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Behind the Bastards
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
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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True85% confidence9 sourcesOct 3, 2026Louisiana State University reduced a football player's one-year suspension for sexual assault to two years of disciplinary probation without restrictions on appeal.Multiple reporting sources (ESPN, WAFB, The Advocate/LSU Reveille, LA Times, NBC) confirm that LSU's Title IX office found the player responsible for sexual assault/forcible rape, and that on appeal the finding was upheld while the one-year suspension was reduced to probation without restrictions, equal to the four semesters (two years) cited by several outlets. Sources differ on whether the original suspension was one year or two semesters, a detail that does not change the core claim.True93% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026Michael Tracy tweeted a request for information to identify a Cornell student referred to as Jane Doe.Multiple reliable sources, including Reuters, NJ.com, USA Today and Mashable, report that commentator Michael Tracey (spelled 'Tracey' in the sources) posted on X asking anyone who knew the identity of the Cornell 'Jane Doe' to contact him so he could publish her name and identifying information. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, and the spelling difference is the same person.True70% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026Kendall Francis filed a formal Title IX complaint against an LSU football player in January 2026.WAFB reports that Francis filed a formal Title IX complaint with LSU in January 2026 and that the complaint concerned a football player LSU found responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape. Other outlets repeat this, but they appear to rely on the WAFB reporting, and no fact-checker examined the claim.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True85% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026A criminal complaint regarding the sexual assault allegations against an LSU football player was brought to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office on September 22, 2026.Multiple reports, including the East Baton Rouge DA's own statement as relayed by WAFB, The Advertiser, The Advocate and The Reveille, say the matter was brought to the DA's Office for review on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, which was a Tuesday. The claim departs from the passage only in wording; the passage's date and subject match the claim.True70% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026LSU suspended a student for one year after finding him responsible for rape.Multiple reports, citing ESPN's review of LSU documents, state that LSU found football player Damien Shanklin responsible for 'forcible rape' in July and issued a one-year suspension, so the core claim is supported. The claim omits that the suspension was later reduced to probation on appeal, which is a peripheral omission rather than a contradiction, and the sources largely trace back to a single ESPN report.True93% confidence4 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Trump administration formally reinstated Title IX regulations created during Trump's first term on September 28, 2026.The U.S. Department of Education's September 28, 2026 press release states it formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX rule and reinstated the first Trump administration's 2020 regulation, and Politico and EdWeek report the same action on that date. The claim's core assertion is supported; the exact publication date (Federal Register on September 29) is a peripheral detail that does not contradict it.True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Trump administration rewrote Title IX rules in 2020 to narrow the scope of sexual harassment schools were required to address and strengthen procedural protections for accused students.The sources confirm the 2020 Trump Title IX rules narrowed the sexual harassment schools must address and added live hearings and stronger protections for accused students, as the claim states. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's passage, and the 2020 rules were reinstated in 2025 and formally in September 2026.True93% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Biden administration rewrote Title IX rules in 2024 to extend protections to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.The sources consistently show that the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rule expanded sex discrimination protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity, and the claim's wording matches the post's own statement. Sources also show the rule was later vacated and formally rescinded, which does not change the 2024 rewrite claim.True95% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026A federal judge struck down the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rules nationwide in January 2025.Multiple tier1 and primary sources (AP, Reuters, POLITICO, NAICU, Pitt, Department of Education fact sheet) report that federal judge Danny Reeves in the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated the Biden 2024 Title IX rule nationwide on January 9, 2025. The claim's 'January 2025' and 'nationwide' elements match the record; the post's own wording ('in January of 2025, a federal judge struck them down nationwide') matches the extraction without added scope.True70% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026Hungarian prosecutors detained two of Viktor Orban's former ministers on corruption allegations in October 2026.Said by 10CMultiple sources report that Hungarian authorities detained two former Orban-era ministers, Balazs Hanko and Miklos Seszták, over corruption allegations, and both were ordered into pre-trial detention around September 30 to October 1, 2026. The claim's 'in October 2026' timing is only partly matched, since one order was dated September 30, but the core assertion holds; the post's 'On Monday' is consistent with the same week.True92% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026Viktor Orban was forced out of office following parliamentary elections in Hungary in April 2026.Said by 10CMultiple tier1 sources (AP, Reuters, BBC) report that Orbán lost the April 12, 2026 parliamentary election to Péter Magyar's Tisza party, ending his 16 years in power, so the claim that he was forced out of office after the April election is supported. The sources describe a landslide electoral defeat rather than a formal removal, and the claim's wording fairly reflects that; he also declined to take his parliamentary seat.True97% confidence8 sourcesOct 3, 2026Peter Magyar's Tisza Party won the Hungarian parliamentary elections in 2026.Said by 10CMultiple tier1 and independent sources (Reuters, BBC, AP, Hungarian election report, Commons Library) confirm Peter Magyar's Tisza Party won the 12 April 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election with 141 of 199 seats and a two-thirds supermajority. The claim faithfully reflects the passage's reference to Tisza winning, and the election was held in 2026 as claimed.