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Mental Health professionals warning about Trump.
Catch our Podcast, "Shrinking Trump" on the Really American Network with Dr. John Gartner and Dr. Harry Segal

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Trump's obvious neurological decay is the new Big Lie, and the mainstream media needs to stop being complicit. The random garbling we saw and heard from him yesterday was not early stage, it was an advanced degenerative neurological disorder that's beyond disturbing. MSM: don't sugar coat or normalize this - be like Lawrence O'Donnell, who said this last night:
"There's this character named Donald Trump, with orange-colored skin and big hair, who shows up to all these events, sometimes he's asked questions, and words come out of his mouth. But he's not there. His mind ... is gone."

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He’s not a lame duck. He’s a wounded animal—and more dangerous than ever.
My interview on the Daily Beast:

https://t.co/fW56AaT93X

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@OurShallowState This is very worthwhile. It does bypass the echo chambers, we know there are many having doubts, and we definitely know that Trump is getting worse - as malignant narcissists always do - which is not great overall but might help this work even more.

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

I hope everyone reads this as it takes a bit to explain: MAGA IS NOT DEAD BUT IT IS DIMINISHED. There is a HUGE opportunity before us now to diminish it further.
Right now - there are Trump voters all across America - MAGA and non-MAGA alike - tons of them - who are aware of - and tired of - Trump's lies, bombast, divisiveness, whininess, nonsensical riffs, incompetence, and especially: self-centeredness, corruption, grift, and broken promises. Many of them voted against him in the midterms.
Some who voted against him, are done with him. Some who voted against him, are just pissed. And some, who may or may not have voted against him - are having doubts - about MAGA, about him, and about the world view which has pummeled their brains since they started watching Fox nonstop. These people - the ones having doubts, now number IN THE MILLIONS. These are the ones I want to speak about.
We saw it coming in the polls, especially the "strong approval" numbers, which hovered at 15%. I was lucky. I was told that there were millions having doubts by someone who knew, someone who was there, someone who specifically told me that we would see narrowing margins and even a few flips this election in places we never believed was possible. And I was able to make a plan because I believed him.
I want to share more about that, and I will in a minute, but first, I want to be clear what I mean when I say they are having doubts. What they're feeling is called Cognitive Dissonance.
Cognitive dissonance is a psychological conflict between established and vested views (Trump is great, Trump is a patriot, Trump will fight for me against the Deep State) and the things they're now seeing and feeling (Trump is a liar, Trump is Unamerican, Trump only cares about himself and he IS the Deep State).
Humans strive for internal consistency to function effectively in the world. When confronted with conflicting or "dissonant" information, they experience stress or shame, driving them to resolve dissonance.
How will these Trump voters resolve the dissonance? Some did and left. Some are cynical and thinking of leaving. But most will minimize it and rationalize it and go back to being MAGA. It takes a lot of discomfort to get people to change behavior, especially when they feel as "vested in the myth" as many MAGAs have been.
I don't want to debate in this post what MAGA is or isn't. Fact is, they're NOT all the same. And I don't want to listen to judgment about them all being stupid or all being racist. This is serious. Some are, some aren't. What I do want to put forward is that we are ALL better off, as Dems, and as Americans, if more of them who are having doubts, leave the "movement." Again, there are many millions of them having doubts now. Holy sh*t, what a huge opportunity.
The guy who told me that we would see narrowing margins and even a few flips this election in places we never believed was possible, was Rich Logis. He said to me: "Howard (that's my actual name) - Dems are going to take Texas and at least one state redder than Texas. And they're going to get close in other places. And they're not going to lose one single Blue state."
Rich Logis was in MAGA for 7 years. He left MAGA in 2022, wrote a book, and started Leaving MAGA in 2024 to help others leave. He does it the right way, without judgment. It's working.
Here's the challenge - we can't break through the echo chambers of Fox and Meta algorithms easily. It needs to happen creatively, organically, a few at a time, and MAGA has to make the first move. Until Rich and Leaving MAGA, there was nothing to make that happen. Now there is.
THE single most effective and powerful thing Rich is doing - is putting up BILLBOARDS, so that others who might be having doubts about MAGA that see them, can know - simply - IF they're having doubts, it's ok. And IF they're having doubts, they're not alone. And IF they're having doubts, there is a safe place to go to speak with people who have been there.
The more billboards Leaving MAGA puts up, especially NOW, the more people WILL leave, the more people will think about leaving, the more people will know it's ok to leave.
I believed Rich when he told me what he predicted for this election. And so, I made plans to help him.
Two weeks ago, before the election, I built a page for him on Kickstarter (crowdfunding) and launched a campaign to help him fund more billboards. It's already 50% to its target, but now - after the result of the election - it needs to go way over the target. These billboards need to be everywhere we can get them. Rich says he now knows exactly the places where the billboards can have the biggest effect - he didn't know that before the election for sure, he only thought he knew. Now, he does.
THIS is one answer to reaching those in MAGA who are having doubts as it bypasses the echo chambers and algorithms. It's a very good answer - these billboards are huge and they have a behavioral impact.
I know people are drained financially and some of that is from supporting candidates. But I'm asking those who follow me and those who follow the people retweeting this to please click the link and go to the page and read about the campaign called LEAVING MAGA - BILLBOARDS. Please support the effort, at any level above zero. Pick a Reward, and let's take a real step to bringing America closer together.
If even 10% of MAGA who are having doubts but haven't left yet can resolve their cognitive dissonance by leaving, it's going to bode well for the presidency in 2028. And come on, we all know that Trump will keep overreaching, like he did by appointing Miller. Let these people having doubts see this, on top of their existing doubts, and then see a billboard.
Thanks for the time and for the consideration.
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The last guardrail is gone. Susan Wiles who drew on her dysfunctional childhood to learn to manage a Trump is out. And Stephen Miller, Trump’s evil id, is in as chief-of-staff.
Look out world.

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Fun fact to put this historic win in perspective: 99% of congressional districts shifted towards Democrats compared to the prior election regardless of who won (the 4 exceptions were districts that were already virtually entirely democratic, a ceiling effect). This has never happened in our 250 year history before. Never before!
https://t.co/X0A9ZmL7G8 via @NYTimes

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Trump IS a malignant narcissist who HAS lost his ability to ram home his reality, who IS feeling fearful, who HAS faltered, whose polling DOES keep going south, and whose future humiliation prospects DO keep growing.
That's ALL you need to understand him. We HAVE to look at his words and deeds in the pathological context!
NOTHING he says or does is based on helping people or rooted in ideology. He has none beyond himself.
EVERYTHING he says and does is based on his reacquiring of personal grandiosity, being personally enriched, and distracting from adversity, accountability, exposure of secrets, and humiliations.
THIS is why he's gone down so awkwardly.
It's not only WHO, but it's WHAT he is.
PERIOD!

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The NYT and WaPo have largely ignored Trump’s decline, but once every 6-12 months the NYT’s Peter Baker does an in-depth article on Trump’s mental status. Here’s today’s as a gift article:
https://t.co/myY9AUT0DO via @NYTimes

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@Lara_0xo Self-service gas

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The man failed at virtually everything he has ever done in his entire life. And he's severely disordered. Yet, because of human lust for power and money, an infrastructure formed around him. And with its help, he has succeeded at breaking the reputation of the strongest nation in human history.
It's time to lessen his grip on our country while we can.

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@Fanty593 Led Zeppelin poster

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@gracievx_ She was in room 1951

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Dr. John Gartner explains on my show why frontotemporal dementia is driving Trump's increasing aggression and erratic behavior. He is becoming more unhinged by the day. Watch full interview here: https://t.co/lyZO8XAYt9

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

Rich from Leaving MAGA has his pulse on people in MAGA who are having doubts and thinking of leaving. He tells me there's a TON of them now. The announcement he is making tomorrow is significant, and it's something I am proudly helping him with. Stay tuned!

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@OurShallowState You're right - you CAN'T make this up, because it's unfathomable that we'd elect a malignant narcissist as President with false narratives so obvious and so self-serving - and then find the one worse person and nominate them for the Senate - there's NO predicting that dynamic.

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We haven't posted here in 6 weeks. But we're here now and ready to go. The energy seems high, polls are skewing the way we want them to, and Trump is losing it, speaking to middling-sized crowds in red states. He's like an exiled albatross.
A paranoid sadistic exiled albatross.

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Good morning. The air is crisp. My dog is a good boy.
This morning, I want to discuss a VERY important subject. How this subject plays out, WILL impact the midterms AND our future. I also want to introduce you to someone. This is a long post, so grab a coffee. BIG THANKS in advance for reading.
The subject I want to speak about is COGNITIVE DISSONANCE. Cognitive dissonance is the mental tension that occurs when someone feels conflict because their beliefs do not seemingly align with what they're seeing. It can be the beginning of change. It's out there now big time, and - it matters, BIG TIME.
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that there's now several million Trump supporters confronting and processing cognitive dissonance. They are having nervous thoughts. Maybe they don't see Trump's full-on pathology yet, or how anti-democratic he is, or even recognize how often they've been lied to. But they are at least beginning to surmise that he's not what he claimed to be, and that's the key first step. Many also surmise he doesn't care about them as much as he cares about himself. And I believe many have gone further to surmise he just might be an awful human being. How many of them are suspecting that the whole Trump thing wrong? I don't know. But that number is growing every day. His "strong approval" polling is anemic - as low as 13%.
Please try not to be too judgmental as you read this - there are tens of millions of Trump supporters. They are not a fully homogenous group. Many have different motivations, environments, and tendencies. We only see the loudest 10% cosplaying at rallies, wearing merch. Trust me - they're not all stupid and racist. They're not all the same.
For the purpose of this post, assume these are people who had a cynicism, disaffectedness, or susceptibility that might not have been malign, but once they consumed targeted media, and were pelted profusely and repeatedly with fears that validated a world view and algorithms that vested them deeper, they got sucked in. And what they got sucked into most, wasn't even Trump - it was the "movement" and the demonization of the political Left.
I PROMISE YOU that cognitive dissonance IS beginning to resonate among Trump supporters beyond just the fringes. I can smell it. Maybe not yet among those most fully immersed in fear, tribal toxicity, and dopamine - but forget about them. Bottom line - more Trump supporters are feeling his self-centeredness, seeing his imperfections, and perceiving a different man standing behind a curtain - and his desperation is coming across. They know their lives are worse because of him, and that makes them open to questioning his competence.
HOWEVER, cognitive dissonance is a real bitch. It's hard for people to resolve with true change. It fights back. It tries to vanquish conflict as an intrusion. It tries to keep one addicted to status quo, even if it is a false and faulty world view. It creates rationalizations before resolutions.
Psychology teaches us that the discomfort produced by cognitive dissonance motivates people to reduce the tension, but do they truly change their behavior, or do they simply avoid information that challenges their vested beliefs? I can tell you that, if enough of those with cognitive dissonance DO change their behavior, manage to see past the demonization of the Left and either flip Dem, vote Dem to curb Trump, or stay home, this WILL be a big BLUE WAVE!
Have you heard of Rich Logis and Leaving MAGA? Rich is someone very much worth following. For 7 years, he was in MAGA. He was a political cynic who was drawn to Trump as a candidate who didn't come from politics. He lives in Florida, so when he made the decision to support Trump, he got enmeshed in a club - a movement - a communal existence - and - he got sucked into a media bubble. Rich wrote a book about how he got beyond the lies and got out of MAGA. But the reason I bring him up, is because of what he's been doing since.
Rich started an organization called Leaving MAGA. Leaving MAGA tells people who are in MAGA who are feeling cognitive dissonance, or having doubts, that they are NOT alone, and that there ARE people who CAN and will speak with them who WON'T judge them. This has been a noble effort and increasingly effective.
This is EXACTLY what is needed.
Here's a BIG punch line: Rich recently began putting up billboards - mostly in light red, and light blue locations. Simple non-flashy billboards telling people IF they have doubts about MAGA, they are not alone.
And BOOM - the phones started ringing.
I am going to help Rich put up more billboards - LOTS of them. You can see pictures of billboards attached to the follow-up post.
Cognitive dissonance is real. How people process it CAN be influenced. Leaving MAGA is a vehicle for that. The billboards are powerful. They're perfect for this exact moment in time. I'll post more on this soon.
I'll just end with this final point: Besides those who see the billboards, the mere presence of billboards espousing that there IS a place for people to go that DO have doubts about MAGA, is a very significant thing. It's a harbinger of change; it makes the thought of leaving MAGA credible; it spurs the curious; it does it gently and respectfully; the billboards get media coverage; and every ounce of my behaviorist acumen tells me - this is timely, important, and we need these billboards to be everywhere.
You can see the billboards on the follow-up post. More on this soon. Consider following Rich here: @PerfectOurUnion

Thanks again for reading.

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

Mitch McConnell's medical team says he is "still having issues with breathing." This is a very common side effect to not being alive.

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Trump IS a malignant narcissist who HAS lost his ability to ram home his reality, who IS feeling fearful, who HAS faltered, whose polling DOES keep going south, and whose future humiliation prospects DO keep growing.
That's ALL you need to understand him. We HAVE to look at his words and deeds in the pathological context!
NOTHING he says or does is based on people, ideology, opinion, regimes, or global region.
EVERYTHING he says and does is based on him reacquiring personal grandiosity, being personally enriched, and distracting from adversity and humiliations.
PERIOD!

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How is possible for a man to fail at virtually everything he has ever done in his entire life, yet succeed at breaking the reputation of the strongest nation in human history?