The Ledger

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Assertion Supported
Thiel: Lawsuit discovery proved the Army covered up reports favoring Palantir
“And then when you and then what you can do when you sue somebody is you get discovery and you discover, and you sort of discover what's going on in the sausage making factory that no one's investigated for 22 years. And there's a lot of stuff and we're sort of…”
Peter Thiel Apr 17, 2025 ▶ 12:17 Tariffs, DOGE & Fixing America: Peter Thiel's Skeptic Solutions · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Supported
Fryer: Police Study Found Racial Bias in Non-Lethal Force, None in Shootings
“And what we found was that on the lower level uses of force, there are racial differences that we couldn't explain. And we put them through formal bias test, and there is bias that goes on in the lower level uses of force. What we didn't find was any, that tha…”
Roland Fryer Sep 20, 2024 ▶ 13:44 Harvard Economist: The Truth About Police Brutality · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Contradicted
Ross: Los Angeles School Superintendent Abolished High School Math
“Milken Institute sent me an interview they had done with the head of the school system in Los Angeles, and the reason they did an interview with them is he had abolished, prohibited the teaching of mathematics in high school.”
Wilbur Ross Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 39:40 A Conversation with Wall Street Legend & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Contradicted
Lonsdale: Majority of Young Adults Dislike Jews for Their Success
“And now in 19 to 25 year olds, majority of them don't like Jews because we're successful.”
Joe Lonsdale Feb 8, 2024 ▶ 8:34 Ep 77: Mike Solana on Exposing Corruption, Saving San Francisco, and Building a New Media Empire · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Contradicted
Verdon: Centralized bioweapon defense research accidentally created a damaging virus
“There was centralized research on Bio, you know, bioweapon defense. Right. And we were worried about a potential virus that could do a lot of damage. And then it was actually accidentally created through that research.”
Guillaume Verdon Jan 31, 2024 ▶ 28:50 Ep 76: Accelerate or Die! Guillaume Verdon and the e/acc Movement · Joe Lonsdale
Assertion Contradicted
Hilton: I was the first TV host to link COVID to Fauci
“I was the first on TV to lay out all the evidence showing that it was Fauci's experiments that were the origin of the pandemic.”
Steve Hilton Jun 19, 2025 ▶ 15:23 Why California is Collapsing From Within · Joe Lonsdale
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