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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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True92% confidence4 sourcesOct 3, 2026Flavio Bolsonaro is 45 years old.Flavio Bolsonaro was 45 on 2026-10-03. The BBC (published 2026-10-05) and CNN (published 2026-10-02) both give his age as 45, and a Le Monde article gives his birth date as April 30, 1981, which makes him 45 from April 30, 2026 onward. The claim's wording matches the passage, and later AP coverage still says he is 45.True92% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026Trump levied 50% tariffs against Canada using the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.Multiple tier-1 sources confirm Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Canadian goods (about $20 billion in imports) by invoking Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the Smoot-Hawley Act. The post's point that these were not the tariffs being litigated is context and does not contradict the claim.True95% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026Trump levied Section 301 tariffs in July.Multiple tier-1 and primary sources confirm that the Section 301 tariffs (10% or 12.5% on 60 trading partners) were imposed in July 2026 at President Trump's direction, taking effect July 24. The claim matches the post's wording and no source contradicts it.True85% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Trump administration is currently defending Section 301 tariffs in court.As of 2026-10-03, the Trump administration was defending its Section 301 tariffs in the U.S. Court of International Trade. The Hill and the New York Times both report the government appearing before the court on September 30, and CSIS describes a briefing schedule running to about October 2. The post's description of the hearing matches this record, and the claim does not add anything the passage lacks. Later reporting (Foreign Policy, October 27) shows the litigation continuing, which does not change the October 3 assessment.True90% confidence4 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Trump administration is using the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act as legal authority for tariffs on Canada.Multiple sources state that the Trump administration invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which is commonly called the Smoot-Hawley Act, as the legal basis for 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, and these tariffs were in effect by late August 2026, before the October 3 posting date. The post's garbled 'Holly Smoot' reference reasonably resolves to Smoot-Hawley. The legality of the authority is being challenged in court, but that does not affect whether the administration is using it.True85% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Trump administration is investigating excess capacity in steel and other goods to impose Section 301 tariffs.As of 2026-10-03, the USTR was running a Section 301 investigation into structural excess capacity across 16 trading partners, launched March 2026, with steel among the listed sectors, and the probe was still ongoing with tariffs expected to follow. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, which described these investigations as already underway.True93% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026Jerome Powell was subpoenaed by the Justice Department.The Justice Department did issue grand jury subpoenas in January 2026 tied to Jerome Powell's Senate testimony, as Powell and multiple outlets report. Strictly, the subpoenas were served on the Federal Reserve Board, though NBC and CBS describe them as directed at Powell, and a judge later quashed them in March 2026; the claim's core fact holds as of the time it was made.True75% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026Jerome Powell was investigated by federal prosecutors for corruption related to the remodeling of the Federal Reserve building.Federal prosecutors in Washington opened a criminal investigation of Powell over the Fed headquarters renovation, and the Justice Department dropped it on April 24, 2026. The claim's word 'corruption' is a loose label: the probe centered on Powell's congressional testimony and the renovation, and the post itself calls the stated reason nominal, which the claim drops.True72% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026A group of people in Lochiel, Arizona, have been occupying a cottonwood tree for 66 or 67 days to prevent its destruction for the border wall.Said by 12CSources show activists occupied the 'grandmother' cottonwood in Lochiel, Arizona, starting in late July 2026 (July 27 to 29), which puts the occupation at about 66 to 67 days as of the October 3 post date, and that the tree sit halted construction in the immediate area. The tree was cut down on October 5, after the claim's date, but that later event does not make the October 3 claim false. The day count is arithmetic from the start date rather than a figure any source states directly.True95% confidence8 sourcesOct 3, 2026The United States military has conducted boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific regions.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, Reuters, CBS/AP, Al Jazeera, HRW, Airwars) report that the U.S. military has carried out lethal boat strikes in both the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean since September 2025, with dozens of strikes recorded. The claim's core assertion is fully supported; the post's title wording matches the claim, and no source contradicts it.