RecognizeDECEIT: Fabricated
Jul 14, 2026The AI image of Sean Strickland in a Trump-Epstein T-shirt at the White House
Source: Lead Stories Fact Check
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AI & Deepfakes
Deepfakes, fake images, and AI-amplified lies.
Cults & Coercion
Cults, coercive control, and faith used as leverage.
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Jul 12, 2026The Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps operated for 30 years. Former members tried to get law enforcement to shut it down.
Source: Deborah Green / Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps
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Jul 10, 2026Hillsong's whistleblower was told to deceive regulators. She refused. They destroyed her career.
Multiple sources (3)
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RecognizeDECEIT: Fabricated
Jul 7, 2026Nigerian pastor Chris Oyakhilome's health claims: eat more salt, fluoride is rat poison, no vaccine has ever worked
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Jul 5, 2026One of Brazil's largest megachurches was allegedly laundering money for the country's largest bank fraud
Source: Lagoinha Church / Banco Master
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Scams & Fraud
Scams, cons, and engineered financial traps.
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Aug 15, 2026Proof Drowning: The Friday Dump
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Aug 14, 2026Family Research Council has run a $26 million Christian-right advocacy operation since 1983. In 2026, its longtime adversary, the Southern Poverty Law Center, faces federal fraud charges, in a case that leaves their sixteen-year dispute untouched.
Multiple sources (23)
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Aug 13, 2026Alliance Defending Freedom runs a $120 million Christian legal network. In 2026, its cases are before the Supreme Court on trans athletes, pregnancy centers, and religious hiring.
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Aug 12, 2026Heritage Foundation Wrote Project 2025's Church-State Blueprint. The Campaign Disavowed It. More Than Half Has Been Built Anyway.
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Aug 11, 2026Russ Vought Said Christian Nationalism Needs to Be Rehabilitated. Under Oath, He Calls the Label Slander. He Runs the Federal Budget Either Way.
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Aug 10, 2026The Council for National Policy has connected the Christian right's donors to its operatives since 1981. Leaked recordings show its own members plotting election-season 'voter suppression' messaging.
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If you're working out what happened
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