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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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True90% confidence5 sourcesSep 20, 2026The Supreme Court currently has a 6-3 conservative majority.Said by BMultiple sources dated before and around 2026-09-20 (Reuters June 2026, Newsweek May 2026, Union Leader Oct 2026, CNN June 2026) report the Supreme Court has a 6-3 conservative majority, with three Trump appointees, so the claim held as of the posting date. The claim's extraction matches the passage; the post's 'three justices Trump appointed himself' is consistent with sources noting three Trump appointees.True95% confidence5 sourcesSep 20, 2026Pete Hegseth holds a position within the Department of Defense.Said by AMultiple tier1 and primary sources (the official Department of War leadership page, AP, The Hill, Congress.gov biography) show Pete Hegseth as Secretary of War (formerly Secretary of Defense, renamed Sept. 5, 2025) as of September 2026, so he held a position within the Department of Defense on 2026-09-20. The claim's 'Pete Hexeth' misspelling in the post is a trivial typo, not a change of referent, and the sources remain consistent with the claim after that date.True95% confidence6 sourcesSep 20, 2026Todd Blanche holds the position of head of the Department of Justice.Said by AAs of 2026-09-20, Todd Blanche was the head of the Justice Department: he had been acting attorney general since April 2026 and was sworn in as attorney general on August 10, 2026, after Senate confirmation. The post's phrasing 'under Todd Blanche' supports this reading, and the claim is still true as of the check date.True95% confidence7 sourcesSep 20, 2026Donald Trump appointed three of the current Supreme Court justices.Said by BMultiple authoritative sources confirm Trump appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, who are all current justices as of late 2026. The extracted claim faithfully matches the post's wording, which is about the three justices Trump appointed.True92% confidence7 sourcesSep 20, 2026The Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration's request for new mail-in voting restrictions.Said by BMultiple tier-1 outlets (AP, Reuters, BBC) report that the Supreme Court on September 14, 2026 denied the Trump administration's request to lift a lower-court injunction blocking the USPS mail-ballot rule, so the claim that it ruled against the administration's request is supported. The post's word "unprecedented" is dropped in the extracted claim, which is a dropped qualifier graded normally, and the ruling was an unsigned emergency order that found the government unlikely to succeed on the merits rather than a full merits decision.True85% confidence8 sourcesSep 20, 2026The Supreme Court's ruling on mail-in voting restrictions was issued on the emergency shadow docket.Said by AThe September 14, 2026 Supreme Court order declining to let the Postal Service enforce Trump's mail-ballot rule was an unsigned, one-paragraph emergency order on the government's application, which matches the shadow-docket label. PBS explicitly describes the September mail-voting ruling as an emergency docket ruling, and the extraction faithfully reflects the post's 'this week' reference.True92% confidence5 sourcesSep 20, 2026Donald Trump's proposed plan would have required states to provide lists of voters' names approved to receive mail ballots.Said by BThe claim that Trump's plan would have required states to provide lists of voters approved to receive mail ballots is supported by multiple sources, including NYT, The Hill, Bloomberg, and ProPublica, which all describe the state voter-list requirement. The plan was later blocked by courts, including the Supreme Court, but that does not make the 'would have required' claim false as of 2026-09-20.True90% confidence6 sourcesSep 20, 2026Donald Trump's proposed plan would have required specific barcodes on envelopes for mail-in ballots.Said by BMultiple sources, including AP (tier1), report that Trump's order would have required states to use an envelope style with barcodes, so the claim that the plan required specific barcodes on mail-ballot envelopes is supported. The plan was blocked by the courts (the Supreme Court refused to lift the injunction on Sept. 14), but that later development does not make the claim false as of 2026-09-20.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.