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.

540 checks

Did Audi announce a $4 billion factory in Georgia?

X · 2,688 likes; wide pickup (Fox Business, AP wire, NY Post, Bloomberg)

True But

The video authentically records President Trump announcing Audi will build a major factory in Middle Georgia. Audi and Georgia officials confirm a roughly $4 billion investment and a design capacity of up to 200,000 vehicles, but several specific claims in the clip and caption (construction 'next month', 30,000 jobs, 'single largest investment', $40 billion total) are inaccurate or exaggerated.

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Did Wedgewood Polls admit to publishing fake numbers?

X · 5.1K likes; FCC chair Carr post 5K likes; Trump repeated it on Truth Social 22 Oct; UW CIP spread analysis 23 Oct · resurfaced

True

Verified: Wedgewood Polls publicly admitted on Oct 20, 2026 that most of its polls were fabricated. Multiple outlets report that poll trackers and news organizations (including The New York Times' poll tracker, per published editor notes reported by major outlets) had included Wedgewood's polls and removed them after the admission.

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Did Emmanuel Macron say this is the first planned racist terrorist act in France?

X · Bellamy rebuttal 13.6K likes; Le Figaro 'la lourde erreur de Macron', Entrevue, i24news; Bardella, Crif and PS deputy objected; Elysee clarified

Misleading

The video is authentic footage of Emmanuel Macron speaking in Trappes on Oct 23, 2026; his description of the shootings as a racist terrorist attack is supported by contemporaneous reporting and the PNAT investigation. However his claim that this is "the first time" such a planned racist terrorist act has occurred in France is false or misleading because earlier attacks have targeted people for their religion or presumed ethnicity (e.g., Toulouse 2012, Hyper Cacher 2015, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray 2016).

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Does the DOJ seek to stop the certification of Alaska's election?

X · 5.9K likes; Straight Arrow News, Democracy Docket coverage; lawsuit widely described as seeking to block certification

False

FALSE — The Attorney General's post claims DOJ 'does not seek to stop ... the certification of Alaska's election,' but the Justice Department's complaint explicitly asks the court to block certification of any result 'tainted by' voter confusion and to enjoin certification pending an investigation.

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Did police throw grenades in Metz on October 17, 2026?

X · 18.3K likes; related post 19.7K likes; same Metz clip re-shared in Italy as 'agenti provocatori' (Open, 21 Oct); resurfacing around 24 Oct protest day · resurfaced

True

The circulated video is genuine footage filmed in Metz during the October 17, 2026 demonstrations and shows plainclothes police (reported as BAC officers) throwing a crowd-control grenade near the Passage/ruelle behind Caf Blondel and then moving back toward uniformed colleagues; regional outlets and local authorities have confirmed this description.

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Did Katie Hobbs-Aligned Canvassers Help Non-Citizens and Felons Vote?

X · 11.6K likes on origin; TPAction repost 38K likes, Kari Lake 23K; UW CIP measured up to ~3,300 X posts/hour with renewed surge 23 Oct · resurfaced

Misleading

An undercover video posted Oct 22, 2026 by Muckraker shows some canvassers appearing to offer or encourage voter‑registration assistance to people who said they were non‑citizens or a felon, but the footage does not show any completed unlawful registrations and there is no independent, authoritative reporting or official finding confirming illegal registrations or votes — the post’s framing overstates what the footage proves.

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Did Benjamin Netanyahu order Israel to support Argentina on the Falklands?

X · 47K likes; Telegraph report, picked up by JPost, Times of Israel, Haaretz, ynet, i24, IBTimes; Israeli embassy categorically denied

True But

The tweet accurately states that The Telegraph published a report claiming Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israeli diplomats to back Argentina on the Falklands (Telegraph, 24 Oct 2026). Multiple outlets repeated the Telegraph story but the Israeli embassy denied the directive, so the underlying policy change is disputed and not independently confirmed.

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Did Trump make an indescribable sound effect while speaking?

X · 47K likes on the clip; resurging via Jimmy Fallon segment (HuffPost) and 'dementia' framing reposts · resurfaced

True

The video is authentic footage from President Trump’s Oct. 21, 2026 rally in Pendleton/Clemson, South Carolina; he did say the quoted phrase and produced an odd guttural sound — both of which are confirmed by transcripts and multiple news reports.

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Did Trump say his uncle invented radar and that he told the DOJ to sue Alaska?

X · Supercut 2.8K likes, standalone radar clip 1.5K likes; Raw Story pickup; debunk-style reposts

True

The video is authentic footage of a post-vote gaggle in Palm Beach (Oct 23, 2026). Trump did say he 'told' the DOJ to sue Alaska and he said his uncle 'invented radar' on camera. The DOJ-suit admission is confirmed by multiple reputable outlets; the 'uncle invented radar' line is misleading — John G. Trump contributed to radar research but did not 'invent radar.'

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Did debris from ballistic missiles fall in Mecca and Medina?

X · 4.4K likes, 1.9K reposts; covered by Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, JPost, Gulf News, NDTV, Hindustan Times; GCC, MWL and OIC condemnations; Houthi spokesman Saree denied

Can't Verify

True — on Oct 24, 2026 Saudi Civil Defense reported (and the Saudi Press Agency and multiple reputable outlets corroborated) that debris from the interception of two ballistic missiles launched by Houthi forces toward the Makkah and Madinah regions fell in several locations.

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What did Flávio Bolsonaro claim during the Globo debate?

X · 79,293 likes (X syndication, 24 Oct). Flávio's team posted an 'unedited' clip during the debate; g1 says it cut ~30s of the 2021 live stream.

True

The post's central claims are correct: during the Globo debate (Oct 23, 2026) Flávio Bolsonaro presented an edited clip he called 'real', and Globo's Fato ou Fake reported the clip was an edited excerpt of Jair Bolsonaro's 18 Mar 2021 live and labelled it misleading/false.

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Did a reporter ask Trump if he’s in the KKK because of his dad?

X · 45,145 likes (X syndication, 24 Oct). Satire account; MEAWW says the exchange never happened.

False

The X post is fabricated/satirical. Fact‑checkers and other reporting identify the claim as originating from a satire account and found no evidence (video, transcript, or reputable news reporting) that the alleged reporter question and Trump's reply occurred.

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Did Donald Trump admit he's dying in a Truth Social post?

X · Screenshot post: 616 likes (X syndication). Daily Beast 23 Oct 'Trump, 80, Raises Health Concerns With Ominous Post'.

False

The image is a likely authentic screenshot of a Truth Social post Donald J. Trump published on October 23, 2026 that reads "A healthy person has a thousand dreams. A sick person has only one (to get better)!" but the post does not admit that he is dying; the caption's suggestion that he 'just admitted he's dying' is false and misleading.

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Was Prince Khalid bin Salman killed in an attack on the Ministry of Defense?

X · Near-identical posts from several accounts 23 Oct (@Bint_AlDeerah 491 likes, @Hanadi_AlQahti 393; X syndication). New claim riding the Houthi strike story.

False

The video is authentic footage but has been misattributed: independent fact‑checkers traced the clip to an earlier, unrelated incident. There is no credible confirmation that Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman was killed or airlifted after an attack on the Ministry of Defense; the social‑media claim is false and misleading.

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Did President Trump announce a RICO investigation into George Soros?

X · 19,230 likes (X syndication, 24 Oct). MEAWW: recycles Trump's Aug 2025 'should be charged with RICO' post as new. · resurfaced

Misleading

The post recycles and amplifies earlier statements: there is no evidence that President Trump made a new Oct 23, 2026 announcement that George Soros and his entire network would be investigated under RICO; reputable coverage shows similar calls from August 2025, and fact‑checks label the viral Oct 23 post misleading.

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Was Hitler a far left socialist?

X · 63,568 likes on Musk's post (X syndication, 24 Oct); quote-posts @brivael's 'Hitler was far left' thread; Mimikama debunk 24 Oct.

False

The statement that "Hitler was a far left socialist" is false. It is true that the Nazi party's formal name included the word "socialist," but historians and reference sources classify Nazism as a far‑right, fascist ideology that opposed Marxist socialism and persecuted socialists and communists.

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Did Trump say he has the right to run for president again?

X · Clip from Trump's 22 Oct Iowa rally: 1,638 likes on this post (X syndication); covered by HuffPost and Daily Beast 23 Oct.

True But

The video shows authentic rally footage of Donald Trump (Sioux City, Iowa, Oct 22, 2026) in which he said he believed the law bars him from running again but claimed, without evidence, that because 'they cheated us' he 'has the right to run again.' The speech occurred and the quoted lines are confirmed; the legal claim to a third elected term is not supported by the Constitution or by precedent.

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Did Trump claim NATO gave the U.S. Greenland?

X · 20 Minutes (24 Oct) says an X post relaying the clip passed 400,000 views; this @atrupar clip has 1,259 likes (X syndication). Spreading again in French-language feeds 24 Oct. · resurfaced

False

The video is authentic and the caption accurately quotes Trump saying "NATO was nice enough to give us Greenland. We got Greenland." However, the substance of that statement is false: the September 22, 2026 agreement and statements from Denmark and Greenland confirm no transfer of sovereignty or ownership to the United States.

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What’s going on here?

X · @patriottakes 'What's going on here?' photo post: ~3,000 likes (X syndication, 24 Oct). IBTimes UK 24 Oct: photos revived unverified leg-brace/exoskeleton claims.

True

The image appears to be an authentic photo of a political rally (likely showing Donald Trump from behind) and contains no explicit factual claim; the poster's caption 'What's going on here?' is a prompt, not a verifiable assertion. Visual signage matches sponsorship elements (NCH / 'Go Eagles') associated with Florida Gulf Coast University, but we found no authoritative match tying this exact image to a dated news report.

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Did approximately 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrender in Kharkiv?

X · 223 likes on X (also posted on Facebook); sitting MP; Konkret24 article 23 Oct; debunker post 119 likes · resurfaced

Can't Verify

The video appears to show real prisoners being marched or assembled and is likely authentic, but there is no independent, credible evidence that ~2,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered in northern Kharkiv as the caption claims. The numeric claim is unsupported by reputable coverage and the footage alone does not prove that total.

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Did Zelensky Buy a $42 Million Bunker in Nova Scotia?

X · @its_The_Dr 1,449 likes; @ROYALMRBADNEWS 499; @DangerousThinkg 157 (X syndication); Lead Stories fact-check 23 Oct (impostor domain toronto-sun.ca registered 8 days earlier; Toronto Sun deputy editor denied it)

False

The video’s central claim — that Volodymyr Zelensky bought a Nova Scotia underground bunker for $42 million — is false. The story comes from an impostor website using the Toronto Sun brand; reputable reporting documents the bunker’s redevelopment but provides no evidence of any sale to Zelensky.

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Did Pedro Sánchez claim one million homes were built recently?

X · Program clip 2.6K likes; broadcast drew 33.9% audience share; claim disputed by The Objective, OKDiario, Libertad Digital, El Debate, El Distrito, PP's Alberto Nadal (680,000 homes in 8 years); Newtral checked it (722,307 completed 2018-Q1 2026)

Misleading

The video is authentic RTVE footage of Pedro Sánchez's interview on La Revuelta broadcast on 22 October 2026. The segment legitimately discusses the housing crisis, but Sánchez's numeric claims that 'one million homes have been built in recent years' and that 13% of them are protected are not supported by ministry/observatory data and are misleading.

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What did a voter report about an Illinois voting machine message?

X · 72,856 likes on @WallStreetApes post (X syndication); @TheSCIF 6,127 likes; @DerrickEvans4WV 5,229 likes; X trending topic 'Cook County Voter Spots Unusual Message on Dominion Voting Machine'; Illinois State Board of Elections called it a 'hoax' 23 Oct (Center Square), Snopes 23 Oct, AFP via Yahoo 2 · resurfaced

Misleading

A Cook County voter posted a video saying a touchscreen warned her that "people are not typically choosing this person" after she picked Republican judges. Cook County and Illinois election officials — and independent fact-checkers — say voting machines do not display candidate-popularity messages and that routine ballot-review/undervote prompts can appear; the viral post is therefore misleading.

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Is Anna Kelly President Trump's new White House Press Secretary?

X · 5,476 likes (X syndication); Lead Stories fact-check 23 Oct

False

False — there is no authoritative announcement that Anna Kelly has been named President Trump's next White House press secretary. The image is an authentic official portrait of Anna Kelly, but the personnel appointment claim is unconfirmed and contradicted by a White House statement and fact-checking coverage.

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