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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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True95% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026The AfD party won a victory in a region of Germany.Said by 3DMultiple tier1 sources (AP, Reuters, BBC) confirm the AfD won a resounding victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6, 2026, falling just short of an absolute majority, so the claim that AfD won a victory in a German region is supported; the claim's wording matches the passage's reference to AfD's victory in a region of Germany.True85% confidence11 sourcesOct 3, 2026Algeria and Spain have reestablished relationships in 2026.Said by 3DMultiple sources from March through September 2026 document Algeria and Spain restoring diplomatic relations: Algeria reactivated the 2002 friendship treaty in March, Sánchez visited Algiers in July 2026 as the first visit in four years, and a political consultation session was held in Madrid in September. The claim as on 2026-10-03 is supported; the post's 'reestablished relationships' matches the reported rapprochement, and the sources indicate the relationship had not been fully normalised on Western Sahara, which the claim does not assert.True95% confidence9 sourcesOct 3, 2026Macklemore was removed from a tour with Ed Sheeran after making pro-Palestine statements at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.Multiple tier1 sources (Reuters, AP, BBC) report that Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran's US Loop tour after pro-Palestinian 'Free Palestine' remarks during September 4 performances at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The claim matches the passage faithfully, and the core assertion is directly corroborated.True85% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026Columbia University students initiated the encampments movement in the spring of 2024.Multiple sources agree that Columbia's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, set up April 17, 2024, was the first of the 2024 campus encampments and that it inspired encampments at other universities. The extraction is faithful to the passage, and no source contradicts the claim.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026Hindra Jab was a 5-year-old killed by the Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza in January 2024.The sources support the core claim: Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old, was killed in Gaza City in January 2024 after Israeli forces fired on the family's car, and in August 2026 the Israeli military acknowledged its troops fired on the vehicle and opened a criminal investigation. The post's spelling 'Hindra Jab' is a variant of Hind Rajab, and the sources disagree on her age (5 in AP, Gulf News and the bill; 6 in Reuters and Times of Israel), but the claimed age is supported by several sources.True95% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026Robert Kraft stated he barred Macklemore due to recent actions, material shared from the stage during Ed Sheeran's shows in New Jersey, and a broader history of anti-Semitic rhetoric and imagery.Multiple reliable outlets, including AP and Reuters (tier 1), ESPN, UPI and NBC, quote a Kraft statement giving exactly these three grounds for barring Macklemore from the Gillette Stadium shows. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, and no source contradicts it.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True95% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026Robert Kraft barred Macklemore from appearing at the Boston shows at Gillette Stadium.Multiple reliable outlets, including AP and Reuters, report that Robert Kraft, owner of Gillette Stadium, barred Macklemore from appearing at the Boston-area Sheeran shows there, and Kraft confirmed this in a statement to Rolling Stone and ESPN. Macklemore denies the antisemitism basis for the decision, and the Gillette shows were later canceled due to a nor'easter, which the sources report as a separate event.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True85% confidence9 sourcesOct 3, 2026Rolling Stone listed seven stadium venues that objected to Macklemore's inclusion in the tour.Multiple sources (Reuters, AP, Rolling Stone-derived reports, Fox29, WFLA, Jewish Post) report that Rolling Stone identified seven stadium venues that allegedly objected to Macklemore's inclusion in Ed Sheeran's tour, and the claim matches that reporting. The claim departs from the passage only in dropping the word 'allegedly', which is a minor hedging difference, not a change of substance; the reports also say the venues 'allegedly' objected, so the claim's wording slightly overstates certainty but the count and attribution are supported.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True70% confidence5 sourcesOct 3, 2026Of the seven stadium venues that objected to Macklemore's inclusion, five are publicly owned by a city, county, or state.The Rolling Stone list of seven venues that reportedly objected to Macklemore, as relayed by North Jersey, identifies five as publicly owned (Lincoln Financial Field, Mercedes-Benz, Lucas Oil, AT&T Stadium, Raymond James) and two as privately owned (Gillette, Bank of America), matching the claim. Confidence is capped because the count appears to trace back to a single Rolling Stone list, and the claimant's own podcast is not evidence.True85% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution applies only to the government.Said by 4CMultiple primary and tier1 sources state that the First Amendment restricts government action and generally does not bind private parties, though it reaches all levels and branches of government and can apply to private actors in limited state-action circumstances. The extracted claim matches the passage's own statement, and the 'only' is a reasonable simplification of the sources' position.True80% confidence8 sourcesOct 3, 2026The stadiums in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Tampa, Indianapolis, and Arlington, Texas are owned by public entities.The sources consistently show all five stadiums are owned by public entities: the City of Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field, with a public structure per one source), the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (Mercedes-Benz, Atlanta), the Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority (Lucas Oil, Indianapolis), Hillsborough County (Raymond James, Tampa), and the City of Arlington (AT&T Stadium). The claim matches the post's wording, which also said the stadiums are privately operated in some cases, and the claim omits that qualifier without changing its meaning. Ownership status is stated as of the post date and no source reports a change.True62% confidence2 sourcesOct 3, 2026The Capital Improvement Board for Marion County, Indiana confirmed that Macklemore will not be performing at the upcoming show at Lucas Oil Stadium.The Capital Improvement Board's statement, as quoted in the passage, confirmed Messina Touring's announcement that Macklemore would not perform, and IndyStar and Progressive Indiana both report that the board made such a statement about the October 10 Lucas Oil Stadium show. The claim drops the 'Messina Touring's announcement' qualifier, but the core assertion holds as of 2026-10-03.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.