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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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True70% confidence7 sourcesOct 27, 2026Arizona's 6th congressional district contains approximately 80,000 veterans.Said by 3CThe claim matches the post's wording ('about 80,000 veterans that call Arizona Six home'). The most direct official-data source, Census Reporter's ACS 2024 profile, puts AZ-6's veteran population at 76,457 (±4,301), which is approximately 80,000 within rounding and margin of error. The claim is graded as of 2026-10-27, and the census profile predates that date.True90% confidence7 sourcesOct 27, 2026Donald Trump acknowledged directing the lawsuit in Alaska himself.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, The Hill, PBS, Politico, FactCheck.org) report Trump saying 'I'm the one that said do it' about the DOJ lawsuit over the Alaska Senate race, which is a direct acknowledgment of personally directing it. The claim matches the post's own wording ('Trump personally directed a DOJ lawsuit in Alaska') and no source contradicts it.True95% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026Flavio Bolsonaro lost to Lula da Silva in the Brazilian presidential runoff election.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters results, AP, BBC, NPR) report that Lula defeated Flávio Bolsonaro in the October 25, 2026 presidential runoff, with Lula at about 51.8% to 48.2%. Bolsonaro refused to concede, but the claim's core assertion that he lost is consistently supported and the post's wording matches the claim.True70% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Approximately 30 million Americans have already voted in the current election cycle.Said by AAs of October 26-27, 2026, sources citing the University of Florida Election Lab report more than 30 million Americans had already voted, so the claim holds for its checking date of 2026-10-27. Later sources show the count rising well past 30 million (34 million on Oct 28, 43 million on Oct 29, and 54 million by Nov 2), which does not make the October 27 claim false.True90% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Jaime Harrison lost his 2020 Senate race in South Carolina by 10 percentage points.Said by COfficial-style 2020 results show Graham 54.5% to Harrison 44.2%, a margin of about 10.3 points, and several outlets report the margin as 10 points. The AP reported 11 points, a minor discrepancy that does not change the verdict; the extraction correctly resolves the race to South Carolina's 2020 Senate contest.True90% confidence10 sourcesOct 27, 2026Donald Trump is offering $1 million for tipoffs that lead to voter fraud convictions.Multiple reliable sources (Reuters Portuguese, NBC, AP-derived coverage, ABC, Washington Examiner) confirm Trump announced on Oct. 26, 2026 on Truth Social a $1 million payment to anyone reporting voter fraud that leads to arrest and conviction, covering past and 2026 midterm elections; the claim matches the post's passage, and the post's 'suing states' and 'threatening officials' elements are not part of the extracted claim. Sources note the funding source and mechanism were unclear, which does not contradict the offer itself.True65% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Nevada early voting and mail-in ballot data indicates a trend favoring Democrats.Said by CAs of 2026-10-27, Nevada early voting and mail ballot data showed Democrats leading, with mail ballots strongly favoring Democrats and an overall Democratic lead, though in-person early voting leaned Republican. The claim's 'trend favoring Democrats' reading is supported, but the sources are thin and largely from one reporter's blog chain, so confidence is moderate.True90% confidence4 sourcesOct 27, 2026Reuters Ipsos found that 69% of Americans think Trump's policy decisions are influenced by his private business dealings.Reuters/Ipsos poll reporting (Aug 19, 2026) says 69% of Americans believe Trump's policy decisions are influenced by his private business dealings, matching the claim's figure and attribution. The claim faithfully reflects the passage, which states the same poll finding without changing the figure or scope.True65% confidence8 sourcesOct 27, 2026Trump's inflation approval rating is 22%.Said by AThe Fox News poll (conducted Oct 9-12, reported Oct 15-16) found Trump's inflation approval at 22%, matching the claim as of 2026-10-27, and the ABC/Post/Ipsos poll's 23% is close. The claim drops the Biden 29% comparison from the post, which is a faithful shortening, and a Harvard CAPS/Harris figure of 33% was published only after the claim date, so it does not contradict the claim as of 10-27.True85% confidence8 sourcesOct 27, 2026Texas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988.Said by BMultiple sources state that the last Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas was Lloyd Bentsen in 1988, matching the claim's wording that Texas has not elected a Democrat since then. The only conflicting detail is that Bob Krueger was appointed to the seat in 1993 and lost the special election that year, which is an appointment, not an election, so it does not contradict the claim.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.