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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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True85% confidence7 sourcesSep 30, 2026The Wall Street Journal poll shows Democrats up eight points on the generic ballot.Said by AThe Wall Street Journal poll (conducted September 16-21, 2026, 1,500 registered voters) showed Democrats at 50% and Republicans at 42%, an eight-point Democratic lead on the generic ballot, as the claim states. The claim matches the post's wording, and the poll was already public before the September 30 posting date.True70% confidence5 sourcesSep 30, 2026The Justice Department is investigating accusations that Jack Smith lied to the House of Representatives about obtaining lawmakers' phone records.House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan referred Jack Smith to the Justice Department in July 2026 for allegedly lying to the House about obtaining lawmakers' phone records, and a DOJ spokesperson said the agency "will investigate all evidence of criminal conduct." Sources from late September still describe the accusations as unresolved, with no charges filed, so the claim holds as of 2026-09-30. Smith's lawyers deny the allegations.True95% confidence4 sourcesSep 30, 2026Senator Eric Schmitt questioned Jack Smith about his attendance at a Golden State Warriors versus Atlanta Hawks game on February 3, 2024.Multiple reliable outlets report that Sen. Eric Schmitt asked Jack Smith at the September 29, 2026 Senate Judiciary hearing whether he attended an NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks on February 3, 2024. The claim's only departure from the post is the spelling of the senator's name (the post says 'Schmidt'), which is a referent resolved correctly and does not change the claim.True92% confidence7 sourcesSep 30, 2026There was no voter fraud that changed the 2020 election.Said by BMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources (PolitiFact, Reuters, AP, FactCheck.org, plus a NYT-based report and Barr's DOJ statements) find no evidence that voter fraud changed the 2020 election outcome, and courts dismissed the fraud lawsuits. The claim's wording matches the post's answer 'No' to 'Was there voter fraud that changed the 2020 election?', so it is graded as an accurate paraphrase.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True92% confidence3 sourcesSep 30, 2026Donald Trump did not inherit the worst inflation crisis in history.Said by BThe claim that Trump did not inherit the worst inflation in history is supported. FactCheck.org, CNN and DW all state that the worst US inflation came after World War I (23.7% in 1919-1920), not under Biden, and that Trump did not inherit it. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's 'No' answer.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True95% confidence7 sourcesSep 30, 2026The United States government launched an AI chatbot called America.gov.Said by BMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, NYT, Snopes, CBS News, Government Executive) confirm the Trump administration launched America.gov, an AI-powered chatbot, on September 29, 2026, before the September 30 posting date. The claim's extraction ('its own branded AI chatbot') is faithful to the passage, and the sources describe it as a government-run AI chatbot built by the White House National Design Studio and run by GSA.True95% confidence5 sourcesSep 30, 2026The Trump administration requires all executive branch departments and agencies to use the phrase 'superintelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence'.Executive Order 14434, signed September 29, 2026, directs all executive branch departments and agencies to use "Super Intelligence" (SI) instead of "Artificial Intelligence" (AI), which matches the claim as of its 2026-09-30 posting date. The claim's spelling "superintelligence" differs only trivially from the order's "Super Intelligence", and the post's wording is faithfully extracted.True88% confidence4 sourcesSep 30, 2026ICE is preparing to hire 5,000 new employees by the end of the year to support a deportation campaign.Said by AThe claim that ICE is preparing to hire 5,000 employees by year's end to support the deportation campaign is supported as of the 2026-09-30 posting date. The New York Times and Washington Post both reported the plan on 2026-09-29, citing anonymous sources, and NewsNation reported it on 2026-09-30. The passage's wording ('reportedly') is faithful to the claim, and the 'by end of the year' timeframe matches the reporting. Later sources say the hiring push was still under way, which does not change the September 30 assessment.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True90% confidence6 sourcesSep 30, 2026Donald Trump stated at the United Nations that he would not participate in AI regulatory frameworks.Said by AMultiple sources report that Trump told the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2026 that the US 'totally rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control' AI and would not join global AI regulation, which supports the claim. The post's 'absolutely not, I will not participate' is a faithful paraphrase of that stance, and the 'few days ago' timing matches the September 22 speech.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True60% confidence8 sourcesSep 30, 2026Diesel prices are rising despite crude oil production.Said by BThe EIA monthly series shows diesel averaged $6.291 in September 2026, up from $5.462 in August, and the claim's core assertion that diesel prices were still rising around 2026-09-30 is supported at moderate confidence. The sources also show a record peak around September 21-22 followed by a brief early-October dip, so the day-to-day trend at the posting date is less certain than the monthly one.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.