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Deceit: how propaganda, cults, and religion work, who they harm, and how people recover.

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What Just Passed: The $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill, the $95 Billion Side Door, and the Israel Provision Nobody Got to Vote On

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What Just Passed: The $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill, the $95 Billion Side Door, and the Israel Provision Nobody Got to Vote On

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#ndaa #defense-spending #israel #section-219 #iran-war #military #congress #reconciliation #save-america-act #aipac #foreign-policy #democracy #campaign-finance #revolving-door

The Sascha Riley Tapes: What the Record Actually Shows

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The Sascha Riley Tapes: What the Record Actually Shows

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#epstein #testimony-analysis #media-analysis #evidence-assessment #institutional-failure

Say His Name: Markavious Rumph

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#markavious-rumph #justice #alabama #black-lives #missing-persons #media-coverage #family-support

The Square Is Not Yours Because You Named God

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#christianity #christian-nationalism #public-space #propaganda #threads #religious-liberty

Flock Safety and the Privatization of American Movement

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Flock Safety and the Privatization of American Movement

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#flock-safety #surveillance #privacy #policing #license-plate-readers #fourth-amendment

The Epstein Class Is Watching

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The Epstein Class Is Watching

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#jeffrey-epstein #elite-power #institutional-deception #surveillance #flock-safety

From Jane Doe to “Prince Andrew’s Accuser”

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From Jane Doe to “Prince Andrew’s Accuser”

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#virginia-giuffre #media-analysis #journalism #jeffrey-epstein #institutional-failure #survivor-advocacy

Virginia Giuffre Was a Child We Failed

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#virginia-giuffre #nobody-s-girl #sexual-abuse #sex-trafficking #survivor-advocacy #institutional-failure

Recognize DECEIT: Fabricated

Italy's PM was deepfaked in lingerie. She could defend herself. Most people can't.

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#AI #deepfake #meloni #italy #politics #women #harassment

How much damage has █████ done to the working class?

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#working-class #labor #economy #artificial-intelligence #tariffs #taxes #health-care

Recognize DECEIT: Fabricated

Grok as misinformation engine during the Iran war

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#AI #grok #iran #fact-checking #misinformation #elon musk #x

Recognize DECEIT: Fabricated

She believed the prophet healed her kidney. She went home and went into renal failure.

Source: Tash Ford / TB Joshua

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#christianity #cult #tb joshua #personal account #healing #faith #medical

The Good People Did Nothing

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#civic-apathy #institutional-capture #aipac #israel #russia #ukraine #foreign-policy #democracy #campaign-finance #revolving-door

The Architecture of Denial

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#gaza #israel #genocide #international-law #propaganda #accountability #media-literacy

The 'Cult' Is Not the Mystery. The Membership Is.

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#peter-thiel #dialog #elite-networks #secrecy #surveillance #leak #propaganda #accountability #status

Recognize DECEIT: Fabricated

How a dispute over a bog in County Laois became proof that foreigners are taking over Ireland

Source: far-right accounts on X and Facebook

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#nationalist #ireland #immigration #far-right #bord na mona #misinformation

Recognize DECEIT: Misleading

The AI job apocalypse that wasn't: what the data actually shows about AI and employment

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#AI #jobs #employment #hype #economy #automation

The World Would Improve If Christians Let Reality Interrupt Certainty

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#christianity #reality #truth #humility #christian-nationalism #institutional-protection #faith

Recognize DECEIT: Misleading

150 mathematicians told governments not to believe AI hype. The industry responded by redefining the hype.

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#AI #mathematics #leiden declaration #hype #policy #academic

Recognize DECEIT: Fabricated

The AI image that proved what you already believed

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#AI image #deepfake #epstein #maduro #liar's dividend #methodology

Recognize DECEIT: Misleading

When a defense secretary's pastor says he wants a politician 'crucified'

Source: Brooks Potteiger / Joshua Haymes

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#religion #hegseth #christian nationalism #rhetoric #violence

The Antisemite Label Is Being Weaponized Against a Children's Educator

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#ms-rachel #stopantisemitism #label-weaponization #gaza #propaganda #blacklist #doxxing #free-speech #palestine

Religious Psychosis in the AI Age: How chatbots can intensify delusion, but also reveal how fragile some belief systems already were

Multiple sources (23)

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#AI #psychosis #religious delusion #chatbot #cult dynamics #mental health #spiritual manipulation #AI safety #parasocial #anthropomorphism

Recognize DECEIT: Concealed

Why last year's explosion keeps becoming tonight's breaking news

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#iran-israel war #miscaptioned video #media literacy #fordow #baghdad #methodology

The Pro-Life Movement Has a Test It Keeps Avoiding

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#pro-life #abortion #pregnancy #healthcare #poverty #christianity #public-policy

Recognize DECEIT: Fabricated

The doomsday group researchers describe as a cult that got into the US Capitol, the European Parliament, and the Vatican

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#cult #climate denial #russia #allatra #creative society #disinformation

An Open Letter to People Who Make Room for Other Beliefs

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#atheism #religious-tolerance #christianity #islam #judaism #buddhism #hinduism #sikhism #bahai #empathy #meaning

Recognize DECEIT: Misleading

Why it is so hard to leave a church that is hurting you: the architecture of spiritual guilt

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#christianity #cult #leaving #guilt #personal account #deconstruction #spiritual abuse