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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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False80% confidence8 sourcesOct 15, 2026The Save America Act requires a passport to register to vote.Said by CThe SAVE America Act requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, and a passport is only one of several accepted documents, so it does not require a passport. The original post's hedge 'effectively, a passport' was dropped in the extracted claim, which turns it into a literal requirement the bill does not impose. As of 2026-10-15 the bill had passed the House but not the Senate.False75% confidence8 sourcesOct 15, 2026The Heritage Foundation conducted a study about fraudulent voting in America and found none.Said by BThe Heritage Foundation's voter fraud database records many proven fraud cases (about 1,333 to 2,276 depending on the period), so it did not find none. The sources also say those cases are rare relative to total votes, which is a different point from finding none.False60% confidence4 sourcesOct 15, 2026A Rasmussen projection for the midterms shows Democrats with 53 Senate seats and Republicans with 46.Said by BNo source reports a Rasmussen Senate projection of 53 Democratic seats. Rasmussen's own October 15 comments describe the Senate as a "50-50 shot" that is too close to call, which is incompatible with a 53-46 Democratic projection. Later coverage (October 29) puts Rasmussen at 47 Democratic and 46 Republican seats rated safe or likely, with seven competitive seats, so the claim's Democratic figure does not match. The post's 53-46 graphic itself is not among the sources.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Mixed60% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026Kevin McCarthy lost multiple votes when he was Speaker of the House.Said by CMcCarthy did lose multiple floor votes in January 2023, but those losses came while he was the Republican nominee for Speaker, before he took office, as sources [2], [4], [5] and [9] report. While he was Speaker he lost the removal vote in October 2023 (216-210, source [1]), but the sources do not document multiple lost votes during his tenure. The claim's timing ('when he was Speaker') is therefore only partly supported; the extraction faithfully reflects the post, which does not distinguish the two periods.Mixed55% confidence7 sourcesOct 15, 2026President Trump is considering replacing his chief of staff, Susie Wiles.Said by BPolitico's four-source report, echoed by several outlets on 2026-10-15, says Trump was canvassing allies about replacing Wiles, which supports the claim. Trump and the White House flatly denied it as a 'fake story' with 'zero chance,' so the sources conflict on whether he was considering a replacement; the claim faithfully reflects the post's passage.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Mixed50% confidence9 sourcesOct 15, 2026Only five states have IDs that would qualify under the Save America Act.Said by CSeveral sources report that only five states (Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, Washington) offer enhanced driver's licenses or IDs showing U.S. citizenship that would qualify, supporting the claim's figure as of the post date. However, an unrated white paper states that not a single state currently meets the bill's ID criteria (Ohio comes close), so the sources conflict depending on the measure used, and the claim's wording about IDs 'as they are today' is ambiguous.Mixed60% confidence10 sourcesOct 15, 2026Donald Trump did not fulfill his campaign promise to release the Epstein files.Said by CSources show Trump did not fully deliver on Epstein file release: he resisted for months, and Congress forced a release law he signed in November 2025, while Reuters reports substantial material still withheld. But he did release some files early in his term and the sources disagree on whether he made a firm campaign pledge at all, so the claim is only partly supported. The claim also departs slightly from the post, which framed the failure as a broader 'everything he said he would do' point; the Epstein-specific claim is graded on the sources.Mixed55% confidence7 sourcesOct 15, 202629% of Americans approve of Donald Trump's actions.Said by CThe 29% figure matches the American Research Group poll (Sept 16-20) and Pew's 'three-in-ten' finding (survey Sept 28-Oct 4), but other polls in the same period showed roughly 32-40% approval, so 29% is one point in a range rather than the settled national figure. The claim is also a point-in-time statement from 2026-10-15; later polls (31-32% in late October) are after that date and do not change the verdict.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% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026Chuck Schumer controls and raises money for almost the entirety of the Democratic Senate caucus.Said by CSources show Schumer is a prolific fundraiser who transfers money to many Democratic Senate candidates and runs the fundraising apparatus (DSCC, Senate Majority PAC closely aligned with him), and PBS/AP says he has directly or indirectly overseen the campaign arm in almost every cycle for 20 years. However, the sources do not establish that he 'controls' the entire caucus or gives money to 'almost the entirety' of it; the 2022 AP piece shows him giving $1M each to nine candidates, and the claim's 'controls' scope is characterized by sources as influence and leverage rather than total control. As of 2026-10-15 the caucus broadly supported him, with a Stratton-style dissent noted, so the scope of 'almost the entirety' is only partly supported.Mixed70% confidence7 sourcesOct 15, 2026Lindsey Graham died a month and a half ago.Said by BLindsey Graham's death is well supported: multiple tier1 and tier2 sources report he died July 11, 2026 (reported July 12) after a sudden illness, with a preliminary medical examiner finding of aortic dissection. The timing is contradicted: measured from the October 15, 2026 posting date, July 11 was about three months earlier, not a month and a half, so the post's 'just happened' framing is also wrong.True95% confidence8 sourcesOct 15, 2026The film La Bola Negra won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.Said by AMultiple independent outlets (AP, NYT, CBC, CTV, Hollywood Reporter, Cineuropa) report that La Bola Negra won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2026, matching the claim. The post's other assertions (Best Director at CAN, Awards Watch praise) are not part of the extracted claim and are not graded here.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True65% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026Kevin McCarthy and Stephen Miller are being considered as potential successors to Susie Wiles as chief of staff.Said by BMultiple outlets, all tracing to a Politico report published around 2026-10-15, say Trump privately consulted allies on replacing Susie Wiles and floated Kevin McCarthy and Stephen Miller as possible successors, so the claim that they were being considered is supported as of the posting date. The White House and Trump denied any plan to replace Wiles, and the post's wording ('names being floated') is a faithful paraphrase of the reporting.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.