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True65% confidence5 sourcesOct 21, 2026New immigrant student enrollment in California schools has decreased over the past two years.Multiple sources, all tracing to an EdSource report, state that new immigrant (newcomer) student enrollment in California has fallen sharply over the past two years, with Oakland Unified's new-student counts dropping from over 1,300 a year to 498 in 2025-26. The claim faithfully paraphrases the post, and the only independent-looking corroboration is the EdSource-origin coverage plus AP's national reporting on declines, so confidence is capped below 0.9.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True85% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026Oakland Unified School District enrolled 498 new immigrant students in 2025.Multiple sources, including the EdSource original and a Just News reprint, report that Oakland Unified enrolled 498 new immigrant students in 2025-26 (the school year beginning fall 2025), which matches the claim's figure. The claim's '2025' is a reasonable reading of the school year, and the post's own wording matches it; the Oaklandside 2026 piece on newcomer declines is consistent with this trend.True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026Border crossings decreased in early 2025.Multiple primary federal sources show border crossings fell sharply in early 2025: CBP monthly apprehensions dropped from 48,137 in December 2024 to 30,127 in January 2025 and 9,241 in February 2025, and Reuters reports Border Patrol apprehensions fell to the lowest levels in decades after January 2025. The claim's wording matches the post's extraction faithfully, and the post's word 'abrupt' is consistent with the steep February 2025 drop.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True68% confidence5 sourcesOct 21, 2026Oakland Unified School District enrolled 1,300 new immigrant students each year from 2017 through 2025, excluding the year 2020.Multiple reprints of an EdSource report state that Oakland Unified had more than 1,300 new students arriving from other countries each year from 2017-18 to 2024-25, except 2020-21 during the pandemic, which matches the claim's core figure and 2020 exclusion. The claim's '2025' endpoint is a labeling ambiguity: the 2025-26 school year had only 498 new immigrant students, so the claim is only accurate if '2025' is read as the 2024-25 school year, and the claim drops the 'more than' qualifier, which is a minor imprecision. Most coverage traces back to EdSource, which limits confidence.True70% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026As of October 7, 2026, 212 new immigrant students had enrolled in Oakland Unified School District for the current school year.Multiple outlets report that 212 new immigrant students had enrolled in Oakland Unified for the first time as of Oct. 7, 2026, matching the claim. The figures trace largely to a single EdSource report, and the claim departs from the post only in trivial wording, not in substance.True72% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026Dharma Arthur stated that Amy Acton lied about growing up in a tent.Said by 6CThe sources confirm that Acton's birth mother appeared in the Ramaswamy ad and said Acton "says she grew up living in a tent. None of that is true" and that she "lies about her past." The sources name the speaker as Donna Arthur, while the post transcript says Dharma Arthur, but the context (Acton's mother in the ad) identifies the same person. The claim's act of stating is supported; court and police records in the sources contradict the content of what she said.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True85% confidence9 sourcesOct 21, 2026Philip Sturts stated that Amy Acton was sexually abused by their birth mother's husband at age 12.Said by 3BPhilip Stearns, the brother, did state in the campaign's released statement that Acton endured sexual abuse at 12 from their birth mother's husband, and court and police records reported by several outlets show the stepfather was arrested and indicted for raping Acton at 12. The post spells the brother's surname 'Sturts' in one place and 'Stearns' in another, and the sources use 'Stearns', but the referent is clearly the same brother.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True88% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026The woman interviewed by Piers Morgan stated that she would fire all Republicans if she were in office.Multiple reliable outlets report that Jaime West, the Indiana Democratic candidate interviewed by Piers Morgan, said she would fire all Republicans if elected, and she reaffirmed the pledge in the Morgan interview. The statement was originally made at a Connersville TV3 candidate forum on October 9, 2026, and the sources say 'if elected' rather than 'in office', a minor wording difference.True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026The woman interviewed by Piers Morgan admitted to consuming three beers before the interview.Multiple independent outlets (Washington Post, Independent, People, Washington Examiner, Newsweek, IndyStar) report that Jaime West told Piers Morgan on his podcast she had three beers before the viral forum; the claim matches the passage, which refers to the same interview, and the claimant's own words are used only to resolve the referent. Some outlets note she also said she was 'not that intoxicated' and that she earlier said she had one beer, but the core admission of three beers is consistently reported.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 21, 2026Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Piers Morgan to discuss the war in Ukraine.Multiple reliable sources (Reuters, AP, Independent) report that Zelenskyy sat down with Piers Morgan for an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, filmed in London around 14 October 2026, and discussed the war in Ukraine, so the claim held on 2026-10-21. The post's 'he' refers to Morgan and the title names Zelensky, so the extraction is faithful; 'met with' is a reasonable description of the sit-down interview.True70% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026Diana DeGette was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 30 years.Said by ADeGette first took office on January 3, 1997 and remained in the House through the 2026 period, so her tenure is about 29 to 30 years, and sources describe it both ways (Reuters and CPR say 29 years, AP and a Japanese consulate notice say 30). The 30-year figure falls within rounding of the record, and the claim does not add anything the post did not say.True85% confidence5 sourcesOct 21, 202689% of people believe that the government is corrupt according to a Gallup poll.Said by AGallup's September 2026 poll (fielded May 1–June 10, 2026) found 89% of U.S. adults say government corruption is widespread, and multiple outlets report the same figure. The claim's wording ('believe the government is corrupt') is a close paraphrase of 'widespread corruption,' and the post's referent (the Gallup poll) matches; as of the 2026-10-21 posting date the figure was already published and no source contradicts it.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.

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