MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 10/30/2026

Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only use fact-checkers who are either signatories to the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each fact check for accuracy before publishing. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. When appropriate, we explain the rating and/or offer our own rating if we disagree with the fact-checker. (D. Van Zandt)

Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other

Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC

MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “In the past 17 months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States.” FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (The administration reported no releases at the southern border after apprehension, but thousands of migrants have continued attempting illegal crossings each month and some detected migrants have evaded apprehension.) FactCheck.org FactChecking Claims from Trump’s Midterm Rallies Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A woman’s account of a message displayed on a Cook County, Illinois, voting machine proves the election is “rigged.” PolitiFact rating: False (Cook County officials said voting machines do not tell voters whether their chosen candidates are popular. The machines can display federally required “undervote” alerts when voters leave races blank or make fewer selections than permitted, and officials could not reproduce the message described in the viral claim.) PolitiFact Are voting machines notifying voters that candidates are unpopular? No, despite viral claims
FALSE	Claim by David Crowley (D): Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany “voted to block the release of the Epstein files.” Gigafact rating: False (Tiffany voted in November 2025 for the Epstein Files Transparency Act requiring the Justice Department to release unclassified Epstein records. His earlier July vote was against a procedural measure tied to attaching an Epstein-files amendment to an unrelated cryptocurrency bill, not a direct vote against releasing the files.) Did Wisconsin governor candidate Tom Tiffany oppose releasing the Epstein files?
FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is “a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member.” PolitiFact rating: False (PolitiFact found no evidence El-Sayed has advocated violence to promote Islam or has ever belonged to the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed has explicitly disavowed the group and expressed support for constitutional religious freedom.) Pants on Fire! Trump calls Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed a ‘jihadist,’ escalating anti-Muslim attacks
FALSE	(International: Indonesia): Indonesia fires are a plot by global elite to carry out TB vaccination. AFP Fact Check rating: False Conspiracy theory baselessly links Indonesia wildfires to new tuberculosis vaccine

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