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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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Mixed50% confidence7 sourcesAug 10, 2026Mike Rogers received over $1 million in campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry during his time in Congress.Said by BThe claim's over-$1 million figure holds only if leadership-PAC money is added to direct campaign contributions: OpenSecrets-based sources show about $673,390 in direct pharma/health donations plus at least $329,921 to his leadership PAC, while PolitiFact found only hundreds of thousands in pharma-related corporate PAC money. Whether the claim is true therefore depends on which measure is used.Mixed50% confidence8 sourcesAug 10, 2026The United States sent $22 billion to subsidize genocide.Said by BThe roughly $22 billion figure is in the range of Costs of War estimates for U.S. military aid and operations tied to Israel after Oct. 7, 2023, though the scope and timeframe vary by study (for example, $17.9B plus $4.86B in Houthi operations for one year, or $21.7B in military aid over two years) and PolitiFact cites analyst estimates of $16.3B to $21.7B. The 'genocide' characterization is a contested political judgment that the sources present only as the view of some researchers and advocates, not as an established finding.Mixed55% confidence4 sourcesAug 10, 2026Mike Rogers supported the Iraq War, the war in Libya, and regime change in Syria.Said by AThe record strongly supports Rogers backing the 2003 Iraq War, but the Libya and Syria elements rest on thin or conflicting evidence: an opinion piece says he backed military action in both, while a 2016 voting-record summary shows a 2011 vote to ban armed forces in Libya without congressional approval and funding for Syrian rebels. The claim also departs slightly from the passage, which adds the Iran War and was attributed to Greenwald, but the three listed items are graded as stated.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesAug 10, 2026Gas prices are nearly five dollars a gallon because of the war with Iran.Said by BThe war's role in higher gas prices is supported: AAA and Cleveland.com tie August 2026 pump prices to the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz volatility. But 'nearly five dollars a gallon' is not supported for 2026-08-10. The national average was about $4.06 to $4.10 that month, roughly $0.90 short of $5, so the price figure is overstated. The later rise toward $4.50 in late September postdates the claim and does not change the August assessment.