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False65% confidence5 sourcesOct 15, 2026Democrats are planning to reinstate taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security benefits and allow men to play in women's sports.Said by AFactCheck.org, a tier1 source, found that GOP attacks claiming Democrats oppose or would reverse the tax cuts on tips, overtime and Social Security are misleading, because many Democratic candidates say they support those provisions. No source shows a Democratic plan to reinstate those taxes, and no authoritative source addresses a Democratic plan on men in women's sports, so that part is unverified; the post also framed these as a conditional warning about what could happen if Republicans lose.False88% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026There is no plane visible in the footage of the wreckage at the Pentagon from the September 11 attacks.The claim that no plane is visible in the Pentagon wreckage footage is an allegation that authoritative fact-checkers (AP, Snopes, LeadStories, USA Today) have examined and rejected; the security footage shows the plane crashing into the building. The only kernel of truth is that the FBI's recovery-operations video does not capture the plane's impact, which does not make the claim that the plane vanished true.False85% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026The current administration fired everyone at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in February and March of 2025.Said by CThe claim that the administration fired everyone at CISA in February and March 2025 is contradicted by the sources. They show roughly 130 probationary staff fired in February, about 1,000 departures overall through buyouts, resignations and terminations, and CISA staffing still around 2,500 in 2026. The mass firings were real, but 'everyone' is an order-of-magnitude overstatement; the claim's referent (the second Trump administration) is resolved from the post.False90% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision regarding an executive order, with Justices Jackson, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Chief Justice Roberts dissenting.Said by CThe claim departs from the passage only in its 5-4 framing: the speaker's count matches, but the record shows the August 24, 2026 Supreme Court order on Trump's mail-in voting executive order was 6-3, with only the three liberal justices (Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson) dissenting. Chief Justice Roberts was in the majority, so the claim that Roberts dissented is contradicted.False70% confidence9 sourcesSep 16, 2026David Becker has not given a public interview since July 19, 2026.The claim that Becker has not given a public interview since July 19, 2026 is contradicted by sources published after the post: he was interviewed by Rick Pildes for a podcast (posted Oct 26), and he appeared on CBS's Face the Nation (reported Nov 1). The sources do not show whether he gave interviews between July 19 and the September 16 posting date, so the claim was at least unverified when posted, but it does not hold as of the check date.False70% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026Five of the last six states sued by the Department of Justice regarding voter data were led by Republicans.Said by CThe claim that five of the last six states sued by DOJ over voter data were Republican-led is not supported. The February 26, 2026 batch, the most recent group of suits with reported party breakdowns, had three Republican-led states out of five (Utah, Oklahoma, West Virginia), and the later AP report describes the most recent suits as mostly Democratic-led (only New Hampshire Republican-led among the states it lists). Source dates for some AP/Altoona Mirror items are inconsistent, which lowers confidence.False70% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026The contract language for data exchanges between ERIC and states requires that non-citizen information be sent but prohibits the inclusion of citizenship status.The claim says the ERIC contract requires sending non-citizen records but bars citizenship information. The ERIC model contract text quoted in the DHS letter and the Heritage report says the opposite: 'Under no circumstances shall the Member transmit an individual's record where the record contains documentation or other information indicating that the individual is a non-citizen,' and the model contract prohibits sharing citizenship data. The post's own passage is the claimant's words and is not evidence. The 30,000 non-citizens on Colorado's EBU list in 2022 reflect an outcome in practice, not a contract requirement, so the claim is contradicted as stated.False60% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026Banks kept 1,600 dollars from the average American in 2025.Said by 5DThe claim that banks kept $1,600 from the average American in 2025 is grossly off. Sources show average savings balances near $8,000 to $10,000 and national average savings rates around 0.39% to 0.4%, which imply roughly $30 to $40 in annual interest, and even the high-yield-versus-bank gap on $10,000 is about $400, not $1,600. The post's $1,600 and $433 billion totals are not addressed by any source, and the extraction's 'average American' reflects the post's 'your bank'.False70% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The Supreme Court denied the case regarding Executive Order 14399 based on timeliness.Said by BThe sources say the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's emergency stay of the injunction against EO 14399 on August 24, 2026, ruling that the states' challenge was premature (standing and ripeness), not denied on timeliness grounds. The claim also departs from the passage's own framing, which tied the ruling to the timing of the election.False75% confidence2 sourcesSep 16, 2026Justice Kavanaugh joined the majority opinion written by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson regarding the Executive Order 14399 case.Said by BThe claim that Justice Jackson wrote the majority opinion in the Executive Order 14399 case is contradicted: the Supreme Court's order lifting the block on the mail-voting order was a per curiam (unsigned) opinion, and Jackson dissented separately. Kavanaugh's majority membership is not contradicted, but the authorship claim is central and fails.False90% confidence8 sourcesAug 11, 2026The 2020 election was fraudulent.Said by BThe claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent is contradicted by numerous authoritative sources, including federal agencies, courts, state officials, and a bipartisan review, which found no widespread fraud that could have changed the outcome. The speaker's post refers to the 2020 results being 'bullshit' in the context of questioning elections; the extracted claim matches the post's sweeping assertion, which the authoritative record debunks.False60% confidence5 sourcesAug 11, 2026Senator Susan Collins chairs the Committee Probes Committee.Said by CNo source identifies any Senate committee called the "Committee Probes Committee." The sources show Collins chairs the Appropriations Committee, and that she formerly chaired the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, so the claim's named committee is wrong. The passage itself uses this name, so the extraction is faithful, but the claimed chairmanship does not match the record as of 2026-08-11.

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