The Ledger

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why aren't all 6 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Supported
Steinman: Twitter buyout documents revealed foreign intelligence operated inside the company
“I mean, you can read the papers that came out of like the Twitter buyout, you know, transition to X, and they basically are like, yeah, we had foreign intel services, foreign governments, like operating inside You know, ex formerly known as Twitter.”
Joshua Steinman Mar 17, 2025 ▶ 9:02 Joshua Steinman talks cybersecurity and the vulnerabilities of a digital world.
Assertion Contradicted
Lulu Cheng Meservey's Anti-Woke Substack Recruiting Post Reached 100 Million Views
“Well, it's because they took a very contrarian position on free speech. And Lulu had that insanely viral recruiting post. Do you remember this? She was like when Elon bought Twitter, She said, if you have a problem with Elon bringing free speech to Twitter, do…”
John Coogan Nov 23, 2024 ▶ 1:01:27 FACT CHECKERS vs. tech article (ep14)
Assertion Partly supported
Torre: Mark Cuban Apologized on Twitter Over Ballmer Story
“There's an, so I've debated on my show literally Mark Cuban about this whole story before it became obvious what this was, and I appreciate the apology he gave me on Twitter yesterday.”
Pablo Torre Sep 3, 2026 ▶ 10:05 Pablo Torre Explains the Steve Ballmer & Kawhi Leonard Scandal
Assertion Supported
Twitter Offered Billions for Clubhouse Before Cloning App as Spaces
“Clubhouse, I believe had an acquisition offer at some point from Twitter to be acquired for like multiple billions of dollars. They turned it down and Twitter ended up cloning. Clubhouse and it worked.”
Jordi Hays Aug 6, 2026 ▶ 17:41 More Details on OpenAI-Hugging Face, SpaceX SPV Investors Get Rugged, Demis and DeepMind | Diet TBPN
Assertion Partly supported
Coogan: Twitter's 'everything app' vision is over 13 years old
“The everything app idea is something that's over 13 years old at this point, maybe 15 years old at this point, like, the Twitter executives were thinking about this a long time ago, like, being able to tweet money at you, being able to, like, use, use Twitter …”
John Coogan Aug 12, 2025 ▶ 14:52 BREAKING: Sam Altman VS Elon Musk
Assertion Partly supported
Coogan: Barack Obama used an automated Twitter follow-back bot during presidency
“I mean, hilariously, Barack Obama had a follow back bot on Twitter, I think throughout his entire presidency.”
John Coogan Jan 21, 2026 ▶ 29:00 Davos Reactions, Waymo in the News, WB & Netflix Strike All Cash Deal | Diet TBPN
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