Our Craziest Deployment & Police Stories ft. Angry Cops & Joe | Unsubscribe Podcast Ep 281

What it claims

Claims

1. 1TrueCash App is a financial services platform, not a bank.Cash App's own help page (source 4) states that Cash App is not a bank but a financial services platform that partners with banks such as Sutton Bank and The Bancorp Bank to provide banking services, which matches the claim; the 2026 Reuters report (source 1) on the $45 million settlement over misleading bank-like protection claims does not contradict this. The claim faithfully reflects the post's passage, and the 2023 PolitiFact and AP items concern an unrelated bankruptcy hoax and do not bear on it.4 sources →

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2. 2TrueSutton Bank issues Cash App prepaid debit cards.Cash App's own disclosures state that prepaid debit cards are issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and Sutton's support page says Sutton issues the Cash Card. Sutton also states it does not issue or support the Cash App account itself, which is a Square product, so the claim holds for the cards but not for the account.2 sources →

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3. 3TrueThe Bancorp Bank, N.A. issues Cash App Visa Debit Flex Cards.The claim matches the post's passage, which says Cash App Visa Debit Flex Cards are issued by Sutton Bank and The Bancorp Bank, N.A. The Cash App cardholder agreement, which postdates the 2026-09-13 post, states the Debit Flex Card is issued by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. No source contradicts this, and the extraction only drops the Sutton co-issuer, which does not change the claim.2 sources →

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4. 4TrueThe U.S. military provided Glock handguns to Iraqi police officers as part of a training program.Sources show the U.S. issued Glock pistols to Iraqi security forces under a program to train and equip them, and U.S. military units supported Iraqi police firing Glock 9mm handguns. The claim's core is supported, though the sources don't tie the handguns to a specific training course, and the podcast passage is the claimant's own words and cannot corroborate it.2 sources →

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5. 5MixedThe U.S. military lost 12,000 Glock handguns that were intended for Iraqi police officers.The sources support that U.S.-issued Glock pistols meant for Iraqi security forces went unaccounted for, but the figures vary: the SIGIR report cited about 13,180 missing Glocks, which later rose to 80,000 per AOAV. The claimed 12,000 falls near the first figure and well below the second, so the count depends on which estimate is used, and the post's "article" is not verified.4 sources →

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6. 6Can’t tellA colonel received a Silver Star for actions related to the recovery of weapons in the desert.The claim departs from the passage: the post only says a colonel got a Silver Star, in a joking aside about equipment, and never says the award was for recovering weapons in the desert. The sources include Silver Star recipient records naming colonels, but none identifies the colonel in the post or links any award to weapons recovery, so the claim cannot be graded.3 sources →

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7. 7Can’t tellThe speaker was transferred to Echo Company in the military, which he claims does not exist.The claim rests only on the podcast speaker's own anecdote about being transferred to a unit he calls Echo Company, which he says doesn't exist. None of the sources addresses this speaker, the podcast, or his military service, and the many Echo Company units in the sources do not bear on whether this one exists or he was assigned to it.4 sources →

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8. 8Can’t tellThe Humvee purchased by the speaker had 126 miles on it at the time of purchase.None of the sources covers the speaker's personal 1990 Humvee purchase or its odometer reading at sale; the only support is the claimant's own passage, which cannot corroborate itself. The extracted claim is faithful to the passage ('So I bought it with 126'), so it is graded normally, but the sources are silent on it.11 sources →

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9. 9Can’t tellThe Humvee previously registered at twelve miles was a National Guard Humvee.The post says the Humvee was previously registered at twelve miles and 'was a National Guard Humvee,' but the sources contain no record of this specific vehicle's registration or origin; the claim is the speaker's own anecdote, which cannot corroborate itself. The sources only give general background on Guard Humvees and registration rules, so the claim cannot be graded in either direction.3 sources →

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10. 10TrueThe Ridge Power Bank provides 20 watts of power.The Ridge manufacturer product pages list a maximum output of 20W via USB-C Power Delivery, which supports the claim that the power bank provides 20 watts. The claim faithfully reflects the passage's '20 watts of power' and the product specs; both sources are manufacturer pages, so confidence is capped.2 sources →

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11. 11TrueThe Ridge Power Bank has 10,000 milliamp hours of capacity.The claim that the Ridge Power Bank has 10,000 milliamp hours of capacity is supported by the manufacturer's product pages (10,000mAh), an Amazon listing (10000 milliamp_hours), and an independent 2025 review (10,000 mAh). The extraction is faithful to the passage, which itself corrects its wording to 'milliamp hours'. No source contradicts the figure, though most sources are product listings rather than independent testing.7 sources →

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12. 12TrueRidge offers a 99 day risk free trial for the power bank.Ridge's own product pages for its 10k mAh Power Bank (US and EU sites, both dated 2026-06-04, before the 2026-09-13 post) state a 99-day risk-free trial with no-questions-asked return. The claim matches the post's own wording and the sources, and no source contradicts it; the evidence is the company's own product pages, so confidence is capped.2 sources →

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13. 13TrueFlock cameras can be disabled by burning the lens with a laser.Sources support the capability claim: high-powered lasers can damage Flock camera sensors, and a Florida county reported cameras damaged in laser attempts. Sources also stress that ordinary consumer laser pointers usually cannot do permanent damage, so the claim holds only for stronger lasers and at close range.6 sources →

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14. 14Can’t tellBrandon Herrera is running for Congress and has 66 days left until the election.Sources confirm Brandon Herrera is the Republican candidate for Texas's 23rd Congressional District, so the candidacy part of the claim holds. The '66 days left' figure cannot be checked: the election is Nov. 3, 2026, which is 51 days after the Sept. 13 posting date, but the passage says '66 days left at time of recording' and no source gives the recording date, so the count is neither confirmed nor contradicted. The extraction matches the passage's wording.4 sources →

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15. 15TrueForced reset triggers are strictly illegal to possess, manufacture, transport, or sell in New York.Multiple sources state that New York bans forced reset triggers as rapid-fire modification devices, with possession a class A misdemeanor, and none contradicts this. The sources do not separately address manufacture, transport, or sale, and the post's wording matches the extracted claim, so the verdict is true at moderate confidence.7 sources →

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16. 16Can’t tellTransporting or possessing a force reset trigger in New York is a Class E felony, carrying a prison sentence of one to four years or a financial fine of 5,000 dollars.No source mentions force reset triggers, so the sources cannot directly confirm or refute the claim's Class E felony classification. The nearest provision, NY Penal Law 265.01-C on rapid-fire modification devices, is a class A misdemeanor, which points against the claim, but the sources do not establish that a force reset trigger falls under that statute. The claim's fine element ($5,000 or double the gain) matches the general felony fine rule, and the sources do not address the claim's post-date status.9 sources →

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17. 17Can’t tellRob Daskal is the director of the ATF.The claim departs from the passage: the post says "Scott is the director of the ATF" and never mentions "Rob Daskal", so the extraction added a name the poster did not state. The sources show ATF Director Robert Cekada, sworn in April 30, 2026, who is not named Daskal and is not the "Scott" the post refers to, so the sources neither confirm nor refute the claim as written.3 sources →

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18. 18MixedThe ATF split off from the Treasury Department.The claim is that the ATF split off from the Treasury Department. Sources show the Homeland Security Act (signed Nov 2002) split ATF: its firearms, explosives, and law-enforcement functions moved to the Department of Justice in January 2003, while alcohol and tobacco tax functions stayed in Treasury under the new TTB. So the core split is confirmed, but the claim omits that part of the agency remained in Treasury, and the split was into two bureaus rather than a wholesale departure.5 sources →

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19. 19MixedPossession of a rapid fire modification device in New York is a Class A misdemeanor, while manufacturing, transporting, or disposing of one is a felony.The sources directly support the misdemeanor half: Penal Law 265.01-c makes knowing possession of a rapid-fire modification device a class A misdemeanor, as of the 2026-09-13 date. They do not directly support the felony half for manufacturing, transporting, or disposing of such a device. Source 1 describes a felony for manufacturing a machine gun or weapon simulating one, and source 3 says transferring a certain weapon is a class A misdemeanor, which cuts against a blanket felony for transport or disposal. The claim's 'could be' hedge in the post is dropped in the extraction, which is a faithful-enough paraphrase.6 sources →

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20. 20TrueBrandon Herrera is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Texas's 23rd congressional district.On 2026-09-13, Brandon Herrera was a candidate for Texas's 23rd congressional district: he had advanced past the primary runoff and was the Republican nominee by mid-September, per sources published in March and September 2026. The post's casual phrasing ('you my Congress of this area, my District 23') is a loose reference to this race, and the extracted claim is a faithful reading of it.7 sources →

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21. 21TrueAG1 Next Gen formula contains 75 plus ingredients.The claim is that AG1 Next Gen contains 75-plus ingredients, and the post's 'Next Gym' is a transcription of AG1 Next Gen. Multiple sources, including a January 2026 Fortune review, an April 2026 Reuters report ('over 75 ingredients') and brand pages, state 75+ ingredients, so the claim was supported as of 2026-09-13. A 2025 Bon Appetit review cites 83 ingredients, which is still consistent with '75 plus'.4 sources →

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22. 22TruePolice officers have the discretion to decide whether to arrest an individual found sleeping in a car with the keys in the ignition based on the circumstances of the situation.Sources on sleeping-in-car DUI cases say officers have wide discretion and decide case by case, weighing factors such as keys in the ignition, position in the vehicle, and the surrounding circumstances, which matches the claim. The sources are mostly secondary law-firm commentary and out-of-state rulings rather than a direct statement of policy, and they do not address the 2026-09-13 situation specifically, so confidence is moderate.5 sources →

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23. 23Can’t tellBrandon Herrera is running for political office.The sources show Brandon Herrera was the Republican nominee for Texas's 23rd Congressional District in September 2026, so he was running for Congress on the claim's date. However, the passage never names Herrera; it says only "I made this joke before I ran for office the first time," so the claim departs from the passage and is graded as unverifiable under the extraction-fidelity rule.4 sources →

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24. 24FalseMost local newspapers in the United States lean left in their reporting.The claim that most local U.S. newspapers lean left is contradicted by the Holbein et al. study from UVA's Batten School, which found ideological bias in U.S. newspapers largely nonexistent and reported that most newspapers maintain a politically moderate stance. The study's finding that journalists as individuals lean left does not establish that most newspapers' reporting leans left, and the post itself only speculated that local papers are 'likely' to lean left.3 sources →

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25. 25TrueActive shooter training includes instruction to target the pelvic girdle.Multiple sources report that firearms and tactical training, including active-shooter-related instruction, teaches pelvic girdle targeting as a secondary or last-resort option, so the claim is supported. The evidence is thinner than the claim's wording suggests: the pelvic-girdle material comes mainly from law-enforcement and tactical firearms training rather than the official CISA/FEMA active-shooter courses, which do not mention it, and the claim faithfully paraphrases the passage.7 sources →

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26. 26TruePrize Picks offers new users 150 dollars in lineups if they win their first 5 dollar lineup.PrizePicks' promo page (published 2026-10-31) states that new users who win their first $5+ Lineup receive $150 in Bonus Lineups, matching the claim. The page is dated after the 2026-09-13 post and is a single company-published source, so the offer is only directly confirmed for late October; the post's 'bringing back their best offer' wording suggests it was running in September too. The page also says the offer requires the MAXBONUS promo code and a first deposit of at least $10, which the claim omits but does not contradict.1 source →

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27. 27TruePrize Picks offers a Player Injury Guarantee that protects users if a player does not finish the first half of a game.PrizePicks' own injury policy page describes a 'Reboots' injury policy that reverts a lineup (as a DNP, at a lower payout) when a player leaves in the first half and does not return in the second half, which matches the claim's core. The only source is the operator's own page, published 2026-10-30, after the 2026-09-13 claim date, so it does not directly show the policy's terms on that date; the post's name 'Player Injury Guarantee' is its own label for the same policy and the claim is graded as the post's.2 sources →

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28. 28Can’t tellThe speaker's unit in Iraq had zero casualties at their gate in the last three months.The sources contain no information about the speaker's unit, its gate, or any casualty count for a three-month period, so the claim cannot be checked. The passage is the claimant's own undated anecdote from a podcast, and the extraction's 'unit' is a slight reframing of the post's 'my gate'.4 sources →

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29. 29Can’t tellU.S. military personnel in Iraq were required to complete a 15-6 investigation after engaging targets with weapons.The sources describe AR 15-6 as the Army's general procedure for administrative investigations, and say CENTCOM investigations of civilian-harm incidents were mostly conducted under it, but none establishes a requirement for a 15-6 investigation after every weapons engagement in Iraq. The passage is the podcast host's anecdote about paperwork after one gunfight, which cannot corroborate the claim, and the claim's general 'required after engaging targets' framing goes beyond what the passage says.5 sources →

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30. 30Can’t tellIn 2010, U.S. military personnel returning from a one-year deployment reported having only one gunfight during that period.The claim is an anecdote from a podcast guest about a friend's unit returning in 2010 after a one-year deployment with only one gunfight. None of the provided sources (Reuters timeline, White House drawdown figures, NCBI deployment statistics, CRS casualty data, NBC and other coverage) records or addresses gunfight counts for any returning unit, and the passage itself is the claimant's own words, which cannot corroborate the claim.6 sources →

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31. 31Can’t tellIraqi civilians transported fuel in 55-gallon drums using small white and orange vehicles.The claim is a personal anecdote from a podcast guest about one vehicle he saw during a deployment, and none of the sources covers that event or describes white-and-orange vehicles carrying 55-gallon drums. The sources show 2026 Iraqi fuel shortages with long lines, which gives context but does not confirm or refute the specific claim.4 sources →

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32. 32Can’t tellBrandon Herrera's Darwin Awards video is released on Pepperbox before it is released on YouTube.Sources show Pepperbox hosts extended, uncensored Darwin Awards episodes and that some clips are exclusive to Pepperbox because YouTube restricts them, but none states that Pepperbox releases a video before YouTube or gives release timing as of 2026-09-13. The claimant's own passage asserts early release, but that is not evidence.3 sources →

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33. 33TruePepperbox offers a 14-day free trial for its service.Pepperbox's own X account, posted July 19, 2026, advertised a 2-week/14-day free trial, and a September 30, 2026 Pepperbox video description also points to a 14-day free trial, both before or near the September 13 claim date. A third-party app listing shows a 7-day trial, a discrepancy that likely reflects a different channel, but it does not overturn the company's own statements. The extraction faithfully reflects the passage's "two week free trial" / "14 days" wording.4 sources →

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34. 34Can’t tellThe speaker was hit by a car bomb while in a turret.The only source for the claim is the claimant's own podcast passage, which describes being hit by a car bomb and blown back in his turret, but no independent source covers this speaker or event. The car-bomb and turret sources (Road to Baghdad, the Samarra VBIED podcast episode, and the Iraq speaker article) concern different people and incidents, so they neither confirm nor refute the claim.3 sources →

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35. 35MixedNew Cash App customers can earn ten dollars if they use code Cash App Ten in their profile as sign up and send five dollars to a friend within 14 days.Sources from before 2026-09-13 (Reddit, July 11, and fineprintdoctor, July 24, which cites Cash App's own referral terms) support a $10 new-customer bonus that requires sending $5 to someone else within 14 days of entering a referral code. However, the claimed code "Cash App Ten" is not supported: the sources show personal invitation codes such as 36JWVHL, so the named code is contradicted as the mechanism. A later tracker (Oct 2026, after the claim date) reports $5 for the new user, which conflicts with the $10 figure, though it cannot be used to judge the state on 2026-09-13. The claim also departs from the passage only in that the post does say "code Cash App Ten", so it is graded as the post's own wording.4 sources →

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36. 36Can’t tellRich and Joe met in the military in 2005.The only support for the claim is the podcast host's own offhand remark ('we met in the military, 2005 ish'), which cannot corroborate itself. None of the provided sources addresses how or when the podcast hosts Rich and Joe met, and the Rich/Joe names in sources 3, 5, and 8 appear to refer to different people.5 sources →

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37. 37Can’t tellThe speaker held the rank of E-4 in the military in 2005.None of the sources identifies the podcast speaker or records their military rank in 2005, so the claim cannot be graded. The passage is garbled: the speaker says "I was a four PV two" (apparently PV2, which is E-2) and then "it was in e four", which may refer to someone else, and the passage is the claimant's own words and cannot corroborate itself.6 sources →

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38. 38Can’t tellThe speaker's unit deployed to Iraq between 2006 and 2007.The post says the speaker's unit was 'coming over in 2000 ah, six to seven,' which reads as 2006 to 2007, so the extraction is faithful. None of the sources identifies the speaker's unit, so they cannot confirm or refute its deployment dates; the sources describe other units that deployed in 2006-2007.4 sources →

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39. 39TrueA Navy captain holds the same rank as a full bird colonel in the United States Army.The claim that a Navy captain holds the same rank as an Army colonel (O-6) is supported by the statutory rank table in 10 USC 741 (Colonel equals Captain), the DoD insignia reference, and Wikipedia/Merriam-Webster, which state the equivalence. The extraction faithfully reflects the passage, which says the PRT had a Navy captain equal in rank to a full bird colonel in the Army; the passage's own context about the PRT is not graded, since the claim only asserts the rank equivalence.7 sources →

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40. 40TrueMilitary service time can be bought back and applied to a civil service career for a few thousand dollars.Sources consistently confirm that veterans can buy back active-duty military time and add it to their civil service retirement, with the deposit set as a percentage of base pay (3% for FERS, 7% for CSRS) plus possible interest. No source gives a dollar figure, so 'a few thousand dollars' is plausible for typical base pay but not directly confirmed; the program was in place before the 2026-09-13 post date.5 sources →

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41. 41TrueThe Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, was a pivotal point in public sentiment toward police.Sources describe the Michael Brown shooting as an inflection point in how Americans discuss race and policing, and Vox reports a shift in public attitudes toward systemic racism and police after Ferguson. The shift was polarized along racial lines, with Kochel's survey showing trust fell among Black residents near Ferguson but not among white residents, so the claim holds as a pivotal moment but not as a uniform 'everybody hates cops' change as the speaker put it.4 sources →

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42. 42TrueFabletics offers 70 to 80% off the first order for new VIP members.Fabletics' own blog states new VIP members get 80% off two eligible items and 70% off the rest of their first order, and a September 2026 review documents an 80%-off-everything new-VIP banner, so the 70 to 80% first-order discount is supported as of 2026-09-13. The claim matches the passage's wording, and the later sources (October and November 2026) show the offer still running, which does not affect the September judgment.4 sources →

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43. 43MixedBreonna Taylor was killed during the execution of a warrant involving a paramedic.The record supports that Breonna Taylor, a paramedic/EMT, was fatally shot by Louisville police executing a warrant at her home. Read literally, though, the claim says the warrant involved a paramedic, and the sources say the warrant targeted another man's address and Taylor was its victim, not a party to it. The extraction also spells the name 'Breonna' where the post says 'Brianna'; both point to the same victim.Minor detail. The sources confirm the claim; only a minor detail differs, such as a name's spelling, a title's wording or a rounding.8 sources →

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44. 44TrueSenator Rand Paul authored the Breonna Taylor Act.Rand Paul introduced the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act in 2020 (paul.senate.gov) and reintroduced it as S.3414 in December 2025, with Congress.gov listing him as sponsor. AP quotes Paul calling himself 'the very author' of the Breonna Taylor law, and the post's 'Brianna' spelling refers to the same bill.5 sources →

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45. 45MixedTwelve election officials in Frio County were arrested for election fraud after Brandon Herrera's first election.Sources support that Frio County officials were arrested and indicted for vote harvesting in 2025, but they show 15 people charged in total, not twelve election officials, and the group mixes officials with non-officials such as a campaign worker and a local resident. The sources do not address Brandon Herrera or the timing relative to his first election, and the charges are indictments rather than proven fraud.4 sources →

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46. 46Can’t tellThe Buffalo Police Department threat management unit has received information from the same Russian-based account multiple times.No source addresses the claimed Russian-based account or any repeated information from it reaching the Buffalo Police Department's Threat Management Unit. The sources only confirm that the unit exists (a Detective Division unit handling ERPO petitions), and the only support for the claim is the podcast speaker's own account, which cannot corroborate it.6 sources →

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47. 47Can’t tellThe speakers own three fire trucks.No independent source addresses whether the speakers own three fire trucks. The only support is the podcast's own episode title and listing ('Joe & Rich Got ANOTHER Fire Truck'), which repeats the claim and is not corroboration. Sources about fire trucks in Maine, Virginia and elsewhere concern different vehicles and owners, and the passage itself describes a single rescue vehicle with 'three of them now' left ambiguous.5 sources →

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48. 48Can’t tellOne of the fire trucks is a 1989 model.The claim faithfully reflects the podcast passage, where the speaker says the 'second barb' fire truck is an 'old 1989'. None of the sources covers that specific podcast fire truck's model year; the 1989 fire trucks they list (Ford 8000, Amertek CF4000L, Pierce Lance, Toyota Land Cruiser firetruck) are different vehicles for sale or historical items, so they neither confirm nor refute the claim.6 sources →

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49. 49Can’t tellCummins Diesel sponsors the repair costs for all three fire trucks.The only support for the claim is the speaker's own account of a conversation with Cummins, which cannot corroborate it. None of the provided sources mention a Cummins sponsorship of this nonprofit's three fire trucks or any repair-cost arrangement, and the claim matches the passage faithfully, so it is not an extraction error.6 sources →

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50. 50TrueThe Cummins L10 motor is manufactured in Jamestown, New York.Multiple sources state the Cummins L10 began production in 1982 at the Jamestown Engine Plant in Jamestown, New York, and a 2022 supplier list places L10-family engines at Jamestown. The claim's present tense is less certain, since one source gives the L10's production years as 1982–1998, but the post itself says only that it is made there, and the location claim holds.4 sources →

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51. 51Can’t tellThe fire truck weighs over 24,000 pounds.The claim matches the podcast passage, but the sources only give general weights for fire trucks as a class, not for the specific truck the speaker bought and parked in his brother's driveway. Typical fire apparatus is reported well above 24,000 lb, but no source identifies or weighs this truck, so the claim cannot be graded against it.4 sources →

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52. 52Can’t tellThe fire truck was purchased for 3,000 dollars.The podcast passage says the hosts negotiated a fire truck down to $3,000, but its own words are not evidence, and none of the sources report the price the hosts paid. The Danville 1938 truck ($3,629.85 total), the Kenmare truck ($77,000) and the 1956 Seagrave listing ($3,000) concern different trucks, and the podcast episode listing only confirms the hosts got 'ANOTHER Fire Truck' without a price.5 sources →

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53. 53Can’t tellThe speakers took possession of the fire truck in 2020.No provided source independently confirms when the podcast hosts took possession of the fire truck. The only support is the claimant's own statement in the episode, which cannot corroborate itself, and the podcast listings mention only that the hosts 'Got ANOTHER Fire Truck' without a date. The extracted claim faithfully reflects the passage's 'we actually took possession of it in 2020.'12 sources →

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54. 54Can’t tellThe speakers insured the fire truck for a value of 100,000 dollars.The only source that addresses the insurance conversation is the podcast transcript itself (same show, same speaker), which repeats the claim and cannot corroborate it, and no independent record covers the fire truck's insurance or its coverage amount. The claim also departs slightly from the passage: the passage is one speaker describing a $100,000 coverage figure requested from a broker, not a statement that 'the speakers insured the truck for a value of $100,000'.4 sources →

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55. 55Can’t tellThe insurance premium for the fire truck is 800 dollars per year.No source addresses the $800 annual insurance premium for this fire truck. The only source on the matter is the claimant's own podcast passage, which is not evidence, and the trucking-insurance sources concern semi-trucks rather than a fire truck, so the claim cannot be graded in either direction.6 sources →

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56. 56Can’t tellThe speakers operated a 'Scam and Seizure Team' during their military service to obtain and trade equipment.The post's own words say the speakers' 'second tour, when we tried to do scamming, became the Scam and Seizure Team' and that they barter stolen items, but the speakers' own podcast statements are not evidence, and none of the provided sources independently documents a team by that name operated by these speakers. The claim also states it as established fact, while the passage itself says the team 'is not a real team' in a joking tone, so the claim departs from the passage's framing; sources do not confirm or refute the core assertion.5 sources →

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57. 57Can’t tellThe speaker purchased a 1990 AMG 6.2 L diesel Humvee for 20,000 dollars.No source addresses the speaker's personal purchase; the sources are unrelated listings and auction results for 1990 AM General Humvees, with prices ranging from about $6,000 to $60,000. The claim matches the passage's wording ('Ah, 20 grand'), so the extraction is faithful, but the purchase itself cannot be confirmed or refuted.4 sources →

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58. 58Can’t tellBrandon Herrera gave away a personal transferable Ruger AC-556 machine gun as part of a campaign giveaway.The claim names Brandon Herrera as the giver, but the podcast passage and the rest of the post never mention him; the speaker is unnamed, so the claim departs from the passage. The sources show Herrera ran raffles and giveaways involving an AC-556 during his campaign, but none confirms that he gave away his own personal transferable AC-556 as described.4 sources →

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59. 59TrueBreonna Taylor's boyfriend shot at police officers during the execution of a warrant.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources confirm that Kenneth Walker, Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, fired a shot during the March 13, 2020 narcotics warrant execution that struck an officer in the leg. The claim departs from the post's description of an 'AK' and sustained fire: sources report one shot from a legally owned handgun, and Walker said he believed the officers were intruders.5 sources →

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60. 60TrueA streamer was shot and paralyzed from the waist down during a swatting incident that occurred a few weeks ago.Multiple sources describe Axeel Melendez being shot by Pima County deputies after a swatting-related police response in late July 2026 and left paralyzed, which fits the claim's core as of the 2026-09-13 post. Sources disagree on whether he was a streamer (EarlyGame says he was not a public creator; a Reddit comment calls him a Rust streamer), and none states 'waist down' exactly, though Wikipedia says he was shot in the hip and spine.4 sources →

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61. 61Can’t tellA social media account based in Russia posted a manifesto containing an actionable threat against a school in Buffalo, New York.None of the provided sources mention a Russia-based account posting a manifesto or actionable threat against a Buffalo school in 2026. The claim also departs from the passage, which describes an unnamed account and police saying it had sent 'information' several times, without mentioning a manifesto or an actionable threat, and the sources' Buffalo threat coverage concerns 2022 events.5 sources →

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62. 62Can’t tellBrandon Herrera is running a political campaign that involves door knocking.The claim departs from the passage: the post says only "Brandon's Campaign Update... Door knocking is just a thing that happens" and never names Brandon Herrera, and the rest of the post (a podcast promo about police stories) does not either. Sources do show Herrera's campaign knocking doors, but the post itself does not make the claim about him, so it is graded unverifiable.2 sources →

How it persuades

• InsinuationHints at wrongdoing it never states, or states and disownsI mean, do illegal activity and not get caught.I'm just imagining you're like Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy, just like, "Yeah, some guy's leg," you know?I'll be your consiglieri, you know, come in there, whisper near from time to time.I imagine that made up story has a news article affiliated with it.
• ExaggerationFigurative inflation carries the claimIt's a rocket ship at 65.I just picture you popping in frame, like all photo away. You're like in front of the camera directly. You just see a hand.I'm just picturing it's you army crawling 400 yards, all in view of the camera, to get out of the view.

What it’s built on

• Conspiracy · globalist eliteSecret coordination by powerful actorsis this, like, part of the baby eating thing that Hollywood's a part of? Adrenochrome?Bohemian Grove.
• DistrustDistrusts the government as a wholeNot only is the military possibly terrible with equipment, they're terrible with paperwork tooI'm not buying Oh, hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's a fucking Class A misdemeanor. Oh, that's not even a real crime.I'm getting two different things from Google AI because it's shit.

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