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Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan
Bible Belt natives and progressive podcasters, Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan share how they *really feel* about political news. Their comedic, feel-good takes drop daily, possibly more when sh*t really hits the fan.
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True95% confidence7 sourcesSep 20, 2026Justices Thomas and Justice Alito dissented from the Supreme Court's ruling on mail-in voting restrictions.Said by AMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, AP-linked reporting, NYT, NPR) report that Justices Alito and Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court's September 14, 2026 order declining to let the USPS enforce the mail-in ballot rule. The claim's wording is a faithful extraction of the post's passage, and the post's referents (Thomas and Alito, the mail-in voting ruling) match the sources.True85% confidence5 sourcesSep 20, 2026Donald Trump's proposed plan would have used the United States Postal Service to screen ballot envelopes after they are submitted.Said by BMultiple sources confirm that Trump's plan, as implemented through a USPS rule, would have had the Postal Service screen ballot envelopes after state election officials submitted them, and the claim's 'would have' framing matches the record. The plan was blocked by courts and the Supreme Court, but that later development does not change the claim's accuracy as of 2026-09-20.True95% confidence9 sourcesSep 20, 2026Donald Trump did not win the popular vote in the election that led to his first term.Said by BThe 2016 election led to Trump's first term, and multiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources report that Clinton won the nationwide popular vote (about 65.8 million to 63.0 million) while Trump won the Electoral College. The claim matches the post's wording, which refers to Trump 1.0, so the extraction is faithful. Trump's 2024 popular-vote win is a different election and does not affect this claim.True97% confidence7 sourcesSep 20, 2026George W. Bush did not win the popular vote in the election that led to his presidency.Said by BMultiple authoritative sources (AP, FactCheck.org, The American Presidency Project, the House Clerk's records, and the National Archives) confirm that George W. Bush lost the 2000 popular vote to Al Gore (about 50.46 million to 50.99 million) while winning the Electoral College 271 to 266. The claim's wording about the election that led to his presidency matches the record, and the post's reference to him is to that same 2000 election.True95% confidence6 sourcesSep 20, 2026Benjamin Hovland was pushed out of the Election Assistance Commission by the Trump administration in 2026.Said by BMultiple reliable sources, including Reuters and a Congressional Research Service product, report that the Trump administration fired Benjamin Hovland from the Election Assistance Commission on July 9, 2026. The claim matches the post's wording ('this year' means 2026), and the EAC's own page confirms his service ended July 9, 2026.True80% confidence6 sourcesSep 20, 2026The Department of Justice has sued 30 states for unredacted voter lists and lost 23 of these cases.Said by BAs of the September 2026 posting date, multiple sources reported that the DOJ had sued 30 states for unredacted voter lists and lost 23 of those cases, with the rest pending. Later sources show the losses continuing (26 by mid-October), but that does not change the September picture, and the claim matches the passage without adding anything.True65% confidence6 sourcesSep 20, 2026The Department of Justice has threatened to charge state officials if they find election fraud or unauthorized voting.Said by AMultiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources report that DOJ sent letters threatening state and local election officials with prosecution over demands tied to alleged noncitizen voting, and a federal judge ordered the threats stopped. The sources do not clearly date the threats to before the 2026-09-20 posting, and the threats were conditioned on non-compliance with DOJ demands rather than explicitly on officials finding fraud, but the core assertion holds on the record.True93% confidence8 sourcesSep 20, 2026Secretary of Homeland Security Mark Wayne Mullen claimed election officials may face prison time if they do not comply with Trump's attempts to change election policies.Said by BMultiple reliable outlets, including Reuters, Politico, NYT, and NBC, report that DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on July 17, 2026 that election officials who refuse to comply with the administration's election security measures could face prison time. The claim's spelling of the name ('Mark Wayne Mullen') differs from the sources' 'Markwayne Mullin', which is a minor misspelling of the same official, and the claim's wording matches the post's own passage.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True90% confidence9 sourcesSep 20, 2026FEMA is threatening to withhold federal terrorism prevention funds from states that do not change their election policies.Said by BAs of the September 20, 2026 posting date, FEMA had threatened to withhold 20% of counterterrorism grant funds from states and localities that did not adopt election changes such as citizenship database checks and paper-ballot exploration. A federal judge blocked that policy on September 28, after the post, which does not make the claim false as of its date.True85% confidence8 sourcesSep 20, 2026The Trump administration has cut funds for election security.Said by BMultiple independent sources (AP, Senator Padilla's statement, NPR/TechTimes on the withheld $39.6M, Politico, ProPublica, WBUR's EI-ISAC account) report the Trump administration cut or defunded federal election security funding and programs, which supports the claim as of 2026-09-20. The claim's wording is a general, faithfully extracted paraphrase of the post's 'Trump has also cut funds for election security,' and the post's own date is consistent with the reporting; later coverage (through October) reinforces rather than changes the picture.Can’t tell40% confidence9 sourcesSep 20, 2026Donald Trump is planning a second insurrection attempt.The claim is a question the post raised ('Is Trump gearing up for...?'), and the sources do not establish any plan for a second insurrection attempt as of 2026-09-20. They contain commentary, warnings, and Trump's own non-denial about the Insurrection Act, which show speculation rather than documented planning.