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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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True70% confidence4 sourcesOct 3, 2026Subsidiaries of Alaska Tanker Company and Overseas Shipholding Group received millions of dollars in federal subsidies.Sources support the core claim that Alaska Tanker Company and Overseas Shipholding Group, both Saltchuk subsidiaries, receive millions in federal subsidies through the Tanker Security Program. One outlet frames the subsidies as flowing to the parent, Saltchuk, rather than the subsidiaries, and no source states the exact subsidiary-level breakdown.True75% confidence8 sourcesOct 3, 2026An Iranian military official identified Overseas Shipholding Group as a candidate for potential retaliatory measures.Multiple reports from August 2026 say an Iranian military official, relayed by Nournews and Iranian state media on August 18, named Overseas Shipholding Group among companies under scrutiny for supporting US military logistics and warned of potential retaliatory measures. The post's wording is a faithful paraphrase, and the statement predates the October 3 posting, so the claim was true on that date. The reports largely trace back to the same Nournews/Iranian state media item, which limits independent corroboration.True60% confidence4 sourcesOct 3, 2026Cesar Alarcon identified himself as a representative for Progressive Workers of the World Local 311 at a Golden Cross Manufacturing plant in the Bronx.Investigative reporting by Documented (republished by the Queens Daily Eagle) says Cesar Alarcón, described as a representative for Progressive Workers of the World Local 311, showed up at the Bronx plant and met workers, which supports the claim's core. The source names the plant 'Golden Krust' rather than 'Golden Cross Manufacturing', and the podcast's 'Alison' is a transcription of Alarcón, so the extraction matches the post's own referent; the name difference appears to be a mistranscription of the same Bronx plant.True60% confidence2 sourcesOct 3, 2026Workers at the Golden Cross Manufacturing plant in the Bronx are unionized with IBEW Local Union 1430.The Bronx plant workers' IBEW Local 1430 representation is supported by a September 2026 report describing IBEW Local 1430 as the current union at the plant, and an NLRB dismissal of a rival union petition because a valid contract was in place. The post and that report name the plant differently ('Golden Cross' vs. 'Golden Krust'), but the surrounding details match, so they appear to describe the same plant; the claim's 'IBW' typo in the post was corrected to IBEW and is not a substantive change.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 3, 2026Joe Biden prevented a railroad workers strike from occurring.Multiple sources show Biden brokered a tentative rail labor deal in September 2022 that averted a strike, then pushed Congress to impose the deal, and he signed the bill on December 2, 2022, which ended the threat of a rail strike. The claim's core assertion that Biden prevented the strike is supported, though the post's 'killed off' framing is rhetorical and the 2022 events are the referent, not the 2026 posting date.True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 3, 2026Workers at an AutoZone location in White Plains, New York, voted to join UAW Local 259.The NLRB tally shows a White Plains AutoZone store voted 6-4 on September 25, 2026 to join UAW Local 259, and independent reports from the AFL-CIO, Jacobin, The Chief and a UAW newsletter agree. The vote happened before the October 3 posting, so the claim was true on that date; the later firings of organizers do not change the vote outcome.True60% confidence4 sourcesOct 3, 2026AutoZone spent over 200,000 dollars to oppose the unionization effort at the White Plains store.Multiple sources report that AutoZone spent roughly $200,000 opposing the White Plains unionization effort, but every figure is an estimate by the watchdog LaborLab, built from attorney costs and executive salaries, not a documented expenditure. The claim's 'over $200,000' is slightly stronger than the 'around' or 'about' used in the sources, a minor imprecision that does not change the verdict.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.