#dishonesty — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Euripides

JASON: The curse of children’s blood be on you!
   Avenging Justice, blast your being!
MEDEA: What god will hear your imprecation,
   Oath-breaker, guest-deceiver, liar?
 
[ἸΆΣΩΝ: ἀλλά σ᾽ Ἐρινὺς ὀλέσειε τέκνων
   φονία τε Δίκη.
ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: τίς δὲ κλύει σοῦ θεὸς ἢ δαίμων,
   τοῦ ψευδόρκου καὶ ξειναπάτου;]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1389ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/85172/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #argument #bickering #curse #deprecation #dishonesty #dishonor #divineanger #divineretribution #divinewrath #dvinepunishment #gods #hospitality #punishment #reputation #unworthiness #vengeance

Sen. Jon Ossoff: "The price of admission to the president's service seems to be proof that you're willing to lie for him. Have you seen it? Maybe you saw Jay Clayton, the president's nominee to lead our intelligence services, refuse again and again while he was under oath to affirm Donald Trump's defeat in 2020, or Pete Hegseth before the Senate this week refusing to recant his lies about the war."
#ethics #standards #politics #Trump #dishonesty

Sen. Jon Ossoff: "The price of admission to the president's service seems to be proof that you're willing to lie for him. Have you seen it? Maybe you saw Jay Clayton, the president's nominee to lead our intelligence services, refuse again and again while he was under oath to affirm Donald Trump's defeat in 2020, or Pete Hegseth before the Senate this week refusing to recant his lies about the war."
#ethics #standards #politics #Trump #dishonesty

A quotation from Frederick Douglass

What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) American abolitionist, orator, writer
Speech (1852-07-05), “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York

More about this quote: wist.info/douglass-frederick/8…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #frederickdouglass #savagery #perspective #civilrights #cruelty #dishonesty #enslavement #fourthofjuly #holiday #hypocrisy #independence #injustice #insincerity #liberty #pretense #slavery

A quotation from Frederick Douglass

What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) American abolitionist, orator, writer
Speech (1852-07-05), “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York

More about this quote: wist.info/douglass-frederick/8…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #frederickdouglass #savagery #perspective #civilrights #cruelty #dishonesty #enslavement #fourthofjuly #holiday #hypocrisy #independence #injustice #insincerity #liberty #pretense #slavery

When Sen. Peters criticized Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Kegsbreath pretended that this was a criticism of our soldiers. Sen. Peters corrected this distortion by saying to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth:
"You are the failure, not the men and women on the front line":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu2EA5092Do
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #dishonesty #politics

When Sen. Peters criticized Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Kegsbreath pretended that this was a criticism of our soldiers. Sen. Peters corrected this distortion by saying to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth:
"You are the failure, not the men and women on the front line":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu2EA5092Do
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #quagmire #dishonesty #politics

RE: https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology/116897926024085692

Illuminating paper [*uncorrected proof, but still...]
#behavior #science #behavioralscience #neuroscience #fMRI #dishonesty #bias #valuationbias #cheating #

RE: https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology/116897926024085692

Illuminating paper [*uncorrected proof, but still...]
#behavior #science #behavioralscience #neuroscience #fMRI #dishonesty #bias #valuationbias #cheating #

On #ThisWeek, Chris Christie said about Donald Trump: “He and his family believe they are entitled to this. This is Putin-esque type of corruption and self-enrichment.”
#Trump #greed #dishonesty #politics

"Pres. Trump made $2.2 billion last year, with plenty of help from his own political decisions. This is called corruption, folks":
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/02/trump-crypto-conflict-of-interest
#greed #dishonesty #TheBestPresidentMoneyCanBuy #politics

Vice Pres. JD Vance: "I would love it if Democrats were willing to work with us on lowering housing prices."

Headline: "Trump cancels signing of landmark bipartisan bill aimed at lowering #housing costs."
#insincerity #JDVance #dishonesty #politics

Todd Starnes: "I've been telling people, 'I don't care how bad the Republicans have betrayed you or have not done what they said they would do. It's not about them. It's about protecting Pres. Trump at the end of the day. And it's about protecting the Supreme Court":
https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/todd-starnes-says-voters-must-support-gop-regardless-how-bad-republicans-have
#politics #dishonesty #betrayal #Trump #extremism #SCOTUS copy: @renewedresistance

"As Bari Weiss lays waste to 60 Minutes, six former staffers sound off on the damage she’s inflicted upon the crown jewel of #CBSnews":
https://variety.com/2026/tv/features/60-minutes-staffers-bari-weiss-scott-pelley-trump-1236771125/
#MediaBias #dishonesty #extremism #unreliability #media #television

"5 Takeaways From Scott Pelley’s Interview With The New York Times.

Mr. Pelley, who was at #CBSnews for 37 years, including as a 60 Minutes correspondent, spoke in his first extended interview since he was fired":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/arts/television/scott-pelley-60-minutes-interview-takeaways.html
"He accused Ms. Weiss of injecting ‘falsehoods and bias’ into a story about protests in Minneapolis."
#MediaBias #dishonesty #media #broadcasting copy: @renewedresistance #politics

Sen. Susan Collins, an especially dishonest Republican, can vote against Trump, unless Trump needs her vote to win on an issue:

Matthew Yglesias: "A Collins classic here where she joins Democrats in the failed vote to block Trump’s slush fund so she can say she was against it, but when they needed her vote to get it over the top she was there for them."
#politics #dishonesty #SlushFund