Fact Check This Podcast

For this episode we sit down and talk about sitcom dads from the 90s, how they influenced us as boys and now as men, and how they compare to what's on TV these days.

A few months ago some buddies and I looked at Fahrenheidt‘s prediction for southern realignment and the Democratic Party. Tonight we look at what he thinks the future has in store for Republicans, except we have the benefit of November's election results to help us evaluate things. Predicting the Realignment – Part 2 - by Paul Fahrenheidt

This week we take a look at a few more articles of leftist "journalism" taking some of the more inaccurate takes on what's going on in regards to the war in Ukraine and the future of NATO.Kyiv's White House wooing implodes as Zelenskyy tells the truth about Trump | Ukraine | The GuardianPete Hegseth's tenure at the Pentagon goes from bad to worse'I think that's over': Retired general declares death of key U.S. alliance - Raw Story

As Trump steamrolls his was into his second term, the left is already clamoring to scrape up any win for themselves, or find any way to say Trump is taking losses, that they can. And it all is ultimately why Trump came back and what cost them the 2024 to begin with.Jasmine Crockett Torches MAGA And Elon Musk With The Most Backhanded Apology Ever | HuffPost Latest NewsFox News host Jessica Tarlov says young Trump voter reached out to her to express his regrets | The IndependentJoe Rogan Dethroned by Anti-Trump Podcast in the Charts - Newsweek

Straight from the article's headline: "The Stargate Initiative, spearheaded by several tech giants, has raised alarm in the most paranoid parts of the MAGA movement"Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theorists Fear a Future of AI-Engineered DrugsTrump's AI Push: Understanding The $500 Billion Stargate InitiativeDonald Trump Backing mRNA Vaccine Project Gets Backlash - Newsweek'Lives were lost': Trump's support of $500B AI project enrages MAGA conspiracy theorists - Alternet.org

Don's back! And tonight we'll be talking about the first couple weeks of Trump 2.0 and dig in to some of the executive orders that have been put into action.

I did Nazi this one coming...another article comparing Trump to Hitler. And of course, it's written by a tiny hat person... Trump's Rhetoric Echoes Hitler - Harvard Political Review Trump denies echoing Hitler on immigration. But it's a pattern. | AP News

For this episode we're going to take a look at Time Magazine's article on President Donald Trump being named Person of the Year TIME 2024 Person of the year

Donald Trump's election in November was monumentous for a number of reasons. But the writers over at The Nation aren't having any of it. The only reason he won is because you're all bigots and the Democrats, Kamala Harris especially, have done nothing wrong... LOL okay No, Trump Did Not Win in a Landslide—nor Did He Secure a Mandate | The Nation Donald Trump Has NOT Won a Majority of the Votes Cast for President | The Nation

Is college still worth it? Should young people leaving high school be more focused on job experience? Should high schools be less focused on pushing college? There are a lot of opinions on this topic. Here I'll cover some from Newsweek and the LA Times, and also explain my own. Is College Still Worth It? Many Americans Say No - Newsweek Opinion: If you're rethinking going to college, think again - Los Angeles Times --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

In the aftermath of the election, there's tons of blame being tossed around on the Left as to who and why they did so poorly; while the actual liberals pretending to be Republicans on the Right are trying to figure out where they go from here... Harris Allies Say Campaign Was ‘Broken Since the Beginning' in Latest Round of Blame Game The anti-Trump movement is in tatters. Now it's scrambling to remain relevant. - POLITICO --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Don returns after a wild month plus to talk about the outcome of the election and Trump's cabinet picks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Nancy Mace fought to keep a biological male out of women's bathrooms in Congress, but Nancy also fought to do away with certain male spaces in the past. Today I talk about that with my buddy JForte. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Kamala Harris had huge rallies! She raised a billion dollars! The polls showed her soaring! How did she end up losing? Let's ponder on that for a bit, a week later, shall we. Why Kamala Harris lost the election - POLITICO --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Women have lost all of their rights and are going to be held down and forced to pump out babies until they expire. What happens next? LOL --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Tonight I'm joined by my good friend Clyde to talk about his new book which takes a look at big pharma and the COVID response from a science fiction perspective. In The Flesh: Myers, Clyde D: 9798334064980: Amazon.com: Books Facebook Clyde Myers (@clydewritesbooks) • Instagram photos and videos --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Today we're going to take a look at the Time Magazine article that talks about what Trump's second term might look like, through their eyes. Show notes include both the article itself and the full transcript. Donald Trump on What His Second Term Would Look Like | TIME Donald Trump TIME Interview on 2024 Transcript: Read | TIME --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Is the media, and the country as a whole, holding Kamala Harris to a higher standard than Donald Trump where her interviews and public appearances are concerned? Opinion | Donald Trump rants gibberish while Kamala Harris has to be perfect - The Washington Post What's Actually in Kamala Harris' Policy Platform | TIME --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Following up on yesterday's episode, we finish out with the Vanity Fair piece that expresses deep concern for what will happen to journalists under a second Trump regime, and the dwindling faith in journalism young people have. We All Have a Lot to Lose If Trump Wins | Vanity Fair New study finds teens lack trust in media as online conspiracies flourish (kjrh.com) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

The original plan was to look at two articles today, one from Mother Jones and the other from Vanity Fair. Two of my favorite publications for a look into the brains of insane leftist women... but I ran long with the first so I'll be back tomorrow to cover the second To Understand JD Vance, You Need to Meet the “TheoBros” – Mother Jones --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Picking up where we left off last time, I'm rejoined by Kruptos to look at not how the managerial state has infected all of society, but more specifically how it has taken over the Christian church. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Some characters we view as heroic. Some of those characters were not created to be heroes, according to their creators. Why does this disconnect happen? Tonight that's what we'll dig in to. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

After an exciting couple months for my regular guest, we're back! And tonight we're going to talk about what it really means to take care of the environment, not that fake BS the woke mob calls "environmentalism" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Paul Fahrenheidt has some ideas on what he thinks the future of the Democratic Party is going to look like, and a lot of those ideas focus on reclaiming the South. We might have some differing views on that. Predicting the Realignment – Part 2 - by Paul Fahrenheidt (substack.com) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

This is an older article, obviously, (and it's been edited significantly since it was first published, which could explain why it's still up) but it's become apparent over the past few months that a lot of people never even knew this existed. So lets read it in its entirety. The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election | TIME Also, this one is well worth the read if you've got some free time. Trump's Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance (nytimes.com) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Haven't read an article in a while, so today (while I have some unexpected free time) I think we should talk about an older one that I'm not sure gets nearly enough attention. Anarcho-Tyranny, U.S.A. - Chronicles (chroniclesmagazine.org) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

For this episode Mark Metz and I get back to covering historical figures and events to take a look at one of the greatest military leaders of all time, Napoleon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Since the last time we talked there has been a whole lot of stuff that's happened. And a lot of it everyone has gotten very wrong. Tonight Don and I set you straight on what's going on lately. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

It's time to accept we lost the culture war and are paying the price From my Substack: Punishment for the Losers - by Justin Campbell (substack.com) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Mark and I have had some scheduling issues for our History They Don't Teach in School episodes (we are returning in a couple weeks to talk about Napoleon), but for this episode Pete Q is going to give us the rundown on the consequences of the first World War --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

What started as an idea for a conversation became a discussion of diving in to much deeper topics. So we'll touch on the original thought, but then go much more in depth of more prescient matters. Check out James's stuff: Voice of the Curious – E-Learning and Documentary Narrator James Jenneman Blackbird | James Jenneman | Substack --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

For this episode I'm joined by author and theologian Kruptos to discuss who's actually running things, not just in the church but in all facets of the country and civilization, and to dig in to why they're so bad at it. Check out the articles mentioned and all of Kruptos' work here: Managerial Christianity - by κρῠπτός (seekingthehiddenthing.com) Technique, Propaganda and the Left Liberal Nature of the West (seekingthehiddenthing.com) Seeking the Hidden Thing | κρῠπτός | Substack --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

For this episode I'm joined by Matt Erickson to talk about the hazards of being terminally online and the need for more time just enjoying the real world. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Just trying to make sure you escape the 4th of July weekend with all of your fingers intact. We might talk about party politics and VP nominations as well. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

We livestreamed the first debate on X...since YouTube vowed to take any streams down and Rumble mysteriously crashed about 15 minutes before the debate started. So here it is! Not sure if this is worth listening to, but it was fun to do live! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

For this episode I sit down with Mark Metz and Jim Magill to discuss the Alex Garland movie Civil War and what we thought both of the movie and of the social/political implications it carried with it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Have you tried working on a vehicle lately? Or working on, like, literally anything that was designed by a "professional" who went to school to learn how to optimize something while making it impossible to work on? Yeah, us too. And we're pissed about it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Evan Johnson and I are going to talk about the duality of women and a lot of things the modern dating-aged woman says about being chased and wanting men to try harder...while also still claiming they'd choose the bear because men are scary and should stay away from them... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

We got tired of hearing people mope about serious topics all the time, so we invited the Peddling Fiction Happy Hour to help us talk about stupid stuff and drink for a couple hours. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

This was intended to be streamed on The Two Tongues Podcast, but due to some technical difficulties we ran it on my channel instead. Kyle is joined by the inimitable Justin Campell (of The Fact Check This and The Morning After podcasts) to discuss the protests, and counter-brotests, that having been breaking out across the country. Are these things organic? Is Pi Kappa Phi a Small Hat Frat? Why are these things happening? And most importantly...How do you use this to our advantage? Put down the black pill, anon. We're doing based things on the internet. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Oh my god there's military equipment moving all over the place we must be going to war! Or, and hear us out, maybe you're over reacting. Don explains why equipment gets moved around the way it does. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Today I take a look at an article from Business Insider on how the nuclear family is in decline and why they think that's a good thing, as we watch society crumble around us in lock-step with that trend... American Families Look Different Now. Good. (businessinsider.com) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Wokeness has become a problem for everyone, but it's creating a unique one for the Left in particular. Also, this is something that can be capitalized on to fight the progressive agenda, if done correctly. Why wokeness has pitched the left into crisis | International | EL PAÍS English (elpais.com) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

For this episode Mark and I sit down and discuss our thoughts on Dune Part 2. This will be spoiler filled, so if you're worried about that sort of thing, maybe come back to this later. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Do you ever feel like slavery just got a makeover and you're no better off than the workers of long-dead societies? Well, that's stupid! Let me and Don help you understand why you're infinitely better off as a "wage slave" than an actual slave. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Back for a solo show to talk about feminism and the gender gap Liberal feminism has created a generation of blonde Napoleons (telegraph.co.uk) The gender gap is growing — and it bodes badly for American politics and culture  | The Hill --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Been feeling like there's been a lot of sh!t going on and you're kinda fried? Us too! Let's sit down and talk about how we're getting through it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Have you ever seen something on Pinterst or YouTube and thought "wow I could totally do that and it'll be cheap and easy and work just like that." Well, odds are it won't be any of those things. But Don the Pleb is here to explain why that is and save you from making those mistakes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Joined by Dag again for the second part of our ongoing series teaching you how to be more self sufficient, and tonight we'll be talking garden prep specifically focusing on composting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

What's really going on out there? Does the next generation really have it that bad? It seems like half of them may have started to figure out what the problem is I was puzzled by younger women's reaction to Barbie. It turned out Gen Z men held the answer | Gaby Hinsliff | The Guardian Woman Points out That Gen Z Can't Live on Current Wages (distractify.com) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support

Life is pretty good. So for this episode I sit down with Jason of 2Bit Podcast, Don the Pleb, Josh Hamm, and Tyler Janke to talk about why it's good, and how you can keep from slipping in to a rut of feeling like it's not. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/factcheckthis/support