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True90% confidence9 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Social Security Administration database is used to verify voter citizenship and identity.Sources as of late 2026 show the Social Security Administration's data is used to verify voter citizenship and identity: the expanded DHS SAVE system, which draws on SSA records, was allowed to operate by the Supreme Court on 2026-09-25, and SSA's HAVV system has long been used by states to verify voters' identities. The claim is technically about SAVE drawing on SSA data rather than a single SSA database, and critics dispute its accuracy, but no source contradicts the core assertion; the post itself matches the extracted claim.True75% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026A judge blocked the Social Security Administration from using the SAVE database to verify eligibility for payments on June 22.Said by AMultiple sources, including a court opinion, confirm that on June 22, 2026, Judge Sparkle Sooknanan set aside and blocked the modified SAVE database, which pulled in Social Security data. The sources frame the block as a bar on the government's use of the database for voter-citizenship checks rather than specifically on SSA payment eligibility, but the post itself ties the SAVE block to SSA, so the core assertion holds.True85% confidence9 sourcesOct 21, 2026The D.C. Circuit appellate court denied an appeal to allow the Social Security Administration to continue using the SAVE database for eligibility verification.Said by AThe D.C. Circuit's 2-1 order of September 4, 2026 denied the government's emergency request to stay Judge Sooknanan's June ruling, which had blocked the revamped SAVE system, so the core assertion holds. The claim calls this an 'appeal' and attributes the request to SSA, though sources frame it as a stay motion by DHS/the Justice Department involving SSA data; these are minor imprecisions. The Supreme Court later stayed the block on September 25, which does not make the D.C. Circuit's earlier denial false.True68% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Social Security Administration database contained 17 million records of deceased individuals listed as living.Said by AThe SSA's primary press release and Reuters both report that the agency added 17 million dates of death to records that previously lacked them, which matches the claim's 17 million figure as of the October 21 posting. The phrase 'listed as living' is a reasonable reading of 'no death date on file', but sources also stress that a missing death date does not mean the person was alive or receiving benefits, so the characterization is contestable.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Social Security Administration database contained 25 million records missing citizenship information.Said by AReuters and The Hill, both published on 2026-10-20/21, report that the SSA updated about 25 million records that previously lacked citizenship information, which matches the claim as of the 2026-10-21 post date. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, and no source contradicts it. The sources say the records lacked the information, not that they were shown to belong to non-citizens.True75% confidence5 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced a project regarding voter rolls in April 2025.Said by 3BDHS, USCIS and DOGE announced an overhaul of the SAVE citizenship-verification database on April 22, 2025, which sources describe as a tool to check voter eligibility and voter rolls. The claim's April 2025 date and DOGE's role are supported, though the sources tie the project to voter rolls only through the announcement's 'voting illegally' framing and later SAVE use.True60% confidence8 sourcesOct 21, 2026Lifelong Jewish Democrats in the Detroit suburbs are voting for the Republican candidate in the Michigan Senate race for the first time in their lives.Sources support that some lifelong Jewish Democrats in the Detroit suburbs were switching to Republican Mike Rogers before the claim date, and one source says they were voting Republican for the first time ever, though hedged as "possibly." No source quantifies how many, and the claim's wording is broader than the post's "saying" framing. The claim departs little from the passage, and the Peters quote itself is not used as evidence.True80% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026Zohran Mamdani appointed Jewish advisors to his council in New York.Said by AMamdani appointed Jewish people to advisory roles: Bloomberg Law reports he appointed Jewish judicial ethics attorney Douglas Keith to direct the Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, and his Business Advisory Council includes Jewish business leaders. The claim's central assertion holds, though earlier reporting showed the judiciary committee had no Jewish members when it was first named.True93% confidence5 sourcesOct 21, 2026Mike Rogers was involved in a confrontation with Matt Gaetz during the 15 rounds of voting for Speaker of the House.Multiple reliable sources, including AP, Reuters and BBC, report that Rep. Mike Rogers lunged at or nearly came to blows with Rep. Matt Gaetz during the House speaker vote in January 2023, and that Rogers was physically restrained. The confrontation occurred during the 14th of the 15 ballots, which falls within the 15-round process the claim describes.True75% confidence8 sourcesOct 21, 2026Bank of America enabled foreign money laundering networks.The claim matches the post's wording and is supported by Treasury, FinCEN, and OCC findings that Bank of America admitted willfully violating the Bank Secrecy Act. Those findings say its controls failed to detect and report suspicious transactions indicative of Chinese money laundering networks, which is consistent with 'enabling' them. The sources describe failures to detect and report rather than knowing participation, and the sources do not show the bank intended to facilitate the networks.True97% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026Bank of America was fined $1.2 billion.Said by 3BMultiple tier-1 sources, including the FinCEN and Treasury primary releases, confirm Bank of America was fined $1.2 billion on October 13, 2026 for anti-money laundering and sanctions failures. The claim's wording matches the passage's own figure, and the 'no accountability for executives' and net-worth comparisons are commentary not included in the extracted claim.True90% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026Donald Trump announced a 1% commission for anyone who exposes government fraud.Said by 3BTrump announced the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program from the Oval Office on October 20, 2026, promising a 1% commission on the amount of fraud a tip uncovers, which matches the claim and the post's 'yesterday' dating. The Justice Department's description of $10,000 to $30,000 awards differs from Trump's 1% framing, but that is a program-detail discrepancy, not a contradiction of the announcement.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.