"Just 60 days until the midterms"

What it claims

Claims

1. 1FalseAmericans began casting their ballots on September 4, 2026.The claim that Americans began casting ballots on September 4, 2026 is contradicted by sources saying the earliest in-person early voting opened September 18 in Idaho, Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, with Vermont and Illinois following later. The post's September 4 event was North Carolina beginning to mail absentee ballots, which is not casting ballots, and the sources do not address whether any voters returned ballots before September 18.4 sources →
2. 2TrueDonald Trump is engaged in an effort to suppress the vote.Sources from AP, Reuters, and other outlets document a sustained Trump administration effort to interfere with and restrict voting ahead of 2026-11-03, including a DOJ push for voter rolls, a citizenship-proof requirement, and armed federal operations. Whether these amount to 'suppression' is partly interpretive, and courts blocked much of the effort, but the effort itself is well documented as of the claim date.6 sources →

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3. 3TrueDonald Trump is planning to suppress the vote by blocking or curbing mail-in voting.As of 2026-09-07, sources show the Trump administration was actively pursuing curbs on mail-in voting, including a USPS-based rule and a Supreme Court appeal to restrict mail ballots. Courts had blocked these efforts, and the 'suppress the vote' framing is the post's characterization, but the core claim that he was planning to block or curb mail voting is supported.6 sources →

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4. 4OpinionDonald Trump's attempts to curb mail-in voting and the Justice Department's appeal are described as unconstitutional attempts to seize control of elections.A judgement, not a statement of fact. It has no true or false answer.

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5. 5TrueNorth Carolina started sending out absentee ballots on September 4, 2026.North Carolina's county boards of elections began mailing absentee ballots on Friday, September 4, 2026, as shown by the state elections board and county election pages. The post's 'today' refers to that Friday, which the post's own '60 days until the midterms' framing corroborates, so the extraction matches the passage.5 sources →

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6. 6TrueNorth Carolina election officials sent the first batch of absentee ballots to more than 46,000 voters.North Carolina began mailing its first absentee ballots on September 4, 2026, and the more-than-46,000 figure comes from the state officials' announcement reported by The New York Times and repeated by The Hill and Raw Story. The figure traces back to that one announcement, and The Hill describes it as initially promised, so the sending is confirmed but the exact count is not independently audited.5 sources →

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7. 7TrueAlabama will start mailing out absentee ballots on September 9, 2026.The claim that Alabama would start mailing absentee ballots on September 9, 2026 is supported. The AP reported that Alabama would kick off its mail ballot process on Sept. 9, and the Alabama Secretary of State announced that absentee voting began that day. The extraction faithfully reflects the post, and the date follows from 'next Wednesday' given the post date of Sept. 7. The one nuance is that the state frames the start as 'absentee voting' rather than 'mailing,' but Alabama is an application-based absentee state, so this is a minor wording difference.5 sources →

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8. 8TrueDonald Trump voted by mail in Florida in August 2026.Multiple tier1 outlets report that Trump requested and returned a mail ballot in Florida's August 18, 2026 Republican primary, with the ballot returned August 13, and the White House did not deny it, calling it a 'non-story'. The claim departs from the post only by adding the explicit 'August 2026' date, which matches the post's 'last month' framing when posted in September.4 sources →

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9. 9TrueThe Department of Homeland Security is investigating non-citizens on voter rolls across nine states.Multiple sources confirm that DHS ran an election-related noncitizen investigation covering nine states (California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin), and PBS says it had been underway since August, before the September 7 post. The claim does not depend on the later October court order, which restricted but did not end the operation; the extraction faithfully reflects the post's 'nine states' wording.5 sources →

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10. 10TrueThe Department of Homeland Security is hunting for non-citizens on voter rolls to build a fraud narrative.DHS is conducting a documented review of state voter rolls to find noncitizen voters under its Unlawful Voter Initiative, so the core 'hunting for non-citizens on voter rolls' claim holds as of 2026-09-07. The phrase 'to build a fraud narrative' is an interpretive motive: Reuters ties the review to vindicating Trump's long-standing fraud assertion, but the motive is characterized by critics and commentators rather than established by an official record. The claim's wording also tracks the post's framing of DHS amplifying debunked election claims.9 sources →

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11. 11TrueGeorgia has implemented attacks on the right to vote in recent years, particularly targeting communities of color and Black voters.Multiple sources, including AP, Reuters, PolitiFact, and AJC analysis of state election data, document that Georgia's 2021 SB 202 law restricted absentee voting, drop boxes, and added ID requirements, with analyses showing disproportionate burdens on Black voters and voters of color. The claim's 'attacks on the right to vote' characterization is an interpretive framing, but the core assertion of targeting/disproportionate impact on communities of color and Black voters is supported by the record, while PolitiFact notes some disputing views that the comparison is overblown.5 sources →

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12. 12MixedThe Trump administration previously stated that election fraud does not exist.The sources support the narrower reading that Trump's own administration (CISA and Attorney General Barr in 2020) stated there was no widespread or outcome-changing fraud, so the claim holds if read as 'widespread fraud does not exist.' The literal reading, that election fraud of any kind does not exist, is contradicted by the official federal line that isolated election crimes did occur and were prosecuted. The extraction matches the post's wording, so the verdict grades the post's own claim.6 sources →

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13. 13TrueDonald Trump is currently serving in the White House.Multiple primary and tier1 sources published around the claim date (Sept–Nov 2026) identify Donald Trump as the sitting U.S. president in the White House, with the USA.gov page and Trump Library page stating he began his second term on January 20, 2025. The claim is graded as of 2026-09-07 and no source indicates he had left office by then.4 sources →

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14. 14TrueThe Trump administration has sent the Department of Homeland Security to look for election fraud.The sources consistently show the Trump administration directing the Department of Homeland Security to search for noncitizen voting and election fraud, under an initiative called the "Unlawful Voter Initiative," during Trump's second term. The extracted claim drops the post's "since he has been back in the White House" framing, but that is a faithful paraphrase and the core assertion holds as of the 2026-09-07 posting date.7 sources →

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15. 15Can’t tellThe Trump administration is planning to seize ballots and make fraud claims after the midterms to justify interference.The passage presents a prediction ('I am sure that's gonna be their strategy'), and the extracted claim restates it as an existing plan, which departs from the passage. Sources show officials and experts fear ballot seizures and the DOJ has pursued election-related demands that courts rejected, but none documents a plan to seize ballots after the midterms to justify interference, so the claim cannot be graded either way.6 sources →

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16. 16TrueMaria Bartiromo was fired in part because she shared information about instructions to not cover election fraud claims.Fox never stated a reason for Bartiromo's exit, but multiple outlets citing sources (CNN's source, Puck, and reporting cited by Raw Story from Status, NYT and WSJ) say she was dismissed for sharing internal guidance on covering Trump's election claims with the White House, and Navarro publicly said the same on 2026-11-02. Her lawyer calls the firing reports 'absolutely and unequivocally false,' and the claim's 'reportedly' qualifier was dropped, so this rests on reporting rather than an official confirmation.6 sources →

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17. 17TrueMark Elias has stated that the Trump administration has lost over 23 cases in court regarding election litigation.Elias's own posts and podcast remarks, as reported in the sources, say the DOJ has lost more than 23 consecutive voter-roll cases (25 by Sept 23, 27 by Oct 24), so the claim that he stated it is supported. The claim is broader than the record: his counts cover DOJ voter-roll cases, not all election litigation, and the 23+ figure was stated after the Sept 7 posting date, when Reuters counted 21.4 sources →

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18. 18Can’t tellJulia Curley assessed the United States as moving toward an authoritarian consolidation of power in a PDB for an ally government.No source covers the podcast interview or the specific claim that Julia Curley said she would assess the US as moving toward authoritarian consolidation in a PDB for an ally government. The claim does track the passage faithfully, and related sources show Curlee/Curley criticizing the administration in general terms, but nothing confirms or refutes the specific assessment.3 sources →

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19. 19TrueDonald Trump has appointed political allies to leadership positions within the intelligence community.Trump appointed Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte, described by Reuters as a political loyalist, as acting Director of National Intelligence on June 2, 2026, so the claim that he appointed political allies to intelligence leadership is supported. Pulte held the post until he handed it to Jay Clayton on August 3, 2026, but the appointment was in place and the claim is accurate as of 2026-09-07.4 sources →

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20. 20MixedDonald Trump's approval rating is approximately 30%.The claim's direction is right, since sources show Trump's approval falling into the low 30s, but the sources do not measure approval on the claim's 2026-09-07 date. Polls near that period range from about 29% (American Research Group, Sept 16-20) to 35% (Reuters/Ipsos, the week before Sept 21), and averages were about 35% (FiftyPlusOne, Sept 25) to 39% (RealClearPolitics). The claimed 30% sits at the low end of that range, and the 30% Pew reading (fielded Sept 28-Oct 4) came after the claim date. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's 'just about 30%' wording.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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21. 21TrueDonald Trump claimed that Michael Cohen recanted his testimony in the New York cases.The claim is about what Trump said, and multiple outlets confirm that Trump posted on Truth Social on September 4, 2026 that Cohen had 'fully RECANTED' his testimony, and repeated it on September 9. Separately, the Inquirer and Washington Sun report that Cohen has not formally recanted anything, so the underlying recantation claim is disputed, but that does not make the claim that Trump made it false.7 sources →

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22. 22TrueIn May 2024, a New York jury convicted Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, AP, NBC, NPR, CNN) report that a Manhattan jury convicted Trump on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records on May 30, 2024, matching the claim's month, count, and charge. The claim's added note that the payments concealed Stormy Daniels payments is also supported, and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage.5 sources →

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23. 23TrueMichael Cohen admitted under oath that he lied to a federal judge when he pled guilty to a crime.Multiple tier1 reports of Judge Furman's March 2024 order and of Cohen's own testimony confirm that Cohen admitted under oath he had lied to Judge William Pauley when he pleaded guilty to tax evasion and related charges. The claim's wording ('a crime') is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, which refers to 'something'.5 sources →

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24. 24TrueThe Mueller team did not bring the case against Donald Trump that was later sent to New York because it was not within the remit provided by Rod Rosenstein.Sources support the core of the claim: the Cohen matter fell outside Mueller's mandate, and Rosenstein, as deputy attorney general, decided it should go to federal prosecutors in Manhattan rather than to Mueller's team. The claim faithfully paraphrases the passage, which says the feds did not bring it because it was not within the Mueller team's remit from Rosenstein.4 sources →

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25. 25TrueSammy Gravano admitted to participating in 19 murders.The claim that Sammy Gravano admitted to participating in 19 murders is supported by multiple independent reliable sources, including Reuters (2017) and contemporaneous 1990s reporting (LA Times, UPI) that describe his admission under his cooperation deal. The claimant's passage says he 'admitted that he participated in 19 murders,' which matches the extracted claim; no source contradicts it.6 sources →

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26. 26TrueMichael Cohen was an insider for Donald Trump.Multiple reliable sources establish that Michael Cohen was deeply inside Trump's circle as his longtime personal lawyer, 'fixer,' and Trump Organization executive, so the claim that he was an insider for Trump is supported. The extracted wording adds 'for Donald Trump,' which the post's context supplies, and the post's truncated 'in the' is not contradicted by any source.7 sources →

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27. 27TrueDonald Trump named Adam Tell as acting Army secretary following the resignation of Dan Driscoll.Multiple tier-1 outlets (Reuters, AP) report that Trump named Adam Telle, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, as acting Army secretary on September 3, 2026, after Dan Driscoll's resignation. The sources spell the name "Telle" rather than "Tell", but it is clearly the same official, and the claim was true as of the September 7 posting date.6 sources →

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28. 28TrueAdam Tell previously served as a Republican congressional staffer and White House liaison.Multiple reliable sources (AP, NBC, Senate records, Army bio) confirm Adam Telle spent over 20 years as a Republican Senate staffer (Shelby, Cochran, Hagerty) and served as the White House's chief liaison to the Senate during Trump's first term. The claim's core assertion is supported; the post's 'relative unknown at the Pentagon' framing is peripheral.5 sources →

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29. 29TrueThe U.S. Army currently lacks a Senate-confirmed leader.As of 2026-09-07, multiple sources report the Army had no Senate-confirmed civilian secretary after Dan Driscoll's resignation and no Senate-confirmed chief of staff since Gen. Randy George was fired in April, so the claim holds on that date. The extraction is faithful to the post's wording, and later coverage through 2026-10 still shows the Army without confirmed leaders, though most sources are unrated and the confidence reflects that.9 sources →

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30. 30TrueNew intelligence reports assess that Iran has grown more confident in its abilities to attack targets in the Middle East.The claim is a faithful extraction from the passage and matches the New York Times report (Sept. 4, 2026), syndicated by Moneycontrol and Ynet, that new U.S. intelligence assessments found Iran more confident in its ability to attack targets across the Middle East. The claim is graded as of 2026-09-07; later October coverage (AP, Reuters, ISW) of escalating Iranian attack and plotting efforts is consistent with that assessment and does not contradict it.7 sources →

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31. 31TrueThe Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. military personnel will be deployed through 2027.The Wall Street Journal's September 3, 2026 reporting said the Pentagon extended Middle East deployments, with about 50,000 troops and some Army units potentially staying 'well into 2027', so the claim that the WSJ reported personnel would be deployed through 2027 is supported. The WSJ's own article, and outlets citing it, describe the extension as reported; the report's language was 'could' rather than a firm 'will', and the post said 'yesterday' while the report ran September 3.6 sources →

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32. 32Mixed18 U.S. service members have been killed in the conflict with Iran.The figure of 18 matches the official Pentagon DCAS count reported in September 2026 (CRS, as of Sept 15; ABC citing DoD data), so it was accurate as an official tally when posted. However, the Washington Post reported at least 22 deaths citing officials, and the Pentagon later revised its count upward to 21 and then 23, including deaths that predated the 18 figure, so the 18 undercounted the total connected to the war.7 sources →

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33. 33TrueThe New York Times reported that a more confident Iran has emerged after six months of war with the U.S.The NYT headline 'A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.' (Sept. 4, 2026) is confirmed by multiple outlets quoting it, and the claim's wording matches the headline; the post's own attribution and framing are accurate to the article. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the headline, which the NYT itself published.5 sources →

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34. 34MixedThe United States has suffered 18 deaths and hundreds of wounded in the current conflict in the Middle East.The official Pentagon DCAS count, as reported by sources near the September 7 posting date, matches the claim's 18 deaths and hundreds wounded (808 to over 830). However, Washington Post reporting from September 18 cites officials saying at least 22 (possibly 23) service members died, so the true toll depends on whether one uses the public database or internal accounting. The claim also departs from the passage only in dropping the 'small potatoes' framing, which is a faithful paraphrase, so it is graded normally.9 sources →

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35. 35MixedThe current conflict in the Middle East involves a country with more than 90 million people.The sources place Iran at the center of the ongoing war, and several tier-1 and other sources put its population above 90 million (Reuters, Responsible Statecraft, AP's 'some 90 million', and UN-based estimates near 93 million). However, Iranian official statistics reported by IranWire put the population at about 87 million, and some estimates sit near 89.9 million, so the figure depends on which estimate is used. The claim's wording is not in dispute, but the population figure is contested within the sources, and the claim departs from the passage only in its precise 'more than 90 million' wording, which the post does state.11 sources →

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36. 36FalseThe current conflict in the Middle East is taking place in a territory two and a half times the size of Iraq.The post's 'this place' refers to Iran, and the 2.5x-Iraq figure is contradicted by multiple sources that put Iran at roughly 3.8 times Iraq's area (about 1.65 million km² vs 438,000 km²). The claim also treats the conflict's territory as Iran, while NYT describes the war's reach as more than four million square miles, so the extraction is not a clean match to the post.7 sources →

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37. 37TrueArab diplomats report that Iran is widening the war and there is no way out.Politico (Sept. 4, 2026) directly reports that Arab diplomats fear Iran is widening the war, with some losing hope that there is any way out, which matches the claim's wording. The sources are thin on this specific report, since only one outlet directly covers it and the other sources show similar Gulf fears; the claim's 'no way out' is attributed to 'some' diplomats, and later sources from Nov. 1-2 describe the situation as changed, but the verdict concerns Sept. 7.6 sources →

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38. 38TrueThe President did not receive a rally around the flag effect following the start of the war.Multiple sources, including a primary UMD polling review and a NYT analysis, report that President Trump did not get a rally-around-the-flag bump after the Iran war began in early 2026. The claim is a faithful extraction of the passage, and no source contradicts it.5 sources →

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39. 39TrueThe U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to declare war and control the purse.The Constitution's Article I, Section 8 expressly gives Congress the power 'To declare War,' and the constitution.congress.gov essay identifies Congress's power of the purse (taxing and spending) as among its most significant powers. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, which said 'Well, they did.'5 sources →

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40. 40TrueA judge has not yet ruled on whether the DOJ's vandalism charges against David Hearn can be dismissed without prejudice.As of 2026-09-07, the judge had not yet ruled on whether the dismissal could be without prejudice. An August 10 KPBS report says Judge Edelman had yet to weigh in on reopening, and the October 1 AP and NPR reports say he ruled with prejudice nearly a month after hearing arguments, which implies the question was still pending in early September. The claim departs from the passage only in its wording, not its substance, and the later October 1 ruling does not change the state of affairs on the posted date.7 sources →

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41. 41MixedA judge previously dismissed the case against David Hearn.A judge did dismiss the case against David Hearn, but not until October 1, 2026, after the September 7 post. Before that, prosecutors (Pirro) dropped the case on July 31, and the post itself says a judge had not yet ruled, so the word "previously" is contradicted by the sources' timeline.7 sources →

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42. 42TrueU.S. Attorney Janine Pirro admitted the damaged pool liner was due to a botched installation.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, PolitiFact, PBS/AP) report that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's July 31 court filing attributed the damaged Reflecting Pool liner to a botched installation by a contractor, and that she moved to dismiss the case against David Hearn. The extracted claim matches the passage's referent (Pirro, the pool liner damage) and no source contradicts it.7 sources →

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43. 43TrueDonald Trump publicly criticized Janine Pirro for her decision to dismiss the case against David Hearn.Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 outlets (AP, Reuters, Politico) report that Trump publicly criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in early August 2026 for moving to drop the vandalism case against David Hearn, calling her actions 'choked' and 'folded like an umbrella' and saying he disagreed '100%'. The claim spells her name 'Janine', but the sources and the post use 'Jeanine' for the same person, which is a spelling variant rather than a different referent.5 sources →

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44. 44FalseThe current approval rating for the war is less than 20%.The claim that current approval of the war is below 20% is contradicted by every poll in the sources, which put approval of Trump's handling of the Iran war at roughly 26-35% in the months around 2026-09-07. The claimant's passage hedges with 'I think', and the sources give no figure near 20%.7 sources →

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