Pam Leitterman - @[email protected]

'75 alum Missouri S&T, retired '07 from HP, interests: science, technology, literacy, choral music, women's rights, and social justice. @pleitter.bsky.social

[Pam Leitterman - @[email protected] @pleitter]

An archived version of this 2024 webinar by Political Psychiatrist, Karin @tamerius is now available at: https://t.co/0vaDe8T9ei
Check the YouTube comments for a time-stamped Table of Contents to make it easier to watch in chunks or jump to particular parts to review.

[Pam Leitterman - @[email protected] @pleitter]

Sigh.

[Steve Herman @newsguyusa]

Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump’s second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and … https://t.co/Mko5d9wJWs

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

Read about how ICE and USCIS decided to persecute this Christian refugee mom. Just utterly cruel. The kicker is that they stole her favorite gold chain and didn't return it

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

NEW: Gabbard HID classified intel about a phone call and BLOCKED the whistleblower report about it from Congress. When she finally DID send it over, she redacted it for EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE. I will speak to the whistleblower's lawyer TODAY at 12 PM PT here:
https://t.co/kYkfknhNZ8

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Yes, Democrats could win the Senate. Ron Brownstein explains the obstacles, the opportunities, and the key variables to watch.

You don’t have to be a political junkie to love this conversation. But if you are a political junkie, I think it’s a must watch.
https://t.co/Ljer6qJYkF

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Some Olympic athletes commonsensically and even eloquently distinguish love of country from approval of Trump administration actions that are a blight upon the country.

Trump and MAGA squeal and whine.

Trumpist bullies are the most fragile snowflakes.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

It should also be noted that one of the standards of judgment Jesus uses in discerning between the righteous and the unrighteous of all nations before welcoming them into heaven with him in Matthew 25:35 is this:

"I was a stranger and you took me in." - Jesus

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Imagine reading from Genesis to Revelation, about God liberating people time and time again from Egypt to Rome, and somehow arriving at the conclusion that the Bible is to be used to support the power of earthly empires rather than to advocate for the people empires harm.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

My response: https://t.co/qqxgLL0IDz

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Read my full article here: https://t.co/gG6UGdvWsw

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

The @washingtonpost has closed its Kyiv bureau. But @lawfare has not. Anastasiia @lapatina_ has written and podcasted extensively for us from Kyiv—facing many of the hardships of Russia’s war herself.
1/3
https://t.co/v3LlY0Rmxu

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

I saw a segment this AM on Morning Joe about the Kennedy Center closing, and both the interviewee and Joe were perplexed because the building wasn't in disrepair so it didn't make sense to them why Trump would close it for two years.
And this segment served to remind me that it doesn't matter how many times I, or others, scream it from the rooftops, some people - including LOTS of smart and good people - still don't f*cking get it.
Psychology is a real thing. The DSM-V is a real thing. Behavioral disorders are real and way too commonplace. Trump is a narcissist and sociopath. It's incurable. So - ANYTIME he says or does something you don't readily understand - look to his pathology, and lo and behold, you will understand it.
He is also in decline: physically, mentally, neurologically. This may sound simplistic, but at this point, everything he is, has to do with him having limited time left.
It's all about increasing grandiosity and avoiding humiliation. It's one or the other. He either sits in the oval where loyal subjects swear fealty like it's North Korea, or he embarrasses himself at Davos and gets humiliated by Carney.
In psych terms, it's narcissistic placation or it's narcissistic injury.
The Kennedy Center closings had nothing to do with the building and renovation. It had everything to do with the humiliations - numerous humiliations, as reputable legitimate artists chose not to perform at this storied hall all because it bore Trump's name.
Malignant narcissists crave legitimacy more than anything, and their greatest fear if humiliation.
Remember that, @Morning_Joe, so that next time, you'll understand.

[Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat]

Not bizarre at all and driven with focus and fanaticism. Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

My heart goes out to our Olympic athletes right now — as they attempt to navigate an extremely difficult time to be an American on the world stage.

Trump is the worst of America.
These elite athletes are the best.

We can stand with them and against him at the same time. 🇺🇸

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

I could not be more proud of all the U.S. athletes at the Olympics using their platforms to speak out against the hatred and violence of the Trump regime. We have a Team USA giving us pride in a moment our government is causing us so much pain and embarrassment.

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

Grace. Respect. Love.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Thanks to all our international friends who booed J.D. Vance at the Olympics opening ceremony. We are grateful and in your debt.

Signed,
the American people

[Lawrence O'Donnell @Lawrence]

You enabled this, @SenatorTimScott. An overt racist ran for president & you said vote for him.
“The most racist thing”? Ok, Senator, tell us about the other racist things you have “seen out of this White House.”

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

If you hear someone saying that they hope lawyers are ready to go to court to protect free and fair elections, I suggest you let them know that my law firm is already litigating more than 80 voting and election cases in 40 states.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Happening in Los Angeles

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

If they want to name a NY landmark after Trump, how about the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, the largest sewage treatment facility in NYC, in Brooklyn?

As for the DC area: Perhaps the Fort Totten Solid Waste Disposal facility, in northeast DC? https://t.co/CoN9o39Sgh