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Trump Terrified as Democratic Early Voting Surges

The Parnas Perspective, Checked

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The Parnas PerspectiveOct 26, 2026
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The Parnas PerspectiveTrump Terrified as Democratic Early Voting SurgesWhole episode, 16:33
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  1. 1TrueThe midterm elections are scheduled for November 3, 2026.Multiple tier1 and other sources, including Reuters, BBC, and the European Parliament research service, state that the 2026 US midterm elections are on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The post's passage ('Midterms are Tuesday, Nov 3') matches the claim, and no source contradicts the date.7 sources →
  2. 2FalseJames Comey has been indicted three times.The claim that Comey has been indicted three times is contradicted: the third federal case is a criminal information, not a grand jury indictment, and reporting through Oct 31 says he had not been indicted in it. The post's 'indicted... a third time this evening' matches the claim, so the claim faithfully reflects the post.8 sources →

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  3. 3TrueApproximately 30 million Americans have already voted in the 2026 midterm elections.The claim matches the record as of the claim's 2026-10-27 date: a fact-check piece published 2026-10-26 reports that the University of Florida Election Lab counted about 30 million early votes, and the trajectory from about 21 million (Oct 23) to 23 million (Oct 23, IBTimes) to 43 million (Oct 29-30) is consistent with that figure. Later sources show the total rose well past 30 million, but that does not make the claim false as of its date.8 sources →

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  4. 4MixedThe national total of early and mail-in ballots is 29.9 million compared to 15 million at a similar point in 2022.The 2026 figure is roughly consistent with the record: a University of Florida tracker cited by MEAWW shows 30.26 million early votes as of Oct. 26, close to 29.9 million. The 2022 comparison is contested, since AP put the same-point 2022 total at 9 million while KFOR reported 15 million, and the claim's measures and timing are not clearly aligned.6 sources →

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  5. 5MixedEarly voting is up 69 percent in Kansas, 41 percent in Maine, and 24 percent in Iowa.The claimed figures (Kansas 69%, Maine 41%, Iowa 24%) match a New York Times analysis of state election records through Oct. 22, as reported by The Hill and others before the Oct. 26 post. However, an AP analysis published Oct. 21 reported Iowa early voting down about 6% from 2022 at a similar point, and Kansas as more than doubled, so the sources genuinely disagree on Iowa depending on the measure and data cutoff. The later AP figures of Kansas 34% and Maine 44% (Oct. 30) are a different snapshot.8 sources →

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  6. 6TrueIn Texas, 4.5 million ballots have been cast compared to 3 million at this point in 2022.The 4.5 million figure matches sources from the posting date (about 4.5 million Texans had voted by Oct. 25–26). The 3 million comparison is not stated directly, but The Texan's report that first-week turnout ran about 45% above 2022 implies roughly 3.1 million, and KERA's 2022 same-point turnout rate implies a somewhat higher figure, so 3 million is within rounding of the record. The extraction matches the passage.6 sources →

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  7. 7TrueVirginia early voting is up 80% from four years ago.The claim matches the same-point comparison reported by the Virginia Public Access Project: Pilot Online reports 1,330,832 early voters as of Oct. 28, 2026, a 79% increase over 745,082 at the same point in 2022, and 12 On Your Side reports an 86% increase. The post's 'about 80%' is within that range, though the figures are from Oct. 27-28 rather than the Oct. 26 posting date and trace back to one data source.4 sources →

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  8. 8MixedIn Senate battleground states, registered Democrats make up 47% of early voters and registered Republicans make up 35%.The 47% Democratic and 35% Republican early-vote shares match NBC/TargetSmart's national figures, not the Senate-battleground figures the claim attributes them to. NBC/TargetSmart's battleground-specific data (published Oct 30, five days after the claim) shows Democrats at 46% and Republicans at 40%, so the Republican share is contradicted; the sources do not give an Oct 26 battleground snapshot.3 sources →

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  9. 9TrueIn North Carolina, early voting among registered Democrats is up 47% and among unaffiliated voters is up 60%.Two October 24–25 reports of a Catawba College analysis by Michael Bitzer put registered Democrats' early voting up 47% and unaffiliated voters' up 60% versus the same point in 2022, matching the claim as of about October 22, close to the October 26 posting date. The figures trace back to that single analysis, and later November snapshots show different comparisons, such as Democrats up 32% by the final tally, so confidence is capped.4 sources →

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  10. 10TrueThe Trump administration is offering one million dollars to anyone whose tip leads to a voter fraud conviction.Multiple outlets (NBC, Reuters, USA Today, ABC, Newsweek, France24, UPI) report that Trump announced on Truth Social on 2026-10-26 a $1 million reward for anyone whose voter fraud report leads to an arrest and conviction, which matches the claim. Sources say the funding source, administering agency, and application process were not specified, which is a detail gap rather than a contradiction, and the claim's 'Trump administration' framing is consistent with Reuters and USA Today describing it as 'his administration' paying.10 sources →

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  11. 11TrueThe Trump administration has lost 26 lawsuits seeking un-rejected voter rolls from states.Multiple sources from October 2026 report that the Justice Department lost 26 suits seeking unredacted state voter rolls, with The Atlantic, ProPublica and California's filing all giving the figure of 26 losses. The claim's "un-rejected" is a garbled "unredacted," and dropping the post's "all" is a faithful paraphrase, since sources also note several cases remain pending.7 sources →

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  12. 12TrueCongressman Thomas Massie will force an impeachment vote on Pete Hegseth on November 9th.On 2026-10-26 Massie told Roll Call he would force a House vote on impeaching Hegseth 'soon after we return' in the week of Nov. 9, so the core assertion holds. The sources give the week of Nov. 9 rather than a fixed vote date on the 9th, and the plan is conditional on Hegseth still being in office.4 sources →

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  13. 13TrueA federal judge reinstated Maureen Comey in the Southern District of New York.Multiple sources, including AP and CBS, report that Judge Jesse Furman ruled on October 26, 2026 that Maurene Comey's firing from the Southern District of New York was unlawful and ordered her reinstated with back pay. The claim's spelling 'Maureen' differs from the sources' 'Maurene', but it refers to the same person, and the ruling was retroactive, which is a detail rather than a contradiction.3 sources →

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  14. 14MixedThe Trump Justice Department has indicted James Comey three times.Comey has faced three federal criminal cases from the Trump Justice Department, including the October 2026 case, so the 'third time' part is supported. But the third case is a criminal information, not a grand jury indictment, and NBC and BBC state he has not been indicted in it, so the claim that DOJ 'indicted' him three times is contradicted. The claim departs only in wording from the post, which also said 'indict', and it was accurate as of 2026-10-26.10 sources →

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  15. 15TrueJames Comey is facing charges of unlawfully possessing, accessing, controlling, and disseminating national defense information to a journalist.Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources (Reuters, AP, NBC, Forbes, HuffPost) report that the Justice Department charged Comey with transmitting and conspiring to transmit national defense information to a New York Times reporter, so he faces charges tied to national defense information shared with a journalist as of 2026-10-26. The sources charge transmission and conspiracy rather than the 'possessing, accessing, controlling' wording, which is a minor imprecision, not a contradiction; the charge is a criminal information, not an indictment, and Comey denies wrongdoing.6 sources →

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  16. 16TrueNikki Minaj has a chance of being appointed press secretary.The claim is that Minaj has some chance of becoming press secretary, and sources confirm that prediction markets gave her a nonzero chance: Polymarket had about 8% on October 26 (Mediaite) and Kalshi about 4% (Independent), though no appointment was announced and the Independent reported her Polymarket odds falling to 2% on October 27. The extraction faithfully matches the post, and the claim is graded as of October 26.6 sources →

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  17. 17TrueElon Musk sells user data.Sources show that X, under Elon Musk's ownership, sold user data: a 2024 Intercept report, based on FOIA emails, documented sales of real-time data to Dataminr for law-enforcement monitoring, and a 2024 policy change allowed licensing of user data to third parties. Nothing contradicts the claim, but the sources concern the company X rather than Musk personally, and the 2024 Dataminr reporting rests on a single investigation, so confidence is moderate. As of 2026-10-26, a CBC report says X already uses user data to train its own AI and will share it with third parties from Nov. 15.6 sources →

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  18. 18TrueAmy Acton has been traveling for her campaign for two and a half years.Acton has repeatedly said she has been on the road for two and a half years. A September news report quotes her saying so, her October campaign post says the same, and a July profile says she has been working on a governor bid since mid-2023, which is consistent with that timeframe. The support is mostly her own statements, so confidence is moderate.4 sources →

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  19. 19MixedAmy Acton's opponent has spent over 120,000,000 dollars on attack ads against her.The sources do not show Ramaswamy personally spending over $120 million on attack ads against Acton. Reported figures are about $35 million or more in his campaign's media buys and roughly $80 million in total campaign outlays, while GOP-aligned groups were reported at more than $100 million on ads for the race as of early October, not specifically attack ads against Acton. The $120 million figure appears only in an opinion column and in Acton's own remarks, which cite $110 million.6 sources →

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  20. 20TrueAmy Acton experienced homelessness and lived in a tent in the winter during her childhood.Multiple reliable sources, including court records verified by reporters and Acton's own 2019 Vindicator account, support that Acton was homeless and lived in a tent during her childhood; the claimant's mother disputes it but no source substantiates the denial. The claim's 'in the winter' detail is supported by Acton's statements (e.g., 'one winter' and 'middle of winter') and is not contradicted.8 sources →

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  21. 21TrueFive governors in Ohio have stated that the opponent's use of Dr. Amy Acton's personal history is not right.Sources show multiple governors from both parties criticized Ramaswamy's ad featuring Acton's estranged mother, and Acton is quoted as citing 'five governors' in support, though the quote is truncated and the count rests largely on her own statement. The claim is graded as of 2026-10-26; the sources reflect criticism in place by then, and the post's 'on both sides' framing matches the bipartisan backlash reported.5 sources →

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  22. 22TrueDemocratic early voting is surging.Multiple tier1 and independent sources (AP, BBC, University of Florida Election Lab data) show early voting running well ahead of the 2022 midterm pace, with figures rising through late October, which supports the claim that early voting was surging as of 2026-10-26. The claim's wording is a broad, general statement and the post's specific 'record highs' framing is also supported by sources reporting record early vote totals; the sources also show Democrats leading early ballots, though the claim itself does not address party.7 sources →

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