Deceit.blog: #first-amendment https://deceit.blog/tag/first-amendment Essays on what manipulation costs and why it lands. Tagged "first-amendment". en Sat, 31 Oct 2026 02:10:06 GMT 60 Voluntary on Paper: How Texas Put Religious Practice Into the School Schedule https://deceit.blog/essay/voluntary-on-paper-texas-school-prayer https://deceit.blog/essay/voluntary-on-paper-texas-school-prayer Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. Senate Bill 11 did not require every Texas public school student to read the Bible. It created a process through which districts can establish a daily period for prayer and religious text reading. Senate Bill 11, effective September 1, 2025, added Section 25.0823 to the Texas Education Code. It lets… The Door-Knock Pattern: How Criticizing Israel Got a Knock on the Door in Eight States https://deceit.blog/essay/the-door-knock-pattern https://deceit.blog/essay/the-door-knock-pattern Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. The pattern is not the knock on one door. The pattern is that the same knock happened in eight states, at different agencies, across three years, and the common denominator was never the person behind the door. It was the sentence they posted about one country. A Syracuse University professor. On Oc…