Mastodawn

The first sign of corrupt morals is the banishing of truth.

[Le premier traict de la corruption des mœurs, c’est le bannissement de la verité]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 2, ch. 18 (2.18), “Of Giving the Lie [Du Démentir]” (1578–79) [tr. Screech (1987)]

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Jörg Honegger

🇺🇦18h ago

From #LizOyer @lawyer_oyer@instagram.com

#GhislaineMaxwell’s offer to exonerate #DonaldTrump in exchange for clemency hit me hard. Here’s a detailed timeline of the corrupt and dishonest maneuvering behind the scenes at DOJ that got us here. It’s a bit long but worth your time I hope.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUmLne-D4c0

#USA #US #Politics #DOJ #Maxwell #Trump #Corruption #Dishonesty #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

Scott Pfitzinger Feb 4

They still claim that the 2020 election was stolen and they think ICE surrounding the polling places will keep the election more honest. What it WILL do is scare people away from voting if they aren't white.

“We’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November,” Steve Bannon said on Tuesday’s episode of his War Room podcast, addressing Democrats. “We’re not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again. And you can whine and cry and throw your toys out of the pram all you want, but we will never again allow an election to be stolen.”

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/steve-bannon-says-ice-will-surround-the-polls-as-trump-doubles-down-on-taking-over-elections/

#elections #politics #corruption #ICE #dishonesty

Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections

Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump said. “I don’t know why the federal government doesn’t do them anyway.”

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A quotation from Euripides

MEDEA: I think the unjust man who can speak cleverly
   incurs the greatest penalty for, feeling confident
   to cloak injustice in fair speech,
   he dares the utmost villainy.

[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ἐμοὶ γὰρ ὅστις ἄδικος ὢν σοφὸς λέγειν
   πέφυκε, πλείστην ζημίαν ὀφλισκάνει:
   γλώσσῃ γὰρ αὐχῶν τἄδικ᾽ εὖ περιστελεῖν
   τολμᾷ πανουργεῖν.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 580ff (431 BC) [tr. Ewans (2022)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81800/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 580ff (431 BC) [tr. Ewans (2022)] | WIST Quotations

MEDEA: I think the unjust man who can speak cleverly incurs the greatest penalty for, feeling confident to cloak injustice in fair speech, he dares the utmost villainy. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ἐμοὶ γὰρ ὅστις ἄδικος ὢν σοφὸς λέγειν πέφυκε, πλείστην ζημίαν ὀφλισκάνει: γλώσσῃ γὰρ αὐχῶν τἄδικ᾽ εὖ περιστελεῖν τολμᾷ πανουργεῖν.] (Source (Greek)).…

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RonSupportsYou Feb 2

Daniel Dale: " 'I won the state three times, but I got no credit for it,' Pres. Trump said today about Minnesota, a state he doesn't get credit for winning three times because he lost it three times."
#GoodReason #dishonesty #politics

RonSupportsYou Jan 30

"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has conceded she may have gotten some information wrong in her initial response to Border Patrol’s killing of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis ICU nurse she labeled a domestic terrorist":
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/29/noem-pretti-shooting-00756830
"Lawmakers from both parties, including Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Thom Tillis, have called for Pres. Donald Trump to remove Noem from her position."
#dishonesty #mismanagement #brutality #politics

RonSupportsYou Jan 28

Paul Rudnick: "Bari Weiss and RFK Jr parrot the same drivel. They want Americans to 'look at the facts and make up their own minds.' Except Weiss is staffing #CBSnews with MAGAs, and #RFKjr uses discredited 'research' to claim polio isn't harmful. Both are owned by Trump and push only his lies."
#media #dishonesty #MediaBias #extremism #healthcare #politics

RonSupportsYou Jan 28

"The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) is releasing new evidence demonstrating that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to publish false Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest claims in press releases and on their website by mischaracterizing routine custody transfers from Minnesota state prisons":
https://mn.gov/doc/about/news/news-releases/#/detail/appId/1/id/720894
#Trump #dishonesty #politics

News Releases / Department of Corrections

Department of Corrections

WIST Quotations Jan 21

A quotation from Robert Holmes

   ROMANA: You mean you didn’t believe his story?
   THE DOCTOR: No.
   ROMANA: But he had such an honest face.
   THE DOCTOR: Romana, you can’t be a successful crook with a dishonest face, can you?

Robert Holmes (1926-1986) British television screenwriter
Doctor Who (1963), 16×01 “The Ribos Operation,” Part 2 (1978-09-09)

More about this quote: wist.info/holmes-robert/81578/

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Holmes, Robert - Doctor Who (1963), 16x01 "The Ribos Operation," Part 2 (1978-09-09) | WIST Quotations

ROMANA: You mean you didn't believe his story? THE DOCTOR: No. ROMANA: But he had such an honest face. THE DOCTOR: Romana, you can't be a successful crook with a dishonest face, can you? (Source (Video))

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A quotation from John Adams

Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis Warren

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/

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Adams, John - Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis Warren | WIST Quotations

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