WATCH: Trump leads RNC in pledge to 'cheat like hell' in November elections | PBS News

After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that "we want honesty in our elections," he led them in a pledge to "cheat like hell" and "go out and vote" in the midterm elections… 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-leads-rnc-in-pledge-to-cheat-like-hell-in-november-elections 

“What Trump ADMITTED Last Night Is WORSE Than You THINK!!” | Bill Clinton

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM4dhfsbTAE

AI pioneer announces non-profit to develop ‘honest’ artificial intelligence | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian

Starting with funding of approximately $30m and more than a dozen researchers, Bengio is developing a system called Scientist AI that will act as a guardrail against AI agents – which carry out tasks without human intervention – showing deceptive or self-preserving behaviour, such as trying to avoid being turned off...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/03/honest-ai-yoshua-bengio 

 

Survey shows white evangelicals still see Trump as ethical and honest. But atheists know better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMIJQWJkN9o

 

If Pastors Were Honest: Comparing Sermons And Doing The Math

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSv1KqGNBqA

Opinion | ‘MAGA Mike Johnson’ and Our Broken Christian Politics - The New York Times

Though the Bible isn't a clear guide for American foreign policy, American economic policy or American constitutional law, it is a much clearer guide for Christian virtue. Here's one such virtue, for example: honesty…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/opinion/maga-mike-johnson-christianity.html

Opinion: Why evangelicals should care about Trump's lies (and other sins) - CNN

Honesty has always been considered a keystone of character. Even children know lying is wrong. This is clearly communicated in our faith traditions as well. For example, the Bible warns against some form of lying at least 116 times. It's right there in the 10 commandments -- "Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" and echoed from the Old Testament ("A righteous man hateth lying..." Proverbs 13:5) to the New Testament ("Do not lie to one another...' Colossians 3:9-10). Whether lying matters is, of course, not an idle question.....
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/24/opinions/trump-lies-evangelicals-avlon/index.html

Here Are the 4 Most Misleading Statements From Bill Barr’s Contentious House Testimony – Mother Jones

The attorney general is not good at this whole honesty thing. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/07/attorney-general-bill-bar-house-judiciary-committee-misleading-russiagate-stone-trump-mueller/

Trump campaign's strategy to attack Democrat Warren: Define her as dishonest - Reuters

President Donald Trump’s campaign team has been developing a plan to portray White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren as dishonest and untrustworthy - based in part on her past claim of Native American ancestry - in a sign of recognition that she may become the Democratic nominee to face him in 2020.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-warren/trump-campaigns-strategy-to-attack-democrat-warren-define-her-as-dishonest-idUSKBN1XE133

Corey Lewandowski lays bare the political nihilism of ‘fake news’ claims - The Washington Post: Analysis

He and his former boss are experts at leveraging the unbalanced playing field of honesty in politics...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/18/corey-lewandowski-lays-bare-political-nihilism-fake-news-claims/

Would You Return This Wallet?

An intriguing new study found that people across the world are more inclined to give back a lost wallet if there is money inside...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/science/lost-wallet-what-to-do.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Only a third of US Catholics think priests are honest or ethical - the guardian

The proportion of US Catholics who regard priests as honest and ethical has plummeted to a record low of fewer than one in three, according to a survey....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/11/a-third-of-us-catholics-think-priests-are-not-honest-or-ethical

Sarah Sanders hopes people remember her as being 'transparent and honest' - The Hill

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Tuesday that she hopes to be remembered as being "transparent and honest" when her tenure in the role comes to an end.....
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/420961-sarah-sanders-she-hopes-people-remember-her-as-being

The Triumph of the Lie: How Honesty and Morality Died in Right-Wing Politics | Political Research Associates

This is how lies move to normalization: A small “white lie” is put forward, just to clarify a point. A larger lie follows, but it’s still only a detail in a larger argument. The whopper, down the line, performs another function: drawing attention from even more pernicious deceit. The earlier lies, accepted with a shrug, had set the stage for acceptance. Lying has become a strategy.....
http://www.politicalresearch.org/2017/07/25/the-triumph-of-the-lie-how-honesty-and-morality-died-in-right-wing-politics/#sthash.qzUI3Z8F.UrEMKChV.dpbs

The biggest threat to American democracy isn't Trump's uncivil speech | Lawrence Douglas | Opinion | The Guardian

A democracy can tolerate some uncivil speech. But it cannot withstand the contempt directed against institutions that keep government honest...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/04/biggest-threat-american-democracy-trump-uncivil-speech?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=233598&subid=22113254&CMP=GT_US_collection

Is Donald Trump more honest than Hillary Clinton?

That's what many Americans believe, according to several polls. But that perception likely depends on how people view 'honesty.'...
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Politics-Voices/2016/0606/Is-Donald-Trump-more-honest-than-Hillary-Clinton