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🚨Brazil Election Rigged and STOLEN?! Impossible Results, Illegal Rulings, Late Vote Dump…Voters RAGE

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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
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The Benny Show🚨Brazil Election Rigged and STOLEN?! Impossible Results, Illegal Rulings, Late Vote Dump…Voters RAGEWhole episode, 1:07:23
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  1. 1TrueLula won 51% of the vote in the Brazilian election.The claim that Lula won 51% of the vote in the Brazilian presidential runoff is supported by multiple tier1 and tier2 sources reporting 51.8% (electoral court), 51.79% (Bloomberg), and over 51% (AP, CNN, NPR), with the extracted figure matching within rounding. The post's own "Lula wins 51%" line refers to the same runoff, so the extraction is faithful.7 sources →

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  2. 2Can’t tellThe weight loss supplement Lean helps lower blood sugar, burn fat by converting it into energy, and curb appetite.The sources do not independently test Lean's effects on blood sugar, fat burning, or appetite. The only Lean-specific support comes from the marketer and a consumer review, while the NIH fact sheet and a U.S. News article say evidence for supplement weight-loss claims is generally limited, without addressing Lean directly.6 sources →

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  3. 3MixedJair Bolsonaro is under house arrest for questioning election results.Jair Bolsonaro was under house arrest as of 2026-10-26, as the sources consistently report. However, the sources attribute that status to his 27-year sentence for plotting a coup and to humanitarian health grounds, not to questioning election results, so the stated cause is contradicted. The extraction also comes from a passage where the claimant says the father was 'put in prison' and 'under house arrest for questioning the results,' which the sources do not support as the reason.8 sources →

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  4. 4FalseThe US State Department, Biden Justice Department, USAID, and CIA intervened in the Brazilian election to oppose Jair Bolsonaro.No source reports Biden-era Justice Department, USAID, or CIA intervention against Jair Bolsonaro in the 2026 election. The sources that describe US involvement say the Trump administration's pressure aimed to help the Bolsonaro family, which contradicts the claim's direction, and the US denies interfering. The claim also departs from the passage only in that the post's 'flew down' framing is not sourced.6 sources →

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  5. 5Can’t tellLula da Silva has Alzheimer's disease.None of the provided sources mentions an Alzheimer's diagnosis for Lula, either confirming or refuting it. The March 2026 Reuters report that his annual checkup results were normal and the October 2026 WSJ piece describing him as physically fit are indirect and do not address dementia, and no fact-checker has examined this specific claim, so the claim cannot be graded in either direction. The claim accurately reflects the passage, which says he has Alzheimer's.8 sources →

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  6. 6FalseIn the first runoff election, Jair Bolsonaro received 4 million more votes than Lula da Silva.The claim is contradicted: in the October 25, 2026 runoff, Lula beat Flávio Bolsonaro by about 4.4 million votes (64.3M to 59.8M, per Reuters and the electoral court), so Bolsonaro did not receive 4 million more votes than Lula. The post's "4 million" figure matches Flávio Bolsonaro's gain of roughly 4 million votes between the rounds, and the claim also names Jair Bolsonaro, who is imprisoned and not the candidate, so it departs from the passage.9 sources →

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  7. 7FalseLula da Silva has been in office for 50 years.The post's claim that Lula has been 'in office for 50 years' is contradicted by sources showing his presidential service totals roughly two decades across 2003–2011 and 2023–2026, with an earlier Congress term in 1986. Even his broader political career is described as about forty years or four decades, not fifty.5 sources →

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  8. 8TrueLula da Silva appointed his own defense lawyer to the Supreme Court of Brazil.Sources confirm that Lula appointed Cristiano Zanin, his former personal defense lawyer who led his Car Wash defense, to Brazil's Supreme Court in June 2023. The extracted claim does not state a date, and the post's implication of a recent appointment is not supported; the appointment was in 2023, not in the 2026 election period.5 sources →

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  9. 9Can’t tellThere is no legal mechanism in Brazil to extend voting hours for a secret set of precincts.The sources confirm that a Supreme Court justice ordered a nationwide two-hour extension of voting hours, described as unprecedented in Brazilian presidential history, which is consistent with no routine mechanism having been used before. They do not address whether a legal mechanism for extending hours for a subset of precincts exists, so the claim's central legal assertion is not graded. The extraction also narrows the post's 'never used' into 'no legal mechanism', and the post's 'secret set of precincts' framing is contradicted by the sources' description of a nationwide order.8 sources →

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  10. 10FalseLula received 10 million more votes after the extension of voting hours.The claim that Lula gained 10 million votes after the voting-hours extension is contradicted by Folha's analysis of TSE data, which found only about 34,300 votes were cast after the original deadline, far fewer than Lula's 4.43 million margin. The roughly 10.4 million figure in other coverage compares the runoff with the first round, not votes cast after the extension, so the post's allegation is an unsupported reading of that number.4 sources →

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  11. 11MixedThe New York Times reported that election lawyers stated the vote should be annulled due to confusion over the late decision to extend voting hours.Secondary quotations of the NYT live blog confirm that several electoral lawyers said the vote could be annulled over the late extension of voting hours, so the core reporting is supported. The claim's wording that the vote 'should' be annulled overstates the NYT's 'could be annulled', and the professor's condition (a very narrow margin) is not met by the reported 4.4-million-vote lead.6 sources →

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  12. 12TrueSupreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin extended voting hours at polling stations by two hours minutes before polls closed.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources confirm that Justice Zanin ordered voting extended by two hours after requests from both campaigns. PBS and ABC report he ruled about three minutes before poll close, matching the claim's 'minutes before', though other sources say the ruling came shortly after closing, so the exact timing is disputed.6 sources →

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  13. 13Can’t tell80% of polling stations in Brazil had already closed by the time the Supreme Court announced the extension of voting hours.No source gives the 80% figure. Sources say only that 0 sources →

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  14. 14Can’t tellCristiano Zanin is a former defense attorney for Lula.The sources consistently report that Zanin was Lula's personal or defense lawyer and is now a Supreme Court justice, so the underlying fact is well supported. But the claim departs from the passage: the post says Zanin "is Lula's personal attorney" in the present tense, and the extracted "former defense attorney" adds a status the post never stated, so it is not graded as the poster's claim.6 sources →

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  15. 15Can’t tellThe president of the Superior Electoral Court in Brazil stated there was no predicate for the decision to extend voting hours.The sources show TSE president Kassio Nunes Marques said the extended voting hours had no impact on the results, but none records him saying there was no predicate or legal basis for the extension, which is what the claim asserts. The claim faithfully reflects the passage, which is the claimant's own unsourced words, and one source has Nunes acknowledging real transport difficulties, so the sources neither confirm nor refute the claim.3 sources →

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  16. 16TrueA candidate in the Brazilian election received 10 million more votes after the first round of voting.Two independent tier-2 and unrated outlets report that Lula gained about 10 million votes between the first round and the runoff, so the claim's core figure is supported. The sources do not address the post's added explanation that other right-wing candidates dropped out, and the claim's 'rigged' framing is not graded here.6 sources →

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  17. 17MixedFlorida announced over 20 arrests of illegal aliens for voting in Florida elections.Florida's Attorney General and Governor announced on Sept 24, 2026 that 20 people were being arrested and prosecuted for illegal voting, so the core announcement is supported. The claim's 'over 20' figure and 'illegal aliens' wording are imprecise: the announcement cited 20, not more, and Tampa Bay reports only 12 of the 20 were in custody and most, but not all, were noncitizens, with the custodial group being lawful permanent residents rather than illegal aliens. The post itself said '20 plus', so the extraction is faithful.3 sources →

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  18. 18TrueFlorida has an election police unit that investigates multiple voting, illegal voting, and illegal ballot harvesting.Florida's Office of Election Crimes and Security, widely called the 'election police' unit, is statutorily tasked with investigating alleged election law violations and fraud involving voting, which supports the claim's core assertion as of 2026-10-26. The sources do not explicitly mention multiple voting or ballot harvesting, but those fall under the general election-violation mandate, and the claim's 'nation-leading' framing is not part of the extracted claim.6 sources →

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  19. 19FalseBrenda Snipes attempted to keep Broward County election centers open and keep ballots moving in trucks during a past election involving Ron DeSantis.The sources do not show Snipes trying to keep Broward open or move ballots by truck as a wrongdoing; they describe routine ballot trucking and rumors about trucks at the supervisor's office that election officials and the Secretary of State rejected, finding no evidence of fraud or anything illegal. The kernel is that trucks did move ballots from Broward's office during the 2018 recount period, and the 2018 Florida race that DeSantis ran in is the referent, but the allegation of an improper attempt is debunked.5 sources →

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  20. 20MixedCalifornia had a roundup of a couple dozen people for illegal voting, involving a couple thousand illegal criminal aliens.The roundup of about two dozen people is supported: the DOJ charged 28 people in California, 11 of them arrested on Oct. 19, 2026. The 'couple thousand' figure is not supported, since the sweep charged 28 people and the roughly 20,000 names are a DOJ list of 'likely' noncitizens, not charged or established voters. The claim also departs from the passage, which said a couple thousand were voting, and the sources describe the problem as rare.9 sources →

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  21. 21FalseThere are 200,000 registrations in California for illegal aliens.The claim's 200,000 figure matches only the DHS July 2026 preliminary estimate of 'as many as 190,832' California registrants, which the government later cut to about 20,000 'likely noncitizens' before its October 15 lawsuit, so the official figure as of 2026-10-26 was roughly 20,000, not 200,000. The post also says 'we hear' the number, and the claim's 'illegal aliens' wording goes beyond the sources' 'likely noncitizens' label.8 sources →

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  22. 22MixedFlorida has arrested and is prosecuting over 100 people for illegal voting in the last two years.Florida officials' own announcements support the 'over 100' figure, but they describe it as cumulative since the Office of Election Crimes was created in 2022 or since SB 524, not within the last two years. Florida Today describes it as over four years, so the 'last two years' timeframe is contradicted, and the post's claim of 'over a hundred people that voted illegally' is also framed as arrests and prosecutions rather than convictions.6 sources →

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  23. 23TrueThe mayor of Kissimmee, Florida, was arrested on grand theft and fraud charges.Multiple independent outlets (ABC News, WUSF, Fox 35, Orlando Weekly, the CFO/AG press release) report that Kissimmee Mayor Jackie Espinosa was arrested Oct. 21, 2026 on grand theft and organized scheme to defraud charges, and the governor's executive order later confirms those charges; the claim's wording matches the passage and sources, though the sources describe the charges as allegations, not findings of guilt.6 sources →

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  24. 24TrueThe mayor of Kissimmee, Florida, used over $50,000 in taxpayer grant dollars for her own business interests.Multiple independent outlets (NYT, Orlando Sentinel, News4Jax, FOX 35, Patch) and the Florida AG's arrest affidavit report that Kissimmee Mayor Jackie Espinosa and her family businesses received about $50,000 in COVID-era Business Boost 2.0 grants that she helped create and advocated for, which the claim captures; the claim's 'over $50,000' is slightly loose since sources say $50,000 for her businesses (with a further $40,000 to tenants), and the charges are allegations she has pleaded not guilty to.8 sources →

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  25. 25TrueFlorida issued an arrest warrant for Raul Castro for the murder of four pilots during the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue flight incident.Florida did obtain a state arrest warrant for Raúl Castro on Oct. 19, 2026, charging him with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder over the February 24, 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown that killed four men. The claim's wording is loose in two minor ways: the charge is conspiracy rather than direct murder, and the sources call the victims men or occupants rather than pilots, but neither changes the core assertion.7 sources →

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  26. 26TrueBarack Obama traveled to Cuba and attended a baseball game with the Castro regime.Multiple tier1 and primary sources confirm that Obama visited Cuba in March 2016 and attended the Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cuban national team exhibition game in Havana alongside Raul Castro. The 'with the Castro regime' phrasing refers to Castro, the Cuban leader at the time, and the pina colada detail is not addressed by the sources but is peripheral.7 sources →

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  27. 27TrueDonald Trump stated he would bring aircraft carriers back from Iran and park them around Cuba.Trump did say at the October 23, 2026 Fort Myers rally that U.S. warships returning from Iran would stop off Cuba, with one stopping about 50 yards offshore, which matches the claim. The claim's paraphrase ('park them around Cuba') is a loose but faithful rendering, and sources describe the remark as a quip, which does not change that he made it.5 sources →

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  28. 28TrueRaul Castro is subject to an active warrant that prevents him from traveling freely around the world.Sources from October 19-21, 2026 confirm an active Florida state arrest warrant for Raul Castro on a conspiracy to commit first-degree murder charge, and the Attorney General says it restricts his travel, including to any country with a U.S. extradition agreement. Sources show the restriction is limited to extradition-agreement countries rather than a bar on all travel, so 'prevents him from traveling freely around the world' is a reasonable reading of the post's wording.7 sources →

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  29. 29FalseCrime in Miami and the state of Florida is at an all-time low.The claim's central superlative, that crime is at an all-time low in Miami and Florida, is not corroborated by any source. The sources instead document multi-decade lows (a 50-year low for Florida's crime rate, a 47-year low in an older Florida release, and Miami-Dade's lowest homicide count in at least 58 years), which are not all-time records. The claim also departs slightly from the passage, which says 'crime is at an all-time low' without the Miami and Florida scope being added by the extraction, but the post itself makes the same superlative, so it is graded on that basis.8 sources →

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  30. 30TrueIlhan Omar's federal documented name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi.A October 21, 2026 Justice Department court filing identifies Omar as "Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar," which supports the claim that the federal documented name is Elmi. The filing does not explain the relationship between the names, and Omar's office says Omar is her real name, so the alias reading is contested, but the claim as stated is supported on the date it was made.6 sources →

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  31. 31TrueThe Department of Justice is investigating Ilhan Omar.Sources from October 12 to 28, 2026 consistently report that the Department of Justice is conducting an ongoing criminal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar, confirmed by DOJ spokesperson statements, and that DOJ secured and executed a search warrant at her home. The post's "the Department of Justice is investigating" refers to this same case, so the claim holds as of 2026-10-26; later coverage shows the investigation continuing, with no charges announced.10 sources →

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  32. 32TrueJames Talarico voted to allow violent criminals out on zero dollar cash bail.Sources show Talarico voted against 2021 HB 20 and related bills that restricted cashless personal bonds for people accused of violent or sexual crimes, which is the substance of the claim. The claim is a partisan characterization of those votes, and he later backed some tighter bail rules, which the sources note but which does not reverse the earlier votes.3 sources →

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  33. 33TrueCAIR has been designated as a terrorist organization in Texas.Multiple primary sources (Texas Governor's proclamation of November 18, 2025, and Texas AG filings) show Gov. Abbott designated CAIR a 'foreign terrorist organization' and 'transnational criminal organization' under Texas law, so the claim that CAIR has been designated a terrorist organization in Texas holds as of 2026-10-26. The designation is contested in court and the U.S. State Department has not designated CAIR, but the claim is about the Texas state designation, which the sources confirm.5 sources →

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  34. 34TrueCAIR recommended James Talarico for office.Multiple outlets report that CAIR Action, the political arm of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, listed James Talarico as a 'preferred' candidate in its Texas voter guide before the October 26, 2026 post. The claim's only departure from the post is the 'CAIR' label for the political arm, which is a defensible label difference, not a contradiction.4 sources →

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  35. 35TrueTexas passed a law that stops Iran, China, CAIR, and the Muslim Brotherhood from owning property in Texas.Texas SB 17 (2025) bars individuals and entities tied to China and Iran from buying most Texas real estate, and it lets the governor add groups to the prohibited list. Abbott used that power in November 2025 to designate CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood, which prohibits them from acquiring Texas land. The statute does not name CAIR or the Brotherhood itself, and the designation is being litigated, but the core assertion holds on a standard reading.8 sources →

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  36. 36TrueThe Trump administration provided citizenship data to Texas to ensure illegal immigrants are not on voter rolls.The Texas Secretary of State's own release credits the Trump administration with giving states free, direct access to the SAVE citizenship database, and Reuters reports that Texas complied voluntarily with federal voter-roll requests. The claim's stated purpose of keeping illegal immigrants off the rolls matches the state's framing, though the sources show the SAVE checks flagged only 'potential' noncitizens and that at least 578 flagged voters were in fact citizens. The claim is faithful to the post.6 sources →

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  37. 37MixedThe Biden administration blocked Texas from accessing citizenship data for voter rolls.Sources show Texas did not receive the federal citizenship data it requested in 2024, and Texas sued the Biden administration over it, which supports the core of the claim. But the claim's word 'blocked' is contested: the sources describe a failure to provide data, a federal offer of an existing SAVE program, and a Biden administration position that existing laws were working, and the 'blocked' framing comes mainly from Texas officials and Republican lawmakers.5 sources →

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  38. 38Can’t tellJames Talarico stated that voter ID laws are racist.The extraction faithfully reflects the post's claim about Talarico (the misspelling is the same person). Sources show Talarico called Texas voter ID policies 'discriminatory' and said the SAVE America Act would 'rob' Black neighbors of their vote, but none quotes him calling voter ID laws 'racist'; that word comes only from opponents such as Chip Roy.6 sources →

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  39. 39Can’t tell12 million Texans live under a district attorney funded or supported by George Soros.No source establishes that 12 million Texans live under a Soros-funded or Soros-supported district attorney. The only source with that exact figure is a politician's podcast remark, which is circular, and the sources that name Soros-backed Texas DAs give no population total, so the claim is neither confirmed nor refuted. The extraction faithfully reflects the post, which was made on 2026-10-26.5 sources →

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  40. 40TrueThe authority to prosecute election-related crimes was taken away from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.Multiple sources confirm that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled the attorney general lacks independent authority to prosecute election crimes, and that the Court rejected Paxton's rehearing bid in 2022. The claim is about that removal, which the sources support; the Boston Globe notes a later legislative change, which does not make the claim false as of the time it was made.5 sources →

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  41. 41TrueJames Uthmeyer worked with Ron DeSantis to remove a district attorney in Tampa.The sources support the core assertion: the Miami Herald reports that Uthmeier, then DeSantis's chief of staff, helped orchestrate DeSantis's removal of Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, a Tampa-based prosecutor. The sources do not address the 'George Soros' label, which the extraction dropped and which is grading-neutral here.4 sources →

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  42. 42TrueThe Biden administration opened the border from 2021 through 2025.The sources support the core claim that border crossings surged and enforcement loosened under Biden from 2021 onward, with FactCheck.org reporting about 7.38 million attempted crossings over his four years and Harvard noting encounters doubled after he took office. The claim is a faithful extraction of the post's own words, but the sources also show Biden adopted emergency restrictions in mid-2024 that cut apprehensions, and 'opened the border' is a characterization, so confidence is moderate.7 sources →

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  43. 43Can’t tellThe Pentagon released a map showing military control over at least half of the Texas southern border.None of the sources mention a Pentagon map showing military control over at least half of the Texas southern border, so the map claim cannot be confirmed or refuted. Nationwide figures put National Defense Areas at roughly 40–50% of the full U.S.-Mexico border across four states, and Texas-specific reporting gives lengths that do not establish a share of half, but no source states the Texas share as a fraction. The claim is also a faithful extraction of the post, which described the map as something the speaker had seen.7 sources →

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  44. 44MixedThere are no illegal immigrants coming over the Texas border.Read literally as zero illegal crossings, the claim is contradicted: DOJ reported 182 illegal aliens charged in one week of October, and Abbott cited a 'slight uptick' in crossings on Oct 2. Read as the post's own hedge ('a trickle, if even that'), it is broadly consistent with AP and Houston Public Media reporting that crossings have plummented to historic lows, though not to zero.4 sources →

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  45. 45TrueThe federal government previously tore down border security, including concertina wire, that the state of Texas was putting up.Multiple tier-1 sources confirm that in 2023-2024 federal Border Patrol agents cut and removed concertina wire that Texas had installed along the Rio Grande, and the Supreme Court allowed this in January 2024. The claim's core assertion holds, and the extraction matches the post's wording; the 'hostile government' characterization is opinion and was not separately graded.9 sources →

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  46. 46TrueJames Talarico filed a bill to rename 'pregnant woman' to 'pregnant individual'.Several sources report that Talarico introduced a 2023 Texas abortion-protection bill (cited as HB 819) that replaced 'woman' with 'pregnant individual', and that it never advanced past committee. The sources are mostly lower-tier or echo one another, and the PolitiFact piece covers a different Talarico vote (SB 14), so the evidence is directional rather than from a primary bill record.5 sources →

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  47. 47MixedThe Texas Attorney General's office has 750 attorneys, 4,000 employees, and a billion dollar a year budget.The sources support the attorney and employee counts as of the claim date (nearly 750 attorneys and more than 4,000 employees, per the Texas AG's own site, published 2026-10-02). They contradict the budget element: the Legislative Budget Board shows all-funds appropriations of about $1.58 billion for 2024-25 and a recommended $1.41 billion for 2026-27, roughly $700-790 million per year, not a billion. The claim's "about a billion dollar a year" therefore overstates the budget, and the claim is a faithful extraction of the passage.4 sources →

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  48. 48TrueJames Talarico stated that there are no laws against abortion in the Bible.Multiple sources report that Talarico said at the October 14, 2026 CNN/Jubilee town hall that the Bible is silent on abortion, which is the substance of the claim's paraphrase, "no laws against abortion in the Bible." The claim is a paraphrase rather than his literal words, and the rest of the coverage disputes his interpretation, not whether he said it.7 sources →

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  49. 49TrueTexas law requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in schools.Texas Senate Bill 10 requires public elementary and secondary schools to display a Ten Commandments poster in each classroom, and the law was in effect as of the claim date of 2026-10-26. The sources note that districts are not required to purchase the posters and must hang them when donated, a detail that does not change the core assertion.4 sources →

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  50. 50MixedJames Talarico voted to allow men into girls' sports and restrooms.The record shows Talarico voted against Texas bills restricting transgender athletes in girls' sports (HB 25 in 2021, and reportedly SB 15), so the claim rests on a contested reading of those votes as voting to 'allow men' in. The restroom part rests only on one partisan X post citing SB 8, which no other source in the set corroborates. The post also dropped no qualifiers, and the extraction's 'men into girls' sports and restrooms' wording matches the post.6 sources →

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  51. 51TrueJames Talarico voted against the law requiring the Ten Commandments in schools.Sources show Talarico voted no on the 2025 House bill (SB 10) requiring Ten Commandments displays in every classroom, citing the official House record vote, and Alternet reports him among the lawmakers who voted against it. The claim's core is supported and no source contradicts it; the 2023 bill failed and he opposed it, which is consistent with the claim.8 sources →

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  52. 52TrueMays Middleton changed the law to stop men from playing girls' sports.Sources show Mays Middleton authored Texas Senate Bill 15, the Save Women's Sports Act, which bars men from competing against women in public college sports, and that he later highlighted laws banning boys from girls' sports. The sources do not tie him to the 2021 K-12 girls' sports ban, and the claim's broader 'girls' sports' wording is a paraphrase of the college-focused law, so confidence is moderate.6 sources →

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  53. 53TrueMays Middleton changed the law to stop men from going into girls' restrooms and locker rooms.Multiple sources show Sen. Mayes Middleton authored the Texas Women's Privacy Act, which Gov. Abbott signed into law and which keeps men out of women's restrooms and locker rooms, so the claim is supported. The sources give differing bill numbers (SB 7, SB 8, SB 240) and the spelling 'Mays' vs 'Mayes' varies, but none of these discrepancies contradicts the core assertion.12 sources →

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  54. 54TrueMays Middleton changed the law to put the Ten Commandments in schools.The claim is supported: multiple sources say Sen. Mayes Middleton co-authored or helped carry SB 10, the 2025 Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms, which Gov. Abbott signed. Sources differ on whether Middleton or Phil King was the lead author, but the claim does not say he was the sole author, so this does not defeat it.5 sources →

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  55. 55Can’t tellJames Salario said he dreams about trans children.No source mentions a James Salario or a statement that he dreams about trans children. The sources concern James Talarico, a different referent, and none addresses a dream statement, so the claim cannot be graded in either direction. The claim is an extraction of the post's own words, not independently corroborated.5 sources →

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  56. 56TrueStephen Chung is the White House communications director and assistant to the president.Multiple sources show that Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, held that role in October 2026, and an official 2025 White House announcement names him as Assistant to the President and Communications Director. The claim's spelling 'Stephen Chung' is a variant of the same person's name, and the claim matches the post's wording. The sources are from 2025 to 2026, so the role is documented as of 2026-10-26, with no contradicting source.6 sources →

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  57. 57Can’t tellA social media post featuring an interview with Nicki Minaj has received 5 million views, 5,000 reposts, and 35,000 likes.The sources confirm that Sean Cheung posted an interview video with Nicki Minaj aboard Air Force One on Oct. 25, 2026, but none gives the view, repost, or like counts for that post. A Legit.ng report gives 5 million views and 120,000+ likes for a different Minaj Air Force One video, which does not verify the claimed 35,000 likes.7 sources →

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  58. 58FalseDonald Trump has won three elections.The claim that Trump has won three elections is false. The sources show he won two presidential elections (2016 and 2024) and lost 2020 to Joe Biden, whose certified 306-232 Electoral College win was confirmed by the Electoral College.6 sources →

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  59. 59TrueThe Brazilian stock market collapsed on October 26, 2026.Multiple reliable sources (Reuters, AFP, Dow Jones, Investopedia, Trading Economics) report that Brazil's Ibovespa plunged on Monday October 26, 2026 after Lula's reelection, triggering a 30-minute circuit breaker halt and a 13.9% to 14% single-day drop, its worst since March 2020, so the 'collapsed' characterization is supported for the claimed date. The claim's wording is loose, but the sources support the core assertion; the post's phrase 'cratering' and 'collapsing' matches the reported selloff, and the later Rio Times report (published Oct 27) confirms the same session.7 sources →

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  60. 60MixedCNN reported that Republicans have a chance of winning or keeping the Senate with 52 or 53 seats.CNN analyst Harry Enten's October 25 analysis gave Republicans a 24% chance of winning at least 51 Senate seats, which mathematically includes 52 and 53, so the claim's core is partly supported. The claim's specific 52-or-53 framing does not match the reported figure of 'at least 51', and the sources rely on secondary reprints of the CNN segment rather than CNN's own published text.6 sources →

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  61. 61MixedDonald Trump won Iowa by 15 points in the 2024 election.Trump did win Iowa in 2024, so the direction is right, but the margin was about 13 points, not 15. Official and wire tallies (AP 55.7% to 42.5%) and NBC and electoral-vote data all put it at 13.2 points, outside the record's range. The claim's 2024 reference matches the post's "two years ago" as of 2026, so the extraction is faithful.8 sources →

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  62. 62Can’t tellThe Seltzer poll in Iowa predicted Kamala Harris would win Iowa by 10 points.The claim departs from the passage: the post attributes the 10-point Harris lead to unnamed "vibe data", not to the Seltzer poll, which the post says only said "Kamala will win". The sources show the Seltzer poll had Harris ahead by 3 points (47-44), not 10, but since the 10-point attribution to Seltzer is the extraction's addition, it is not graded as the poster's falsehood.6 sources →

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  63. 63MixedLula da Silva won the Brazilian election with 51.1% of the vote.The sources confirm Lula won the runoff, but they put his share at 51.8% (about 51.79%), not the 51.1% the claim states. The winner is right and the stated percentage is wrong by about 0.7 points.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.8 sources →

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  64. 64TrueAli Krieger and Joanna Lohman are competing on the current season of The Amazing Race.Multiple reliable-tier and secondary sources confirm Ali Krieger and Joanna Lohman are competing on Season 39 of The Amazing Race, which premiered September 30, 2026; they were still active on 2026-10-26 (Episode 2 leg win, Episode 6 Intersection pairing). The claim matches the passage's own wording without added details.5 sources →

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  65. 65FalseJames Talarico voted to defund the police.No source reports Talarico casting a vote to defund the police. The sources describe his legislative record as votes for law enforcement funding, and CNN found he avoided endorsing the defund slogan, though a low-credibility X review of House journals says he voted against a bill penalizing cities for cutting police budgets. The post's 'they voted to defund' is read here as applying to Talarico, as the extraction does.6 sources →

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  66. 66FalseThe Brazilian election was rigged and stolen.The claim that the Brazilian election was rigged and stolen is contradicted by authoritative sources: the electoral court affirmed the vote complied with law, the results were recognized by the electoral authority, international observers, world leaders and Bolsonaro's own party, and Reuters reports that Bolsonaro alleged fraud without providing evidence. The real kernel is a contested two-hour poll extension and voter-transport problems, which do not amount to rigging or theft of the result.9 sources →

Sources

Fact-checkers 68Primary records 39Most reliable outlets 12Reliable outlets 33Less reliable outlets 1Unrated 235Rated low 4

  • cair.comRated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited in checking claim 35
  • foxnews.comRated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited in checking claim 46
  • washingtontimes.comRated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited in checking claim 48
  • zerohedge.comRated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news and Media Bias/Fact Check · cited in checking claim 11

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