The daily check-in

Trending, checked.

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.

259 checks

What did Nickolay Mladenov say about Gaza's goods coordination?

X · 204 likes / 143 replies (syndication 16 Oct); Hamas publicly rejected Mladenov's position (Al Jazeera 16 Oct); JPost, ynet, i24, Asharq Al-Awsat, JFeed coverage; Gaza trucking union disputes COGAT account

True

TRUE — Multiple reputable news organizations report that Nickolay Mladenov posted that he received a letter from COGAT saying private-sector merchants in Gaza have suspended coordination for commercial goods citing threats/forced taxation by Hamas; the claim is supported by contemporaneous reporting.

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Did leaked photos of Netanyahu show a whiteboard outlining a media campaign against Spain?

X · 10,310 likes, 124 replies (X syndication, 16 Oct); debunked by both Maldita and Newtral on 15 Oct

Can't Verify

The image is visually plausible but I found no credible reporting or verifiable provenance for the alleged 'leaked' Netanyahu photos or the claim that the whiteboard outlines an operation against Spain; the allegation is unsupported by independent sources.

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Is Mike Pence Implicated in the DOJ Investigation of John Bolton?

X · 23,125 likes / 1,591 replies (X syndication, 16 Oct); MEAWW: 492K+ views within hours

False

The social-media post's claim that Mike Pence has been implicated in the DOJ investigation of John Bolton is false. DOJ statements, Bolton-related indictments and major news coverage do not mention Pence; the post appears to conflate unrelated matters and lacks credible evidence.

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Did the White House order limits on a satellite system used by Ukraine?

X · 14,274 likes, 750 replies (X syndication, 16 Oct); Newsom quote-post 13,084 likes; bipartisan Senate committee push for an inquiry (Spiegel 16 Oct); Zelensky confirmed on 16 Oct that the restrictions hampered interception of jet Shaheds (Ukrainska Pravda)

True But

A Reuters story by Erin Banco and Gram Slattery dated Oct. 15, 2026 reports that the order to limit the Starshield satellite service for Ukraine originated inside the White House, citing anonymous US and Western officials; that Reuters reporting is reflected in the post but the underlying claim rests on anonymous sources and there is at least a partial official denial.

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Did President Trump admit to having major health issues?

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.

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Did Robert Jenrick say the Royal Marines could use lethal force in the Channel?

X · 17 likes, 77 replies (X syndication, 16 Oct); Full Fact coverage 14 Oct; strong search demand

False

The video is an authentic TalkTV interview in which Robert Jenrick says Reform UK would deploy Royal Marines to the Channel and that 'if they need to use lethal force, then they'll be able to do so.' The post caption's claim that HM Armed Forces 'would not... use lethal force' is contradicted by the clip, and the caption's statement that there were '0 boats before Brexit' is false.

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Did the PP oppose increasing pensions?

X · 1,912 likes, 1,178 replies (X syndication, 16 Oct); Newtral coverage 15 Oct during the 29N general-election campaign

True But

The video is authentic and correctly points out that the PSOE government (Zapatero) announced a pension freeze in 2010 and that the PP publicly supported IPC-based revalorisation in 2020; however the clip's broad claim that the PP 'always' voted to raise pensions omits important context (the 2013 PP-era revaluation framework and minimum 0.25% rule) and is therefore partly misleading.

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Did Rep. Ilhan Omar flee to Morocco?

X · 4,088 likes, 1,055 replies (X syndication, 16 Oct); Fox News and NY Post asked her husband about it 15 Oct

Misleading

False: there is no credible evidence that Rep. Ilhan Omar 'fled' to Morocco. Major outlets report a search of her Washington residence and statements denying the rumours. Morocco is commonly listed among countries without a formal bilateral extradition treaty with the U.S., but that legal detail does not validate the unsubstantiated flight allegation.

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Did a man warn Secret Service agents at Trump's rally?

X · 26,440 likes, 459 replies (X syndication, 16 Oct); IBTimes UK says the explanation is unconfirmed

Can't Verify

Authentic video from Donald Trump's Oct. 13, 2026 Wasilla rally shows a man approaching Secret Service agents and agents moving; however, available reporting does not confirm the caption's claim that the man was warning of a security threat or that agents 'eliminated' any threat. The caption is therefore misleading.

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Did Nafisa Fai hold a rally in Minnesota with an upside-down flag?

X · 72,182 likes, 3,339 replies (X syndication, 16 Oct); Twitchy write-up 15 Oct

Can't Verify

The video appears to be authentic footage of Nafisa Fai (an Oregon county official/candidate) speaking on a podium in front of a U.S. flag; she likely speaks Somali in the clip. However, independent verification that the event took place in Minnesota and that the American flag was intentionally hung upside-down is lacking — the claim is currently unsupported by mainstream reporting and rests on social reposts.

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Did Zelensky dance in a viral video?

X · 9,194 likes, 857 replies (X syndication, 16 Oct); Full Fact says it is being reshared on Facebook and Instagram · resurfaced

False

The video used in the post is not reliable proof that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky performed this dance. Reputable fact-checkers have traced similar viral clips to other performers on TikTok/Douyin and identified manipulated face-swapped versions; the post's caption that uses the clip as evidence against Zelensky is misleading and mixes opinion with a false visual claim.

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Is the woman in the video Katie Zacharia, the new White House Press Secretary?

X · 6,432 likes (X syndication, 16 Oct); AFP says millions of views across X, FB, IG, Threads; AFP 15 Oct, MEAWW 16 Oct

False

The video is authentic footage of Caitlin Upton’s widely shared 2007 Miss Teen USA answer; it does not show Katie Zacharia. The post’s claim that the clip depicts the new White House press secretary is false.

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Did Trump claim inflation is down to 1.7%?

X · Wide mainstream pickup 15 Oct: CNN, MS NOW, Raw Story, Political Wire; clip 282 likes

Misleading

The video appears to show an authentic rally clip of Donald Trump making numeric claims about inflation. His statement that inflation is "1.7%" is only true under a narrow, three‑month annualized core CPI measure and is therefore a cherry‑picked statistic; his reference to "19%" is false. Overall the remarks are misleading.

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Did Israeli forces uproot olive trees in the West Bank?

X · Eddy Jokovich post: 515 likes, 106 replies (X syndication). The same clip is on Arabic Instagram/Facebook, captioned as 400 olive trees uprooted in Beit Rima. Kashif found AI artefacts. The real 24 Sep Beit Rima uprooting involved two bulldozers.

True

The caption's claim — that this is footage of Israeli forces using excavators to rip out Palestinian olive trees in the West Bank — is supported by multiple reputable news reports from late September–October 2026 that document bulldozing operations and include photos/videos. The clip itself appears to be authentic handheld footage and is being used as visual evidence of those operations.

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Did Trump say sick audience members are 'collateral damage'?

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.

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Did James Talarico criticize the SAVE America Act?

X · 11.1K likes, 668 replies (X syndication, 15 Oct). Picked up by Twitchy and Gateway Pundit. The August clip Jennings quotes refers to 'the SAVE Act', which may be a different bill.

True

The video is authentic and matches an August 2026 clip in which James Talarico criticized the SAVE America Act; the CNN transcript from Oct. 14, 2026 shows Talarico saying he did not know enough about the bill (panelists characterized this as claiming he had never heard of it). The post's claim that he 'trashed it in August but claimed tonight he'd never heard of it' is supported by available sources.

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Did the Maricopa County Board of Elections apologize to Trump?

X · 7.4K likes, 396 replies (X syndication, 15 Oct). Snopes rated it False on 15 Oct and found it also spreading on Facebook.

Can't Verify

The claim that the Maricopa County Board of Elections apologized to President Trump and admitted evidence that Katie Hobbs and Rusty Bowers ordered destruction and illegal counting of ballots is unsupported. Searches found only social- and fringe-platform reposts of the allegation and no official Maricopa County statement or reporting from reputable news outlets to confirm it.

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Did Bally Bagayoko Become the First Black and Muslim Mayor of Saint-Denis?

X · Tommy Robinson post 35.5K likes/737 replies; Javier Negre's Spanish version ('ley sharia prohibiendo el alcohol') 18.7K likes/537 replies (syndication counts, 15 Oct). Maldita fact-check 15 Oct says it is a municipal order limiting takeaway alcohol sales in one zone and time window.

Misleading

The video is authentic and shows Bally Bagayoko, the mayor elected in March 2026, announcing a local ordinance restricting takeaway alcohol sales near Saint‑Denis station; mainstream outlets corroborate the announcement. The caption's historical claim about his election is accurate, but the allegation that he 'joined the invader riots last week' is unverified and appears to be an inflammatory, unsupported accusation.

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Did the UN accuse Israel of genocide?

X · 3.9K likes, 136 replies (X syndication, 15 Oct). Fox News built a 15 Oct story on it, adding a claim from Palestinian MoH data that Gaza's population grew in 2025.

True

The video is authentic and shows Commissioner Chris Sidoti saying the Commission did not independently verify the Israeli figures for militants or the civilian count; the UN commission's A/HRC/60/CRP.3 and investigative reporting document the 8,900 named fighters and the ~53,000 death total that produced the '83% civilian' figure.

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Did an independent UN Commission find Israel committed genocide in Gaza?

X · ~887 likes, 396 replies; The National coverage of the Schama-Yousaf exchange

True

Humza Yousaf's post correctly states that an independent UN Commission of Inquiry concluded in a report published on 16 September 2025 that Israeli authorities' conduct in Gaza met the legal elements of genocide; multiple UN publications and reputable news outlets corroborate this finding.

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Did Jack Smith Have a Spreadsheet of MAGA Hat Buyers?

X · ~16.4K likes, 1.2K replies; Fox News Digital exclusive on Senate Judiciary memo; Twitchy

Can't Verify

A Senate Judiciary Republicans memo released Oct. 14, 2026 (quoted in multiple outlets) says Jack Smith’s office obtained records listing MAGA hat purchasers and shipping addresses. That core claim is reported consistently, but the social post misstates the covered years (the memo and coverage describe older ranges—reporting cites data back to 2005 through about 2021), and independent corroboration from a primary GOP memo PDF or major wire outlets was not retrieved in this session.

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What claims did Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass make about homelessness?

X · 3.4K replies vs 1.2K likes; Community Note added; Twitchy pickup

Misleading

The video is authentic and shows Mayor Karen Bass making claims about homelessness and public safety. The mayor’s office backs the 11% and veterans-housed figures, but independent LAHSA data and local reporting show the citywide homeless count rose in 2026; the specific '50%' veterans reduction and '60-year low' homicide claim are not clearly supported by independent sources and the post is therefore misleading without additional context.

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Did Trump Say Biden's DOJ Raided a Diesel Mechanic in Alaska?

X · ~7.2K likes; Fox and HuffPost covered the pardons (HuffPost: the men pleaded guilty to Clean Air Act violations)

True But

The rally video is authentic and accurately records Trump saying he pardoned Mackenzie 'Mac' Spurlock and that Spurlock had been charged in an emissions‑deletion case; reporting confirms Spurlock's conviction and a July 2026 pardon. However, the claim that a '30‑person heavily armed tactical squad' conducted the raid is an unverified, likely exaggerated detail not corroborated by court records or contemporary reporting.

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What did Simon Schama say about Gaza's population?

X · ~1.5K likes, 526 replies; public rebuttal by former First Minister Humza Yousaf; The National coverage

True But

The population figures Simon Schama cites (about 2.2 million in Gaza before October 7 and about 2.1 million in 2026) match Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics estimates and revisions; his concluding statement that 'this is not a genocide' is an interpretive/legal judgment, not a single verifiable fact.

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