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True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026Susan Collins serves as the chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.Said by BMultiple primary and tier1 sources show Susan Collins served as Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee around the claim date of 2026-10-21, including the official committee membership page (published 2026-10-19), the committee membership list, and AP reporting from August 2026. The claim departs from nothing in the passage, which says the same thing about her chairmanship.True80% confidence8 sourcesOct 21, 2026Susan Collins is the only Republican member of the U.S. House or Senate representing a New England state.Said by BMultiple sources published around the claim date describe Susan Collins as the only Republican in New England's congressional delegation, which matches the claim. The claim departs from the post only trivially (the post's 'one of only 31' phrasing is garbled, but the 'only Republican in all of New England' statement is faithfully extracted), and the situation was unchanged in the sources through the check date.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 21, 2026Mike Johnston is the Mayor of Denver.Said by AMultiple sources confirm Mike Johnston has been Mayor of Denver since 2023 (Lincoln Institute, Wikipedia, Reuters Feb 2026 order, and the Denver mayor's office page), so the claim held on 2026-10-21. The claim departs only trivially from the passage, which calls him 'Mayor Mike Johnston', and the sources show he remained mayor afterward, with a 2027 reelection contest noted by Denverite.True95% confidence9 sourcesOct 21, 2026Amy Acton is a candidate for Governor of Ohio.Multiple reliable sources published around the claim date (AP Oct 5, Statehouse News Oct 22, Cleveland.com Oct 27, ABC News Oct 25) confirm Amy Acton was the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor in the 2026 race as of 2026-10-21, and the post's phrasing 'running for governor' matches this. The claim is accurate as of the posting date and remains true at checking time, with the Nov. 3 election still pending.True95% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026Elissa Slotkin is a former CIA employee.Multiple tier1 and primary sources (Senate.gov bio, AP, BBC, Reuters) confirm Elissa Slotkin was a CIA analyst before entering Congress, so she is a former CIA employee. The claim is a faithful extraction of the passage's 'former CIA officer' phrase, with the spelling 'Alyssa' in the post corrected to Elissa, which the sources support.True60% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Great American Restoration Tour stop 14 will take place in Saint Pete Beach, Florida, from November 12th through November 14th.Said by BThe claim matches the passage, and the organizer's own event page and ticket shop both list the Great American Restoration Tour 14 at St. Pete Beach, FL on November 12–14, 2026, as of the October 21 post date. No independent source covers the event, and all supporting pages trace to Badlands Media, so confidence is capped.True85% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026The most recent continuing resolution postponed a rule by the Office of Management and Budget to hold political appointees accountable for grant money.Said by BMultiple sources, including AP, the Rutgers Bloustein School, Ballotpedia, and ASME, report that the stopgap continuing resolution (H.R. 6500) delayed an OMB proposed grantmaking rule that would give political appointees more say over federal grants. The claim's core assertion is supported; its framing as holding appointees 'accountable' is a characterization the sources do not use, since they describe the rule as expanding appointee control.True90% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026Gallup released a poll last month stating that 89% of adults in the U.S. believe that corruption is widespread.Gallup's September 2, 2026 release reported that 89% of U.S. adults say government corruption is widespread, which matches the claim's figure and timing ("last month" relative to the October 21 post). The claim drops the word "government", but the post itself says only "corruption is widespread", so this is faithful to the passage.True60% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026California adheres to federal law passed by Congress in the 1990s, specifically 52 USC 20504(c)(2) Section 5 of the NVRA.The claim's core, that California adheres to the NVRA, is supported: the Secretary of State's manual applies 52 U.S.C. 20504(c)(2)'s confidentiality rules to DMV registrations, state code requires compliance with Section 20504, and a DOJ filing does not suggest California fails to follow federal voter-registration law. A 2019 state review found past DMV-to-SOS transmittal lapses, but those concern subsection (e) timeliness, not the (c)(2) provision the claim cites, and the claim's wording is the Newsom press office's own rebuttal, so it is not independent corroboration.True85% confidence6 sourcesOct 21, 2026Los Angeles election officials stated in a federal court that they have no independent way to verify voter citizenship beyond voter attestation.Multiple sources report that a Los Angeles County assistant registrar told the federal court in filings (around Oct 20-21, 2026) that the office has no information beyond the voter's own attestation to determine citizenship, which matches the claim. The claim is accurately extracted from the post, and the statement was made as of the claim's date; later coverage on Nov 2 reflects ongoing litigation, not a change to the claim.True85% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026California has not acted on a list of 20,000 suspected non-citizens or agreed to set aside their ballots.As of 2026-10-21, sources show California declined to act on the DOJ's list of roughly 20,000 suspected noncitizens and did not agree to set aside those ballots; the state called the request 'outrageous' and later opposed it in court. Local officials did review the list and called it unreliable, and the state demanded details on how individuals were identified, but neither amounts to setting aside ballots. Later court rulings against the DOJ's set-aside demand do not change the verdict for the 10-21 date.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 21, 2026Federal law 18 U.S.C. 611 makes it unlawful for any alien to vote in any election held for the purpose of electing a candidate for federal office.The claim matches the text of 18 U.S.C. 611(a), which makes it unlawful for any alien to vote in an election held solely or in part for electing a candidate for President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Senate, House, D.C. Delegate, or Resident Commissioner. The extraction drops the 'solely or in part' qualifier and the statute's exceptions, but these do not change the core assertion. The primary statute text and fact-checkers Snopes and LeadStories confirm it.