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Behind the Bastards
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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.
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True60% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026AutoZone flew in 17 managers from Memphis, Indiana, California, and Florida to the White Plains store to monitor workers and discourage unionization.The Chief reports that AutoZone dispatched 17 managers to the White Plains store from Memphis and other locations, including Indiana, California and Florida, and other sources describe flown-in executives monitoring workers and running anti-union meetings. The 17-manager count traces mainly to The Chief, and other outlets cite 11 corporate executives, which the later reporting reconciles as part of a larger group of regional and district managers.True85% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026Eleven workers at an AutoZone location in White Plains, New York, won their union election.Workers at the AutoZone store in White Plains, NY, won a union election on September 25, 2026, joining UAW Local 259. The NLRB tally shows 11 eligible voters with a 6-4 vote for the union, so the claim holds when read as the 11-person bargaining unit winning, though not as all eleven voting yes.True80% confidence3 sourcesOct 3, 2026The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found AutoZone guilty of unlawful conduct during a union drive at a distribution center in the early nineties.Sources on the same 1992–93 Greenville, South Carolina distribution center campaign show the NLRB found AutoZone interfered unlawfully, ordered a rerun election, and the Sixth Circuit enforced the Board's order in 1996. The claim matches the passage faithfully, though the sources do not describe the Teamsters' drive as failing in the exact words used and the NLRB findings are not described as 'guilty' verdicts.True88% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026AutoZone fired Nathan De Kong following the unionization vote at the White Plains store.Multiple sources report that AutoZone fired Nathan DuCongé, the lead organizer, the day after or immediately following the September 25, 2026 union vote at its White Plains store. The claim's spelling "De Kong" is a variant of the same person's name (DuCongé, also rendered Ducong/Du Kong in the post), so the referent matches.True95% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026Donald Trump launched the website America.gov on September 29, 2026.Multiple tier1 and primary sources, including the White House fact sheet, Reuters, and AP, report that Trump launched America.gov on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. The claim's date matches the post's own week (September 23 to 30) and the sources, so the extraction is faithful.True95% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026Zorah Mandani was elected mayor.Said by 6CZohran Mamdani (spelled 'Zorah Mandani' in the claim and post) was elected New York City mayor in the November 4, 2025 election, as NBC, CNN, AP, and Snopes report. The spelling differs but refers to the same person, and the claim faithfully reflects the passage's 'now Mayor Zorah Mandani.'True95% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename artificial intelligence to super intelligence.Trump signed Executive Order 14434, 'Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence,' on September 29, 2026, directing agencies to use 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' in place of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI'. The claim omits the post's mention of polling, which no source addresses, and the AP report's reference to UN General Assembly remarks does not contradict the signing.True95% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026Donald Trump met with the heads of six tech companies to sign the White House Accord on a Super intelligence.Multiple tier1 and primary sources confirm that Trump and the heads of six AI/tech companies (Google, Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI/Musk, Nvidia) signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence at the White House on Sept. 29, 2026. The claim's wording matches the post, and the Sept. 29 date fits the post's 'Tuesday' reference.True93% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Greg Brockman, and Dario Amodei signed a document titled the White House Accords.Multiple tier-1 sources (AP, Reuters, BBC, Snopes) report that Trump and exactly these six executives (Pichai, Zuckerberg, Musk, Huang, Brockman, Amodei) signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence on September 29, 2026. The claim's title 'White House Accords' is a casual plural of the document's actual title, and the sources note that Musk and Brockman appear under xAI/SpaceX and OpenAI, which does not change the core claim.True70% confidence9 sourcesOct 3, 2026A White House memo identified Dario Amodei as a leading figure in the Effective Altruism movement.Multiple outlets report that a memo circulating within the White House, obtained by Axios, places Dario Amodei at the foundation of the effective altruism movement, which the memo describes as a fringe, cultish collective. The claim matches the passage's wording, and the main caveat is that nearly all coverage traces back to the Axios report.True85% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026The U.S. War Department has been publicly attacking Anthropic and Effective Altruism.The sources show the Department of War and Secretary Hegseth publicly attacking Anthropic from February 2026 onward, and attacking effective altruism in September and early October 2026 ("Americanism, not effective altruism"). The claim was accurate as of 2026-10-03; the extraction's "as of last week" timing is a dropped qualifier, not a contradiction.True85% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman has been fundraising using GOP email lists.The Intercept reported that Fetterman sent fundraising emails from GOP-linked addresses (info@gopsquad.com), and TIME independently obtained those emails. The Atlantic also reported on the GOP-aligned firm and payment processor involved, so the claim is supported as extracted from the passage.