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Can’t tell30% confidence10 sourcesOct 21, 2026A group of former military officers and advisors is conspiring to overthrow the Trump administration to transfer power to Democratic governors.Said by 3BThe claim matches what the post says (the speaker described a clandestine group conspiring to overthrow the Trump administration and give power to Democratic governors), but the only coverage of the plot comes from low-credibility, unrated outlets that repeat the same investigation by one researcher, and no authoritative fact-checker or official record substantiates or refutes it as of 2026-10-21. Media Matters, a fact-checking outlet, says the host cited no direct evidence, but that is not a finding that the plot is false.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell30% confidence8 sourcesOct 21, 2026The administration removed 160,000 dead people from the list of food stamp recipients.Said by 4CNo provided source independently confirms or refutes that the administration removed 160,000 dead people from food stamp rolls. The figure appears only in the claimant's remarks and in coverage that repeats them, while the one related source (Snopes) discusses USDA findings about dead and double-enrolled recipients without this number.Can’t tell35% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026Over 99% of the fraud found by the federal government is not covered by the False Claims Act.The sources confirm that Vance made this statement on 2026-10-20 but do not measure what share of government-found fraud the False Claims Act covers, so the 99% figure is not directly graded. Recovery and loss estimates (FCA recoveries of roughly $2.9 to $6.8 billion against GAO-cited losses of $233 to $521 billion a year) point in its direction but are not the same measure, and an opinion piece calls the figure hyperbole. The claim is quoted from the speaker's own remarks, so it is graded on the sources alone.Can’t tell50% confidence5 sourcesOct 21, 2026Polymarket pays content creators as little as $25 to influence the US midterms through social media videos disguised as ordinary posts.Said by AThe passage attributes the claim to 'political groups' paying creators as little as $25, and the extraction changed the payer to Polymarket, which the passage does not say, so the claim departs from the passage. The sources do document Polymarket paying influencers without disclosure, but none mentions a $25 payment or confirms the $25 figure.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell30% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026Nicole Wallace is a former CIA employee.None of the sources report that Nicolle Wallace ever worked for the CIA. Her documented career is in Republican politics, the Bush White House, and TV commentary, and the sources do not mention intelligence work. The only CIA officer named Nicole in the sources is a different person, so she cannot confirm or refute the claim.Can’t tell30% confidence3 sourcesOct 21, 2026The United States has purchased fuel from Russia after the United States hit refineries in Russia.The claim departs from the passage: the speaker says Ukraine ('they') keeps hitting refineries in Russia, not that the United States did, so the 'United States hit refineries' element is not the post's claim and is graded as unverifiable. The purchase element is only partly covered: sources show a Trump-Putin diesel deal and a Russian diesel tanker bound for New York as of 2026-10-23, but no source confirms a completed US purchase by 2026-10-21.Can’t tell40% confidence10 sourcesOct 21, 2026The United States hitting refineries in Russia has caused a fuel crisis in the United States.The claim departs from the passage: the post says "they" (Ukraine, per the surrounding text) continue to hit Russian refineries, not the United States, so the extraction adds an actor the post never names. Sources show Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries and US pressure on Kyiv to stop them, and they dispute whether those strikes drove US fuel prices (analysts point to the Iran war), but nothing here grades the claim as stated.Can’t tell45% confidence7 sourcesOct 15, 2026The murder rate in the United States is at a 125-year low.Said by AThe sources describe the 2025 U.S. murder rate as projected or likely to be the lowest since 1900, but none confirms it because FBI full-year data was not yet released. PolitiFact found it unclear whether the murder rate is at a 125-year low, and the claim's present-tense framing as of 2026-10-15 rests on that unconfirmed projection.Can’t tell40% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026The Democratic Party platform includes raising taxes by $5 trillion.Said by AThe claim departs from the passage: the post says Democrats would "raise your taxes by 5 trillion dollars" and never mentions the party platform, so the extraction adds a referent the post did not make. Separately, the sources conflict on whether the 2024 Democratic platform itself calls for $5 trillion in tax increases, with one platform excerpt saying Democrats don't believe they should add $5 trillion to the debt.Can’t tell25% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed 18 bills cracking down on crime.Said by AThe sources document several Hobbs vetoes of border, immigration, and fentanyl-related bills, but none gives a count of 18 crime-related vetoes or says she vetoed 18 such bills. The claim's specific figure is therefore not verified or refuted, and the extraction matches the post's own wording.Can’t tell30% confidence9 sourcesOct 15, 2026The New York Times and CNN reported the departure time of a military raid from Missouri.Said by AThe sources only show that Trump said NYT and CNN reported the 12:07 departure time from Missouri; they repeat his claim and do not independently confirm or refute that either outlet published it. The extracted claim faithfully paraphrases the passage, and one source notes Trump did not identify the leaker or provide evidence.Can’t tell40% confidence11 sourcesOct 15, 2026The New York Times and CNN leaked the departure and arrival times of B-2 bombers leaving from Missouri.Said by AThe sources show only that Trump made this allegation at an Arizona rally; none independently confirms or refutes that the New York Times or CNN published B-2 departure and arrival times. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, so it is graded on the sources, which do not address the leak itself.