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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
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Raging against the extremes. Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov are in the middle — and they’re mad, because being a moderate in America these days does NOT mean staying silent. New episodes every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evening. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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True90% confidence9 sourcesOct 27, 2026James Talarico is a Presbyterian seminarian and school teacher.Said by BMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, Reuters, NYT) describe James Talarico as a Presbyterian seminarian, and his bio sources and campaign materials confirm he taught sixth-grade language arts at a San Antonio middle school. As of 2026-10-27 he was the Democratic Senate nominee, and the present-tense claim that he is a seminarian and school teacher is supported; he has since left classroom teaching for politics, which the claim's 'is' does not contradict on the sources' own account, and the extraction faithfully reflects the post's wording.True90% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026Gadi Eisenkot is a former Israeli army chief who lost his son in Gaza.Said by AMultiple reliable sources (Reuters, BBC, AP, TIME, JTA, Times of Israel) confirm Gadi Eisenkot is a former IDF chief of staff (2015–2019) and that his son Gal Meir Eisenkot was killed fighting in Gaza in December 2023; the claim matches the passage's description and the post is a faithful paraphrase.True93% confidence8 sourcesOct 27, 20263.3 million people, or 45 percent of eligible voters, cast ballots in the Israeli election by 2 p.m. local time.Said by CThe Central Elections Committee figures reported by multiple outlets show 3,290,480 voters (about 3.3 million) and 44.9% of eligible voters had cast ballots by 2 p.m. local time on October 27, 2026, matching the claim within rounding. The extracted claim is faithful to the passage, and the figures were reported the same day as the post.True60% confidence7 sourcesOct 27, 202663,000 Israeli expats flew home to vote in the election.Said by AThe 63,000 figure is the claimant's own number from the passage and falls within the AID Coalition's estimate of 'as many as 67,000' Israelis returning to vote, which multiple outlets reported on election day. The sources give this as an organiser survey estimate rather than an official count, and some estimates run higher (70,000 to 80,000), so the figure is directionally supported but not a verified tally. The claim is past tense, but sources published on 2026-10-27 describe these voters as having flown in, so it holds as of the posting date.True95% confidence8 sourcesOct 27, 2026A Washington Post journalist was beaten up by Israeli settlers in the West Bank a couple of weeks ago.Said by CMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources, including Reuters and AP, confirm that Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was beaten by masked Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Abu Falah on October 16, 2026, about 11 days before the post. The claim drops the post's '64 years old' detail rather than adding anything, and the 'couple of weeks' timing fits the sources.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Benjamin Netanyahu is 77 years old.Said by AMultiple reliable sources (AP, Reuters, Ynet) state Netanyahu is 77, and his birth date of October 21, 1949 places him at 77 on 2026-10-27, the date of the claim. The extracted claim matches the post's passage, which says 'Netanyahu is 77'.True93% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Gadi Eisenkot is 66 years old.Said by AMultiple sources state Gadi Eisenkot is 66, and his birth date of 19 May 1960 makes him 66 on the claim's date of 2026-10-27. The post's 'Eisenstadt' is a misspelling of the same person, so the claim fairly reflects the passage.True60% confidence4 sourcesOct 27, 202675% of young Americans think Israel is a bad actor.Said by AThe claim's core figure is supported: an INSS analysis of Pew data from a March 2026 survey reports that 75% of Americans aged 18-29 hold unfavorable views of Israel, and other sources show majority-negative views among young Americans. The claim says 'bad actor' where the sources measure favorability, a label difference that does not change the figure's meaning, and the measure is secondary-sourced, so confidence is moderate.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 27, 2026Lula da Silva is 81 years old.Said by CMultiple sources confirm Lula turned 81 on October 27, 2026, the date the claim was posted, so he was 81 on that date. The extracted claim matches the passage, which says "Lula is 81 years old." Sources differ on his birth date (27 October 1945 in most reports, 6 October 1945 on the civil record cited by Veja), but both put him at 81 by 27 October 2026.True85% confidence7 sourcesOct 27, 2026Only 34,000 votes were counted after the original deadline in the Brazilian election.Said by CThe claim that only about 34,000 votes were cast after the original 5 p.m. deadline matches the Superior Electoral Court data reported by Lead Stories (34,393), Folha (34,300), Ground News citing TSE (34,000 / 34,3 thousand), and BigNewsNetwork (about 34,000, 0.03% of ballots). The passage's 'came in after' wording and the claim's 'counted after' wording both refer to the same post-deadline votes, and the 4.4 million margin is also confirmed by AP and Reuters-based coverage.True95% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026Lula da Silva won the election by 4.4 million votes.Multiple tier1 sources (AP, BBC) and electoral-court-based reporting confirm Lula won the 2026 Brazil runoff by nearly 4.4 million votes, matching the claim; the claim is a faithful extraction of the post's 'Lula won by 4.4 million votes' and the post's 'Lula' refers to Lula da Silva.True85% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026Viktor Orban is being discussed as a candidate for UN Secretary General.Said by CMultiple sources published 2026-10-25 to 2026-10-30 report that Viktor Orbán was being discussed as a UN Secretary-General candidate, based on a WSJ report that the Trump administration floated him, so the claim held as of 2026-10-27. The discussion is unconfirmed and disputed: Russia said it would not nominate him, and Hungary's PM and France rejected the idea, but none of that makes the discussion itself false.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.