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Lindsey Graham is dead at 71, the Iran war is back on, and Conservative Inc. spent the week claiming courtroom evidence that two journalists in the room say doesn't exist. Matt and CJ walk through all three stories: what the state actually showed at Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing versus what Benny Johnson claimed, the strange timing and aftermath of Graham's sudden death, and how the US broke the memorandum of understanding that was supposed to end the war with Iran.CHAPTERS0:00 Charlie Kirk hearing wraps: the "unimpeachable evidence" claim6:40 What the courtroom video actually shows11:02 Tainting the jury pool and the Jack Ruby scenario13:43 The Antifa panic: divide and rule20:53 Lindsey Graham dead at 7126:24 "Died of suddenly": the questions and the timing32:16 The FBI raid, the Ukraine trip, and who benefits39:16 Graham: the whisperer in Trump's ear50:51 Iran war back on: who actually broke the MOU56:42 Karg Island, Gallipoli, and how this endsBrave The New World analyzes current events through a liberty-first lens, connecting today's news to historical patterns so you can recognize manipulation in real time.www.bravethenew.worldx.com/matthewcaranox.com/KillmerCjprofcj.org

The preliminary hearing in Tyler Robinson's case wrapped this week, with a judge weighing whether there's enough to send the Charlie Kirk assassination to trial. Matt and CJ use the moment to ask a simpler question than most of the coverage does: does the official story actually hold together?Their starting point is how narratives work. A true account tends to be simple, because reality carries most of the weight. A false one gets complicated fast, because someone has to build and maintain the parts reality won't support on its own. CJ frames it through the way old scientific paradigms survive on patch after patch until a simpler explanation finally replaces them. Matt frames it through a narcissist he once dealt with whose thousand-word alibi gave itself away by explaining too much.From there they walk the parts of that day that set off the alarm. A bolt-action .30-06 as the alleged murder weapon, and everything a 22-year-old would have had to do to carry it, reassemble it, sight it, and fire it cold. A 3,000-person event with no ambulance staged and, reportedly, two doctors on scene waved off. A man carried to a private SUV with his head unsupported instead of worked on where he fell. A rifle the FBI located in the woods after dogs reportedly missed it. A kill site dug up a foot deep and paved over inside four days by two separate companies. Text messages entered as a photo of a screen with the timestamp smashed out.Then the question the framework always comes back to: who benefits? Kirk spent the last stretch of his life turning against a war with Iran, naming Thomas Massie his favorite man in Congress, and reportedly telling people he thought he'd be killed. Joe Kent has said foreign-nexus leads were shut down. Matt and CJ lay out the circumstantial picture, including the Iran war widening once Kirk was no longer in Trump's ear, and where it does and doesn't point.None of it is offered as proof of a single alternative story. The point is narrower and harder to dismiss: the people asking for public trust haven't earned it, and a story that needs this much machinery is a reason to look harder.

The Charlie Kirk assassination has one official narrative, and it comes from federal law enforcement and Turning Point USA. Matt spent a week digging into it and came away less convinced, not more.This episode is really about how narratives work. A true story is easy to believe because the pieces fit reality. A false one is a chain of "maybe" links that gets shakier the more you line it up, until the whole thing fails a rational person's sniff test. We've seen it before with Karen Read, with COVID, with the WMDs that sold the Iraq war.Then Matt runs the Kirk questions in order. The missing ambulance at a 3,000-person event. The private SUV and the unsupported head. The casing that matches the rifle and the fragment that doesn't. The crime scene torn up and repaved in four days. The four-hour hole in the shooter's timeline. The unsecured rooftop. The Discord confession the defense calls fake, and the arrest times that won't line up. The foreign-nexus lead the FBI reportedly waved off.The point isn't a rival theory. The point is that the people asking for our trust haven't earned it. If Tyler Robinson did this alone, the case for it has to be a lot better than what's on offer. Matt lays out why you shouldn't take the official story on faith

The state took an anti-government, secessionist document and turned its anniversary into a celebration of itself. On America's 250th 4th of July, Matt and historian CJ Killmer start there — then trace that same inversion through the news.The Iran war that never actually ended: the shaky MOU, the $300 billion rebuild check, and Trump's pivot from threatening to level Iran's infrastructure to offering a slice of its own frozen money if it drops the Strait of Hormuz tolls — tolls worth an estimated tens of billions a year. Then the one that should be a national story and isn't: Section 219 of the NDAA, which would wire the U.S. and Israeli defense industrial base together, convert a votable annual aid package into a permanent structure, and strip Congress of the yearly check. Massie and Khanna tried to remove it. Leadership wouldn't allow the vote. CJ brings the history, right down to the wartime president who refused to let American troops serve under foreign command.

Is Trump's Iran Peace Deal Real This Time?Why is Trump Allowed To End The War Now?Trump says he never wanted regime change in Iran. He said the opposite, repeatedly, on day one of the war. Matt and CJ start with the gaslighting and end up somewhere bigger: if Trump only attacked Iran because he was captured, why can he suddenly defy Netanyahu and the whole Israel-first machine without fear?Matt floats a theory about who actually holds the leash, CJ tests it against a couple centuries of how elites really operate, and together they walk through what Trump may have been promised, the three things that will prove whether this peace is genuine, and the outcome nobody in Washington wants to admit. Iran is stronger now. The US is weaker. Every Republican running in the midterms is going to have to explain how that happened.Plus the scapegoat question, the aid hidden inside the Pentagon's budget, and why a country protected by two oceans keeps going looking for fights it doesn't need.https://x.com/matthewcaranohttps://x.com/KillmerCjhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSuSWVH4XXhPkDgQSpzOTog

Matt Carano and CJ Killmer bring you the latest in news and politics.This week, Trump's own officials leaked a call to Axios where he called Netanyahu "crazy" and "ungrateful." Hours later, Israel ran its worst bombing campaign in southern Lebanon in weeks. The feud made headlines. The policy didn't move an inch.Matt and CJ Killmer break down why the blowup was theater, why the Iran war is the most unpopular American war in modern history yet nobody's in the streets, and what the $32 million it took to unseat Thomas Massie actually tells you about who runs US foreign policy. Plus: the case for capture, the Vietnam-era stat-juking playing out again, and the escalation that closed Kuwait's main airport.CJ also previews the new episode of the Dangerous History Podcast — the Peloponnesian War, the Sicilian Expedition, and why a 2,400-year-old "it'll be easy" war keeps repeating.Chapters:00:00 CJ's new Dangerous History episodes08:00 Warhawks vs. skeptics — Alcibiades, Nicias, and the "easy war"28:00 Juking the stats: Vietnam, McNamara, and what "winning" hides32:00 Two-thirds against the war, so where's the movement?37:00 $150 oil and why Democrats won't pull the plug49:00 The "performative" Trump-Netanyahu call50:00 Lebanon: the real crux of the ceasefire1:01:00 Compromat, Kushner, and the case for capture1:09:00 What the Massie defeat actually proves1:15:00 Tankers, Kuwait, and where we standNew episodes weekly. Aggressive toward power, welcoming toward the curious.On Twitter:https://x.com/matthewcaranohttps://x.com/KillmerCjYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@BraveTheNewWrld

The media keeps insisting an Iran deal is imminent. Read the terms and it's obvious no one in Tehran would sign — not after being surprise-attacked twice mid-negotiation, including the killing of their own leader. Matt and CJ start there and end up somewhere bigger: what a declining empire does when it stops believing in limits.From Trump threatening to "blow up" Oman over the Strait of Hormuz, to Beirut bombed over the weekend, to boats destroyed off South America with Cuba teed up next — this is a foreign policy with no brakes. CJ brings the history: Eisenhower ending the Korean War in under a year because he understood limits, and Thucydides watching Athens chase the mad dream of conquest. Then a full breakdown of the Libertarian Party's disaster convention, the LPNH purge, and where the liberty movement should actually be fighting.In this one:Why Iran negotiates from strength — and why no concessions means no signatureThe economic bill coming due: gas, inflation, fertilizer shortages, famineAn empire that can't stop: Oman, Lebanon, Cuba, the neglected hemisphereEisenhower, Thucydides, and leaders who once understood limitsThe LP convention meltdown, the 15–2 disaffiliation of LPNH, and the Massie questionBrave The New World with Matt Carano and CJ Killmer. New episodes weekly.https://x.com/matthewcaranohttps://x.com/KillmerCj

The Israel lobby just spent $32 million to remove Thomas Massie from Congress. AIPAC bragged about it on X within hours. A sitting Defense Secretary flew to Kentucky to campaign against him — federal law be damned. And here's the kicker: the three most expensive House primaries in US history were all decided by the same foreign lobby, all against members who criticized Israel.Matt and CJ work through the central question: at what point does this stop being lobbying and start being an act of war?Plus: the generational collapse in support for Israel (75% to 40% among under-30 Republicans), the IHRA laws now embedded in 38 states, Mark Levin's "Nazis and jihadis" rant, the Epstein angle, the Charlie Kirk timing, the "political dark matter" framework for understanding Trump's 180s — and why Americans killing COVID tyranny by refusing to comply is the template for what comes next.

CJ Killmer of the Dangerous History Podcast is back after a brutal few months, and we walk through where the United States actually stands two and a half months into the war with Iran.The blockade is theater. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. Every justification the administration has given has shifted, and every objective they set is unreachable. Trump is in Beijing this week asking Xi for help on a war he says he doesn't need help with.CJ takes us back to 1948 and walks the full history of the Israel lobby's grip on American foreign policy. Truman's reelection calculation. Eisenhower at Suez. Kennedy on Israeli nukes. Reagan's one and only pushback. Carter's Camp David walkback. Why Netanyahu's time preference is shorter than Trump's term.We get into the Massie primary, the Tucker apology, the Charlie Kirk void, the campaign promises Trump has run against, and why the midterms are going to cream Republicans.Subscribe for new episodes weekly.

Iran sent its response to the United States this weekend. Trump posted "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE" on Truth Social.He knows what the deal is going to look like. So does anyone willing to look at the receipts.The Strait of Hormuz belongs to Iran. The blockade is theater. The polling at home is the worst any wartime president has ever seen. Gas is climbing toward five dollars and the midterms are six months away.This episode walks through what's actually on the table, what's actually happening at the Strait, and why Lebanon is the piece this whole thing turns on. Israel went to war to topple Iran. Israel couldn't. So Netanyahu pivoted to taking land — Gaza, the West Bank, southern Lebanon. The trade Trump is negotiating right now is whether the United States keeps providing the cover.Plus the four pressure points crushing Trump's clock at home, the damage to American credibility abroad, and what to watch in the next two weeks.Chapters0:00 — Trump Knows2:00 — What's Actually on the Table9:00 — The Strait, the Blockade, and the Geography Problem17:00 — Lebanon Is the Real Trade27:00 — Why Trump's Clock Is Running Out37:00 — The View From Outside45:00 — What Comes Next, and the CloseWhat this episode coversThe 14-point US Memorandum of Understanding and Iran's counterproposalWhy the US naval blockade of Iranian ports is theaterThe Lebanon-as-carrot trade between Trump and NetanyahuThe third round of direct Israel-Lebanon talks at the State Department this Wednesday and ThursdayThe Trump-Xi summit in Beijing the same daysThe Massie primary in KentuckyThe five signals to watch over the next two weeks

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has flown to Jerusalem multiple times to sign Florida laws on foreign soil. He's not the only one. Thirty-eight US states have adopted the IHRA framework — a definition of antisemitism whose own author, Kenneth Stern, has been telling Congress for years is being weaponized to silence political speech about a foreign government.This episode walks through what's actually been built. The state laws. The federal Title VI enforcement wave. The lobbying network — Joseph Sabag, Eugene Kontorovich, Richard Goldberg, the Brandeis Center, the Combat Antisemitism Movement, ALEC. The federal court rulings calling it viewpoint discrimination and a smokescreen for ideologically-motivated assault. The Americans already hurt — Mahmoud Khalil, who missed the birth of his first child during 104 days in a Louisiana detention facility for activities the State Department's own memo described as "otherwise lawful." Harvard, hit with a $2.2 billion funding freeze before a federal judge struck it down.Then the foreign comparison. The United Kingdom: thirty arrests per day for online speech. Germany: five years in prison proposed for a phrase. France: criminal prosecutions for calling consumer boycotts. The destination is named, and the only thing standing between the apparatus already built here and the cases unfolding there is the First Amendment — which the architects know they cannot beat in a fair fight.If free speech falls, no other right is safe. This is a documentation of what has been built, who built it, who it serves, and what it has already cost.CHAPTERS:00:00 — DeSantis in Jerusalem 05:00 — What Free Speech Actually Is 14:00 — The IHRA Tool 22:00 — Florida Step by Step 33:00 — Who Built It 46:00 — Are These Laws Doing Damage? 51:00 — Where This Leads

The Southern Poverty Law Center was just indicted by a federal grand jury for fraud, money laundering, and paying the people it told its donors it was fighting. A Klan-affiliated informant got over a million dollars. The Unite the Right coordinator got $270,000. The money moved through shell companies with names like "Fox Photography" and "Rare Books Warehouse."And in the fiscal year after Charlottesville — the rally their paid informant helped coordinate — SPLC donations jumped from $50 million to $132 million.But the SPLC is not the story. The SPLC is the clearest possible view of a much bigger machine.In this episode, Matt Carano walks through three cases of the same structural model operating at three different scales:— The SPLC and the manufactured domestic extremism it fundraises off of — The National Endowment for Democracy, USAID, and the US regime change apparatus that replaced what the CIA used to do covertly — with Ukraine 2013–14 as the worked example — Benjamin Netanyahu's decade-long strategy of propping up Hamas to prevent a Palestinian state, in his own wordsOne machine. Three scales. The threat is the product.

Iran announced today that the Strait of Hormuz is "completely open" for commercial traffic. Iran announced it. Not the US Navy or Trump. Iran opened the strait the same way they closed it — by deciding to, tied to the ceasefire in Lebanon.That's the whole story. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. They always did. Their coastline runs the length of it. They hold seven of eight islands. The shipping lanes are two miles wide and funnel every tanker within range of shore-based drones, mines, and fast-attack boats. The president himself admitted they can threaten those lanes "no matter how badly defeated they are."So what was the blockade for?In this episode, I walk through why Iran's control over Hormuz is permanent, what they built during the war (a toll system collecting Chinese yuan and crypto that was actually moving oil), who the US blockade was actually targeting (the ships getting through — mostly bound for China), and who paid the price for all of it (Americans, Europeans, Australians — not Iran, and definitely not Russia, who's having their best quarter in years).The blockade was theater. The opening today proved it.Sources and receipts are linked at Brave The New World — bravethenewworld.comChapters: 00:00 Iran Just Opened the Strait 04:00 The Map Doesn't Lie 09:00 The Insurance Is the Weapon 13:00 The Toll Booth 20:00 Who Was on Those Ships 25:00 Who's Paying for This 32:00 The Blockade of a Blockade

Tuesday night, the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire. Pakistan brokered it. Both sides confirmed. Markets surged. Oil dropped 13%. Families in Beirut packed their bags to go home. Twelve hours later, Israel launched 50 jets into Lebanon. 100 targets. 160 munitions. 203 dead. The largest strike of the entire war — after the ceasefire. Netanyahu said Lebanon wasn't included. Trump backed him over his own mediator. Called 203 dead "a separate skirmish." In this episode: — What the ceasefire deal actually was and why Trump accepting Iran's terms was a concession — How Netanyahu vetoed the deal within hours — Who inside the White House is fighting for peace and who's fighting for Israel — The inner circle: Kushner, Witkoff, Rubio, Huckabee, Adelson, and the structure around Trump — Iran's response and why the ceasefire is collapsing in real time — The pattern: Israel has torpedoed every peace process for decades — What comes next if the restraint faction loses — ground troops, Kharg Island, and the point of no return Sources: NPR, Al Jazeera, CBS, NBC, CNN, Axios, Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Times of Israel, PBS, Fox News

President Trump addressed the nation on the Iran war Wednesday night. The White House promised "an important update." What he delivered was 19 minutes of talking points that contradict his own intelligence chief, his own counterterrorism director, his own words from the night he started the war, and his own Reuters interview published the same day. In this episode, I take the speech apart line by line. Every claim checked against the receipts. The nuclear deal he broke and then blamed Iran for. The diplomacy he sabotaged and then said he tried. The regime change he pursued on camera and then denied. The 45,000 dead Iranian civilians he cited as justification while promising to bomb them back to the stone ages and destroy their electrical grid. Sources include the IAEA, Arms Control Association, the White House's own transcript, Reuters, CNN, NPR, Al Jazeera, Antiwar.com, and the president's own words on tape.

While every camera in the country points at Iran, the US is quietly waging war across the Western Hemisphere. And the Pentagon just told Congress it's "just the beginning."In this episode I walk through:— Operation Southern Spear: 46 boat strikes, 159 dead, no evidence, no trials. The UN calls them extrajudicial killings. A former ICC prosecutor calls them crimes against humanity.— Operation Total Extermination: joint US-Ecuador land strikes along the Colombia border, with a 500-pound bomb landing on a Colombian farm— Cuba: three nationwide blackouts in March, zero oil shipments in three months, a regime change operation targeting a dictator's grandson— Venezuela: a puppet state held together by the threat of criminal indictment— The Donroe Doctrine: how Trump flipped a 200-year-old defensive policy into a license for American empire— The 18-nation coalition nobody voted for and nobody can define— The full list of countries the US is currently bombing, blockading, or operating in — simultaneously, in a single year, without congressional authorization— Who benefits from the Latin America thread vs. the Middle East thread — and why they're different

Almost 3 weeks in. The objectives have changed six times. No allies are sending ships. The Arab states are furious. Iran says they never asked for a ceasefire. And the president said on camera, that maybe we shouldn't be there at all.In this episode, I walk through:— The six shifting justifications for the war— What Iran is actually saying vs. what Trump claims— Why no country will send warships to the Strait of Hormuz— Why the Arab states are getting bombed and who they blame— Every realistic offramp — and why none of them are easyBrave The New World — See the pattern. Know the playbook. Take action.

Two people in the Trump administration had access to the same intelligence on Iran. Both built careers opposing exactly this kind of war.Joe Kent resigned and said it plainly: "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel."Tulsi Gabbard broke three weeks of silence with a statement that never once said she agreed with the threat assessment. She's the Director of National Intelligence. That's literally her job.In this video, I break down both statements line by line and explain why Tulsi's cowardice is worse than the hawks who wanted this war.

The US is spending $900 million a day on the Iran war. Tariffs are triggering stagflation. The dollar is losing its grip on global reserves. China is weaponizing rare earths. Foreign creditors are dumping US Treasuries and buying gold. And the WEF just released their Global Risks 2026 report warning of "geoeconomic confrontation" as the top trigger for a material global crisis.There's a word for all of this happening at once: the polycrisis.Here's the problem. The people who named it are the same people who caused it. And their solution is more of themselves.This week Matt sits down with Sterlin — founder of the Parallel Mind project and one of the most serious thinkers working on civilization-level problems from a liberty lens. They break down what the polycrisis actually is, why the Davos crowd adopted the term, and what the establishment's proposed remedies actually mean for your freedom.They cover:What the polycrisis actually is — and the metacrisis distinction that explains why everyone feels psychologically wrecked right nowHow the Iran war, tariff stagflation, de-dollarization, and AI disruption are causally connected — not separate storiesThe ratchet effect: every major crisis in history expands state power, and almost none of it ever comes backThe 1930s parallel — what "polycrisis responses" have historically looked like in practiceSterlin's Parallel Mind framework — parallel finance, parallel governance, parallel institutions — and why decentralized systems beat top-down coordination every timeWhy optimism isn't naive right now — and what building outside legacy institutions actually looks like

"We knew there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that would precipitate an attack against American forces." That's Marco Rubio — the Secretary of State — admitting on the record that America went to war because Israel decided to. Not because we were attacked. Because they were going to be. Senator Angus King asked the question we all have: "Have we now delegated the most solemn decision that can be made in our society — the decision to go to war — to another country?" The answer is yes. In this episode, I make the case that: — America's sovereignty has been compromised — Our foreign policy is controlled by a donor class, not voters — Donald Trump. the man who promised to tear this machine apart, has been captured by it — There is no political solution. Only exit.Follow @matthewcarano on XFollow @bravethnewworld on Xwww.youtube.com/@BraveTheNewWrld

US and Israeli bombs are falling on Tehran. American bases are under fire. The war 80% of Americans opposed is here.America calls it Operation Epic Fury. Israel calls it Operation Shield of Judah. One is marketing. The other is an admission.In this episode:The moving goalposts: Five justifications in eight months. Nuclear → protesters → human rights → nuclear again. When the reason keeps changing, there is no reason.The pipeline: How a think tank, media personalities, senators, and a foreign government converted their interests into American foreign policy — without American support.The salesmen: FDD, Shapiro, Levin, Graham, Cotton, Netanyahu. Now that the bombs are falling, somebody needs to own this.What's coming: The escalation spiral is already starting. Four bases hit. Proxies mobilizing. Oil spiking. Everything they mocked us for predicting.A senior diplomat said it this morning: "When negotiations get close to success, Israel has intervened to preempt diplomacy."The talks were working. Israel killed them. With bombs. Named the operation after themselves. And dragged us into it.This war isn't for us. It never was.

SummaryIn this conversation, CJ Killmer and Matt delve into the ongoing revelations surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and the broader implications of his connections to powerful figures in politics, Hollywood, and intelligence agencies. They discuss the lack of accountability for those involved, the nature of evil within the ruling class, and the societal impact of these conspiracies. The dialogue reflects on personal experiences with conspiracy theories and the emotional toll of uncovering such dark truths, ultimately questioning the integrity of the system and the people who govern it.TakeawaysThe Epstein saga continues to reveal darker truths.There is a lack of accountability for powerful figures.Personal experiences with conspiracy theories shape perceptions.The connections between Epstein and political figures are troubling.Hollywood's complicity in the Epstein scandal is significant.The role of intelligence agencies in protecting powerful individuals is concerning.The nature of evil in power is pervasive and alarming.The future of conspiracy theories is uncertain but impactful.The system seems designed to protect the corrupt.The legacy of Epstein raises questions about societal values.Chapters00:00 The Ongoing Epstein Saga02:48 Personal Reflections on Conspiracy09:04 The Dark Connections of Epstein11:56 Hollywood and Complicity14:58 Political Figures and Their Ties17:58 The Role of Intelligence Agencies23:43 The Future of Conspiracy Theories26:54 The System's Protection of the Powerful30:00 The Legacy of Epstein32:45 Final Thoughts on the Ruling Class

SUMMARYIn this episode of the Brave New World podcast, hosts Matt and CJ delve into the complexities of propaganda, trust, and the Epstein files. They explore how narratives shape public perception and the implications of power dynamics in society. The conversation highlights the role of Epstein as a fixer within elite circles and discusses the broader themes of corruption and morality in politics. The hosts reflect on the importance of awareness and critical thinking in navigating the current landscape of information and misinformation.CHAPTERS00:00 Introduction to Brave New World Podcast03:15 The Nature of Trust and Propaganda06:18 Skepticism and Historical Context09:10 The Role of Epstein in Elite Networks12:15 Psychopathy and Political Manipulation18:12 Framing Epstein: The Boogeyman of the Elite26:57 The Psychology of Power and Wealth49:25 The Dark Side of Power and Influence51:52 Prostitution, Power, and Ethics01:10:29 The Political Landscape and Epstein's LegacyCONNECT WITH THE HOSTSMatt - https://x.com/matthewcaranoCJ: https://x.com/KillmerCjThe Dangerous History Podcast: https://dangeroushistorypodcast.com

In this episode, Matt and CJ analyze the recent deadly shooting involving Alex Preti outside Minneapolis, exploring the complex narratives, political hypocrisies, and potential foreign interference tactics like color revolutions. This discussion aims to provide clarity amid conflicting reports and biased portrayals, emphasizing the importance of understanding the broader context.Key Topics:The timeline and details of the Alex Preti shooting incidentPolitical narratives and misinformation from both sidesHypocrisy in media coverage and official statementsThe role of NGOs, foreign influence, and color revolution tacticsPolice and immigration enforcement strategies and their risksThe importance of recognizing means versus ends in policy debatesHistorical examples of community integrity and infiltration risksThe influence of elite interests in fueling social unrestThe difference between lawful self-defense and reckless activismHow propaganda and divide-and-rule strategies shape public perception