Month: October 2024

This episode is part 5 of examining common claims about something Donald Trump said. As we examine each trope let’s ask ourselves “Did Trump really say that?!” Context is king. There can be more than meets the eye than what media will often have us believe. In part 5 we dissect two hoaxes from the same article in The Atlantic: The “I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had” hoax The “$60,000 to Bury a Mexican” hoax Sources Cited: Jeffrey Goldberg, “Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’,” The Atlantic, October 22, 2024. Michael D. Shear, “Trump Asked Aide Why His Generals Couldn’t Be Like Hitler’s, Book Says,” New York Times, August 8, 2022. Christopher Tremoglie,

***Warning: This episode talks about sensitive topics*** November 5, 2024 is a crucial election in the United States for many reasons. The country is polarized. Even many states are polarized. Colorado’s Amendment 79 would enshrine abortion as a fundamental right into the state constitution. It would even allow the legislature to pass laws that pay for it on demand with taxes. Colorado is the premier destination for abortion in the country. The state has no restrictions on abortion. Could Amendment 79 and future laws based on it encourage people from outside the state to flock in and make residents pay to end the life of their unborn children. Could the language of the amendment set up barriers to stopping human

This episode is a call to action for listeners of Truthspresso to help out a ministry suffering from hurricane Helene! After discussing some of the timeline and effects of hurricanes Helene and Milton, I show how some politicians want to pretend to care about people. Never let a crisis go to waste, it seems. Don’t be like power-hungry politicians! Be Christians! Fellow podcaster and member of the Christian Podcast Community A.M. Brewster lost just about everything in the flooding from hurricane Helene. Please give to help him though his loss! Sources Cited: “Utterly irresponsible and selfish Harris slams DeSantis,” MSNBC, October 7, 2024. “Gov. DeSantis fires back at Kamala Harris: ‘It’s not about you’,” Fox News, October 8, 2024. Vice

This episode is part 4 of examining common claims about something Donald Trump said. As we examine each trope let’s ask ourselves “Did Trump really say that?!” Context is king. There can be more than meets the eye than what media will often have us believe. In part 4 we dissect two hoaxes: The “Putin is a Genius” hoax The WWI soldiers are “losers and suckers” hoax Sources Cited: Philip Bump, “‘Genius,’ ‘Savvy’: Trump reacts to Putin’s moves on Ukraine exactly as you’d expect,” Washington Post, Updated February 22, 2022. Bess Levin, “Trump Calls Putin’s Ukraine Moves ‘Genius’ Because He’s a Sick Man Who Hates Democracy,” Vanity Fair, February 22, 2022. “President Trump Joins Clay & Buck from Mar-a-Lago,” The