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- Amy Wax and the E-Personality: A Claim-Level Analysis, 1996-2026
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* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
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Monthly Archives: July 2025
CBS News Anchors Refuse to Acknowledge Past and Present Bias and Continue Asking the Wrong Question
Mark Halperin: Another thing I talked about with the civilian was CBS News and 60 Minutes, which are front and center in the press’s failure to acknowledge past errors. It’s ironic now to hear people from CBS portray themselves as … Continue reading
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Just People Having Fun Watching Cars Burn: Stunning Media Reports Blame Law Enforcement for CA Riots
Mark Halperin: I’ve looked at a lot of news coverage since this started, and I want to show you two news reports that echo what we saw after George Floyd around the country, including cities like Portland, Oregon, where the … Continue reading
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Remembering How the Left Blamed TRUMP After Surviving His Own Assassination Attempt
Mark Halperin: I continue to be struck by how Americans view the attempted assassination of President Trump about a year ago. It feels longer because so much has happened, but it remains an incredible prism through which to understand how … Continue reading
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Tapper’s New Biden Cover-Up Spin Blames Trump, NBC Autopen Flop, and Talking Politics with Brit Hume
Mark Halperin: Next up, my reported monologue—hopefully entertaining to you, but also breaking through to anybody from the media who’s watching. It’s amazing to me how the conspiracy continues to deny what happened, pretending something else happened, and the long-running … Continue reading
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Alan Dershowitz: An insider view of Epstein conspiracy theories
A friend says: “It looks like a hoax, and Republicans look like idiots. It looks like they played up bs.”
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FIDF Leaders Panic As Leaked Memo Exposes Deception, Waste
The two main characters in this scandal met at the Beverly Hills Orthodox synagogue Beth Jacob — Morey Levovitz and Rabbi Steven Weil. My sources say these two haven’t changed. They were ruthless in LA, they were ruthless with Beth … Continue reading
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Intellectually Alive
Excuse me if I’m late to the pedo party, but the more I learn about Jeffrey Epstein, the more I don’t like him. I get the revolt against Trump covering up Epstein. Sunlight is the best disinfectant right? It’s easy … Continue reading
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The Riots That Stopped The Groomers (7-13-25)
01:00 How Australia’s Cronulla Riots Helped Stop Grooming, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16198806:00 Video: The 2005 Cronulla Riot: the triggers, the aftermath, and the impact on Australia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg6RTrBQ3Qc29:00 Remembering Coach Red Pill Gonzalo Lira, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16210531:00 Trump Is Out Of Touch With MAGA Over Jeffrey … Continue reading
Remembering Coach Red Pill Gonzalo Lira
Coach Red Pill effectively committed suicide by criticizing Ukraine while living in a Ukraine under siege by Russia. You can criticize your own group while living within it but it is not easy. The only way to go is to … Continue reading
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Trump Is Out Of Touch With MAGA Over Jeffrey Epstein
It sure looks like the Trump administration is holding back on releasing information about Jeffrey Epstein in furtherance of its wider agenda. That doesn’t particularly bother me. I trust that Trump is agile enough to pivot when a change in … Continue reading
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