The Consequences of Repeated Government Lying

The Consequences of Repeated Government Lying

In fast-moving crises, early official statements often become the scaffolding on which public judgment is built. Sometimes those statements turn out to be accurate. But sometimes they do not. When the public repeatedly experiences the same sequence – confident claims, partial disclosures, shifting explanations, delayed evidence, lies – the damage can outlast any single incident. The post The Consequences of Repeated Government Lying appeared fir…

Repeated Government Lying, Warned Hannah Arendt, Makes It Impossible For Citizens To Think And To Judge

This is a 1954 photo of one of America's foremost political philosophers and scholars, Hannah Arendt. (AP Photo) By Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin The ConversationIn Minneapolis, two recent fatal encounters with federal immigration agents have produced not only grief and anger, but an unusually clear fight over what is real. In the aftermath of Alex Pretti’s killing on Jan. 24, 2026, federal officials claimed the Border Patrol officers who fired weap…