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The Dan Bongino Show
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The Dan Bongino Show delivers no-nonsense analysis of the day’s most important political and cultural stories. Hosted by the former Deputy Director of the FBI, former Secret Service agent, NYPD officer, and bestselling author Dan Bongino, the show cuts through media spin with facts, accountability, and unapologetic conviction. Whether it’s exposing government overreach, defending constitutional freedoms, or connecting the dots the mainstream media ignores, The Dan Bongino Show provides in-depth analysis of the issues shaping America today. Each episode features sharp commentary, deep dives into breaking news, and behind-the-scenes insight you won’t hear anywhere else. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dan-bongino-show/id965293227?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4sftHO603JaFqpuQBEZReL?si=PBlx46DyS5KxCuCXMOrQvw Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/bongino?e9s=src_v1_sa%2Csrc_v4_sa_o
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False80% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026There has been a border invasion of upwards of 20 million people.Said by AThe claim that there was a border invasion of upwards of 20 million people is contradicted by fact-checkers, who found the figure highly inflated. Official CBP data show about 10.8 million Biden-era encounters, or roughly 12-13 million with estimated gotaways, and the sources note that arrests are not the same as individual people. The extraction's wording tracks the post's Biden-era reference faithfully, so the grading is on the figure itself.False60% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026Dan Bongino's grandparents changed their last name from Bonjorno to Bongino after arriving at Ellis Island.Said by AThe claim that the grandparents changed their name from Bonjorno to Bongino after arriving at Ellis Island conflicts with the National Park Service, which states it is a myth that names were changed at Ellis Island because inspectors worked from shipping-company manifests. Bongino's later show transcript attributes the change to a misspelling by Ellis Island paperwork about his great-grandparents, not a deliberate change by his grandparents, and the claim departs from the passage only in describing the name as an Ellis Island change for the grandparents, which the post does say.False82% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026The United States shut down 67 nuclear reactors.Said by 3BThe sources show the US has permanently closed about 12 commercial reactors since 2012-2013, with a few more retirements announced, not 67. The only 67 in the sources is a count of canceled construction projects from 1979 to 1988, which is a different thing.False75% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026China is building 100 fission reactors.Said by 3BThe claim that China is building 100 fission reactors is contradicted by the sources, which put China's reactors under construction at roughly 33 to 38 (EIA citing PRIS: 36; Nuclear News Network: 33; World Nuclear Association: 38). The figure of 100 only approaches the total of operating plus under-construction units (about 60 to 65 operating), not the number being built, and the post's sources do not support a 100-reactor build-out. The claim matches the post's wording, so no extraction issue arises.False70% confidence3 sourcesSep 16, 2026Helix Sleep offers a 120-night sleep trial for its mattresses.Said by AThe claim that Helix offers a 120-night sleep trial is contradicted by Helix's own support and sleep-trial pages, which describe a 365-night trial on its mattresses, and by a 2026 review that also reports 365 days. The 2022 Helix page already stated the 365-night trial, so the figure was wrong as of the 2026-09-16 post. The post's passage matches the extracted claim, so this is not an extraction addition.Mixed60% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026Dan Bongino has been out of the government for close to six months.Said by AThe claim is right that Bongino had left government by 2026-09-16, but the sources date his departure to early January 2026 (AP lists January 9; Wikipedia lists his term ending January 3, 2026), which makes him out roughly eight to nine months, not 'close to six months.' The post itself says 'close to six months,' so the claim is faithful to the passage and the duration is the part the record contradicts.Mixed50% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026By age 60, many people are producing half of the collagen they produced at a younger age.Said by ASources give competing estimates of collagen loss by age 60: one says producing as little as 60% (Costhetics), another says about 50-60% by age 70 (antiagingcare), and another says about 80% lost by 60 (Yahoo/Kenkare), which would mean roughly 20% remains. The 'half' figure falls inside this range, but the Cleveland Clinic source gives no number, and the only source explicitly saying 'half by 60' is the sponsor's product ad (Native Path), which is not independent.Mixed45% confidence4 sourcesSep 16, 2026In the three months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, the spot price of gold increased by over 12%.Said by ANo source directly measures gold's change over the three months before the November 5, 2024 election, so the claim can only be estimated from monthly data. Those estimates vary by measure: compounding COMEX monthly changes from source [2] gives roughly +13% for August through October, while monthly-average figures in [6] give roughly +9% from August to October and about +12% from July. The claimed 12% sits within that range, so the verdict depends on the measure used.Mixed55% confidence7 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI has arrested 54,000 violent criminals since the beginning of the Trump administration.Said by 2BThe 54,000 figure is the FBI's and White House's own count, repeated across primary and official statements, so the claim is supported on the bureau's measure. MS NOW and Raw Story report that this count includes arrests by state, local and other federal agencies when an FBI employee was present, and the FBI acknowledges many of those are not its cases, so the figure fails under a stricter FBI-case measure. A later FBI release also cites 47,000 arrests over 21 months, which is not reconciled with the 54,000 figure.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesSep 16, 2026The number of violent criminals arrested by the FBI is up 90% compared to the 18-month period prior to the Trump administration.Said by 2BThe 54,000 arrests and 90% increase are supported as the FBI's official count (White House release and Patel's Senate testimony), but MS NOW's review of DOJ data says that count includes state, local, and other federal arrests made when an FBI employee was present, and that the FBI made fewer violent-criminal cases than in the Biden period. The figure holds on the official measure and fails on an FBI-only measure. The claim also departs slightly from the post, which says 'up 90% from the 18 month year period prior to that' without naming the Trump administration as the baseline, but that is a faithful paraphrase.Mixed60% confidence6 sourcesSep 16, 2026The FBI has executed 86 foreign transfers of custody for perps captured overseas in 2025.Said by 2BThe figure of 86 foreign transfers of custody is reported consistently across several outlets, citing FBI data. However, the sources describe the 86 as a total over Patel's first 18 months in office, not as a count for calendar year 2025, so the 2025 timeframe is contradicted.Mixed50% confidence5 sourcesSep 16, 2026The number of foreign transfers of custody executed by the FBI increased by 54% in 2025.Said by 2BThe 54% figure and the 86 transfers appear consistently in the FBI-sourced Fox News reporting and the hearing transcripts, but the sources measure the increase over Patel's first 18 months against the last 18 months of the Biden administration, not as a 2025 year-over-year increase. The claim's '2025' timeframe and baseline therefore don't match the record, and the figures rest on FBI statements rather than independent data.