Two former congresspeople, a Democrat and a Republican, discuss political polarization

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Con man Chase Hughes' military record versus his grandiose claims

How does someone who makes wildly grandiose claims about mind control, interrogation mastery, neuroscience credentials, and secret military psychology operations gain more than 1.5 million YouTube subscribers—and land appearances on shows like Joe Rogan and Diary of a CEO—without ...  Show more

Epstein Hysteria! Moral panic and dumb overreactions from Kyle Kulinski, others

The Epstein files release has resulted in many people seeming to lose their minds: engaging in moral panic, having hysterical overreactions, filtering for worst-case interpretations of ambiguous data, images, and emails. Using a video from the political influencer Kyle Kulinski ( ...  Show more

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