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Aaron Parnas
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Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesOct 26, 2026Early voting is up 69 percent in Kansas, 41 percent in Maine, and 24 percent in Iowa.Said by AThe claimed figures (Kansas 69%, Maine 41%, Iowa 24%) match a New York Times analysis of state election records through Oct. 22, as reported by The Hill and others before the Oct. 26 post. However, an AP analysis published Oct. 21 reported Iowa early voting down about 6% from 2022 at a similar point, and Kansas as more than doubled, so the sources genuinely disagree on Iowa depending on the measure and data cutoff. The later AP figures of Kansas 34% and Maine 44% (Oct. 30) are a different snapshot.Mixed55% confidence6 sourcesOct 26, 2026The national total of early and mail-in ballots is 29.9 million compared to 15 million at a similar point in 2022.Said by AThe 2026 figure is roughly consistent with the record: a University of Florida tracker cited by MEAWW shows 30.26 million early votes as of Oct. 26, close to 29.9 million. The 2022 comparison is contested, since AP put the same-point 2022 total at 9 million while KFOR reported 15 million, and the claim's measures and timing are not clearly aligned.Mixed60% confidence3 sourcesOct 26, 2026In Senate battleground states, registered Democrats make up 47% of early voters and registered Republicans make up 35%.Said by AThe 47% Democratic and 35% Republican early-vote shares match NBC/TargetSmart's national figures, not the Senate-battleground figures the claim attributes them to. NBC/TargetSmart's battleground-specific data (published Oct 30, five days after the claim) shows Democrats at 46% and Republicans at 40%, so the Republican share is contradicted; the sources do not give an Oct 26 battleground snapshot.Mixed70% confidence10 sourcesOct 26, 2026The Trump Justice Department has indicted James Comey three times.Said by AComey has faced three federal criminal cases from the Trump Justice Department, including the October 2026 case, so the 'third time' part is supported. But the third case is a criminal information, not a grand jury indictment, and NBC and BBC state he has not been indicted in it, so the claim that DOJ 'indicted' him three times is contradicted. The claim departs only in wording from the post, which also said 'indict', and it was accurate as of 2026-10-26.Mixed50% confidence6 sourcesOct 26, 2026Amy Acton's opponent has spent over 120,000,000 dollars on attack ads against her.Said by BThe sources do not show Ramaswamy personally spending over $120 million on attack ads against Acton. Reported figures are about $35 million or more in his campaign's media buys and roughly $80 million in total campaign outlays, while GOP-aligned groups were reported at more than $100 million on ads for the race as of early October, not specifically attack ads against Acton. The $120 million figure appears only in an opinion column and in Acton's own remarks, which cite $110 million.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesOct 6, 2026Donald Trump suggested that Iran should bomb Los Angeles and San Diego.Said by ATrump did say at a Nebraska rally on Oct. 5, 2026, "Let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego," in the context of the Iran war, and fact-checkers confirm the words are accurately attributed. Whether that amounts to suggesting Iran should bomb the cities is disputed: the White House, Trump himself, and several commentators say he was describing the risk if Iran got a nuclear weapon, not inviting an attack, so the 'should' framing is contested.