Not ordinary lying. Not politician lying. Not the “I’ll build a bridge and then quietly forget” kind of lying. This is industrial-scale, mass-production lying. Lying with confidence. Lying with branding. Lying so frequently that reality needs a lie detector and a therapist.People still ask, very earnestly:“Why does Trump lie so much?”And the answer is simple: …
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When Donald Trump speaks, he does not speak in paragraphs. He speaks in slogans. He does not traffic in nuance, equivocation, or—God forbid—context. His sentences arrive like fast food: hot, salty, instantly gratifying, and with no visible nutritional value. You don’t think about them; you consume them. And yet, when sensible and reasonable people respond …
There is a school of political commentary that insists Donald Trump is some sort of accident—an error in the matrix, a glitch in American democracy that will be corrected by a software update called “the next election.” This school is wrong. Spectacularly wrong. Trump is not an accident; he is a discovery. And like all …
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Introduction: A Disturbing Directive In February 2019, a terse directive from Nigeria's presidency sent shockwaves through the nation's legal and political landscape. Security forces were ordered to "shoot to kill" anyone caught snatching ballot boxes. The immediate public reaction was a mixture of outrage and confusion. Opposition leaders condemned it as a "blank cheque for …
What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? I mentioned this in my earlier post and since I don't want to be too repetitive, I'm going to refer you to my earlier answer.
Centre for Nigeria Progress 