Russian disinformation group targets James Talarico with baseless claim in AI-generated video
PolitiFact rating: “Pants on Fire!”This video shows a former James Talarico student accusing him of misconduct.
Published 22 Oct 2026, 21:45 UTC
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| False | 6 | |
| Pants on Fire! | 5 | |
| Mostly False | 4 | |
| True | 2 | |
| Half-True | 2 | |
| Mostly True | 1 |
Fact-checks
Ad misleads on claim that Rep. Kathy Castor violated an insider trading law
PolitiFact rating: “Mostly False”U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor “repeatedly” violated “a law aimed at stopping members of Congress from insider trading.”
Published 22 Oct 2026, 21:24 UTC
Was Cinde Warmington a Purdue Pharma lobbyist? Did she call OxyContin a ‘miracle drug’? Yes and yes
PolitiFact rating: “True”New Hampshire Democratic governor candidate Cinde Warmington “was a Purdue Pharma lobbyist. She said that OxyContin was a miracle drug.”
Published 22 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTC
JD Vance culpa a Biden de los altos precios de la gasolina. La guerra en Irán es la causa principal.
PolitiFact rating: “False”“La razón principal por la que los precios de la gasolina están tan altos es porque cuando Joe Biden era presidente, alrededor del 20% de la capacidad de refinación estadounidense dejó de operar”.
Published 22 Oct 2026, 03:36 UTC
Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall wrong that Democrat Adam Hamilton ‘wants to shut down the beef industry’
PolitiFact rating: “False”Kansas U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hamilton “wants to shut down the beef industry.”
Published 20 Oct 2026, 20:50 UTC
Moody’s FL diner ad mischaracterizes Nixon’s position on OBBBA as support for $4 trillion tax hike
PolitiFact rating: “Half-True”Florida U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon “backed a $4 trillion tax hike on everyone in this diner,” including a server and older adults.
Published 20 Oct 2026, 18:53 UTC
Mike Rogers said Abdul El-Sayed didn’t disavow the Muslim Brotherhood. Video shows he did
PolitiFact rating: “False”Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed "didn't disavow" the Muslim Brotherhood.
Published 19 Oct 2026, 20:40 UTC
JD Vance falsely blames Biden policy for high gas prices. Iran war is mainly to blame.
PolitiFact rating: “False”“The biggest reason why gas prices are so high is because when Joe Biden was president, we had about 20% of American refining capacity that went offline.”
Published 19 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC
In North Carolina and other states, a ballot isn’t disqualified if a poll worker marks it
PolitiFact rating: “False”If an election worker writes anything on your ballot before you put it in the voting machine, “your ballot could be disqualified.”
Published 16 Oct 2026, 20:32 UTC
GA Senate race: Mike Collins said Jon Ossoff backs abortion ‘up until and past birth.’ That’s False.
PolitiFact rating: “False”U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is “all for abortion up until and past birth.”
Published 16 Oct 2026, 14:09 UTC
¿Estuvo James Talarico en un ‘hospital psiquiátrico’? El centro lo niega; la cronología no encaja.
PolitiFact rating: “Pants on Fire!”Una grabación de audio es prueba de que James Talarico fue dado de alta de un “hospital psiquiátrico” el 10 de octubre.
Published 16 Oct 2026, 13:20 UTC
In New Hampshire Senate race, was Chris Pappas dishonest about his links to Amazon?
PolitiFact rating: “Mostly False”New Hampshire U.S. Senate candidate Chris Pappas “lied about dating an Amazon lobbyist, then voted on bills Amazon lobbied on.”
Published 15 Oct 2026, 10:00 UTC
Ads misleadingly link Ohio’s Sherrod Brown to Texas woman who had gender transition-related surgery
PolitiFact rating: “Pants on Fire!”“Sherrod Brown supports sex changes for minors. Irreversible surgery on kids. Like me,” Soren Aldaco.
Published 14 Oct 2026, 21:46 UTC
Republican congresswoman Miller-Meeks says she doesn’t own individual stocks. True.
PolitiFact rating: “True”“I don’t own a single individual stock.”
Published 14 Oct 2026, 17:21 UTC
Donald Trump keeps telling a gross story about Talarico eating meat. There’s nothing to back it up.
PolitiFact rating: “Pants on Fire!”James Talarico is “a vegan” and “what they don't show you is that, after every barbecue … he throws up.”
Published 13 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTC
Was James Talarico just discharged from ‘mental hospital’? Center denies it, timeline doesn’t fit
PolitiFact rating: “Pants on Fire!”Audio recording is proof James Talarico was discharged from a “mental hospital” on Oct. 10.
Published 12 Oct 2026, 21:42 UTC
Ramaswamy promoted a failed Alzheimer’s drug, but did he profit from knowing it would fail?
PolitiFact rating: “Mostly False”Vivek Ramaswamy "pushed an Alzheimer's drug that he knew didn't work. He made hundreds of millions of dollars scamming people."
Published 12 Oct 2026, 21:05 UTC
The facts behind Talarico’s ‘Scanduel’ ad saying Texas AG Ken Paxton sided with puppy abusers
PolitiFact rating: “Mostly False”Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton voted “to protect puppy abusers.”
Published 12 Oct 2026, 16:47 UTC
Are nearly 500,000 Ohioans losing their healthcare because of Jon Husted?
PolitiFact rating: “Half-True”Sen. Jon Husted voted “to kick 490,000 Ohioans off their healthcare."
Published 09 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC
In Florida’s Senate race, Angie Nixon said Trump has deported ‘over 13,000’ Cubans. Mostly True
PolitiFact rating: “Mostly True”President Donald Trump has deported “over 13,000 Cubans since he has been in office, his first term and his second term.”
Published 09 Oct 2026, 17:08 UTC