Dissident Politics

Pragmatic politics focused on the public interest for those uncomfortable with America's two-party system and its way of doing politics. Considering the interface of politics with psychology, cognitive biology, social behavior, morality and history.

Saturday, February 28, 2026

The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle: BS, Lies and Crackpottery Are Easy, Debunking Is Hard

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Context One thing that many vocal supporters of Trump and MAGA politics have in common is an “allergy” to actual facts and sound reasoning. ...
Friday, February 27, 2026

MAGA's cynical, morally corrupt rewrite of social science and history

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When MAGA is in charge, social science and history just ain't what they used to be. An Inside Higher Ed article ,  Florida Introduces ‘S...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Death of democracy by thousands of cuts

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Trump's grifter nominee for  Surgeon General The obscure  example of the grifter  Surgeon General Trump recently nominated Casey Means a...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

State of the Union

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 What are your predictions? Will the Dems boycott? I don't think they should, they should attend, not create a fuss, but sit stoically s...
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