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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

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Contradicted"Power in America will be down for 90 days. The only Americans who will have electricity during that time will be those who hold the United States Asset Reserve." — words put in Trump's mouth in an AI-altered video posted Nov. 6, 2026, by the Facebook and Instagram account Shythechosen under the caption "TRUMP CONFIRMS NO POWER FOR 90 DAYS"Matches record"Three suspected Iran-backed terrorists plotted an attack on a British air base housing American troops using vans carrying barrels of fuel, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday by the Justice Department (DOJ)." — Fox News, Brittany Miller, Nov. 10, 2026Matches record"In a review released by the National Park Service in August, the administration acknowledged that the arch would have 'adverse' effects on as many as 42 historic sites." — CNN, Aleena Fayaz, "Kennedy family sues to block Trump's arch," Nov. 10, 2026Contradicted"So it can't be a Learjet. A Learjet would take up half the bloody road. That's not taking up half the road. It is a drone or a missile." — unnamed Facebook user in a Nov. 2, 2026 video, as quoted by AAP FactCheck; the post had been viewed more than 920,000 timesMatches record"In Trump v. United States, the case in question, the court ruled that former presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within their core constitutional powers and at least presumptive immunity for other official acts. The justices ruled that former presidents have no immunity from prosecution for unofficial conduct." — Robert Schmad, Fox News, Nov. 10, 2026, reporting Justice Sonia Sotomayor's wish to see the ruling overturnedMissing context"He failed to win the speakership when he topped out at 200 votes – shy of the 218 required – and the conference removed him as its nominee, eventually landing on now-Speaker Mike Johnson." — Aaron Blake, CNN analysis, "Jim Jordan's long, fraught path to lead the House GOP," live updates, Nov. 10, 2026Contradicted"Abdul El Sayed has failed the background check required for classified Senate briefings. The denial blocks him from any session that involves sensitive national security information." — X account @TrumpNews_Baby (posting as "Jonathan Gregory"), Nov. 8, 2026, in a wire-style post viewed about 2.7 million timesMatches record"Following investigations, France is now in a position to attribute these destructive actions to Iran: they were carried out by SHAHID KAVEH, an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Electronic Warfare and Cyber Defense Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," the ministry continued. — Greg Norman-Diamond, Fox News Digital live updates, Nov. 10, 2026, reporting that France's foreign ministry said Oct. 11-12 attacks hit the refrigeration controls of more than 700 retail sites

““Democrats are already trying to steal the election in New York today. What are the odds the ballot machines in Westchester County aren’t working? Democrats only know how to cheat.” — Laura Loomer, X post, Nov. 3, 2026, viewed 184,600 times in a day (per NewsGuard)”

Missing context

The claim: ““Democrats are already trying to steal the election in New York today. What are the odds the ballot machines in Westchester County aren’t working? Democrats only know how to cheat.” — Laura Loomer, X post, Nov. 3, 2026, viewed 184,600 times in a day (per NewsGuard)”

Why we rated it this way: The scanners really did fail countywide, but the Board of Elections said the cause was an issue with the paper ballots, and that voters' ballots would go into secured, monitored orange emergency bags and be counted under state procedures. AP reports there was no sign the outage was engineered to hurt either party, and the Republican congressman on the ballot, Mike Lawler, said there were “no shenanigans.” No record shown in the post ties the malfunction to anyone trying to steal the election.

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What would change our rating: An official finding, from the Board of Elections, the state, or a court, that someone deliberately caused the outage or that bagged ballots were lost or altered would move this toward Matches record; a final report confirming a vendor or ballot-stock fault with every bagged ballot counted would move it to Contradicted.

NewsGuard Reality Check, “Even in Landslide, Voter Fraud Claims Abound,” Nov. 4, 2026

Our read

The scanners really did fail countywide, but the Board of Elections said the cause was an issue with the paper ballots, and that voters' ballots would go into secured, monitored orange emergency bags and be counted under state procedures. AP reports there was no sign the outage was engineered to hurt either party, and the Republican congressman on the ballot, Mike Lawler, said there were “no shenanigans.” No record shown in the post ties the malfunction to anyone trying to steal the election.

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Nov 5, 2026, 6:40 AM CST

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Morning Check. Laura Loomer says Westchester's broken ballot scanners show Democrats trying to steal the election. The county's elections board blamed a paper-ballot problem and said every ballot was bagged, secured and would be counted. Verdict: missing context.

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