Dunning-Kruger Effect
Credit: @MeidasTouch The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities. It was first described by Justin Kruger and David Dunning in 1999. Some researchers also include the...
GOP Has Become a Vehicle for Personal Ambition
Credit: @Vincinnatus I put this together based on a tweet of similar sentiment to yours. Think you'll resonate with it. pic.twitter.com/vPX3UayOsZ— Vincinnatus 🇺🇸🐊 (@Vincinnatus) August 27, 2024
Trump Tweets
One minute, Kamala Harris is a woman who 'slept her way to the top' and the next, she's a man? Trump reposted this Tweet:
Trump Shared Post From N-Word-Spewing Account That Claims “Hitler Was Right” and the Holocaust “Never Happened”
The account Trump promoted is filled with extremist content, including claims that “Jews have been capitalizing on niggers for thousands of years”; “Adolf Hitler was right”; and the Holocaust was “the Holohoax. 6 Million never happened.” The account also wrote: “I'm a...
Trump Says Foreigners Who Graduate From US Colleges Should Get Green Cards
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a podcast released on Thursday said that students graduating from U.S. colleges should get a green card to stay in the country, a proposal that runs counter to his hardline immigration stance. Reuters
Trump Walks Back on Immigration Control
Trump: “I am not a radical at all… We're gonna let a lot of people in.”This is the second time in the last few days Trump has signaled against his own supporters on immigration. It makes the MASS DEPORTATIONS NOW signs seem funny. It’s a...
All the Assault Allegations Against Donald Trump, Recapped
Sixteen women have come forward with allegations against President Donald Trump, each accusing him of inappropriate conduct. The most recent, from writer and columnist E. Jean Carroll, appeared in NY Magazine on Friday. PBS
More Oil Flowed Through Trans Alaska Pipeline Last Year Than in 2021 or 2020, Operator Reports
The amount of oil flowing through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System was higher in 2022 than in each of the two years prior, the system’s operator said on Tuesday. The system shipped over 176.4 million barrels of oil in the calendar year, averaging 483,415 barrels per...
‘Significant’ Drop in Migrant Encounters in July — Lowest Since 2020, CBP Reports
The agency reported 56,408 migrant encounters between legal U.S. ports of entry in July — that’s down 32% from June 2024. This is the lowest monthly total reported on the Southwest border since September 2020, the agency reports. News Nation
‘Here’s Your Check’: Trump’s Massive Payouts to Farmers Will Be Hard to Pull Back
Direct farm aid has climbed each year of Trump’s presidency, from $11.5 billion in 2017 to more than $32 billion this year — an all-time high, with potentially far more funding still to come in 2020, amounting to about two-thirds of the cost of the entire Department...