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Propaganda and Lies: How Religious Fundamentalists Use Power

Matthew McIntosh — Fri, 22 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Religious fundamentalists in power use propaganda, fear, and sanctified lies to turn faith into obedience and political control.

Matthew McIntosh — Thu, 21 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

AI fact-checking exposes Trump’s false claims with cold precision, showing that even his favorite technology cannot make lies

Matthew McIntosh — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:01:00 +0000

Modern history shows that known lies endure when followers trade truth for loyalty, identity, fear, power, or imagined

Matthew McIntosh — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Trump’s supporters do not merely excuse his lies; they weaponize them as loyalty tests, identity markers, and tools

Matthew McIntosh — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Trump’s lying is not mere chaos or compulsion; it is a strategy that exhausts truth, tests loyalty, and

Matthew McIntosh — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Performance-based spirituality turns faith into public display, measuring holiness by image, approval, and visibility rather than humility, mercy,

Matthew McIntosh — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Patriotism in the Trump era must move beyond performative loyalty toward civic repair, democratic responsibility, and the restoration

Matthew McIntosh — Wed, 13 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Moral hypocrisy is not a flaw found only in others, but a common human tendency that honest reflection

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Performative allyship turns solidarity into image management, offering public gestures of support while leaving vulnerable people exposed when

Matthew McIntosh — Fri, 01 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

At the intersection of power, ego, and belief, the question of narcissism reveals how leadership can reshape, or