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The Kuhner Report

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Jeffrey T. Kuhner, "Liberalism's Worst Nightmare," is a conservative nationalist, who champions God, country and family. His show deals with cutting-edge, hot-button political, social and foreign policy issues.

Can’t tell30% confidence7 sourcesOct 7, 2026Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is a former member of the Black Panther Party.Said by COnly low-credibility, possibly overlapping sources (Conservapedia, KeyWiki, a California Globe post) assert that Bass was a Black Panther Party member, while a tier1 Snopes piece quotes Bass saying she has belonged to only the Democratic Party, and no authoritative source confirms or refutes Panther membership. The extracted claim matches the post's wording, so no extraction departure applies.Can’t tell50% confidence9 sourcesOct 7, 2026President Trump sent federal troops to Los Angeles in June 2026.Said by 2BThe claim departs from the passage: the post says Trump invaded LA with federal troops "last June", which from the October 2026 posting date means June 2025, but the extracted claim says June 2026. The sources consistently date the Los Angeles federal troop deployment to June 2025, so the extracted June 2026 date is not supported and is not what the post said.Can’t tell20% confidence5 sourcesOct 7, 202617.5% of the audience believes that President Trump was calling for an attack on Los Angeles and San Diego.Said by CThe 17.5% figure is a live online vote tally read on the claimant's own radio show, and no source reports it, so it cannot be checked. The sources do show the remarks were widely disputed and that the White House said Trump was not calling for attacks, but none measures how the audience read them.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell20% confidence3 sourcesOct 7, 202682.5% of the audience believes that President Trump was defending the war to protect U.S. cities.Said by CThe 82.5% figure comes only from an informal, self-selected online vote run on The Kuhner Report's webpage and X, and no source reports or verifies those poll numbers. Sources do discuss how Trump's remarks should be read (FactCheck.org and the White House say he meant the war protects U.S. cities), but that is not a measure of what the audience believes, so the claim is not checkable.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell30% confidence7 sourcesOct 7, 2026Democrats are running a coordinated campaign to terrorize voters with a false claim about Trump.Said by CThe sources do not address whether Democrats coordinated statements about Trump's Iran/Los Angeles remarks to terrorize voters. The closest coverage is about a Russian influence operation (Storm-1516) and Democratic election-preparation task forces, which are different matters, so the claim cannot be graded either way. The claim also characterizes the Democrats' statements beyond what the post's passage states, and as of 2026-10-07 no source confirms or refutes that characterization.

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