Steven Hassan PhD
@cultexpert.freedomofmind.com
Licensed mental health counselor, cult expert, author of Combating Cult Mind Control, Freedom of Mind and The Cult of Trump. linktr.ee/FreedomOfMind
From the Shadows to Power: How the Hindu Right Reshaped India www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
From the Shadows to Power: How the Hindu Right Reshaped India
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December 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
From the Shadows to Power: How the Hindu Right Reshaped India www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! A rare Murdoch pushback on Trump disinformation machine- featuring doctors who want evidenced based medicine to save lives!
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Meet the Doctors Fighting Health Misinformation Online
The Trump administration’s efforts to rewrite the rules of public health have created a new kind of influencer: Doctors taking to social media to combat misinformation.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! A rare Murdoch pushback on Trump disinformation machine- featuring doctors who want evidenced based medicine to save lives!
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So much for Christian spirit!
"'We request that the government pause apprehension activities during the Christmas season. Such a pause would show a decent regard for the humanity of these families.'
The White House did not mention the holiday season in its rejection of the Bishops' request..."
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The White House did not mention the holiday season in its rejection of the Bishops' request..."
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White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
The appeal was issued by the Miami archbishop and signed by seven other members of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
So much for Christian spirit!
Care about our world climate crisis? youtu.be/A_gFf5l8E-A?...
The misinformation situation is worse than you think
YouTube video by Simon Clark
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December 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Care about our world climate crisis? youtu.be/A_gFf5l8E-A?...
The Bondi Beach attack is a tragic reminder that radicalization can spread anywhere, even in places with strict gun control laws. And it’s happening faster now because bad actors can target vulnerabilities online.
The Bondi Beach attack is a tragic reminder that radicalization can spread anywhere, even in places with strict gun control laws. And it’s happening faster now because bad actors can target vulnerabil...
TikTok video by Steven Hassan, PhD
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December 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Bondi Beach attack is a tragic reminder that radicalization can spread anywhere, even in places with strict gun control laws. And it’s happening faster now because bad actors can target vulnerabilities online.
Suggest reading Pressman’s book, Outrageous Betrayal and also watch the 60 Minutes segment which included former employee admitting he choked Erhard wife til she turned blue in front of people to “please” the man he believed was “Source.”
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Movie news | latest film industry updates and headlines
Latest movie news. Find updates on the film industry and headlines around the biggest releases from The Times and The Sunday Times.
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December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Suggest reading Pressman’s book, Outrageous Betrayal and also watch the 60 Minutes segment which included former employee admitting he choked Erhard wife til she turned blue in front of people to “please” the man he believed was “Source.”
www.thetimes.com/us/movie-new...
www.thetimes.com/us/movie-new...
Telling your MAGA loved one that you hate who they’ve become just pushes them away.
What actually works is asking questions. Bring them back to memories of who they were before they were recruited & help them reconnect with parts of themselves that previously existed!
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What actually works is asking questions. Bring them back to memories of who they were before they were recruited & help them reconnect with parts of themselves that previously existed!
@jimpicariello.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Telling your MAGA loved one that you hate who they’ve become just pushes them away.
What actually works is asking questions. Bring them back to memories of who they were before they were recruited & help them reconnect with parts of themselves that previously existed!
@jimpicariello.bsky.social
What actually works is asking questions. Bring them back to memories of who they were before they were recruited & help them reconnect with parts of themselves that previously existed!
@jimpicariello.bsky.social
Fantastic! New Pope is supportive of exposing the authoritarian cult, Opus Dei! See my Substack for interviews and blogs, including Gareth Gore, author of book, Opus.
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ECA Global Summit in Buenos Aires: A Landmark Event on Opus Dei Abuses and Survivors’ Search for Justice - ECA Ending Clergy Abuse-Global Justice Project
ECA Global Summit in Buenos Aires: A Landmark Event on Opus Dei Abuses and Survivors’ Search for Justice On December 16, 2025, ECA Global (Ending Clergy Abuse) held in Buenos Aires what has been widel...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Fantastic! New Pope is supportive of exposing the authoritarian cult, Opus Dei! See my Substack for interviews and blogs, including Gareth Gore, author of book, Opus.
www.ecaglobal.org/eca-global-s...
www.ecaglobal.org/eca-global-s...
Conservatives clash at Turning Point USA conference over MAGA movement's direction / Carlson is Russian propagandist from watching his actions- no one should platform Fuentes IMPO.
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Conservatives clash at Turning Point USA conference over MAGA movement's direction
Conservative influencers clashed at Turning Point USA's annual youth conference over the future of President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Conservatives clash at Turning Point USA conference over MAGA movement's direction / Carlson is Russian propagandist from watching his actions- no one should platform Fuentes IMPO.
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ery very tricky case. I worry Trump will use this to do propaganda to label peaceful protestors as terrorists!
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Inside DoJ’s controversial prosecution of a Texas ‘antifa cell’ charged with terrorism
DoJ says a group of protesters at an ICE detention center was part of a terror cell; legal experts say case is an effort to crack down on leftwing groups and deter protesters
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December 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
ery very tricky case. I worry Trump will use this to do propaganda to label peaceful protestors as terrorists!
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Will Trump invade Venezuela as the distraction to do another delay? Unfortunately I think so.
Deadline nears for release of Epstein files – what we know so far www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Deadline nears for release of Epstein files – what we know so far
Justice department must release most documents by Friday, and failure to do so would provoke a firestorm
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December 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Will Trump invade Venezuela as the distraction to do another delay? Unfortunately I think so.
Reposted by Steven Hassan PhD
Russia threatening legal action and ‘damages’ for sequestration of their assets is all part of their asymmetric hybrid war.
They use Western legal systems, when they have no rule of law, just as they call for free speech while killing journalists and imprisoning protestors
They use Western legal systems, when they have no rule of law, just as they call for free speech while killing journalists and imprisoning protestors
December 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Russia threatening legal action and ‘damages’ for sequestration of their assets is all part of their asymmetric hybrid war.
They use Western legal systems, when they have no rule of law, just as they call for free speech while killing journalists and imprisoning protestors
They use Western legal systems, when they have no rule of law, just as they call for free speech while killing journalists and imprisoning protestors
And Americans need to wake up to Russia’s influence on him!
Remember when Presidents did national speeches for emergencies or times where a nation needs to hear from their leader?
This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking
This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking
December 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
And Americans need to wake up to Russia’s influence on him!
Appeasement only helped Hitler with his ambitions. Total military defeat ended his sick quest that cost millions of lives! Americans and the world are realizing Putin (and his ally Xi) want world domination And the tech billionaires are complicit!
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Russia wants to drain Europe's security resources with sabotage campaign, officials say | AP News
The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative r...
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December 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Appeasement only helped Hitler with his ambitions. Total military defeat ended his sick quest that cost millions of lives! Americans and the world are realizing Putin (and his ally Xi) want world domination And the tech billionaires are complicit!
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apnews.com/projects/rus...
I don’t believe a rifle bullet hit his ear. Experts tell me it would have been weeks, maybe months of plastic surgery to fix. He had not even a scar two weeks later!
Why was Ronny Jackson's medical account of Trump's "gunshot injury" accepted when he wasn't even there and Trump walked into a Butler hospital? He released the report a week later on the Benny Johnson podcast.
Does that seriously make any sense to you?
Does that seriously make any sense to you?
December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I don’t believe a rifle bullet hit his ear. Experts tell me it would have been weeks, maybe months of plastic surgery to fix. He had not even a scar two weeks later!
Fareed Zakaria is right!
We need real experts. People who devote their lives to studying problems, using science, and building a functioning meritocracy. Not billionaires living off inherited wealth or manipulating systems for their own gain.
🎥: @fareedzakaria
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrgsjheX/
We need real experts. People who devote their lives to studying problems, using science, and building a functioning meritocracy. Not billionaires living off inherited wealth or manipulating systems for their own gain.
🎥: @fareedzakaria
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrgsjheX/
Fareed Zakaria is right! We need real experts. People who devote their lives to studying problems, using science, and building a functioning meritocracy. Not billionaires living off inherited wealth ...
TikTok video by Steven Hassan, PhD
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December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fareed Zakaria is right!
We need real experts. People who devote their lives to studying problems, using science, and building a functioning meritocracy. Not billionaires living off inherited wealth or manipulating systems for their own gain.
🎥: @fareedzakaria
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrgsjheX/
We need real experts. People who devote their lives to studying problems, using science, and building a functioning meritocracy. Not billionaires living off inherited wealth or manipulating systems for their own gain.
🎥: @fareedzakaria
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrgsjheX/
Syrian-Born Australian Who Tackled Bondi Gunman Hailed as Hero www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
Syrian-Born Australian Who Tackled Bondi Gunman Hailed as Hero
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December 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Syrian-Born Australian Who Tackled Bondi Gunman Hailed as Hero www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
Trump has also been called the most evil person he has ever met. Who said this? His former best friend Jeffrey Epstein
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Trump has also been called the most evil person he has ever met. Who said this? His former best friend Jeffrey Epstein
I view this as online radicalization but wish to dig deeper. Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
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Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett says a mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Isl...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I view this as online radicalization but wish to dig deeper. Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
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apnews.com/article/aust...
The most dangerous people in cults aren’t the ones you’d suspect.
I’m talking with journalist Don Lattin about why people are drawn to high-control groups in the first place, and why the real danger often isn’t the leader, but the inner circle that protects them.
Watch the full video here!
I’m talking with journalist Don Lattin about why people are drawn to high-control groups in the first place, and why the real danger often isn’t the leader, but the inner circle that protects them.
Watch the full video here!
From Jonestown to Trump: The Cult Playbook Is the Same
YouTube video by Cult Expert - Dr. Steven Hassan
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December 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The most dangerous people in cults aren’t the ones you’d suspect.
I’m talking with journalist Don Lattin about why people are drawn to high-control groups in the first place, and why the real danger often isn’t the leader, but the inner circle that protects them.
Watch the full video here!
I’m talking with journalist Don Lattin about why people are drawn to high-control groups in the first place, and why the real danger often isn’t the leader, but the inner circle that protects them.
Watch the full video here!
I appreciate the work Rich Logis is doing to support people who want to step away from MAGA. Creating a warm, inviting community space matters.
But I have to be honest, I disagree with his decision to currently not call MAGA a cult.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrqfYd43/
But I have to be honest, I disagree with his decision to currently not call MAGA a cult.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrqfYd43/
I appreciate the work Rich Logis is doing to support people who want to step away from MAGA. Creating a warm, inviting community space matters. But I have to be honest, I disagree with his decision t...
TikTok video by Steven Hassan, PhD
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December 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I appreciate the work Rich Logis is doing to support people who want to step away from MAGA. Creating a warm, inviting community space matters.
But I have to be honest, I disagree with his decision to currently not call MAGA a cult.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrqfYd43/
But I have to be honest, I disagree with his decision to currently not call MAGA a cult.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrqfYd43/
Rehire experts now! Fund them! There will be another pandemic and we need to think for our future health!
"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..."
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December 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Rehire experts now! Fund them! There will be another pandemic and we need to think for our future health!
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“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
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‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE
With ICE targeting vendors and fear rising, community groups are organising fast to keep New Yorkers working on the streets safe
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December 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
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He Was Russia’s Late-Night King. Now He Works Birthdays and Weddings. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/w...
He Was Russia’s Late-Night King. Now He Works Birthdays and Weddings.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
He Was Russia’s Late-Night King. Now He Works Birthdays and Weddings. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/w...
Terrible! Trump is partially, maybe more to blame!
Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
December 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Terrible! Trump is partially, maybe more to blame!