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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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Mixed60% confidence9 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Section 301 tariffs apply to 99.4% of all imported goods in the U.S.USTR's official figure, repeated across the sources, is that the Section 301 action covers 99.4% of U.S. imports from 60 trading partners, so the figure holds on that coverage measure. However, sources also say numerous product exemptions (oil and gas, fertilizer, certain foods, Section 232 goods) mean the duty actually applies to a much smaller share of imports, so the claim fails if read as the tariffs applying to 99.4% of goods in practice. The claim matches the post's wording and was accurate as of 2026-10-03.Mixed80% confidence9 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Federal Reserve released a 126-page report that clears Jerome Powell of criminal wrongdoing regarding a remodeling project.The report exists and clears former Fed Chair Powell of criminal wrongdoing, as several outlets confirm, but sources put the report at 120 or 121 pages, not 126. The central claim holds while the page count is wrong.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.Mixed55% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Department of Homeland Security has conducted a voter roll purge.The sources support that DHS ran a large review of state voter rolls to find noncitizen voters before the midterms, as of 2026-10-03. They do not document DHS actually removing anyone from the rolls, so calling it a 'purge' is a contested characterization used by critics rather than a reported removal.