Fact-check review of the Oct 26, 2026 episode.

Verdicts:

- Comey charged again under the Espionage Act: Correct — two-count criminal filing, Oct 26, accusing Comey of transmitting national defense info to a reporter in Oct 2016, under 18 U.S. Code 793; qualification: filed as a criminal information, not a grand jury indictment, to toll the statute of limitations; Comey denies it, lawyers moved to dismiss: https://www.reuters.com/world/ex-fbi-director-comey-charged-again-by-us-justice-department-nbc-news-reports-2026-10-26/

- Fourth deep-state arrest in a week: Exaggerated — two FBI officials surrendered Oct 23 and a Virginia lawmaker was charged Oct 22, but Comey was charged, not arrested: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/26/politics/james-comey-charged?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_meta

- Trump offers $1 million for voter fraud tips: Correct — Truth Social, Oct 26: paid upon arrest and conviction; funding source unspecified: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-offers-1-million-bounty-for-voter-fraud-ahead-of-election-day/

- Trump told Speaker Johnson Omar is no longer eligible over a fake name: Correct — Trump urged her resignation, said the Democrats conceded her seat, claimed her real name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi; no court has found she used a fake name: https://www.the-sun.com/news/17196046/trump-demands-ilhan-omar-resignation-over-fake-name/

- Microsoft buyouts for 60,000 employees: Correct — CNBC, Oct 26: voluntary exit offer to ~60,000 in the US, Canada, India, UK; decide in December, leave Dec 31: https://www.techspot.com/news/114347-microsoft-offering-voluntary-buyouts-about-60000-employees-quarter.html

- The buyouts are mostly in India: Exaggerated — four countries covered, no breakdown shows India as the majority: https://www.hcamag.com/asia/news/general/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-60000-staff-as-ai-costs-mount/594999

- One AI agent solved ~200 unsolved math problems: Correct, with qualification — OpenAI released 722 manuscripts covering 372 claimed results Oct 6 from a single agent; unverified, three retracted: https://www.sofx.com/openai-says-its-ai-made-progress-on-372-unsolved-math-problems/

- The entire Adobe suite is free now: Incorrect — Creative Cloud remains subscription: Standard ~$55/mo, Pro ~$70/mo: https://josephnilo.com/blog/adobe-creative-cloud-pricing-and-plans-the-ultimate-resource/

- Heritage Canadians no longer the largest group by 2035: Incorrect — StatsCan projects racialized Canadians at 38–43% by 2041, non-racialized Canadians still largest: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220908/g-a003-eng.htm

- Bases ordered to function off grid for 90 days: Correct, with qualification — Pentagon FORTRESS plan: major CONUS bases must sustain mission-critical operations independently for 90+ days: https://foxnews.com/politics/inside-pentagons-doomsday-plan-keep-america-fighting-global-war-erupts

- Reddit founders seeded the site with fake accounts: Correct — Huffman and Ohanian admitted submitting early content under fake usernames: https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/reddit-fake-users/

Tracker: 87 claims — 32 supported, 32 partly/misleading, 11 contradicted, 11 unresolved, 1 prediction pending.

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