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A longtime Newsmax contributor, #1 rated morning radio host for over 20 years, and throat-cancer survivor, Gerry Callahan calls it like he sees it and offers sharp commentary on the news of the day. With an emphasis on politics, Gerry also brings his unique takes on major sports stories and cultural issues. He has covered The Olympics for Sports Illustrated, numerous World Series and Super Bowls and he offers conservative political opinions from Boston, the belly of the liberal beast.
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True90% confidence7 sourcesAug 4, 2026Pierre Andy Jean-Louis was charged with sex crimes involving children.Said by BMultiple sources, including the ICE primary release and a Fall River District Court report, confirm Pierre Andy Jean-Louis faces pending charges that include possession of child pornography, which is a sex crime involving children. The charges are unproven and pending, and sources state he has not been convicted, but the claim is about being charged, not convicted. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post.True90% confidence6 sourcesAug 4, 2026Ed Markey is 80 years old.Said by BMultiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, Reuters, PolitiFact, Politico, NYT, WaPo) describe Sen. Ed Markey as 80 years old during the 2026 Massachusetts Senate primary campaign, consistent with the claimed 2026-08-04 date. The extracted claim matches the post's own description of Markey as an 80-year-old, and no source contradicts it.True80% confidence5 sourcesAug 4, 2026Aaron Rodgers was not allowed to leave the hotel when his team traveled during the COVID-19 pandemic.Said by BMultiple sources report that unvaccinated players, including Rodgers, were barred from leaving the team hotel during road trips in the COVID-19 protocols, which supports the claim. The sources describe this as a protocol restriction that applied to unvaccinated players, and none contradicts it.True80% confidence5 sourcesAug 4, 2026Hub Arkush did not vote for Aaron Rodgers for NFL MVP because Rodgers refused to get vaccinated.Said by BMultiple sources report that Hub Arkush said he would not vote for Rodgers for MVP partly because Rodgers refused the COVID-19 vaccine, and Arkush later said he regretted that reasoning. The claim simplifies the picture: Arkush also cited Rodgers being the 'biggest jerk in the league' and his off-field conduct more broadly, so vaccination was one stated reason rather than the sole one.True75% confidence6 sourcesAug 4, 2026Aaron Rodgers has reconciled with his parents and brother.Said by BAs of 2026-08-04, multiple outlets reported that Aaron Rodgers had reconciled with his parents and brother Luke after years of estrangement, with reunion photos posted July 2026 and reconciliation confirmed in later coverage. The sources note that the relationship with brother Jordan may remain complicated, but the claim's 'brother' is supported by the Luke reconciliation, and the sources are consistent with the claim as of the post date.True65% confidence6 sourcesAug 4, 2026The New York Post reported that Rosie O'Donnell is returning to The View for its 30th season.Said by BThe New York Post did publish the headline 'Rosie O'Donnell confirms Season 30 return to The View' on August 3, 2026, so the reporting claim holds. The return itself is much softer than the headline: O'Donnell said she would appear 'as a guest,' her representative said there had not been a formal ask from the show, and EW reported 'no current plans' to bring her back.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True85% confidence5 sourcesAug 4, 2026Rosie O'Donnell stated that Kamala Harris won the 2024 election.Said by 3BThe claim asks whether O'Donnell stated that Kamala Harris won the 2024 election, which is an act-of-speaking claim. Multiple outlets quote her on Jim Acosta's podcast saying "I think Kamala won," so the statement is well documented. The extraction faithfully paraphrases the post, and whether Harris actually won is a separate question the sources do not need to settle here.True88% confidence6 sourcesAug 4, 2026The Dow Jones Industrial Average is almost at 54,000.Said by BOn 2026-08-04 the Dow closed at 54,085.88, a record, so it was within about 0.2% of 54,000 and the claim's 'almost at 54,000' holds as a rounded description, though it had technically just passed that level. Later sources show the Dow falling to about 51,770 by 2026-10-30, but that change does not affect the claim as of its posting date.True85% confidence5 sourcesAug 4, 2026Migrants are overwhelming the Spanish border in Ceuta.As of 2026-08-04, the Reuters report from 2026-08-03 describes Ceuta as overwhelmed by a mass migrant border rush, with thousands still in the territory and reception centres overwhelmed, and PBS and the Guardia Civil describe migrants overwhelming the border and police. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage. Later sources show the mass crossing largely reversed (about 69,500 returned to Morocco per Spain), but thousands remained and the pressure on the border and city continued.True65% confidence5 sourcesAug 4, 2026Seth Moulton called for prosecuting ICE and granting citizenship to undocumented immigrants.Multiple sources show Moulton called for ICE agents to be prosecuted (Jan–Feb 2026 and earlier), and his January 2026 video also called for a 'very clear pathway to citizenship' for immigrants. The claim's 'granting citizenship' is a looser paraphrase of a pathway to citizenship, and the arrest context in the passage is not graded.True70% confidence7 sourcesAug 4, 2026Independent journalist Nick Shirley was chased, threatened, and pelted with objects while reporting in Ceuta.Multiple outlets report, citing Shirley's video, that he was chased in Ceuta by a man who threw rocks and a bottle, threatened to stab him, and was escorted away by Spanish police, matching the claim as extracted from the post. Coverage is mostly echoed from Shirley's own footage and account, and the knife is not clearly visible in the video, so confidence is moderate.True70% confidence4 sourcesAug 4, 2026Aaron Rodgers confronted ESPN over its coverage of his vaccination status.Multiple August 2026 reports say Rodgers, on The Pat McAfee Show (airing on ESPN), criticized ESPN's coverage of his 2021 vaccination status, calling the network 'gutless' and questioning its priorities. 'Confronted' is a fair paraphrase of that on-air rebuke, and the dropped 'obsessive' qualifier does not change the core claim; no source contradicts it.