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This video outlines the fantasy that the MAGA movement is based on principles. While their leadership publicly emphasizes their values and principles, their actions often contradict those pronouncements. Instead, the MAGA movement appears to routinely violate its own spoken principles, yet use persistent and powerful propaganda organs to convince its followers that its actions and…
In one of the world’s most audacious con jobs, Donald Trump convinced a sizable number of Americans that he was the way, the truth, and the life. He fused a coalition of determined authoritarians drawn from fringe Evangelical groups, White ultra-nationalists, and the ultra-wealthy hell-bent on becoming even more wealthy. Donald Trump’s success has been…
The veracity of the 47th President of the United States is unprecedented. The Americans who voted for him obviously accept him, despite his inability to tell the truth. After over a year in office, the question arises: Will these voters accept his flood of broken promises? All politicians tell lies and break promises; however, the…
I recently experienced one of those prescription increases that makes us take notice. One of my drugs increased 200% from December 2025 to January 2026. What caused this? It didn’t take long to discover that my PBM changed. PBM is not a medical condition; it is a financial middleman called a pharmacy benefit manager. So,…
This short video is the last in a series about how Americans react to obvious, provable deception, lies, and gaslighting by politicians and others. This video summarizes the many mind games we all play on others and ourselves. While these games are hardwired into our brains, they can become debilitating and ruinous if we, individually…
This video explores how easy it is for people to act in roles and follow scripts. This is an easy way for a person’s perception of the world to be shaped. An actor in a drama can play a villain in a movie but be the nicest person in real life. The opposite can also…
This short video is the fourth in a series of videos about how Americans react to obvious, provable deception, lies, and gaslighting by politicians. The quotation attributed to the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan was “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” This belief might have been false…
Although we normally associate “Ruh Roh” with the cartoon series Scooby-Doo, the dog on The Jetsons was the first to utter this famous phrase of surprise. While many Democrats said or thought “ruh roh” when Biden initially announced he would run for a second term, many Trump soybean farmers in the Midwest are now quietly…
This short video introduces a series of videos about how Americans react to obvious, provable deception, lies, and gaslighting by politicians. The quotation attributed to the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan was “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” This belief might have been false in 1973, but…
This video discusses the downward spiral of people who suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect. They tend to avoid researching and thinking about issues. Instead, they latch on to simplistic and often wrongheaded explanations and solutions. Moreover, they usually find others who have followed the same path and trust questionable authorities over mainstream authorities. In the…