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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Vox Media Podcast Network
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% 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.Can’t tell35% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Donald Trump placed more stock trades in a single day than Nancy Pelosi has in twelve years.Said by CThe sources do not report any single-day trade count for Trump, only averages of roughly 60 to 80 trades per day, so the single-day comparison cannot be graded. Pelosi's 12-year total also varies by source (about 13 trades on Capitol Markets versus 203 on Quiver), and whether a single Trump day beats her total depends on which count is used.Can’t tell40% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026The cost to fill up an SUV is 180 dollars.Said by AThe post says "It's 180 bucks" about the speaker's own SUV, but the extracted claim generalizes this to the cost to fill "an SUV", which departs from the passage, so it is unverifiable as extracted. Sources do show that $180 is far above typical SUV fill-ups around 2026-10-27 (about $68 to $100 at the $4.27 national average), so the generalized claim would be false if read as a typical SUV cost.Can’t tell30% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026Elon Musk responded to a thread about Tesla and SpaceX by stating, 'He has never had any clue.'Said by ANone of the sources independently records Musk saying 'He has never had any clue.' The only support is the Raging Moderates show itself (source 3, a transcript of the same program), which cannot corroborate the claim. The sources confirm the SpaceX-Tesla merger discussion but not this reply.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell30% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Arizona's 6th District has a 25% Hispanic population.Said by 3CThe extracted claim names Arizona's 6th District, but the post only says "we have about 25% Hispanic community" and never names that district, so the claim departs from the passage and is not graded as the poster's statement. Separately, several sources (ACS-based profiles dated 2026) put the district's Hispanic population at about 25.4%, so the figure itself is supported if the claim were taken on its own.Can’t tell45% confidence9 sourcesOct 27, 2026Nicki Minaj is being considered for the position of press secretary for Donald Trump.Sources show Minaj was publicly floated for the press secretary role by White House communications director Steven Cheung on Oct 25, and Trump later called the idea 'a good idea' that he would think about, but multiple outlets say it was unclear whether she was seriously under consideration and Snopes calls it a joking suggestion. The claim also drops the post's 'reportedly' qualifier, and the sources do not establish formal consideration as of the Oct 27 claim date.Can’t tell35% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026Democrats are expanding their lead through suspicious early vote dynamics in Alaska, with a duplicate-name candidate set up to split votes.Said by CThe claim departs from the passage: the post only says the Democrats might have set up a same-name candidate, and never mentions early-vote dynamics or Democrats expanding a lead. Sources do report that the New York Times alleged a Peltola-linked effort to recruit a second Dan Sullivan and that the DOJ opened a probe, but none covers early-vote lead expansion, and the post's own claim is not evidence of the scheme.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell40% confidence2 sourcesSep 30, 2026Democrats received a 2.5 point bump in polling following their midterm convention.Said by AThe claim departs from the passage: the speaker refers to Trump's Republican convention in Dallas, while the extracted claim says Democrats had a midterm convention, which the post never says. Sources do show Democrats gaining roughly 2.5 to 3 points after the Republican convention, but that is not the claim as extracted.Can’t tell40% confidence5 sourcesSep 30, 2026Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 1, 2026.Said by AThe claim departs from the passage: the post says Smith testified 'yesterday' (posted 2026-09-30, so September 29), but the claim gives October 1, 2026. Sources including the Senate Judiciary Committee's own hearing page show the testimony was on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, so the claimed date is not supported.Can’t tell50% confidence7 sourcesSep 30, 2026Kristi Noem is in a relationship with Corey Lewandowski.Said by AAs of 2026-09-30, the sources show a widely reported and widely rumored romantic relationship between Noem and Lewandowski, but both have publicly denied it, and DHS called the reports "baseless gossip." No source confirms the relationship, so the claim cannot be graded true or false on this record.