They Said They'd Never Go Back! | Episode 371

What it claims

Claims

1. 1TrueA Haitian gang member who previously vowed he would never return to Haiti has been deported.Multiple sources report that Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, a Haitian gang member identified by DHS as a Back Block Money Gang member, was deported to Haiti after he told Fox News cameras during his January 2025 ICE arrest, "I'm not going back to Haiti." The deportation date varies across sources (Sept 10 per knewz, "last week" per Fox's Sept 16 post), but the core claim is supported; most coverage traces back to Fox News, though knewz attributes the removal to a DHS announcement.8 sources →
2. 2TrueFederal prosecutors have charged seven noncitizens in a North Texas election-integrity investigation.The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, per the DOJ press release and multiple outlets, announced seven noncitizens charged for unlawful voting or falsely claiming citizenship in a federal election integrity operation in North Texas (Tarrant County), consistent with the claim and the passage's wording; the claim's 'federal prosecutors' and 'North Texas election-integrity investigation' match the sources, and the 'seven' figure is consistently reported.7 sources →
3. 3TrueRepresentative Thomas Massie has filed eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.Multiple independent outlets (Reuters, CBS, Stars and Stripes, Washington Examiner, Courier-Journal, ABC affiliate) report that Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on September 15, 2026, and the Mediaite/Yahoo coverage describes the articles as enumerated; the claim matches the sources and the extraction faithfully reflects the post's headline.9 sources →
4. 4TrueThomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.Multiple independent reliable outlets, including Reuters and AP, plus Massie's own press release, confirm that Rep. Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on September 15, 2026, and that the resolution contains eight articles. The post's 'yesterday' refers to September 15, which matches the sources, and the claim faithfully reflects the passage.6 sources →

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5. 5TrueKash Patel appeared before the United States Senate on September 15, 2026.Multiple tier1 and primary sources, including the Senate Judiciary Committee's own hearing page, confirm that FBI Director Kash Patel testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. The post's 'yesterday' (posted September 16) resolves to that date, so the extraction is faithful and the claim holds.3 sources →

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6. 6Can’t tellQuince cashmere sweaters are priced 50 to 80% less than similar brands.The only source stating the 50 to 80% figure is Astonishing Legends sponsor copy that repeats the claim, which is circular. Two independent items gesture toward the range without measuring it: Business Insider lists Quince's $50 crewneck against Naadam's $98 (about 49% less), and Cosmopolitan's reviewer says other cashmere sweaters cost 5 to 10 times as much (roughly 80 to 90% less). No source tests the claim across similar brands, so it cannot be graded as of 2026-09-16.4 sources →

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7. 7Can’t tellWista Jean Kelly Charzales was deported to Haiti on September 10, 2026.No source names Wista Jean Kelly Charzales or reports his deportation on September 10, 2026. The sources cover Haitian deportation flights in general, such as the August 20 flight and weekly flights through September 17, so they neither confirm nor refute this individual's removal.5 sources →

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8. 8TrueA Haitian individual was deported on Thursday, 19 months after his arrest.DHS's primary release and multiple outlets confirm that Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, a Haitian national, was deported to Haiti on Thursday, September 10, 2026, about 19 months after his January 22, 2025 ICE arrest in Boston. The claim matches the passage and no source contradicts it; some outlets give a September 11 flight date, a minor discrepancy.6 sources →

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9. 9TrueThe deported individual had over 17 criminal convictions in Massachusetts in a two-year span.The sources consistently report that the deported Haitian national, Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, had 17 criminal convictions in Massachusetts, and that these came within a roughly two-year span (August 2022 to August 2024). The claim's "over 17" is slightly stronger than the exact count of 17 in DHS and ICE releases, though one outlet describes it as "more than 17," so this is a minor imprecision rather than a contradiction.4 sources →

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10. 10Can’t tellWista Jean Kelly Charzales was admitted to the United States in 2013.None of the provided sources mention Wista Jean Kelly Charzales or his admission to the United States, so the 2013 admission cannot be confirmed or refuted. The claim is faithful to the post's passage, which says he was initially admitted in 2013, but that assertion is the claimant's own and is not corroborated by any source.7 sources →

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11. 11TrueThe individual's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was revoked in 2022.The only source that directly addresses the individual's TPS status says USCIS terminated his TPS in July 2022, citing DHS. That source is unrated, low-credibility, and appears to derive from the same Fox/DHS reporting as the claim, so confidence is limited; no source contradicts the claim.5 sources →

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12. 12TrueThe individual was arrested by ICE in Boston on January 22, 2025.Two primary ICE/DHS sources state that ICE ERO Boston arrested Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles in Boston (Mattapan) on January 22, 2025, which matches the claim's date and place. The claim is a faithful extraction of the post, and the sources do not confirm the poster's personal presence at the arrest, which is peripheral to the claim.4 sources →

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13. 13TrueThe individual had a final order of deportation since November 2025.DHS-attributed reporting from multiple outlets says an immigration judge issued Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles a final order of removal on November 7, 2025, which matches the claim of a final deportation order since November 2025. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, which refers to 'November of last year' in a September 2026 post.7 sources →

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14. 14TrueThe Department of Justice charged seven non-citizens in the Northern District of Texas for unlawfully voting in federal elections or falsely claiming United States citizenship.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas (part of the Department of Justice) announced seven non-citizens charged with unlawfully voting in federal elections or falsely claiming U.S. citizenship, and the DOJ press release and AP both confirm this. The post misspells the U.S. Attorney's name as 'Raybold' (sources say Raybould), which is a trivial spelling issue and does not affect the claim.6 sources →

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15. 15TrueSix defendants were indicted on September 10, 2026, and one defendant was charged by criminal complaint on September 11, 2026.The DOJ press release (primary, Sept 15, 2026) states six defendants were indicted on Sept. 10 and the seventh was charged by criminal complaint on Sept. 11, matching the claim's dates and counts; multiple independent outlets (Yahoo, Times of India, Audacy) corroborate the same dates. The extraction faithfully matches the passage's own statement.5 sources →

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16. 16TrueHelen Sayen Adams, a 67-year-old Nigerian citizen and lawful permanent resident since May 2024, is charged with voting by an alien in a federal election and false statement of citizenship.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas (primary source) charged Helen Sayen Adams, a 67-year-old Nigerian citizen and lawful permanent resident since May 2024, with voting by an alien in a federal election and false statement of citizenship in order to register to vote. Multiple outlets repeat the same charges, and the claim matches the post's wording without adding anything it does not say.6 sources →

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17. 17TrueJoshua Melichukwu Akpom, a 27-year-old Nigerian citizen and lawful permanent resident since 2016, is charged with false statements in relation to naturalization for denying he had claimed U.S. citizenship or voted in the 2018 general election.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas (DOJ press release) and the Texas Attorney General both report that Joshua Nmelichukwu Akpom, a 27-year-old Nigerian citizen and lawful permanent resident since 2016, was charged with false statements in relation to naturalization for denying on his 2026 naturalization application that he had claimed U.S. citizenship, registered to vote, or voted, despite voting in the 2018 general election. The claim's name spelling ('Melichukwu') differs slightly from the sources ('Nmelichukwu') but refers to the same person, and these are allegations, not proven guilt.5 sources →

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18. 18TrueCarlos Salas Barrios, a 41-year-old Mexican citizen, is charged with voting illegally in the 2024 general election.Multiple primary and tier1 sources (DOJ US Attorney release, Texas AG release, NBC DFW, Star-Telegram) confirm Carlos Salas Barrios, a 41-year-old Mexican citizen, was charged with voting by an alien in a federal election for casting a provisional ballot in Tarrant County in the November 2024 general election. The ballot was ultimately rejected, a detail the claim omits but which does not contradict the charge; sources describe him as a lawful permanent resident, so the claim's 'Mexican citizen' is consistent with the charging documents, and the claim departs from the post only in calling him 'charged with voting illegally' rather than 'voted,' which the sources support as a charge.6 sources →

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19. 19TrueKalwinder Singh Bangura, a 69-year-old Indian citizen and lawful permanent resident, is charged with voting in the November 2024 general election.DOJ and Texas Attorney General sources confirm that a 69-year-old Indian citizen and lawful permanent resident, named in the sources as Khalwinder Singh Bhengura, was charged with voting by an alien in a federal election and voted in the November 2024 general election. The claim's spelling "Bangura" differs from the sources' "Bhengura", but the age, nationality, status, and Texas case details match, so the referent appears to be the same person.6 sources →

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20. 20TrueCelestin Katubadi, a 20-year-old citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo and lawful permanent resident, is charged with voting in the November 2024 general election.The DOJ press release and the Texas Attorney General's release both report that Celestin Katubadi, a 20-year-old Democratic Republic of the Congo citizen and lawful permanent resident, was charged with voting by an alien in a federal election tied to the November 2024 general election. The sources add that his provisional ballot was rejected and that these are unproven allegations, but the charge itself is confirmed and the claim matches the post's wording.6 sources →

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21. 21TrueRocio Thrasher, a 38-year-old Mexican citizen, is charged with voting in the 2024 general election.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas charged Rocio Thrasher, a 38-year-old Mexican citizen and lawful permanent resident, with voting by an alien in a federal election, alleging she voted in the November 2024 general election. The post itself says she voted in 2024 and was 'busted,' so the extracted claim's framing as a charge is a faithful reading of the passage, though the charges are allegations, not convictions.6 sources →

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22. 22TrueMoises Anwar Arellano Albus, a Mexican citizen, is charged with voting early in the 2024 general election.The DOJ's Northern District of Texas release and the Texas Attorney General's release both report that Moises Anwar Arellano-Alba, a Mexican citizen ordered deported, was charged with voting by an alien in a federal election and voted early in the 2024 general election in Dallas County. The sources spell his surname "Arellano-Alba" rather than the claim's "Arellano Albus", which appears to be the same person.5 sources →

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23. 23TruePresident Trump directed the Attorney General to investigate possible legal straw donor and foreign contributions through online fundraising platforms.Multiple tier1 sources, including the White House fact sheet and Reuters, confirm Trump signed an April 24, 2025 presidential memorandum directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate allegations of straw or dummy donor and foreign contributions via online fundraising platforms. The claim's core is supported; the post's reference to a current investigation order matches the memo's directive, and the sources also note the memo specifically cited ActBlue.4 sources →

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24. 24TrueThe FBI brought an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center for being a scam operation.Multiple reliable sources, including the FBI and DOJ press releases, confirm a federal grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center in April 2026 on 11 counts of fraud-related charges, with the FBI investigating. The phrase "scam operation" is a loose characterization of charges alleging donor fraud, which the SPLC disputes as false allegations; the charges are unproven, and the DOJ rather than the FBI obtained the indictment.5 sources →

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25. 25TrueAfter age 30, the human body makes less collagen every year.Multiple sources state that collagen production declines by roughly 1% a year from around age 30, so the claim holds. The extracted claim drops the post's hedge "often", which does not change the verdict, and some sources date the decline to the mid-20s rather than 30, which does not contradict it.8 sources →

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26. 26MixedBy age 60, many people have lost about half of their collagen.Sources give competing estimates of collagen loss by age 60, ranging from about 30% to 'more than half', so 'about half' falls inside the range and is not cleanly confirmed or refuted. The extraction faithfully matches the post's wording ('so many people have lost about half of it').7 sources →

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27. 27TrueKash Patel stated in 2024 that the mainstream media was the most powerful enemy the United States has ever seen.Multiple sources quote Patel's February 2024 CPAC speech calling the mainstream media 'the most powerful enemy that the United States has ever seen,' and the Schiff and Klobuchar exchanges show him repeatedly declining to disown the quote. The claim is supported, and the cited quote is accurate in substance.4 sources →

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28. 28Can’t tellViolent crime arrests by the FBI in New Jersey have increased by 75%.The claim matches the passage faithfully, but no source gives the baseline, period, or methodology behind a 75% rise in FBI violent-crime arrests in New Jersey. Patel's own X post and a Shore News Network report of the exchange repeat the figure without support, so the sources neither confirm nor refute it as of 2026-09-16.6 sources →

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29. 29MixedThe FBI director is required by statute to use the FBI jet for travel.The sources support that the FBI director must use government aircraft for all travel, including personal trips, as a 'required use' traveler. They contradict the claim's 'by statute' basis: the GAO, OMB, and CBS describe this as executive branch policy designating the director, not a statutory mandate, though some outlets (NDTV, CNN) describe it as a regulation or congressional mandate.7 sources →

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30. 30MixedFBI Director Kash Patel uses the FBI jet less frequently than his predecessors Chris Wray and James Comey.The claim holds on the measure the FBI itself reports: its figures to the GAO and in later statements show Patel took fewer personal and leisure flights than Wray and Comey. It does not hold for total jet use: Just the News flight logs (Nov 2025) put Patel at 2.48 flights per week, above Wray's 1.98 and below Comey's 2.58. The claim is graded as mixed because the result depends on which measure is used.6 sources →

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31. 31TrueFBI Director Kash Patel flies out of Joint Base Andrews instead of Reagan National Airport to save taxpayer money.Multiple sources report that Patel flies from Joint Base Andrews rather than Reagan National, and that he and the FBI cite landing fees and taxpayer savings as the reason. No source contradicts the claim, though the savings motive is Patel's and the FBI's stated rationale rather than an independently audited finding. The claim matches the post's wording and was accurate as of 2026-09-16.5 sources →

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32. 32FalseSenator Peter Welch's personal wealth has increased by 4,000% since he became a United States senator.The 4,000% figure traces back to Kash Patel's question in the hearing, and sources that repeat it add no independent support. Independent disclosure-based estimates show Welch's net worth rising from about $8M (2022 midpoint) to about $13M (2025 midpoint), roughly 60%, with the 2024-to-2025 rise from about $9.1M to $12.8M, so a 4,000% increase is grossly off the record. The post also framed it as a question, which the extraction drops.7 sources →

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33. 33TrueIn 2025, the FBI delivered the largest reduction in the murder rate in the history of America, according to the Uniform Crime Report.The FBI's 2025 Uniform Crime Report shows the murder rate fell 18.1% (FactCheck.org gives 18.5%), the largest one-year decline since the FBI began national estimates in 1936, so the claim is supported. The sources do not establish the 'history of America' framing before 1936, and PolitiFact notes that pre-1960 data is not comparable, so that broader reach is unconfirmed.4 sources →

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34. 34MixedThe FBI captured ten of the top ten most wanted fugitives on the FBI's list.Read literally, the claim says the FBI has captured all ten entries currently on its Ten Most Wanted list, and sources contradict that, since the live list still showed ten entries including an uncaptured fugitive in August 2026. Read as the post intended, that the FBI has captured ten Top Ten fugitives during this administration, the record supports it: a Fox report dated 2026-10-28 says ten were apprehended, but that is after the 2026-09-16 posting date and the 0.4-credibility outlets are the only ones giving that count.3 sources →

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35. 35TrueThe FBI captured a fugitive in Venezuela this past weekend who had been on the most wanted list for years.Multiple outlets reporting on FBI Director Kash Patel's Senate testimony in September 2026 say the FBI captured Aníbal Alexander Canelón Aguirre in Venezuela over the weekend before the announcement, and that he had been on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for years. The claim matches the post's wording, and the AP article (source 2) concerns a different man, Alvaro Pulido. Confidence is capped because the reports trace back to Patel's own announcement and US authorities gave no further details on the capture.7 sources →

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36. 36TrueThe FBI has captured six of the top ten most wanted fraudsters on a list created by J.D. Vance.Sources from late October 2026 report the FBI and the White House Fraud Task Force announcing six captured 'Most Wanted Fraudsters', and multiple sources credit Vice President Vance with proposing the list. The sources do not show the count on the 2026-09-16 posting date itself, so the 'six' figure is confirmed only for later dates; the claim is graded on the sources' record of the list's origin and the six captures.6 sources →

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37. 37TrueThe House of Representatives voted to block an attempt by Al Green to impeach President Trump.Multiple 2026 reports, including The Hill (tier1) and USA Today, say the House voted 232-147 on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, to table Rep. Al Green's articles of impeachment against Trump, effectively blocking it. The claim matches the post's account of the House voting to block Green's latest attempt, with the post's 'yesterday' resolving to September 15.10 sources →

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38. 38TrueThe majority of Democrats in the House opposed a Republican bid to quash the impeachment measure introduced by Al Green.The September 15, 2026 House vote to table Al Green's impeachment resolution was 232-147, with 18 Democrats voting to table and 46 voting present, so roughly 150 Democrats opposed the Republican motion. That is a majority of the House Democratic caucus, as Politico and Yahoo report, and the claim's extraction matches the passage.5 sources →

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39. 39TrueThe three House Democrat leaders voted present on the impeachment measure introduced by Al Green.The claim is supported: The Hill and Politico (both tier1/tier2, published 2026-09-15) report that Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark and Pete Aguilar, the three top House Democrats, voted "present" on Rep. Al Green's impeachment resolution against Trump. The claim matches the post's 'yesterday' (Sept 15) and introduces no new scope; a separate December 2025 AP vote on a different Green resolution does not bear on this claim.5 sources →

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40. 40TrueOne of the articles of impeachment introduced by Thomas Massie against Pete Hegseth alleges extrajudicial killings related to striking drug boats.Massie's eight-article impeachment resolution against Hegseth includes an article alleging extrajudicial killings through strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats, per AP, Common Dreams, TNND and Yahoo coverage. The claim matches the post's wording, and no source contradicts it.5 sources →

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41. 41TrueArticle 6 of the articles of impeachment introduced by Thomas Massie against Pete Hegseth alleges the suppression of free speech.Multiple reliable sources (Massie's own press release, Reuters, CBS, Reason, AP) confirm that Article VI of the eight articles of impeachment Massie filed against Hegseth is titled 'Suppressing Free Speech' and concerns Hegseth's retaliation against Sen. Mark Kelly for constitutionally protected speech. The claim's wording departs only slightly from the post, which refers to the article as 'from Massy' and as Article 6 of the articles, consistent with the claim's referent; the claim is graded as the post's own.6 sources →

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42. 42TrueArticle 7 of the articles of impeachment introduced by Thomas Massie against Pete Hegseth alleges the kidnapping of a sovereign foreign leader.Massie's articles of impeachment against Hegseth include Article VII, titled 'Kidnapping of a Sovereign Foreign Leader,' which concerns the Venezuelan operation capturing Nicolás Maduro and his wife; multiple sources (the primary House resolution PDF plus UPI, AP-linked coverage, and the Yahoo and Common Dreams reports) confirm this. The claim departs from the passage only in describing the article as alleging kidnapping of a sovereign foreign leader, which matches the article title and the post's own words.6 sources →

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43. 43TrueAttorney General Todd Blanche held a press conference where he was asked about Thomas Massie's articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth.Multiple sources report that Attorney General Todd Blanche held a White House Rose Garden press conference on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, where he was questioned about Rep. Thomas Massie's articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The post's 'yesterday' resolves to September 15, and the extraction faithfully matches the passage.6 sources →

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44. 44TrueThomas Crooks used the pseudonym Bob Dole for online shopping.Reuters, citing a person who reviewed the newly released federal records, reports that the shooter had packages delivered under the pseudonym Bob Dole, and several other outlets relaying the NY Post's account of the records (Grassley-released FBI documents) describe the same use for online purchases. The extracted claim matches the passage faithfully, and no source contradicts it, though most coverage traces back to the New York Post's reporting on the records.8 sources →

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45. 45TrueThomas Crooks ordered parts, tools, and items to increase the capacity of his rifle under the name Bob Dole.Multiple reliable outlets, including Reuters and NBC News citing FBI documents, report that Crooks had parts, tools, and items to increase his rifle's capacity delivered under the Bob Dole pseudonym, matching the claim and the passage. The claim does not depart from the post, and the sources differ only in sourcing (anonymous document reviewer versus the father's FBI interview).5 sources →

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46. 46TrueThe Atlantic hurricane season has not had a single hurricane form as of September 16, 2026.Multiple sources confirm that as of September 16, 2026, the Atlantic basin had produced no hurricanes, with five weak tropical storms and none reaching hurricane strength. The claim matches the post's wording, and later coverage through November 2 does not change the state of affairs on the claim's date.9 sources →

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47. 47TrueNot since 1941 has the Atlantic gone this far into a hurricane season without a hurricane forming.The claim matches the New York Times report from September 12, 2026, which states nearly verbatim that not since 1941 has the Atlantic gone this far into a season without a hurricane. The National Weather Service newsletter and AccuWeather corroborate it, with the 1941 first hurricane (Sept. 21) as the prior benchmark, and the claim was accurate on the September 16 posting date even though Hurricane Isaias formed later, on October 7.5 sources →

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48. 48TrueThe 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is the quietest since 1941.Multiple sources, including a Bloomberg report and a National Weather Service newsletter, state that the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has been the most tranquil since 1941, with ACE at its lowest since 1941 and few storms. The original passage said 'East Coast' while the claim says 'Atlantic', but the sources address the basin-wide season, and the quietness and 1941 comparison hold on either reading.4 sources →

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49. 49TrueLucy Biggers worked as a climate reporter and activist from 2015 to 2021.Multiple sources, including Biggers' own LinkedIn profile, show her working as a NowThis producer, correspondent and climate-series host from roughly 2015 to 2021, covering climate and describing herself as an advocate or activist. Some interviews give narrower or shifted dates (2016 to around 2020), but the core claim holds and the 2015 to 2021 span matches the post's own words.5 sources →

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50. 50TrueEd Martin served as a U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia during the Trump administration.The sources confirm that Ed Martin was appointed and sworn in as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia on January 20, 2025, under President Trump, and served in that role during Trump's administration. The claim omits the 'interim' qualifier, which is a minor simplification, and the extraction faithfully matches the post's wording that he was 'a U.S. Attorney in D.C.'6 sources →

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51. 51TrueJoe De Genova resigned from his position in a grand conspiracy case in South Florida.Multiple independent tier1 and tier2 outlets (AP, NYT, NBC, CNN, ABC, Washington Examiner) report that Joe diGenova resigned on September 10, 2026 from leading the 'grand conspiracy' investigation run out of the U.S. Attorney's Office in South Florida. The claim matches the passage's reference to the South Florida grand conspiracy case; the passage's other assertions (e.g., about his past or the 'differences with Main Justice') are not part of the extracted claim.8 sources →

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52. 52TrueJoe De Genova served as the U.S. Attorney in D.C. during the Reagan administration.Joseph E. diGenova (spelled 'Degennova' or 'De Genova' in the post and claim) served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1983 to 1988 under President Reagan, per a DOJ primary source and AP and Reuters reporting. The claim matches the passage's own wording, and the name variant refers to the same person.7 sources →

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53. 53Can’t tellJason Canionis is a U.S. Attorney in South Florida.The sources show that the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida on 2026-09-16 was Jason A. Reding Quiñones (DOJ leadership page, updated August 2026; C-SPAN, November 2026), not anyone named "Jason Canionis." "Canionis" is very likely a mishearing of "Quiñones" in an auto-transcribed passage, but no source mentions Canionis, so the claim as extracted cannot be confirmed or refuted on its own terms.3 sources →

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54. 54TrueLisa Monaco held a position in the White House during the Obama administration during the Russia investigation.Multiple sources show Lisa Monaco served as President Obama's Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism from 2013 to 2017, and in December 2016 she announced Obama's review of Russian interference in the 2016 election. The claim's core is supported; the post's 'hoax' framing is the claimant's opinion and is not what the claim asserts.4 sources →

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55. 55TrueAlfred Baldwin listened to wiretaps at Watergate for two weeks.Multiple sources say Alfred Baldwin monitored the wiretapped DNC-area phone from the Howard Johnson motel across from Watergate for roughly two weeks (about 20 days, over 200 calls) before the June 17, 1972 arrests, so the claim is supported. The post's implied target, the Democratic state-party chairman, is contested: sources say the tapped phone belonged to Spencer Oliver, not DNC chairman Larry O'Brien, but the extracted claim does not make that point.6 sources →

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56. 56TrueTodd Blanche is the current Attorney General of the United States.Multiple tier1 sources (AP, Reuters, DOJ profile, White House) report Todd Blanche was sworn in as U.S. Attorney General on August 10, 2026, after Senate confirmation, so the claim that he is the current AG was true as of the September 16, 2026 posting. The post's phrasing 'Todd Blanch' is a spelling variant of the same person, and the claim faithfully reflects the passage.7 sources →

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57. 57TrueTodd Blanche attended law school at night at Brooklyn School of Law.Multiple reliable sources, including AP, PBS, the DOJ official profile, and Britannica, state that Todd Blanche attended Brooklyn Law School at night while working as a paralegal at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan/SDNY. The claim matches the passage's assertion (Todd Blanch, law school at night, Brooklyn School of Law), with the spelling variant treated as the same person.7 sources →

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58. 58TrueThe Senate uses a blue slip process for the confirmation of U.S. Attorneys.Multiple sources, including AP and FactCheck.org (both tier1), state that the Senate's blue slip practice lets home-state senators sign off on U.S. Attorney nominees, so the claim that the Senate uses blue slips for U.S. Attorney confirmations is supported. The post's word "corrupt" is the speaker's opinion and was dropped from the extracted claim, which is a faithful reduction and does not change the verdict.3 sources →

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59. 59FalseHakeem Jeffries is the Speaker of the House.The claim is contradicted: as of 2026-09-16 Mike Johnson, not Hakeem Jeffries, was Speaker of the House, and the sources still show Johnson in the role on 2026-11-02. Jeffries is presented only as a congressman, and the post's "Speaker Jeffries" is a hypothetical about Democrats taking control after the midterms, which the extraction renders as a present-tense fact.6 sources →

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60. 60TrueEd Martin is employed at the Center for Renewing America.As of 2026-09-16, sources show Ed Martin had joined the Center for Renewing America, announced September 8, 2026, after leaving DOJ in August; the post's 'now at' wording matches. The sources describe him as a fellow (senior in Politico and Morningstar, distinguished in CRA's own release), not strictly as an employee, which is a label difference that does not change the core claim.4 sources →

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61. 61TrueSean Farish hosts a show at 1 p.m. Eastern each day on rumble.com/sean.Two transcript-based sources, one from August 2026 announcing the launch and one from October 2026, describe a Sean Farish show streaming live on rumble.com/sean at 1 p.m. Eastern, which supports the claim as of the September 16, 2026 post. The sources say weekdays rather than every day, a minor imprecision, and both are low-credibility transcript aggregators rather than primary records.3 sources →

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62. 62TrueA holdout juror in the Lindsey Clancy trial is a Catholic Haitian immigrant.Multiple sources describe the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial, Michael Desronvil, as a devout Catholic from a Haitian immigrant family, with one account saying he was born in Haiti and moved to the US as a child; the claim held as of 2026-09-16. Some outlets give conflicting details about his age and background, but these do not affect the core claim.6 sources →

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63. 63TrueFederal prosecutors charged seven non-citizens in an election integrity operation in Texas.The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas (a primary DOJ release) and AP both report that seven non-citizens were charged in Texas for illegal voting or falsely claiming citizenship, framed as a federal election integrity operation. The claim matches the passage's wording and no source contradicts it.4 sources →

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64. 64TrueThe FBI has an ongoing investigation into illegal straw donations and foreign money entering American elections.FBI Director Patel told a Senate oversight hearing on 2026-09-16 that the FBI has jurisdiction over illegal straw donations and foreign money in American elections and that 'we have a lot ongoing,' which supports the claim as of the posting date. The record is a single unrated hearing transcript, and the specific cases are not public, so confidence is moderate.4 sources →

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65. 65TrueMatthew Crooks told the FBI in an interview two days after the assassination attempt that an anonymous donor paid for the cremation of Thomas Crooks.Multiple 2026 reports, all citing federal records the New York Post reviewed (Grassley's document release), state that a note at the end of an FBI interview summary with Matthew Crooks reads 'Anonymous donor paid for cremation.' The 'two days after the attempt' timing is not stated in any source, but it is a peripheral detail that no source contradicts. Confidence is capped because the sources trace back to a single NY Post report, and the note appears to have come from a family lawyer rather than being a direct statement by Matthew.8 sources →

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66. 66Can’t tellLisa Monaco is employed by Microsoft as a director of national policy or a similar role with an annual salary of 40 to 50 million dollars.The sources confirm Lisa Monaco works at Microsoft as president of global affairs, a role that leads its global policy work, but none gives her title as 'director of national policy' or reports any salary, so the $40-50 million pay figure is unaddressed. The post itself makes the salary claim, so this is not an extraction addition, but the sources cannot grade it; note that the post's pay claim is unconfirmed as of 2026-09-16.8 sources →

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How it persuades

• InsinuationHints at wrongdoing it never states, or states and disownsThis was all a Democrat plot to get me out of the election that failed.

What it’s built on

• Whataboutism · opposing partyAnswers a criticism by pointing at someone else
• DistrustCalls the media illegitimatethe mainstream media was, quote, the most powerful enemy that the United States has ever seen.the crooked Joe Biden FBIDirty cop Christopher Wray should pay a price

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