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The Gerry Callahan Show
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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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True93% confidence8 sourcesAug 4, 2026Aaron Farinucci was arrested for setting the wildfire in Spokane, Washington.Said by BMultiple tier1 sources, including a Spokane County Sheriff's Office release, confirm that Aaron F. Farinacci (the post's 'Farinucci' is a spelling variant) was arrested on Monday and booked for first-degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire, one of three Spokane-area wildfires. The claim's 'the wildfire' refers to that fire, and the arrest is well documented.True80% confidence7 sourcesAug 4, 2026Washington Governor Jay Inslee attributed the Spokane wildfire to climate change.Said by BInslee's own August 2, 2026 X post tied the Spokane fires to climate change ('It's happening right now'), and later coverage (KVI, KIRO/MyNorthwest, CNN) reports him defending that linkage after an arson arrest. He attributed the fire's size and destructiveness to climate-driven conditions, not its ignition, which the sources say remains under investigation.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True80% confidence5 sourcesAug 4, 2026Aaron Farinucci served 10 years in prison for murdering his father.Said by BSources confirm that Aaron Farinacci (spelled 'Farinucci' in the post, which is the post's own spelling and not an extraction addition) shot and killed his father in Mesa, Arizona, in 2010 and served roughly ten years in prison, with a 12-year sentence, 2 years credited, and release in December 2020. The main caveat is that he was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter, so 'murdering' is a loose label for the conviction, not a contradiction of the killing.True65% confidence7 sourcesAug 4, 2026There are currently four Muslims serving in the U.S. Congress.Said by BAs of the August 4, 2026 post date, four Muslims serving in Congress is supported: Pew Research (published Sept 3, 2026) says there are now four Muslim members of Congress, and a CAIR directory (published Aug 19-20, 2026) lists four members of Congress. Later sources (a Newarab article from Oct 13 and Wikipedia's 119th Congress list) report five, which reflects a later change rather than the count on the claim date.True85% confidence8 sourcesAug 4, 2026Hasan Piker called for the murder of Senator Rick Scott.Said by BMultiple sources quote Piker telling listeners to 'kill' Sen. Rick Scott, most directly a 2025 NY Post report quoting him saying 'you would kill Rick Scott' and a later Finstad release citing the same remark. The sources also note he later walked it back and apologized, and that Piker's remark was framed as a conditional about Medicare fraud; no fact-checker disputes that he made the remark.True85% confidence6 sourcesAug 4, 2026Haley Stevens is the establishment-supported candidate in the Michigan election.Said by BAs of 2026-08-04, when the post was made, sources consistently described Haley Stevens as the party-establishment-backed candidate in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary, backed by figures such as Chuck Schumer and Gov. Whitmer. The claim faithfully paraphrases the post; later events (her primary loss to El-Sayed and her November endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers) do not change the August assessment.True85% confidence4 sourcesAug 4, 2026In January 2026, Abu Musa, Naeem Chaudhry, and Yusuf Saeed were sworn in as members of the Hamtramck City Council.Said by ATwo news reports from January 2026 say Abu Musa, Nayeem Chowdhury/Choudhury and Youssef Saad/Yousuf Saed were sworn in as Hamtramck City Council members at the January 4, 2026 ceremony. The claim's name spellings are transliteration variants of the same individuals, and the city's council page lists the same people as councilmembers.True90% confidence8 sourcesAug 4, 2026Adam Al-Harbi was sworn in as mayor of Hamtramck in January 2026.Said by AMultiple sources (The Hamtramck Review, Arab American News, ClickOnDetroit, Detroit Free Press) report that Adam Alharbi was sworn in as mayor of Hamtramck in January 2026, at a ceremony on Sunday January 4. Later court rulings and recounts (October 2026) put his tenure in question, but that does not make the January swearing-in claim false; the claim is graded as of its making.True55% confidence3 sourcesAug 4, 2026A bill in the Massachusetts State House would prioritize Muslims for state jobs.Said by BThe Boston Herald (July 26, 2026) reports that the Massachusetts bill 'An Act Promoting the Civil Rights and Inclusion of American Muslims in the Commonwealth' would form a commission to prioritize Muslims for jobs in state government, which supports the claim as of 2026-08-04. Confidence is limited because this rests on one unrated outlet, the official bill record [1] (a 2023-24 H.3052 snapshot showing no further action) does not mention job prioritization and uses a different bill number than the Herald's S.2134, and no fact-checker addresses the claim.True70% confidence7 sourcesAug 4, 2026Muslims constitute less than 2% of the U.S. population.Said by BEvery major estimate in the sources puts U.S. Muslims below 2% of the population: Pew's 2026 figure is about 1.6% (5.5 million), and earlier Pew and PRRI estimates are about 1.1% and 1%. The claim faithfully paraphrases the post's 'not even 2% of the country' and is graded as stated. The only near-2% figure is CFR's 2011 'at the highest estimates, about 2 percent', which is not above 2%. Sources do not date the figure to exactly 2026-08-04, but the picture was the same then.True90% confidence7 sourcesAug 4, 2026Hasan Piker said Hamas is a thousand times better than Israel.Said by BMultiple tier1 sources, including Reuters and AP, report that Piker said Hamas is 'a thousand times better than Israel,' and other outlets say he repeated it. The extracted claim matches the passage, which names Piker, and the quote is documented in the sources.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True60% confidence5 sourcesAug 4, 2026Migrants took over a Spanish city of 80,000 people.Said by BSources confirm Ceuta has about 80,000 residents and that a mass migrant crossing in late July 2026 overwhelmed the city, with Courthouse News reporting intruders took over parks, boulevards and stores for about 48 hours. The 'took over' wording is a strong characterization, since most entrants returned to Morocco within days and several thousand remained.