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02018-08-05On July 5th, the Post found what appears to be Trump’s most untruthful day yet: seventy-six per cent of the ninety-eight factual assertions he made in a campaign-style rally in Great Falls, Montana, were “false, misleading or unsupported by evidence.”

02018-06-21Stephen Miller’s Lies About Trump: “The president is a political genius… who took down the Bush dynasty, who took down the Clinton dynasty, who took down the entire media complex”

02018-06-19Naomi Oreskes: “Poor Jim Hansen… The Cassandra aspect of his life is that he’s cursed to [know] what’s going on but unable to persuade people to do something… We are all raised to believe knowledge is power but Hansen proves the untruth of that slogan. Power is power.”

02018-06-16Abraham Lincoln: “Let the people know the facts, let them see the danger; but let every effort be made to allay public fears, to inspire the masses with confidence and hope, and, above all, to frown down every attempt to create a panic.”

02018-06-07CDC: US Suicide Rate Increased 25% Between 1999 and 2016; there were 45000 US Suicides in 2016. 54% of Suicides Had No Diagnosed Mental Disorder. Prevention is most effective when close relatives and friends reach out to individuals who suffer loss.

02018-06-02Simone Weil (1933): “Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it… Refuse to be an accomplice. Don’t lie– don’t keep your eyes shut.”

02018-05-23James Russell Lowell (writing of Abraham Lincoln): “The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.”