Polygraphs don't work, all they do is measure physiological changes
this post was submitted on 08 May 2026
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Surely this will discourage further leaks and not make the staff hate him even more
This is what happens when "loyalty" (as ill-defined as it is) becomes the most important metric for employees, because the Commander-In-Chief is a mob boss.
I've taken three polygraphs in my life, and I lied on all three. Not only did the polygrapher not catch the lies, all three accused me of lying about things I had been truthful about. By the third one, I was just fucking with the guy. I figured I didn't owe him any respect, he knows what he does is a scam.
I'd never take a polygraph if my freedom was on the line.
This is what always happens with fascism.
Because the entire movement is predicated on excusing the incompetence of ones self and placing blame on another. The immigrant, the jew, the trans kid: Its always someone else's fault. Its also why these regimes inevitably collapse inward, because eventually the circle of the circular firing squad gets smaller, and smaller, until.. well.. you know.. Hitler's bunker and all that.
Lol so fucking embarrassing. Imagine how this chapter of life is gonna look in 20 years when Trump is gone and your legacy is no more than a page in the comedy section of history books.
DrunKash was probably one of those sources
True kakistocracy.