The Destruction of Truth

By Rob C.
Art by R. McKee - Cagle

Let’s just start with the obvious: the Trump administration thinks we’re idiots. Like we can’t read, can’t Google, can’t remember what they said two minutes ago. They’ve built their entire governing strategy around one core belief: if you lie big enough and often enough, people will eventually give up and accept the bullshit as truth.
Unfortunately for them, some of us still have functioning memories and a working bullshit detector.

☠️ The EPA Is Now the EPD — Environmental Propaganda Department
Lee Zeldin, Trump’s handpicked head of the EPA, apparently believes he knows more about climate science than… well… climate scientists. Thousands of them. Backed by decades of peer-reviewed data, global consensus, and the melting goddamn planet itself.

Zeldin is working overtime to roll back rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions, because apparently “basic survival” is too woke for the modern GOP. While climate-fueled floods wipe out communities and heatwaves smother 163 million Americans, Zeldin stands at the podium, gaslighting the nation like a two-bit oil lobbyist reading lines off a napkin.
He wants us to believe the wildfires, droughts, hurricanes, crop failures, and insurance collapses are just seasonal quirks. “Nothing to do with the climate,” he insists, as Arizona reaches surface-of-Mars temperatures and Miami drowns in its own humidity. The EPA used to protect the environment. Now it’s protecting profits—and propaganda.

💸 Tariffs, Inflation, and Trump's Financial Circus Act
Meanwhile, Trump’s latest round of tariffs is just another act in his one-man economic clown show. He’s trying to convince Americans that his erratic trade policies are helping the economy, even as prices soar and working people bear the cost.

Let’s look at reality:
🥩 Ground beef: up over 8.9% from last year
🥚 Eggs: still up 28% from pre-2021 levels
☕ Coffee: up 10.8%, because we all needed another reason to be jittery
👖 Clothing: prices up 7%, thanks to tariffs choking international supply chains
🚗 Cars: Used car prices have spiked nearly 17% in the last 18 months

The truth? His scattershot tariffs, imposed and withdrawn on a whim, have tanked small businesses, created chaos in supply chains, and handed China more leverage than ever.
And when economists raise concerns? Trump accuses them of being part of the “deep state.” Because nothing says “stable genius” like punching your own economy in the face.
He’s playing economic roulette with our wallets, and when the bill comes due, you can bet he’ll blame Biden, China, windmills, and probably your neighbor’s cat.

😈 Epstein: The Lie That Never Dies
And then, there’s that lie. The big one. The festering boil of hypocrisy the right keeps trying to lance with distractions and deflection: Jeffrey Epstein.

Let’s set the record straight:
Trump claimed he cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein back in 2004, after Epstein allegedly “stole” a 16-year-old girl from the spa at Mar-A-Lago and recruited her into his sex trafficking ring. Yes—Trump’s own club was a known Epstein hunting ground. And this wasn’t something he alerted authorities about. No, he just mentioned it later like it was juicy gossip.
But here’s the kicker: two years after he supposedly “cut ties,” Trump gave a televised interview saying:
“He likes beautiful women as much as I do, many of them on the younger side.”
That’s not just a lie—it’s a cover-up wrapped in a wink and dipped in sleaze.

Trump acts like he barely knew the guy. You know, just a “social acquaintance.” Except for the part where:
• He was listed in Epstein’s little black book—multiple times.
• He flew on Epstein’s plane - multiple times.
• He hosted Epstein at Mar-A-Lago - multiple times.
• He met Melania through Epstein’s network.
Wrong. Disgusting. Despicable. And the most disturbing part? Trump wants you to believe he was just in the wrong room at the wrong time. Over and over. For years. Sure. No, he was a fixture in Epstein’s orbit for over a decade.
And now, with the files threatening to see the light of day, Trump is scrambling—deflecting with new lies, accusing Obama of treason, and trying to rig state elections to keep the truth buried.

🗳️ Redistricting in Texas: The Last-Ditch Cover-Up
Trump knows that if Democrats gain control of Congress, there’s a solid chance the Epstein files will come out—and with them, the truth about who knew what, when, and what teenage girls were on that plane.

Hello Texas.
At Trump’s urging, Republican lawmakers there are engaged in an unconstitutional redistricting plan designed to rig the state’s congressional map in his favor, cutting out young, diverse, urban voters who lean Democratic.
They’re attempting to dismantle the power of Black and Latino districts, creating a whitewashed electoral map that all but guarantees Trump-friendly majorities, even if Democrats win the popular vote.

Why? Because Trump isn’t just afraid of losing power. He’s afraid of losing protection. If Democrats flip the House or Senate, subpoenas get issued. Files get unsealed. Names get named. And suddenly, “I barely knew him” won’t be enough to stop the avalanche.

💩 Trust Me, I’m Lying
This is the Trump doctrine: hammer the truth until it shatters, then tell people to ignore the blood on the floor.
But truth still matters.
Truth means climate change is real. Food is more expensive because of tariffs.
Trump knew Epstein—and likely knew everything.
The truth is your vote is being manipulated so the Epstein files stay buried.

This is what the Trump administration is betting on: that we’ll all be too tired, too confused, or too overwhelmed to push back. That truth can be drowned out in a flood of noise, nonsense, and right-wing memes.

The truth is we need to wake the hell up—before the lies become law.

But truth isn’t dead… Yet.