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Dick did believe the past could be changed. In his 1977 essay he wrote that a variable had been 'reprogrammed' in the past, so that a different present branched off. But he credited this to a divine 'Programmer', not to ordinary people's conscious choices, and he said he could not prove it. A check that would flip this verdict is a Dick text where he says everyday human decisions rewrite the past.
Public opinion was overwhelmingly against Casey Anthony, and the acquittal caused real outrage. But "nobody" goes too far. Her mother Cindy backed her, and A&E notes that Casey's supporters believe Caylee died in an accident. Finding that no one at all publicly defended her during the trial would flip this verdict.
The Twitter Files did show government pressure over COVID content. The Biden team was "very angry" that Twitter hadn't deplatformed more anti-vaxxer accounts, such as Alex Berenson's, and Twitter did suppress some doctors. But that pressure was documented from the White House, and Twitter executives did not fully go along. The Stanford scientist Jay Bhattacharya was placed on a trends blacklist by Twitter's own staff. The files show intelligence agencies mainly dealing with election and foreign-influence content, not directing COVID account removals. A Twitter Files document showing an intelligence agency ordering removal of COVID accounts would flip this verdict.
Biden was elected in 2020 and held the office for his full term. People did widely question his mental sharpness, and the House Republican report says his aides hid his decline. But <cite index="42-5">that report offered no concrete evidence that aides made policy without his knowledge or that he was unaware of laws, pardons or orders signed in his name</cite>. Biden and his aides deny it. Saying he wasn't president and unelected people ran the country goes well beyond what the evidence shows. A document or testimony showing a specific policy was enacted without Biden's knowledge would change this verdict.
Aurora is not a sanctuary city. The city says it <cite index="61-2">"is not and has never been"</cite> one, and the council affirmed that in votes in 2017 and again in 2024. Tren de Aragua members were arrested in Aurora, and Denverite reported <cite index="11-6">the police chief saying no gang is running the apartment complex</cite>. There was real gang activity at a few badly run buildings, and neighboring Denver is a sanctuary city. But the claim that gangs were allowed to take over complexes because Aurora was a sanctuary city doesn't match the record. A city ordinance or police finding showing Aurora had sanctuary policies that blocked action on these complexes would flip this.
The bonus is real, but DHS describes it as <cite index="7-2">"up to $50,000"</cite>, so it is a maximum and not what every hire gets. The training length is roughly right for the 2025 surge, since <cite index="3-9">training was cut to 47 days</cite>. DHS has since said <cite index="2-10">training starting July 1 returns to 72 days</cite>. On ID, <cite index="49-13">there is no federal law requiring ICE to wear a uniform or be personally identifiable</cite>. But <cite index="49-15">DHS rules say agents should identify themselves as federal agents when practical and safe</cite>. "No identification" overstates it. A DHS rule or policy showing the bonus is flat and guaranteed for every recruit, with no visible ID or credentials, would flip this.
The "10 million" number comes from Border Patrol encounter counts, which are about 8.8 million nationwide through January 2024 per PolitiFact, and about 11 million over the full term per DHS. Encounters count stops, not people, so one person stopped three times counts three times. Many people were turned away, detained or removed, so the figure is not the number who entered, and no one has a definitive count of illegal entries. This would flip if government data showed about 10 million unique people actually entered and stayed.
Americans do overwhelmingly dislike Putin, and Democrats and Republicans mostly agree, so the point holds. But the exact 93% figure is higher than the major polls I found. Pew's 2025 survey found 84% have little or no confidence in Putin and 85% view Russia unfavorably, and a Chicago Council poll found about 90% unfavorable. This would flip if a reputable national poll reported about 93% unfavorable toward Putin.
Rogan correctly describes wired drones resisting radio jamming but calls their control line monofilament fishing line. Ukraine's Defence Ministry describes fiber-optic control and video channels. Optical fiber transmits light-based signals; ordinary fishing line does not carry those commands. This is a technical description error, not evidence that wired drones are fictional.
Rogan blends legal stock ownership with trading on insider information. The STOCK Act explicitly affirms that members and congressional staff are not exempt from insider-trading prohibitions. This does not establish perfect enforcement or exclude every conflict of interest. His separate claim of hundreds of millions in gains is not tied to a named person or verified transactions.
Douglas makes the explicit bankruptcy assertion after Rogan introduces student debt. Federal student loans can be discharged if a bankruptcy court finds undue hardship through a separate proceeding. DOJ guidance describes that process. Discharge can be difficult; it is not impossible. Caption turn attribution is based on the transition into Douglas's college account and has not been independently confirmed against the recording.
Rogan says fire money went through nonprofits and none reached victims. FireAid's May 2025 report lists assistance to displaced homeowners, including housing and direct financial relief, and about 2500 cash-assistance checks issued by one grantee. Passing funds through nonprofits does not mean victims received no help. Rogan does not name a fund, so this is an identified counterexample, not an audit of every donation or proof all funds were well spent.
Rogan combines a real funding figure with an imprecise bill description. California's auditor reported nearly 24 billion allocated for homelessness and housing over five fiscal years, with serious outcome-tracking gaps. Newsom vetoed AB 2903, a future annual cost-and-outcome reporting bill, citing other reporting measures. It was not a retrospective audit of that entire sum, and an audit had already been published.
Rogan says this during a discussion of automatic weapons. Special firearm and state rules exist, but his broader whenever-you-buy-a-gun wording is inaccurate. Texas has no ordinary firearm registration requirement. Dealer transaction records and background checks do not create universal owner registration.
Rogan says this helps a lot of people, not everyone. Early veteran studies report promising improvements but cannot establish broad or guaranteed efficacy without adequate controls. FDA's October 2026 review describes potential benefits alongside serious cardiac risks, including fatal arrhythmias. Symptoms improving after treatment is not proof of a lasting addiction cure.
Rogan says they had not had a primary since 2012 while explaining his dissatisfaction with Democrats. Official election records document Democratic presidential primaries in 2016 and 2020, including the 2020 California results linked here. His criticism of the 2024 nominee change does not erase those contests.
When Rogan asks what year Wall Street was, Douglas answers 85 and Rogan repeats it. AFI dates the film's theatrical opening to December 11, 1987. This is a small release-date error, not a correction to the film's account of Wall Street.
The house at 10050 Cielo Drive was Terry Melcher's former home, and Manson had been angry at him over a failed music deal. But Britannica says the Melcher link is only one of several theories for the motive, and that there is no sign Manson knew who lived there at the time. The prosecution's main theory was a race war, so saying the killers were targeting Melcher states a theory as fact. This would flip if court records or a Family member's testimony showed Manson sent the group there specifically to hit Melcher.
Not a checkable claim: Rogan was asking a what-if question. He wondered how many fewer violent people there might be if the 1970 Controlled Substances Act had never passed and people had learned to use psychedelics properly. The historical part is accurate, since the Act did largely shut down psychedelic research. Some observational studies also link past psychedelic use to lower odds of violence, but no data can show how a whole society would have turned out without the law. This would only become checkable if someone presented a real study modeling violence rates in a world where psychedelics stayed legal after 1970.
The general point holds up. A King's College London study found <cite index="20-8">frequent cannabis use is linked to more psychosis, highest among daily users of high-potency cannabis</cite>. A UK Biobank study found <cite index="23-9">people genetically predisposed to schizophrenia may be especially vulnerable to psychotic experiences from cannabis</cite>. The "particularly edibles" part is weaker. The edible evidence is mostly case reports of acute, short-term psychosis from taking too much, not proof that edibles trigger schizophrenia more than smoking. A large study showing edible users develop schizophrenia at higher rates than smokers would back the claim.
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