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PolygraphElection 2026

First Thing Today with Joe Thomas

24 episodes of First Thing Today with Joe Thomas used one of six fraud phrases between Jul 29 and Oct 27, 2026. From the report Fraud talk on podcasts; see all shows.

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First Thing Today with Joe Thomas cover art
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The show on Apple Podcasts ↗

Episodes over time

Episodes per week One episode

Weeks run Monday to Sunday; the last, from Oct 26, runs to Wednesday Oct 28 and is drawn in outline. Source: Particle

Phrases

Episodes that used each phrase
  • voter fraud20 (83%)
  • election fraud4 (17%)
  • illegal voting3 (13%)

Share of the show’s 24 episodes. An episode can use more than one phrase. Source: Particle

In the stance sample

4 segments of this show were drawn for the report's stance sample. Every statement about fraud by anyone on air was read for what the speaker does with it: asserts that fraud happens, reports it, asks about it, or rebuts it. A stance is what was said, not a verdict on the claim.

Statements about fraud, by stance Asserts Reports, asks or unclear Rebuts
  • First Thing Today with Joe Thomas9 statements44% assert fraud0% rebut it
  • Right-leaning shows in the sample682 statements65% assert fraud8% rebut it

Few statements: one more or less moves these shares a lot. Polygraph reading of the sampled segments. Source: Particle

Episodes

24 episodes that used a fraud phrase, newest first, with the phrases each one used.

  1. "Criminalized Dissent" (FTTxJT Tue 102726 hr4)Phrases: voter fraudelection fraud
  2. "It'll be over soon" (FTTxJT Tue 102726 hr1)Phrases: voter fraudillegal voting
  3. "Not a Flaw, a Feature" (FTTxJT Tue 102726 hr3)Phrases: voter fraud
  4. "Vote Suppression?" (FTTxJT Mon 102626 hr2)Phrases: voter fraud
  5. "International Entanglements" (FTTxJT Wed 102126 hr4)Phrases: voter fraud
  6. "Engaging in Indiscriminate Congress" (FTTxJT Tue 101326 hr4)Phrases: voter fraudelection fraud
  7. "Truthiness" (FTTxJT Tue 101326 hr1)Phrases: voter fraud
  8. "Refine, Baby, Refine" (FTTxJT Tue 101326 hr3)Phrases: election fraud
  9. "Life" (FTTxJT Fri 100226 hr4)Phrases: illegal voting
  10. "Thou Shall Not Murder" (FTTxJT Fri 100226 hr2)Phrases: illegal voting
  11. "Democrazy" (FTTxJT Thu 092426 hr2)Phrases: voter fraud
  12. "Compliance" (FTTxJT Fri 091826 hr4)Phrases: voter fraud
  13. "Internet 1.0?" (FTTxJT Wed 091626 hr2)Phrases: voter fraud
  14. "Refine, Baby. Refine" (FTTxJT Tue 091526 hr1)Phrases: voter fraud
  15. "The Fool on the Hill (Again)" (FTTxJT Thu 090326 hr3)Phrases: voter fraud
  16. "Call it the 'LBJ Ballroom'!" (FTTxJT Tue 090126 hr3)Phrases: voter fraud
  17. "Blame Game" (FTTxJT Tue 090126 hr2)Phrases: voter fraud
  18. "Someone Call for a 'Conservative Shock Jock'?" (FTTxJT Tue 090126 hr1)Phrases: voter fraud
  19. "Super-heroism?" (FTTxJT Sat 082926 hr2)Phrases: voter fraud
  20. "We Need Better Analogies" (FTTxJT Thu 082726 hr3)Phrases: election fraud
  21. "Poll: 'None of the Above' Gains in NY?" (FTTxJT Sat 080126 hr3)Phrases: voter fraud
  22. "Democracy vs Doing Right" FTTxJT Sat 080126 hr2Phrases: voter fraud
  23. "Buttigieg Says it Out Loud" (FTTxJT Sat 080126 hr1)Phrases: voter fraud
  24. FTTxJT 072926 (hr4) "Civil War?"Phrases: voter fraud

Episode titles as published; a title links to the show’s own page for the episode where its feed gives one. Source: Particle

About this show's numbers

The episodes are this show’s English-language episodes from July 27 to October 28, 2026 that used one of six exact phrases: voter fraud, election fraud, rigged election, stolen election, illegal voting or noncitizen voting. An episode counts once even when it used several. Episodes and lean ratings come from Particle.

Size is the show’s rank on Apple Podcasts charts on October 28. Lean is the show’s rating where we checked it: this show has one. Category is the first one the show lists in its own feed. Cover art comes from the show’s own feed.

A mention is not an endorsement: shows that rebut fraud claims use the same phrases. The stance sample, where a show has one, says which. Back to the report.

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