steel and other goods to impose Section 301 tariffs.As of 2026-10-03, the USTR was running a Section 301 investigation into structural excess capacity across 16 trading partners, launched March 2026, with steel among the listed sectors, and the probe was still ongoing with tariffs expected to follow. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, which described these investigations as already underway.5 sources →

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189. 189TrueJerome Powell was investigated by federal prosecutors for corruption related to the remodeling of the Federal Reserve building.Federal prosecutors in Washington opened a criminal investigation of Powell over the Fed headquarters renovation, and the Justice Department dropped it on April 24, 2026. The claim's word 'corruption' is a loose label: the probe centered on Powell's congressional testimony and the renovation, and the post itself calls the stated reason nominal, which the claim drops.5 sources →

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190. 190TrueJerome Powell was subpoenaed by the Justice Department.The Justice Department did issue grand jury subpoenas in January 2026 tied to Jerome Powell's Senate testimony, as Powell and multiple outlets report. Strictly, the subpoenas were served on the Federal Reserve Board, though NBC and CBS describe them as directed at Powell, and a judge later quashed them in March 2026; the claim's core fact holds as of the time it was made.5 sources →

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191. 191FalseKevin Warsh is the President's nominee for Federal Reserve Chairman.Trump did nominate Kevin Warsh for Fed Chair (announced January 30, 2026; formally sent to the Senate March 4), so the nomination itself is real. But as of the claim's date, 2026-10-03, the Senate had already confirmed him (May 13, 2026) and he had been sworn in as chairman (May 22), so he was no longer a pending nominee. The post's 'getting a hearing' framing also describes a stage that had passed by then, and the sources show the hearing was April 21.6 sources →

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192. 192MixedThe Federal Reserve released a 126-page report that clears Jerome Powell of criminal wrongdoing regarding a remodeling project.The report exists and clears former Fed Chair Powell of criminal wrongdoing, as several outlets confirm, but sources put the report at 120 or 121 pages, not 126. The central claim holds while the page count is wrong.Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.9 sources →

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193. 193TrueA group of people in Lochiel, Arizona, have been occupying a cottonwood tree for 66 or 67 days to prevent its destruction for the border wall.Sources show activists occupied the 'grandmother' cottonwood in Lochiel, Arizona, starting in late July 2026 (July 27 to 29), which puts the occupation at about 66 to 67 days as of the October 3 post date, and that the tree sit halted construction in the immediate area. The tree was cut down on October 5, after the claim's date, but that later event does not make the October 3 claim false. The day count is arithmetic from the start date rather than a figure any source states directly.5 sources →

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194. 194Can’t tellBorder Patrol threatened landowners in Lochiel, Arizona, regarding the occupation of cottonwood trees.None of the provided sources report that Border Patrol threatened landowners in Lochiel over the cottonwood occupation, so the claim can be neither confirmed nor refuted. The only basis is the claimant's secondhand account of what unnamed people on the ground said, which covers a threat to landowners tied to a tree sitter in Mexico, not the broader framing of the extracted claim.5 sources →

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195. 195TrueXfinity provides a five-year price guarantee on WiFi for select plans.The claim is supported: Reuters reported in April 2025 that Comcast introduced a five-year price guarantee on Xfinity Internet, and Xfinity's own page describes a 5-Year Price Guarantee on its WiFi plans. The post itself says the guarantee applies to select plans only, which matches the claim's wording. The Xfinity page is dated after the 2026-10-03 post date, but it shows the offer was in place, and no source contradicts it as of that date.3 sources →

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196. 196TrueIn mid-2025, Donald Trump signed a classified directive authorizing the military to use force against a list of 24 drug trafficking organizations.Multiple independent sources report that Trump signed a classified directive in July 2025 authorizing military force against a secret list of 24 designated terrorist organizations. The NYT reported the directive in August 2025, The Intercept confirmed the 24-group list from government sources, and a later court filing citing the Washington Post describes a July 25, 2025 directive with a 24-entity annex. The claim's 'mid-2025' timing and the 'classified' and '24' details match the sources, and the extraction faithfully reflects the post.5 sources →

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197. 197TrueOn September 2, 2025, a U.S. military strike killed nine people on a boat in the Caribbean.Multiple sources state that the September 2, 2025 U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean killed nine people in its first strike, matching the claim. The 11 total aboard included two survivors who were killed in a second strike, which the claim does not address, and the post's wording ('Nine people died because of that first missile') is faithful to the claim.8 sources →

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198. 198TrueAndres Fernando Tufino Chila and Jonathan Abando were rescued from a sinking semi-submersible vessel on October 16, 2025.Sources confirm that two men survived the U.S. strike on a semi-submersible on October 16, 2025, and were evacuated by helicopter to a Navy ship: Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila of Ecuador and Jeison (also reported as Jonathan) Obando Pérez of Colombia. The claim's spelling "Abando" is a minor variant of Obando, and "rescued" is a fair description of the recovery, so the core assertion holds.6 sources →

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199. 199MixedApproximately 70,000 migrants attempted to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on August 10, 2026.The roughly 70,000 figure is supported: Spanish officials put it at 72,000 and other outlets at 60,000 to over 70,000. However, the sources date the mass crossing to July 30–31, 2026, not August 10, so the claim's date is contradicted. The post's 'a month ago' from a September 10 recording points to August 10, but that is the post's own arithmetic, not the event's recorded date.8 sources →

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200. 200MixedApproximately 70,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco in September 2026.The sources strongly support that roughly 70,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, but they place the mass crossing on July 30-31, 2026, not in September. The claim's date is therefore contradicted, and the post's 'a month ago' phrasing is what appears to have led the extraction to September.7 sources →

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201. 201MixedSpain reversed its position on supporting an independent referendum on Western Sahara in 2021.Sources support that Spain reversed its Western Sahara position, but they place the reversal in March 2022, when Sánchez backed Morocco's autonomy plan, not in 2021. The 2021 episode (Ghali's hospital treatment) was read by Morocco as a policy shift, which Madrid denied. The claim's central date is therefore contradicted, though the reversal itself is supported.Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.7 sources →

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202. 202TrueRobert Kraft stated he barred Macklemore due to recent actions, material shared from the stage during Ed Sheeran's shows in New Jersey, and a broader history of anti-Semitic rhetoric and imagery.Multiple reliable outlets, including AP and Reuters (tier 1), ESPN, UPI and NBC, quote a Kraft statement giving exactly these three grounds for barring Macklemore from the Gillette Stadium shows. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, and no source contradicts it.7 sources →

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203. 203MixedRobert Kraft stated he did not want Macklemore to perform at Gillette Stadium because he was offended by the political content of Macklemore's speech regarding Palestine.Sources strongly support that Kraft opposed Macklemore performing at Gillette Stadium, but they contradict the stated reason. Kraft's own statement cited 'recent actions, material shared from the stage' and 'a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery' that was 'deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community,' not personal offense at the political content of the speech.5 sources →

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204. 204TrueCurrently, 27 U.S. states use the SAVE system to verify voters.Government filings show 27 states using SAVE for voter verification as of early fall 2026, consistent with the claim as of 2026-10-03. Other sources give slightly different counts ("over 27" from USCIS, 28 registered per Ballotpedia), reflecting differences in whether states are registered versus actively using the tool.7 sources →

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205. 205TrueA ProPublica report from February 2026 stated that the Department of Homeland Security had to correct information provided to at least five states after the SAVE database misidentified some voters as non-citizens.A ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigation was published February 13, 2026, and a Votebeat article attributes to ProPublica the finding that SAVE gave incorrect information to at least five states. The sources do not quote the report's exact 'DHS had to correct' wording, but the core claim is supported and the claim matches the post's extraction.6 sources →

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206. 206TrueIn October 2024, a female Cornell student was allegedly sexually assaulted by seven men at the Chi Phi fraternity house.Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 outlets (AP, Reuters, BBC, CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC) report that a woman, identified as Jane Doe, alleges she was sexually assaulted by seven men at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in October 2024 (October 19-20). The claim is hedged as an allegation, and no source disputes that the allegation was made, though no finding has yet been made on its truth.7 sources →

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207. 207TrueMichael Tracy tweeted a request for information to identify a Cornell student referred to as Jane Doe.Multiple reliable sources, including Reuters, NJ.com, USA Today and Mashable, report that commentator Michael Tracey (spelled 'Tracey' in the sources) posted on X asking anyone who knew the identity of the Cornell 'Jane Doe' to contact him so he could publish her name and identifying information. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, and the spelling difference is the same person.5 sources →

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208. 208TrueA criminal complaint regarding the sexual assault allegations against an LSU football player was brought to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office on September 22, 2026.Multiple reports, including the East Baton Rouge DA's own statement as relayed by WAFB, The Advertiser, The Advocate and The Reveille, say the matter was brought to the DA's Office for review on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, which was a Tuesday. The claim departs from the passage only in wording; the passage's date and subject match the claim.6 sources →

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