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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% confidence6 sourcesSep 30, 2026The Trump administration cut a $200 million contract to an organization providing legal services to undocumented children at the border.Said by BMultiple sources confirm the Trump administration halted and terminated a roughly $200 million federal contract with the Acacia Center for Justice for legal representation of unaccompanied children, many of whom were at the border. The claim's 'at the beginning of the administration' timing matches the February 2025 stop-work order, and the sources describe it as a suspension or termination (some later sources say the funding was restored), which does not undercut the claim as stated.True60% confidence10 sourcesSep 30, 2026Kristi Noem used her office to enrich herself and people close to her.Said by ATax records and CREW reporting document that Noem's personal company, Ashwood Strategies, received about $80,000 in 2023 and about $137,842 in 2024 from a dark-money nonprofit that promotes her political career, while she was governor. CREW also reports a similar payment tied to her adviser Corey Lewandowski, and a 2022 state ethics board found sufficient evidence of conflict of interest and malfeasance in a separate matter involving her daughter. The sources do not independently establish that the payments were made because of her office, and the DOJ probe into Lewandowski is only an unresolved allegation.True90% confidence7 sourcesSep 30, 2026Ken Paxton stated that his polling numbers and the numbers of other Republicans dropped after the Trump-led GOP midterm convention in Dallas.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, CNN, TPR and others quoting the NYT audio) confirm Paxton said 'it dropped our numbers' and 'everybody's numbers dropped' after the Trump-led midterm convention in Dallas, so the claim that he said his and other Republicans' numbers dropped is supported. Paxton's campaign called the report 'manipulated nonsense' without specifically disputing the quote, and the claim faithfully tracks the passage.True90% confidence8 sourcesSep 30, 2026Tech leaders signed a voluntary agreement to establish AI safety standards including internal monitoring, outside evaluators, and independent board oversight.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, AP, BBC, CBS, NBC, Al Jazeera, France24) report that Trump and top tech executives signed a voluntary AI safety accord, and the accord's text includes internal controls and monitoring, an independent external auditor/evaluator, and an independent board committee for oversight. The claim's wording matches the passage's own description and the sources; the minor unit detail that the accord is 'one-page' is not addressed but is peripheral.