Twice a day we pull the posts going viral on TikTok, Instagram, X and Facebook and run them through the record. Each entry is a published verdict — what we found, why, and the sources behind it.
23 checks
X · Primary 80,256 likes; @pubity repost 18,824 likes (syndication); Snopes check published 20 Oct 23:25Z
True
The video clip is authentic footage from Donald Trump’s August 15, 2024 Bedminster press conference and the caption accurately quotes his words about being "thrown into a communist system" and "a system where everybody gets health care." Multiple transcripts and news outlets corroborate the quote.
X · @atrupar video 3,608 likes (X syndication, 20 Oct); Raw Story "perfect brag" article with several reaction posts
Can't Verify
The video is authentic footage of Donald Trump speaking at a Park City, Kansas rally on October 19, 2026 and it accurately records the quoted line about a cognitive-test animal question. Trump’s statement that he 'got a perfect score' three times is recorded verbatim in the clip but we did not find independent public medical documentation to confirm the test-result claim.
X · @Acyn video 1,299 likes; MeidasTouch quote 2,667 likes (X syndication, 20 Oct); Mediaite, HuffPost, Forbes, Daily Beast, Raw Story, MEAWW coverage (mostly on the slur)
False
The video is authentic and does show President Trump defending Senator Roger Marshall and saying Marshall was 'mandated by law' to request money from patients; however the legal claim in that statement is false — there is no law requiring doctors to sue patients or to force them to request arrests.
X · 4,538 likes, 328 replies (syndication); The Spun says 4.1M views; TotalProSports says over 5M (4.8M); a Community Note reportedly calls it 100% AI-edited
True But
The photo is an authentic press image (CinemaCon, April 11, 2024). Reporting and later festival photos show Johnson did slim down for film roles in 2025, so the post’s alarmist tone exaggerates a documented but non‑medical change in his build — partly true but presented out of context.
X · Video post 14,606 likes; quote-posts 1,066 and 49 likes; MEAWW fact check.
True But
Authentic AP-sourced footage from an Oct. 16, 2026 Dalton, Georgia rally shows Trump walking past his limousine and being guided by Secret Service; the post’s claim that he 'clearly didn't want' the ride or that an identical event occurred the day before is unsupported.
Instagram · El Sabueso: IG post with 73,200 interactions, 11K comments, 1,600 reposts, also on X and Facebook; separately checked by Chequeado, Newtral (SynthID detected), Malaespina, ChurchPop 15-16 Oct; Facebook copies in a fake Vatican News group (Open, Mimikama 16 Oct)
True
The Instagram post correctly reports that Pope Leo XIV was admitted to Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Hospital on 13 October 2026 for surgery to remove a lung nodule; this is confirmed by the Holy See Press Office and multiple reputable news outlets.
X · MEAWW: Krassenstein post 2.5M+ views within hours; 5,187 likes (X syndication 16 Oct); @buffys repost 13,882 likes; Acyn clip 2,340 likes; HuffPost story 16 Oct
Misleading
The attached video is authentic footage from a White House Rose Garden event on October 15, 2026 in which President Trump says, "I have some very severe problems." Independent transcripts and multiple news outlets confirm he said this. The post's caption, which claims he "admitted that he has major health issues," is misleading because Trump did not explicitly say the problems were health-related or describe them.
X · Acyn clip of Trump's remarks: 14.5K likes, 1.7K replies (X syndication, 15 Oct). Former Cheney cardiologist Jonathan Reiner called it 'completely untrue' (625 likes); Mediaite picked it up.
True
The video shows Donald Trump making the quoted remark at a Bullhead City, Arizona rally on October 14, 2026; transcript and multiple news outlets confirm he said it. His claim that White House doctors would leave a sick rallygoer and call them 'collateral damage' is contradicted by medical experts and is not an accurate description of professional emergency response.
X · ~23.3K likes on the English post, ~4.6K on a German copy; still being fact-checked in German and Spanish on 9-14 Oct · resurfaced
False
False. There is no credible evidence that Vladimir Putin or Russian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Bill Gates or released a 3,000‑page dossier accusing him of engineering a pneumonic plague; the story originates from low‑credibility sites and has been debunked by multiple fact-checkers.
Facebook · Full Fact (12 Oct): video 'shared thousands of times on Facebook'; reel og:title shows '5K reactions | Bill Gates Says 1Billion...' (fetched 2026-10-13)
False
The video is a deepfake: Bill Gates did not say one billion people would die by 2027 or promote the 'United States Water Reserve.' Fact-checkers (Full Fact, IBTimes) found the audio was synthetic and the footage edited; the original CNBC interview discussed AI, not water shortages or that prediction.
X · Minister's TV remark spread as 'Tigris fish contaminated with AIDS'; covered by RT Arabic, Masrawy, Al-Araby, Al Jazeera Net (12 Oct); Iraqi environment and health ministries issued clarifications/denials
True But
Regional and Iraqi news outlets report that Environment Minister Sarwa Abdulwahid said she was hesitant to eat fish after learning hospitals had been dumping untreated medical waste, including blood, into the Tigris; ministries later clarified the comment and health authorities emphasise that HIV is not transmitted through eating fish or via river water.
X · 41.3K likes on @nicksortor, 11.2K on @EricLDaugh (X syndication, 12 Oct); hospital denial post 33K likes; Mediaite, Twitchy, Raw Story, Daily Beast coverage; Bluesky trending
False
A circulated audio clip and social-media post claim Lindner Center of HOPE confirmed James Talarico was discharged from the facility; the Lindner Center publicly denied any treatment of Talarico, and the campaign called the audio a lie—independent evidence contradicts the post's central claim.
X · Picked up by Daily Beast, IBTimes SG, Daily Kos, Nerdstash, Yahoo; Bluesky trending topic on Zacharia appointment · resurfaced
False
The clip shows Katie Zacharia making a claim that the abortion pill uses the same chemicals as Nazi extermination camps. That remark is accurately attributed to her, but the scientific/historical claim is false: mifepristone works by blocking progesterone receptors and is chemically unrelated to Zyklon B (hydrogen cyanide gas).
Facebook · Facebook reels circulating in October (also August); copycat articles say the eggs are "quietly hitting Walmart and Target shelves" · resurfaced
True But
Precision‑fermented egg proteins (e.g., EVERY's OvoPro) do exist and were the subject of an FDA GRAS notification closed with 'no questions' on Oct 17, 2023; industry reporting from mid‑2026 says products containing those ingredients are in retail channels including Walmart and Target. The post is partly correct that such 'lab‑made' egg proteins are in U.S. products, but it misleadingly describes FDA action as an outright federal 'approval' of 'lab‑grown eggs' and uses sensational, imprecise language about production and labeling.
X · 991 likes (syndication, 2026-10-08); IBTimes UK built an article around the post
True But
Screenshots of a Chinese-language social-media post urging residents in Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang to stockpile supplies did circulate in early October 2026 (confirmed by multiple news outlets). The screenshot's warning that lockdowns were imminent is not supported by any verified official announcement; public-health authorities and reporting showed no lockdown orders.
X · Story still growing: Google Trends NL 'de pest rusland' 1000+, top IE trend; Trump commented 5 Oct, Rubio pressed Russia 6 Oct; Euronews, Newsweek, Daily Beast, Fox, CBC follow-ups 6 Oct
Misleading
Misleading — multiple reputable outlets report a death of a laboratory worker in Irkutsk and quarantines of contacts, but there is no confirmed plague outbreak or verified lab accident; official Russian statements and investigative reporting contradict the claim that a plague outbreak resulted from a high-security lab accident.
X · ~8.9K likes / ~1.2K replies (syndication, 2026-10-06); wide pickup (HuffPost, The Hill, Axios, Salon, Fox, Forbes, Al Jazeera); Kimmel monologue joke
True
The video is authentic footage of President Trump speaking to reporters on Oct 5, 2026; he did use the words quoted in the post. Multiple reputable outlets and a press-gaggle transcript corroborate the remarks. His scientific characterization of microbes as 'stronger and smarter' and the suggestion that treatments 'don't work as well anymore' is an overgeneralization and misleading in the specific context of pneumonic plague, which remains treatable with antibiotics when diagnosed and treated promptly (CDC).
X · 21,633 likes / 690 replies per x-syndication at check 2026-10-06; quoted by Mediaite; plague story widely covered (Euronews, Time, NBC, CBS, Al Jazeera, Kyiv Independent, Moscow Times); Trump asked about it at White House 2026-10-05
Can't Verify
The quoted X post by Adam Kinzinger is authentic and was publicly quoted by multiple outlets on Oct 5, 2026. His policy calls are opinion; his historical claim that Soviet/Russian programs once worked on plague strains with antibiotic resistance is supported by historical and academic sources but is a simplified summary of complex and sometimes contested evidence.
X · 16,734 likes / 663 replies on X; Google Trends 'peste russie' FR 2000+, UA/NL also trending; covered by CNews, Euronews, Al Jazeera, Moscow Times, UK press
Misleading
The post mixes a real developing story (reports of a sick laboratory worker in Russia and limited quarantines) with exaggerations and unverified claims. There is no credible evidence that pneumonic plague was released from a laboratory, no support for the 2,000+ quarantine figure, and the '100 times more lethal' comparison is context-free and misleading.
YouTube · MeidasTouch video narrated by Ben Meiselas; Daily Beast story on the 'slumped over' images and viewer reaction
True But
The rally at Butler High School in Vandalia (Dayton) on Oct. 3, 2026 is real and widely reported; several concrete moments the podcast highlights (Trump's data-centers/aspirin remarks, Vivek Ramaswamy's awkward child-lift, heckling/protester interruption) are corroborated. The podcast's characterization that Trump 'returned wrecked' and definitively 'fell asleep standing up' relies on interpretive readings of brief clips and is not fully corroborated by independent reporting.
X · Google Trends RSS ES 'rusia peste neumónica' 2000+ and FR 'russie peste' 2000+; Bluesky trending 'Plague death reported in Siberia'; also trending in TR; Euronews, Newsweek, Al Jazeera pickup
True But
There is independent, credible reporting that a laboratory technician linked to the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute died and that regional authorities placed hospital wards and roughly 189–197 contacts under observation. However, authorities have not publicly confirmed that Yersinia pestis (plague) caused the death or that a broken test tube containing live plague bacteria was definitively the source.
X · Original post (June 2022) now has 255K+ likes, 100K+ reposts, 21K+ replies; went viral in May 2026 when cruise ship outbreak confirmed; resurfaced September 2026 · resurfaced
True But
The screenshot shows a real X (Twitter) post that was published on June 11, 2022 reading '2023: Corona ended / 2026: Hantavirus.' Fact-checkers and archived captures confirm the post and its date; the caption's statement that the account was created in June 2020 is incorrect or unsupported and therefore misleading.
X · Several X accounts posted the clip claiming leg weakness or hyperextension; picked up by online news on 30 Sep. Matches ongoing Trump-health search demand.
Can't Verify
The video is authentic footage from a Sept. 29, 2026 White House driveway gaggle and shows the posture described. News outlets confirmed the event and quoted Trump's remarks about "superintelligence," but there is no independent medical confirmation that the posture is caused by a leg injury or indicates cognitive decline. The health-related interpretation in the caption is unsupported by available evidence.