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True75% confidence7 sourcesOct 24, 2026The podcast episode featuring Karoline Leavitt, Andy Beshear, and Steve Hilton originally aired on October 23, 2026.The claim matches the post's own wording ('Originally aired 10/23/26'), and three independent episode databases (Metacritic, Plex, TheTVDB) list the original air date as October 23, 2026, with the same three guests. The claim does not depart from the passage, and the one-day gap from the October 24 posting date is explained by the 'originally aired' note, not contradicted.Can’t tell30% confidence6 sourcesOct 24, 2026The White House sent out new red hats that say, "Make America Glee Again."Said by AThe claim matches the passage, but no independent source confirms that the White House sent out 'Make America Glee Again' hats. The only mentions come from Maher's own remarks and coverage that repeats them, which cannot corroborate the claim.Can’t tell45% confidence6 sourcesOct 24, 2026The White House is the safest place in America.Said by AThe claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post, which relays a 60 Minutes segment in which Secret Service official Matt Quinn said the White House is 'the safest place on Earth.' The sources show officials and insiders asserting the White House is very safe, but none provides an independent comparative measure ranking it safest in America, and none contradicts the claim, so it cannot be graded as true or false on the record. The claim is also a paraphrase of the official's stronger 'on Earth' remark, which is itself an unquantified assessment.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell30% confidence3 sourcesOct 24, 2026Kentucky is ten points redder than California is blue.Said by 2BThe sources establish Kentucky's red lean (Cook PVI R+16; Trump won the state by 30.7 points in 2024) but give no figure for California's partisan lean, so the ten-point comparison cannot be graded. The sources say only that California is a safely Democratic state with Biden/Harris margins of 10+ points, which is a lower bound. The extraction is faithful to the passage, and the claim was made on 2026-10-24.Can’t tell30% confidence6 sourcesOct 24, 2026As Attorney General, Andy Beshear sued the Obama administration for regulations that hurt Kentucky.Said by 2BNo independent source in the set documents a lawsuit by Andy Beshear against the Obama administration as Kentucky attorney general. The only support is Beshear's own remarks in the Bill Maher transcript and a 2025 interview, which cannot corroborate the claim. The extraction is faithful to the post, and the sources neither confirm nor refute it.Can’t tell30% confidence10 sourcesOct 24, 2026Linda McMahon canceled the farm-to-cafeteria program.Said by 2BNone of the provided sources addresses a farm-to-cafeteria program or says whether McMahon canceled it. The sources document McMahon's Education Department grant cancellations, which are a different program area, and the only text repeating the claim is the claimant's own quote, which is not evidence. The claim matches the passage faithfully, so it is graded as stated.Can’t tell50% confidence7 sourcesOct 24, 2026Nithya Raman is expected to be elected mayor of Los Angeles.Said by 2DThe claim is a forecast about the Nov. 3 runoff, which had not yet been held as of the Oct. 24 post or the Nov. 2 check, so no source can confirm or refute it. Sources describe Raman as front-runner in some September and late-October polls, and the Oct. 19-25 UC Berkeley IGS poll showing a 40-40 tie, which makes the outcome an open question rather than a settled one. The claim's wording matches the post's "looks like she's gonna be elected" without departing from it.Can’t tell60% confidence5 sourcesOct 24, 2026Republicans in the big ugly bill could close 35 rural hospitals in Kentucky.Said by 2BThe claim departs from the passage: the post says 'my state' and never names Kentucky, and the surrounding post (Steve Hilton discussing his California race) suggests the speaker is not referring to Kentucky, so the claim cannot be graded as the poster's. Separately, the 35-hospital figure traces to Gov. Beshear's projection, which the sources dispute and which experts say cannot be predicted.Can’t tell40% confidence6 sourcesOct 24, 2026Andy Beshear has sued the President 30 times.Said by 2BThe sources document several lawsuits Beshear joined against the Trump administration (funding freeze, public health grants, AmeriCorps, tariffs, Medicaid work rules, TANF data), but none gives a count, so the figure of 30 is neither confirmed nor contradicted. The extraction is faithful: the post says "this President" meaning Trump, and "30 times" is the speaker's own figure.Can’t tell30% confidence6 sourcesOct 24, 2026Democrats are letting noncitizens vote illegally.The claim departs from the passage: the speaker says Republicans are making a mistake pursuing noncitizen-voting concerns, and never says Democrats are letting noncitizens vote illegally, so the verdict is unverifiable as an extraction. Separately, authoritative sources (Snopes, Washington Post, NPR, AP-cited reporting) find noncitizen voting rare and report no evidence that Democrats organize it, which would contradict the broader allegation if it were the post's claim.