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The Pete Quiñones Show
Peter R Quiñones
Since July 2017, Pete Quiñones has been the host of The Pete Quiñones Show (previously known as Free Man Beyond the Wall). His program has focused on the opposition to the globalist project that has undermined historical endeavors. His current interests include philosophy and historical revisionism.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.
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False80% confidence9 sourcesOct 1, 2026The Ukrainian government has shut down all opposition politicians and political parties.The claim that Ukraine has shut down all opposition politicians and parties is contradicted by the sources. Specific parties with alleged Russian ties were banned or suspended under martial law, but fact-checkers reject the 'banned all opposition' framing, and sources from 2026 still describe competitive politics and active opposition figures.False80% confidence7 sourcesOct 1, 2026The United States is bringing nuclear weapons into Romania and Poland.The claim that the US is bringing nuclear weapons into Romania and Poland is contradicted by the sources: Crisis Group (Oct 2026) lists the NATO states hosting US nuclear weapons as Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Türkiye and the UK, excluding Romania and Poland, and Poland's deputy defence minister stated on Aug 27, 2026 that Poland does not want nuclear warheads on its territory. Reports from June–October 2026 only describe talks about possibly expanding nuclear-capable deployments to Poland and the Baltics, and Romania is not mentioned as a host; the Romania/Poland Aegis Ashore sites are missile defence, not nuclear warhead storage. The claim also reflects the post's 'has been' framing, which no source supports as of 2026-10-01.False60% confidence5 sourcesOct 1, 2026Ukraine is governed through the American Embassy.The claim that Ukraine is governed through the American Embassy is contradicted by the sources, which describe Ukraine as a sovereign state with its own government (Zelenskiy as president) and the Embassy as a diplomatic mission whose staff and chargés act within a policy process, not as a governing authority. The post's sweeping statement is a rhetorical allegation of U.S. control; the sources do not substantiate it and the Embassy's role is described as diplomatic, so the claim is not supported as of 2026-10-01.False90% confidence8 sourcesOct 1, 2026The United States government has not trained Ukrainian pilots to fly advanced American military hardware.The claim that the US government has not trained Ukrainian pilots on advanced American military aircraft is contradicted by multiple tier-1 reports that US-led F-16 pilot training took place at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona, and continued into 2024. The passage's claim is the speaker's own assertion and cannot corroborate itself, and the sources were published well before the 2026-10-01 posting, so no change after that date affects the grading.False60% confidence6 sourcesOct 1, 2026United States policies have caused the deaths of tens of millions of people from Iraq to the present.The claim's tens-of-millions figure is roughly an order of magnitude above the authoritative estimates: Brown's Costs of War puts total post-9/11 war deaths across several countries at about 4.5-4.7 million, and Iraq-specific tolls run from about 150,000 to roughly 1-2 million. The only source reaching tens of millions is a non-authoritative op-ed citing a fringe estimate of 20-30 million deaths across all US wars since WWII. The extraction also drops the post's qualifier "in the name of democracy" and resolves "their" to the United States, which is a reasonable reading of the passage.False70% confidence8 sourcesOct 1, 2026Ukraine has shut down all political opposition.Sources confirm Ukraine banned roughly 11 to a dozen-plus pro-Russian parties (and the Communist Party) under martial law, but Freedom House says political competition continues and some banned-party members found ways to stay in office by forming new parties. The claim that Ukraine shut down all political opposition is contradicted by that record; the ban covered specific pro-Russian and left parties, not the opposition as a whole. As of 2026-10-01 the record supports only a partial ban, and no later development in the sources changes that.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.False60% confidence7 sourcesOct 1, 2026The entire Ukrainian government budget and all government offices are paid for by American aid.The claim that American aid pays the entire Ukrainian budget and all government offices is contradicted by the sources, which show that foreign financing in general, and the EU and multilateral lenders in particular, fund civilian spending, with the US as only one donor. The post is faithfully extracted, and as of 2026-10-01 the sources do not show US aid as the sole or dominant payer; later reporting (Oct 2026) does not change that picture.False80% confidence6 sourcesOct 1, 2026The unemployment rate in Ukraine is 90%.The claim that Ukraine's unemployment rate is 90% is contradicted by multiple sources showing rates around 10–15% in 2025–2026 (IMF ILO-definition 10.2% for 2026, CES/Info Sapiens 14.7% in February 2026, OSW 15.5% in March 2026). The post's '90% unemployment, whatever it is' was an offhand, unsourced remark, and the extracted claim matches the passage's figure, so no extraction departure applies.False60% confidence8 sourcesOct 1, 2026Oil and gas account for 10% of the Russian domestic economy.No source gives a 10% share. The sources that address the GDP share put it at about a quarter (Springer, 'approximately a quarter of GDP') or about 20% (Hoover, 2008), and the budget share runs 16–28%. Oil and gas revenues are about 3.3% of GDP in 2026, which is also not 10%, so the claim is contradicted on every measure the sources report.False85% confidence5 sourcesOct 1, 2026The average wage in Ukraine is 250 dollars a month.The claim that the average wage in Ukraine is $250 a month is contradicted by sources reporting an average of roughly UAH 28,000 to 33,000 a month, about $680 to $800 at the exchange rates the sources cite, roughly three times the claimed figure. The post's offhand '$250' does not match the official average, and the only $200 to $250 figure comes from a 2024 forum comment about the median wage. The claim departs from the passage only in dropping 'like', which does not change the grading.False75% confidence9 sourcesOct 1, 2026ISIS is an arm of the U.S. and Israeli military.The claim that ISIS is an arm of the U.S. and Israeli military is an allegation that PolitiFact examined and found no evidence for, and the CRS describes ISIS as a terrorist group fought by a U.S.-led coalition. The unrated blogs that repeat the allegation are not independent corroboration, and the claim departs only trivially from the passage's wording.False80% confidence5 sourcesOct 1, 2026The shooting in Moscow was carried out by a Ukrainian hit team using people from Tajikistan.The claim that a Ukrainian hit team carried out the Crocus City Hall attack is contradicted by sources showing the Islamic State affiliate claimed the attack and four Tajik gunmen were convicted, while Russia's Ukraine link was asserted without presented evidence and rejected by Kyiv. The Tajik element is supported, but the Ukrainian attribution, the claim's central assertion, is not.