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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% 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.True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026Bill and Hillary Clinton appeared for testimony regarding the Epstein file after being subpoenaed.Said by BMultiple reliable sources (Reuters, NBC, House Oversight release, Politico) confirm that Bill and Hillary Clinton were subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee over Epstein and appeared for closed-door depositions in late February 2026 (Hillary Feb 26, Bill Feb 27) after threatened contempt. The claim matches the passage's core assertion; the testimony was depositions rather than public testimony, a minor framing point that does not change the verdict.True88% confidence5 sourcesOct 15, 2026Donald Trump did not fulfill his campaign promise to have no new wars.Said by CSources show Trump repeatedly promised 'no new wars' or 'no more wars' during his 2024 campaign, and that the U.S. launched a war with Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, which he has defended as necessary. His denials that he made the promise are contradicted by the record, so the claim that he did not fulfill it is supported.True92% confidence7 sourcesOct 15, 2026Donald Trump did not fulfill his campaign promise to cut gas prices to less than two dollars a gallon.Said by CThe claim matches the post's wording and the sources consistently show Trump promised gas below $2 a gallon and did not deliver: AP reports prices averaging about $4.25, and PolitiFact and NBC report prices more than double the promised level. The post's wording and the claim are faithful, so the claim is graded as stated.True85% confidence5 sourcesOct 15, 2026Chris Van Hollen has fought for Americans that have been killed in the West Bank.Said by BSources consistently show Senator Chris Van Hollen leading efforts to press for accountability and investigation into the deaths of American citizens killed in the West Bank, including a 30-colleague letter and a Senate resolution demanding a State Department report. The claim's core assertion is supported; the 'incorruptible' and 'top choice' parts are opinion and not graded.True93% confidence6 sourcesOct 15, 2026Mike Johnson has stated that if Democrats win, he may return to Shreveport to start a lawn mowing business.Said by BMultiple sources, led by AP, report that Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News's Aishah Hasnie on Oct. 8, 2026, that if Republicans lose the House he may return to Shreveport and start a lawn business. The sources describe the trigger as a GOP loss of the majority rather than 'Democrats win', which is the same midterm scenario, and they say 'lawn business' rather than 'lawn mowing', a minor wording difference. Johnson later called the remark a joke (CBS, via Newser on Oct. 12), but the statement was made as of the Oct. 15 posting date.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True60% confidence7 sourcesOct 15, 2026The Republican Party is in conflict with the Pope.Said by CSources from April 2026 document a public conflict between Trump, Vice President Vance, and Pope Leo XIV, and describe it as causing turmoil for the Republican Party, which supports the claim as of 2026-10-15. The sources are dated April 2026 and do not confirm whether the conflict persisted into October, and the post's causal explanation (the pope being 'too empathetic') is not graded.True97% confidence7 sourcesOct 15, 2026Rush Limbaugh died.Said by BMultiple independent tier1 outlets (AP, Reuters, BBC) and tier2 outlets (NPR, NBC) report that radio host Rush Limbaugh died on February 17, 2021, at age 70 of lung cancer, as announced by his wife. The post's 'He died, and then nothing' refers to Limbaugh, so the extracted claim matches the passage.True95% confidence9 sourcesOct 15, 2026The film La Bola Negra won Best Director at Cannes.Said by ALa Bola Negra won the Best Director award at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, shared ex aequo with Paweł Pawlikowski for Fatherland; the award went to its directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, so 'the film won' is a loose but accurate phrasing. The claim matches the passage's wording and no source contradicts it.True70% confidence5 sourcesOct 15, 2026Members of the Trump administration are being fired.As of 2026-10-15, sources document multiple Trump administration members being fired or forced out, including Kimberly Guilfoyle ousted that week and several Cabinet-level officials removed earlier in 2026. The post only said more members "may be getting the boot", so the extraction dropped the speculative framing, but the underlying present-state claim that firings are occurring is supported as of that date.True95% confidence4 sourcesSep 20, 2026Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts.Said by BMultiple sources, including AP and NPR, report that a New York jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in May 2024. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, which presupposes these convictions, and later sources (USA Today 2026, CBC) still describe the conviction as standing, with an unconditional discharge at sentencing.