Documented left-wing volunteers for Ukraine were anarchist or anti-authoritarian.
Claim:
Stalinist militias fought on Ukraine's side in the Russo-Ukrainian War following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
TOTAL BS
Politics
Statements from and about the political arena, checked against the record.
Vance cited a conservative $230 billion estimate on August 5.
Claim:
On August 5, 2026, U.S. Vice President J. D. Vance said that the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud had identified $230 billion in fraud since its establishment, based on what he described as a conservative estimate.
NOT BS
AfD remains a suspected extremist case, with some branches confirmed extremist.
Claim:
Alternative für Deutschland is a right-wing extremist political party.
SOME BS
Meloni announced 100,000 controlled-price homes over a ten-year period.
Claim:
Giorgia Meloni said that Italy's Housing Plan would make 100,000 homes available at controlled prices over 10 years.
NOT BS
Morgan McSweeney says Trump discussed fat Scottish foxes with Starmer.
Claim:
Donald Trump discussed fat foxes in Scotland during a call with Keir Starmer.
HARDLY BS
JD Vance said the Antichrist could be walking among us.
Claim:
In a September 2026 podcast interview, Vice President JD Vance said that he would not be shocked if the Antichrist were walking among us.
NOT BS
White individuals own about 22% of South Africa’s total landmass.
Claim:
In South Africa, 10% of the population, who are White, own 90% of the land.
TOTAL BS
Russian captors tortured detainees’ hands with boiling water.
Claim:
Russian forces killed Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians by placing them alive in boiling water.
MOSTLY BS
Available reports allege Russian soldiers ate comrades, not Ukrainian civilians.
Claim:
During the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russian forces processed the bodies of Ukrainian civilians for consumption and ate human flesh.
MOSTLY BS
The agreement covers 65 billion barrels while Venezuela retains resource ownership.
Claim:
Donald Trump signed an agreement with Venezuela that gives the United States control of 65 million barrels of oil.
TOTAL BS
At least 14 Serbian civic and opposition figures faced advanced spyware targeting.
Claim:
At least 14 students, activists, and opposition politicians in Serbia were targeted with advanced spyware beginning in 2026, in the country’s largest documented spyware-surveillance wave.
NOT BS
Independent assessments found no clear winner in the May 2025 conflict.
Claim:
Pakistan won the May 2025 armed conflict against India.
TOTAL BS
No credible evidence establishes a coordinated “Operation 37” against India’s government.
Claim:
Operation 37 is a coordinated effort to overthrow the Government of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
TOTAL BS
Universal Basic Income remains outside official United Kingdom government policy.
Claim:
The Government of the United Kingdom has announced plans to introduce Universal Basic Income.
TOTAL BS
Trump’s conduct was a central cause of the January 6 insurrection.
Claim:
Donald Trump started the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, which constituted an insurrection.
HARDLY BS
U.S. COVID-19 deaths were generally undercounted, not politically inflated.
Claim:
COVID-19 death counts in the United States during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic were systematically inflated for political reasons.
TOTAL BS
U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island August 30.
Claim:
United States forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on August 30, 2026.
HARDLY BS
Israel bars foreign journalists from entering Gaza without military supervision.
Claim:
The State of Israel prohibits independent foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip.
NOT BS
Israeli officials authorized arms transfers to Iran after the U.S. embargo.
Claim:
The Government of Israel authorized arms sales to the Islamic Republic of Iran after the United States imposed an arms embargo on Iran.
NOT BS
Investigations found CIA contacts with accused traffickers but no institutional trafficking.
Claim:
The Central Intelligence Agency participates in the proliferation of illegal drugs in the United States.
MOSTLY BS
No checks match that verdict.