Federal Judges Criticize Trump’s Justice Department for “Unethical” Conduct — ProPublica

ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-presumption-of-regularity

 

Why Trump Cult is Scared of The Truth - Identity Fusion #psychology

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7zrHcDUKNxE

A Troll Lying About Truth | Christians Don't Own Truth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjRoy7T_zU0

Donald, We Want the Truth | Paula Poundstone on Trump & Voting

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sbl5KvdTyQQ

 

“Our version of the truth” is not how medicine works. #medicine #science...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N1_sMfAiL5U

 

Can Humanism Help Me Navigate My Life's Questions?

https://youtu.be/0hSvPKdorlo?si=WykKnx5ip3yo0CGl

 

 

Charlie Kirk ANSWERS College Student ON WHY Christianity is TRUE (response)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRm7E13b_Q

 

How to know what’s true • Richard Carrier Blogs

In this blog post, Dr. Richard Carrier details how to tell what's true, using methods that can be applied to any claims.  In this example, he works out a response to anti-vaxxers: On the Strange Idea That Viruses Don't Exist.

Quoting from his blog post:

I want to impart to you some advice for dealing with any claims in that domain, because there are three "dirty tricks" that all cranks like anti-vaxxers pull that you can look for to catch this happening every time, so you can vet these things yourself and not need someone like me to:

1. They will cite papers that (i) don't actually say what they claim, or (ii) don't actually imply what they claim, or (iii) have been retracted or refuted by subsequent, higher-powered studies, or (iv) have never been independently replicated while the contrary finding has been. This is dishonest and manipulative. So anyone whose argument is mostly built this way is either (a) a liar you should never trust again, or (b) their gullible victim, whose judgment on this matter you shouldn't trust until they get up to speed. And (b) you might be able to help. But for (a), just walk and block.
2. They will make claims you can prove false with ten minutes of effort, and which when thus eliminated, fatally cripple their argument, calling their conclusion (and their competence) into sufficient doubt to walk away (see my Primer on Actually Doing Your Own Research). Don't play their game of having to rebut "everything" they say. A single fatality to their argument is enough to identify it all as a waste of your time; but three is decisive. Any ensuing whining and raging is just emotional manipulation at that point. You don't owe them any more of your time. You can just walk and block.
3. They will make arguments that you can immediately identify as fallacious, and which when thus eliminated, fatally cripple their argument. Here, maybe, they can "fix" the argument, and all they have demonstrated is that they are bad at thinking. Which is not a good sign. But you can give them a chance. Though they only get three. Third strike and they're out. You then know they cannot think. And if they cannot think, nothing they do think is worth the bother of your listening to. Walk and block.

Those three tactics are common to all pseudoscience and every implausible conspiracy, so it's good advice all around. Whether it's flat earth, lizard people, or climate denial. Or, indeed, even Christianity or Islam or woo—or MAGA.

  

https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/35080

Trump vs. Truth – Schiff Fact Checks It All

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

 

How do you prove that the Bible is really true?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jx5EHXr6Hg

 

‘We’re watching mass delusion happen’: Trump’s return to White House brings cascade of lies

 "There are content creators and content machines that exist solely for the purpose of laundering anything that Donald Trump says and making it true to a certain degree. It's a play off the [Richard] Nixon quote: if the president does it, it is legal; well, if the president says it, it's true. That's the world that we live in now."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/26/trump-white-house-lies-immigration-economy

 

Who Broke the Holy Spirit?

AiG's Tim Chaffey claims to debunk EVERY major Bible contradiction in 26 minutes. Can he do it? Or does he break the Holy Spirit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPa9HAQytX8

Steven Weinberg's Best Arguments against Religion

In this video Steven Weinberg delves into the clash of truth-seeking methods between science and religion, from authority reliance to moral choices, and uncover why weakening religion's hold may be vital for civilization's progress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teqpeMb0v50

Revealed truths: Kyle Adams • Aron Ra

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Fv8D06bHIG4

Are you sure your Bible is correct?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkBaDlw2LiA

Christie to pro-Trump crowd in Florida: ‘Your anger against the truth is reprehensible’ | The Hill

"The problem is … you fear the truth," he told the crowd. "You want to shout down any voice that says anything different than what you want to hear. And you can continue to do it. And believe me … it doesn't bother me one bit."…

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4293651-christie-pro-trump-crowd-your-anger-against-the-truth-is-reprehensible/

The impossible challenge of telling Trump fans the truth - The Washington Post

The truth has no place in Trumpism...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/12/trump-barr-analysis/.

A culture of truth denial is wilting US democracy and Britain is following fast

But the culture of truth denial is no accident; it was a key stratagem of the US right as it fought to build a counter-establishment in the 1970s, 80s and 90s that would challenge and even supplant what it considered an over-dominant liberal establishment. Unalloyed facts, truthful evidence and balanced reporting on everything from guns to climate change tended to support liberals and their worldview. But if all facts could be framed as the contingent result of opinions, the right could fight on level terms. Indeed, because the right is richer, it could even so dominantly frame facts from its well-funded media that truth and misinformation would become so jumbled no one could tell the difference. "Stop the steal" is such a fact-denying strategy. Ally it with voter suppression and getting your people into key roles in pivotal institutions and there are the bones of an anti-democratic coup...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/09/culture-truth-denial-wilting-us-democracy-britain-following-fast

A Political Party Unhinged From Truth - The Atlantic

"To be clear: I am not referring to the sort of spinning, caricaturing, or routine dissembling one comes to expect from political campaigns of both parties. Rather, it is the wholesaling and mass consumption of dangerous, dehumanizing lies that concerns me. And in this regard, there is simply no question as to which party is guiltiest."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/weapons-of-mass-delusion-book-excerpt-republican-party-trump/671907/

What Happened After the Digital Crackdown on Extremists — ProPublica

…One is just the death of critical thinking and the amount of evidence-free speculation that becomes the truth, small-t truth, on these platforms. It can be something as innocuous as something done by some celebrity all the way to things that really have impacts on the health of our democracy…

https://www.propublica.org/article/welton-chang-interview-right-wing-platforms