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MS NOW, Jen Psaki
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True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 23, 2026Cindy Hyde-Smith is the incumbent Republican Senator for Mississippi.Said by AAs of 2026-10-23, Cindy Hyde-Smith was the sitting Republican U.S. Senator for Mississippi seeking re-election, as shown by the congress.gov record, the CAWP primary results, and multiple October 2026 candidate guides describing her as the incumbent. The extracted claim matches the passage's own wording ('Incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde smith'), with only a spelling variant in the surname, and no source contradicts it; by November 2 she remained the incumbent in the race.True75% confidence6 sourcesOct 23, 2026Senate Democrats' campaign arm has spent over a million dollars to boost Scott Colom's campaign.Said by AAs of 2026-10-23, AP and Politico reported that Senate Majority PAC, the Democratic-aligned super PAC that AP describes as Senate Democrats' top campaign spending group, committed $1.2 million in television ads to boost Scott Colom, with the ad starting that week. The main caveat is that the separate DSCC buy of $500,000 came later, on Oct 28, and does not affect the claim's date.True55% confidence6 sourcesOct 23, 2026Scott Colom has conducted over 60 town halls over the last year.Said by 3DThe claim matches the extraction faithfully, and several outlets report Colom's count as 60 or more town halls, with one saying at least 75 as of October 8. However, these figures trace back to Colom's own statements and no independent tally verifies them, and the sources do not address the 'over the last year' timeframe.True60% confidence5 sourcesOct 23, 2026Cindy Hyde-Smith refuses to participate in debates.Said by AAs of 2026-10-23, sources show Hyde-Smith had not agreed to any of the debates Colom challenged her to, and her campaign dismissed the challenge as a 'debate about debates'; a Prospect report of 2026-11-02 says she 'has refused to debate.' The claim matches the post's wording, but no source quotes her directly refusing, and one interview-based source notes Colom did issue invitations, so confidence is moderate.True85% confidence7 sourcesOct 23, 2026No Democrat has been elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi since 1982.Said by AMultiple sources state that Mississippi has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1982, when John Stennis was last re-elected, and the 1996–2024 results show only Republican winners. The claim's wording matches the passage, with 'from Mississippi' supplied by the post's context.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 23, 2026Scott Colom supports raising the minimum wage.Said by 3DMultiple independent sources, including a candidate's own campaign page, Sun Herald and WAPT/Enterprise-Journal reporting, and a 2026 voters guide, show Scott Colom advocates raising the federal minimum wage (from $7.25). The claim's extraction from the passage ('vote for Scott Clon' to 'fight for higher wages by raising the minimum wage') is a faithful reading of the post's own content, and the post itself is a candidate-ally endorsement rather than evidence; as of 2026-10-23 the position was consistently reported.True85% confidence8 sourcesOct 23, 2026Scott Colom supports lowering tariffs.Said by 3DMultiple sources show Scott Colom, the Democratic Senate candidate in Mississippi, consistently opposing Trump's tariffs and calling for low tariffs as of October 2026, which matches the claim as of 2026-10-23. The claim is a faithful extraction of the passage's 'making tariffs low' remark, and the sources are mostly local news and campaign materials rather than fact-checkers.True80% confidence6 sourcesOct 23, 2026Scott Colom supports ending United States involvement in the war in Iran.Said by 3DMultiple sources show Colom opposes the Iran war and has said he wants to end it, including pledging to 'fight to get out the war' and 'end the president's war in Iran.' The claim matches the post's framing of Colom as the candidate who would get the US out of the war, and the position was documented before the 2026-10-23 posting date.True60% confidence3 sourcesOct 23, 2026The podcast episode aired on October 22, 2026 at 9pm.The claim matches the post's own listing of October 22, 2026 at 9pm, and the Amazon Music episode page dated 'Yesterday' relative to an October 23 posting corroborates the October 22 date, while the show's schedule lists a 9PM ET slot Tuesday through Friday. One aggregator (Reason.fm) lists the episode under Oct 24, a conflict the summary flags, and the post's own text is not independent evidence.True100% confidence7 sourcesSep 24, 2026The Trump administration demolished the White House East Wing.Said by BMultiple reputable sources confirm that the Trump administration began and carried out the demolition of the White House East Wing starting in October 2025 to facilitate the construction of a new ballroom.True92% confidence6 sourcesSep 24, 2026Donald Trump attempted to restrict mail-in voting.Said by BThe sources show Trump repeatedly tried to restrict mail voting, including an executive order directing the Postal Service to limit ballot delivery, which courts blocked and the Supreme Court halted. The post's 'tried to stop mail-in balloting' is a close paraphrase of the claim, and the attempt predates the 2026-09-24 posting date, so the claim holds as of that date.True80% confidence4 sourcesSep 24, 2026The New York Times published a story on May 14, 1970, titled 'Witness Presents Pornography Commissioner with a Pie in the Face.'Said by AThe New York Times sitemap for May 14, 1970 lists an article titled 'Witness Presents Pornography Commissioner With a Pie (in the Face)', matching the claimed headline apart from minor punctuation. A High Times piece says the Times ran the story the next morning, and a May 14, 1970 AP-based Daily Reflector report confirms the pie incident, though one Wikipedia reference dates the NYT article to May 13.