“Penn was quick to tell me he does not know much about many things. But he is an expert in misleading people.
‘I am bringing this to you w the utmost humility. I am carny trash. I am uneducated. [My] position of expertise is that I have lied to ppl onstage & gotten them to believe it. I think I could do what that police officer did.’”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/us/politics/the-docket-supreme-court-penn-teller.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cVA.ljzO.LDTwAdYmcWqj&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Sheril Kirshenbaum
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