Political claims
Fact-checks of political statements, campaign claims, and policy assertions.
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- misleading — Trust Score 32/100threads · May 30, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is refuted by 8 sources to be a combination of documented political influence and unsubstantiated personal attacks. While Peter Thiel and Elon Musk's roles in government policy are confirmed by major outlets, the claim that Thiel is a drug …
- mostly true — Trust Score 78/100threads · May 30, 2026 · view post ↗
This post reported by the Jerusalem Post, Washington Post, and Anadolu Agency, which confirm that Turkish leaders issued sharp warnings of potential military conflict in late May 2026. However, the post is labeled 'BREAKING' on May 30 despite the pri…
- verified — Trust Score 98/100instagram · May 30, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims in this post are confirmed by 3 sources, including Politico, Navy Times, and The Guardian. The Pentagon has indeed positioned the USS Nimitz and other assets in the Caribbean for potential strikes or leadership capture, a move awaiting fin…
- verified — Trust Score 96/100threads · May 29, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims in this post are confirmed by 8 sources including AP, Reuters, and the Romanian Ministry of National Defence. A Russian drone indeed struck a 10-story apartment building in Galați, Romania, overnight on May 29, 2026, marking the first time…
- false — Trust Score 12/100threads · May 29, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is a refuted by 8 sources including Newsweek, Forbes, and ArcticToday. While Donald Trump did share the 'Hello, Greenland!' meme on Truth Social in May 2026 following a diplomatic visit to Nuuk, the 'Denmark' response is a fabricated satiri…
- verified — Trust Score 80/100instagram · May 28, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims regarding Corgi's rapid valuation growth and funding rounds are, including Forbes and PR Newswire. The company successfully doubled its valuation to $2.6 billion in May 2026, following a Series B round just three weeks prior.…
- mostly true — Trust Score 85/100instagram · May 28, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims regarding ginger's benefits for menstrual health are, including multiple peer-reviewed clinical trials and meta-analyses. While the image is AI-generated and the 'two-week' protocol is a simplified social media framing, the underlying scie…
- misleading — Trust Score 35/100threads · May 28, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is refuted by 4 reliable sources including Snopes, the official NYC government website, and the Marist Poll. While Zohran Mamdani is indeed the Mayor of New York in 2026, the central claim of a 700,000-signature recall petition is a viral h…
- misleading — Trust Score 32/100threads · May 28, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is misleading and including the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The Washington Post. While Iran has targeted the UAE during the 2026 Iran war, official reports confirm that US naval bases were not 'destroyed'; rather, they sustained lim…
- mostly true — Trust Score 79/100threads · May 28, 2026 · view post ↗
This content reported by official NYC government records and major news outlets. While Zohran Mamdani is the current Mayor of New York City in 2026, the video is recycled from a March 2025 confrontation when he was a State Assemblyman and mayoral can…
- verified — Trust Score 100/100instagram · May 26, 2026 · view post ↗
This post accurately reports on a shooting incident that occurred near the White House on Saturday, May 23, 2026. The details regarding the suspect (Nasire Best), his weapon (revolver), his claims of being Jesus Christ, the injury to a bystander, and…
- verified — Trust Score 90/100instagram · May 26, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims in this post are confirmed by 4 sources including the Associated Press, The Washington Post, and PBS. While the post uses sensationalist framing to promote a news app, the underlying facts regarding the $1 billion DHS expenditure, the extr…
- mostly true — Trust Score 82/100instagram · May 26, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is confirmed by 13 sources including NPR, the LA Times, and Newsweek. While the business news regarding 23andMe's bankruptcy and the Polymarket trading odds are factual, the 'whistleblower' claims regarding the CIA and Kit Green are reporte…
- verified — Trust Score 98/100instagram · May 26, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims are confirmed by 11 sources, including The Guardian, Hindustan Times, and RedState. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., currently serving as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services in 2026, did indeed wrangle two snakes at the home of Dr. Mehme…
- mostly true — Trust Score 79/100instagram · May 26, 2026 · view post ↗
This post reported by reports from Newsweek and official USCIS statements in 2026. While the core news about the mass re-vetting of 2021-2025 green card approvals is accurate, the post uses this information as a marketing hook for a paid job-search s…
- verified — Trust Score 92/100instagram · May 26, 2026 · view post ↗
This post accurately reflects the state of the regional conflict as of late March 2026. The reported wave of ballistic missiles toward Tel Aviv, the bombardment of strategic sites in Tehran, and the maritime crisis in the Strait of Hormuz reported by…
- mostly true — Trust Score 80/100instagram · May 26, 2026 · view post ↗
This content is confirmed by 2 reliable sources including the Washington Post, The Guardian, and recent 2026 reports from Inkl and Reality Tea. While the video accurately depicts Megyn Kelly's recent remarks on the Hodgetwins podcast (May 2026), the …
- mostly true — Trust Score 79/100instagram · May 26, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is an authentic statement from Dr. Mike Banna (@drmikethe2nd) posted on January 19, 2026. His claims regarding the cost and nutritional profile of the viral 'yogurt cheesecake' hack are, as consuming a 500g tub of yogurt with half a packet …
- misleading — Trust Score 35/100instagram · May 26, 2026 · view post ↗
While a database claiming to contain 340 million OnlyFans records was indeed listed for sale on a cybercrime forum on May 24, 2026, the claim that OnlyFans was hacked is refuted by 10 sources. Both OnlyFans and the seller have confirmed that no breac…
- mostly true — Trust Score 85/100threads · May 26, 2026 · view post ↗
The claim that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was admitted to a hospital in Jerusalem is confirmed by 7 sources, including The Times of Israel and The Jerusalem Post. While the event is real, the post omits the official explanation that the visit was …
- mostly true — Trust Score 85/100instagram · May 25, 2026 · view post ↗
The life-sized Pac-Man maze is a real attraction, specifically the 'PAC-MAN LIVE Experience' in Manchester and the 'PAC-MAN Carnival' in Singapore. While the features shown (leaderboards, timers) are authentic, the name 'Vanhalla' is a misinterpretat…
- verified — Trust Score 92/100instagram · May 25, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims in this post are, including Inc. Magazine, Benzinga, and Celebrity Net Worth. A leaked equity structure document from April 2026 confirms that Sound Ventures, co-founded by Ashton Kutcher, holds a 0.15% stake in our AI provider valued at a…
- false — Trust Score 15/100threads · May 25, 2026 · view post ↗
This image is a digital fabrication and does not show a real event. While the base photo of Jimmy Kimmel is authentic, the text on the shirt has been digitally added as part of a viral misinformation campaign in May 2026. refuted by 6 sources have co…
- verified — Trust Score 95/100threads · May 25, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is confirmed by 11 sources, including the Associated Press, Reuters, and The Guardian. The events described—the court-ordered removal of CHP leader Özgür Özel and the subsequent police raid on party headquarters using tear gas—occurred betw…
- false — Trust Score 15/100threads · May 25, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is a complete fabrication refuted by 14 sources. While Kuru is a real medical condition historically linked to cannibalism, there is no evidence that Ellen DeGeneres has been diagnosed with it or is going blind. These claims are part of a r…
- false — Trust Score 10/100threads · May 25, 2026 · view post ↗
The claim that Elon Musk and Nicki Minaj are dating is refuted by 12 sources including Forbes, Primetimer, and Geo News. The rumor was traced back to a satirical post by the parody account 'Hoops Crave' on May 24, 2026, following Minaj's professional…
- verified — Trust Score 92/100instagram · May 25, 2026 · view post ↗
This content is confirmed by 8 sources including Statistics South Africa, the World Inequality Lab, and major news outlets. The post accurately reflects the 5.1% immigrant population figure released in February 2026 and the NIDCOM safety advisory iss…
- verified — Trust Score 92/100instagram · May 25, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims in this post are confirmed by 3 sources, including a landmark 2025 study in Nature Aging and multiple 2023-2026 clinical reviews. While the ranking is the author's synthesis, it accurately reflects the hierarchy of human clinical evidence …
- mostly true — Trust Score 75/100instagram · May 25, 2026 · view post ↗
The core health claim is confirmed by 6 sources including Harvard Health and the National Institutes of Health, based on a long-term study of over 30,000 men. However, the post is mostly true rather than fully verified because the image text adds a s…
- misleading — Trust Score 38/100instagram · May 24, 2026 · view post ↗
The claim that Fox News was 'advised to stop spotlighting' NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani because his policies are too appealing reported by Fox News's own active coverage and independent media analysis. While a 2025 commentary suggested Fox's framing of M…
- mostly true — Trust Score 65/100instagram · May 24, 2026 · view post ↗
The health and lifestyle claims in this post reported by the NIH and Mayo Clinic, though some are simplified for marketing. However, the post is a high-pressure sales funnel for a coaching program with no transparent reviews or pricing, and it uses s…
- mostly true — Trust Score 65/100tiktok · May 24, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims regarding Udayapur District Hospital are, including reports from MyRepublica and The Rising Nepal. While the hospital has introduced new services like hemodialysis, it continues to face critical shortages of specialist doctors and maternit…
- verified — Trust Score 92/100instagram · May 23, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is verified. Spencer Dinwiddie's business history, including his $34.4M contract, the tokenization dispute with the NBA, and the success of Calaxy, is confirmed by 6 sources including Forbes, ESPN, and the New York Times. While the post use…
- mostly true — Trust Score 76/100instagram · May 22, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims made in this post are, including Human Rights Watch, the Daily Maverick, and SABC News. Reports confirm that a movement called 'March and March' led significant anti-immigrant protests in Durban throughout March and April 2026, resulting i…
- mostly true — Trust Score 85/100instagram · May 21, 2026 · view post ↗
This story is confirmed by 4 sources including the BBC, The Guardian, and UNILAD. While Lily Allen did tweet in 2014 that she turned down 'hundreds of thousands' of Bitcoin for a 2009 Second Life gig, the specific figure of '200,000' is a media inter…
- mostly true — Trust Score 79/100upload · May 20, 2026
This video is authentic and captures a real event from the Ondo State APC primary elections held around May 16-17, 2026. The irregular counting heard in the audio is, including reports from Extra News Blog and Authoritative NEWS, which identify the l…
- mostly true — Trust Score 75/100upload · May 20, 2026
The post accurately identifies the 2023 Netflix film 'Leave the World Behind' and its specific dialogue regarding a three-stage maneuver to destabilize a country. The media identification is confirmed by 4 sources, including Netflix's own credits and…
- verified — Trust Score 88/100instagram · May 20, 2026 · view post ↗
This content is confirmed by 13 sources including reports from Yahoo Finance, LifeSpan News, and the World Governments Summit 2026. While the framing is sensationalized, the core claim that human trials for Yamanaka-factor-based cellular reprogrammin…
- verified — Trust Score 98/100instagram · May 19, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is confirmed by 4 sources including FinSMEs, Techmeme, and official company documentation from viktor.com. The claims regarding the $75 million Series A funding, the $15 million ARR milestone, and the involvement of Slack's co-founders as i…
- mixed — Trust Score 45/100instagram · May 18, 2026 · view post ↗
This post reported by reports from Reuters, Modern Diplomacy, and official BRICS summit agendas. While the bloc is indeed launching a digital payment infrastructure in 2026 to facilitate trade in local currencies, the claim that it will 'replace the …
- misleading — Trust Score 35/100tiktok · May 18, 2026 · view post ↗
This TikTok screenshot is authentic to the current date (May 18, 2026), but the content it highlights reported by the USGS, NASA, and recent seismological studies. The video shown, 'ECLIPSE TRIGGERS EARTHQUAKE?!', is a recycled post from March 2024 t…
- verified — Trust Score 98/100instagram · May 18, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims in this post are confirmed by 8 sources including Time, Newsweek, and IGN. Christopher Nolan officially confirmed Lupita Nyong’o's dual role in a May 12, 2026, profile, and Elon Musk's 'Shaka Zulu' comparison was a real post made on May 17…
- mostly true — Trust Score 78/100instagram · May 18, 2026 · view post ↗
This post reported by Wikipedia, Politico, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which confirm Donald Trump's state visit to Beijing in May 2026. While the post accurately reflects historical power shifts and recent media reports of Trump's 'd…
- misleading — Trust Score 35/100threads · May 18, 2026 · view post ↗
This content is to be an AI-generated fan edit rather than a real photograph or political announcement. The image depicts actor Sivakarthikeyan in front of the flag of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party, but news reports from May 2026 confirm h…
- mostly true — Trust Score 79/100tiktok · May 17, 2026 · view post ↗
This content reported by the Wall Street Journal, Seeking Alpha, and Business Insider. The statements attributed to Dario Amodei regarding Anthropic's enterprise strategy and the 'existential' nature of the consumer market for OpenAI and Google were …
- verified — Trust Score 92/100twitter · May 17, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is confirmed by 10 sources including The Washington Post, AP, and Human Rights Watch. While the video footage itself dates back to October 2025, Donald Trump did authentically post it on Truth Social on May 16, 2026, to highlight the ongoin…
- verified — Trust Score 98/100instagram · May 16, 2026 · view post ↗
This post is confirmed by 3 sources including official Senate records, TIME, and CNET. The claims regarding the $59 million in deposits, the FTC investigation led by Senator Warren, and the specific 'conditional opportunity' language in the terms of …
- verified — Trust Score 98/100instagram · May 16, 2026 · view post ↗
This post reported by the Washington Post, AP News, and Reuters. It accurately reports President Trump's May 15, 2026, statements regarding Nvidia H200 chips and the outcome of the Beijing summit. While the image is AI-generated, the factual claims a…
- verified — Trust Score 98/100web · May 15, 2026 · view post ↗
This report is confirmed by 11 sources including Bloomberg, Reuters, and Channel News Asia. The financial data, specific stock purchases (Nvidia, Microsoft, Boeing), and the timing of the OGE filing on Thursday, May 14, 2026, are all confirmed by off…
- verified — Trust Score 85/100instagram · May 15, 2026 · view post ↗
The claims in this post are confirmed by 16 sources including the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, the White House, and major financial news outlets like the Associated Press and CNBC. While the post uses sensationalist framing and a recycled image …
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