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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% 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.True95% confidence6 sourcesAug 27, 2026Todd Blanche is the Attorney General of the United States.Said by AMultiple authoritative sources (Reuters, AP, DOJ, White House, Britannica) confirm Todd Blanche was confirmed by the Senate 50-49 on August 8, 2026 and sworn in as Attorney General on August 10, 2026, so he held the office as of the claim date of 2026-08-27. The extraction's 'Todd Blanch' spelling is a minor typo of the same person, and the post's 'newly minted attorney general' framing matches the sources.True80% confidence7 sourcesAug 27, 2026In the 2024 election, Donald Trump won Texas's 15th congressional district by 18 percentage points.Said by AMultiple sources report Trump carried Texas's 15th District by about 18 points in 2024 (PollCheck: 58.5% to 40.6%, R+17.9; other outlets: +18 or nearly 18), which is consistent with the claim within rounding. The House race was a different contest: De La Cruz won that race by about 14 to 15 points, so the claim's presidential reading is the one the sources support.True85% confidence5 sourcesAug 27, 2026Voter fraud is barely non-existent in the United States.Said by AMultiple reliable sources (Reuters, AP, BBC, Brookings, NPR) find that documented voter fraud in the U.S. is exceedingly rare, which supports the core assertion. The sources say fraud does occasionally occur, so 'barely non-existent' is loose wording for 'extremely rare', but the casual phrasing does not change the verdict.True93% confidence6 sourcesAug 27, 2026Time magazine reported that the Trump administration removed a painting by artist Kehinde Wiley from an embassy.Said by ATIME's August 25, 2026 article reported that the Trump administration removed a Kehinde Wiley painting from a U.S. embassy, and the NYT, San Francisco Chronicle, Yahoo, and The Independent independently confirm the removal from the embassy in Santo Domingo. The claim's 'woke' qualifier was dropped in extraction, which does not change the core assertion; the post's misspelling 'Kahinde' refers to the same artist.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True95% confidence5 sourcesAug 27, 2026A federal judge ruled that the Texas ban on drag shows is unconstitutional and violates the First Amendment.Said by AMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, Reuters, CBS Texas, NBC, NYT) report that on Aug 25/26, 2026, U.S. District Judge David Hittner ruled for a second time that Texas Senate Bill 12, which restricted public drag shows, is unconstitutional under the First Amendment. The claim's wording matches the passage and the sources; the ruling is a reaffirmation of his 2023 decision after the Fifth Circuit remand.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True93% confidence6 sourcesAug 10, 2026Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate from Michigan.Said by AAbdul El-Sayed was declared the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan on August 5, 2026, after winning the August 4 primary, so the claim was accurate on the August 10 posting date. The AP's November 1 coverage still calls him the Democratic nominee, and the claim matches the passage's wording without adding anything.