#Hucksterism is basis for conservatism.

Trickle-down is a great example.

'Biblical jabberwocky': How Trump’s 'prosperity gospel hucksterism' is robbing his followers blind (AlterNet) President Donald Trump, who sees himself as "a preacher for the white Christian church of MAGA" is taking his "messianic" far-right movement to the bank, wri...

l.smartnews.com/p-6mhSze48/P... 🤮💩🤮 #prosperitygospel
#hucksterism
#DonTheCon
#JoelOsteenTheCon

b҉ (@b@convo.casa) IMHO Diane Powell is a crank who’s clearly already pretty far down a stupid & dangerous David Icke type path with her #TelepathyTapes grift. OPB’s gingerly agnostic [approach](https://www.opb.org/article/2025/05/04/medford-psychiatrist-autism-telepathy/) to her bullshit is embarrassing. As the writer of a more worthwhile [piece](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/telepathy-tapes-prove-we-all-want-believe) on this topic said: *”Journalists, learn to recognize the outline of this story, please.”*

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#oregon #medford #pnw #opb #maga #reactionary #pseudoscience #joeRogan #dianePowell #uspol #ableism #autism #telepathyTapes #snakeOil #huckster #hucksterism #conspiracism

Trump Uses Lies to Lay the Groundwork for Radical Change Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.

In #Trump’s Alternate Reality, #Lies and #Distortions Drive Change. Taking real-estate #hucksterism, reality-show #storytelling into politics, he has succeeded in selling his version of events; any failure is someone else’s fault. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...