The following spewing was posted at 2:43 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day on “Truth Social.”
Can you imagine a barely coherent, venomous monologue like this coming from President Eisenhower, or President Kennedy, or President Johnson, or President Nixon, or President Ford, or President Reagan,or President George H.W. Bush, or President Clinton, or President George W. Bush, or President Obama, or President Biden? I can’t. What all of our past presidents had in common was a recognition that the Presidency required a sense of dignity. Whatever their personal flaws, they understood the importance of projecting decorum and composure to the public. They may have cursed like sailors in private but in public they maintained the dignity of the office.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Looking forward to the DSM-6 entry for Trump Syndrome …
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Regressive (Infantile) Pathological Malignant Narcissistic Psychopathy
And the most astonishing thing is that 40 percent of Americans think he should be president again.
https://www.theonion.com/nadir-of-western-civilization-to-be-reached-this-friday-1819571030
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Traitor Trump is a representative from hell and I want that Antichrist to return home soon, after he’s been recalled by his master Mephistopheles for failing in his task to destroy democracy.
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Alas, it’s not just trump. Millions of americans are eager to destroy democracy, with or without trump–and the WILL VOTE, even as they deny the validity of the process.
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I still can’t believe anybody would vote for this guy.
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That’s the thing that truly disturbs me, jsr! Hope you and yours had a great holiday.
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Believe it!
What I can’t believe is that millions of Americans would downplay the importance of keeping authoritarian demagogues from office. On second thought I can believe that as well.
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I agree with Jon , that right now , Trump has his foot in so many psychological disorders , that hat he warrants a separate category , with the emphasis being his identification with sociopathy .
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When will his cultist followers break out of their spell & see that this sad, pathetic little man cares about no one but himself? To write something like this as your Thanksgiving message demonstrates some truly deep, dark pathological problems with this narcissist. He has all of the traits of previous cult leaders. Sad & scary that there are so many followers.
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Regressive (Infantile) Pathological Malignant Narcissistic Criminal Psychopathy
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Yes, if he sat alone on a park bench and mumbled things like this, he would be ignored as a sad old man. But millions of people adore this empty shell and fill it with their own anger and resentment.
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Mr Trump is a mentally defective, deranged man. People keep expecting him to act normal. He is mentally incapable of rational thinking and actions because his mind is severely broken.
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He focusses a lot on issues like communism and Marxism. I never realized he was so expert on dialectical materialusm. The bredth and depth of this man’s academic interests are astounding. And with that I’ll stop since I don’t possess the requisite sarcasm to continue.
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Man Woman Person TV uh what was the last one? Four out of five. That’s like genius level, right?
It’s hard to imagine Trump understanding Groucho Marxism, much less Karl Marxism. I would LOVE to see a reporter push him on this JUST ONCE, to hear one say, “You talk a lot about Marxists and Marxism, Mr. President. Let’s get into the specifics. What’s your take on the theory of surplus value? I would also like to hear your analysis of Marx’s take on worker alienation. So, let’s start with the first. Surplus value? To you accept that analysis, or do you have a critique of it?”
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cx: Do you accept
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Although dialectical materialism is a Marxian concept. It is also a foundation of modern Social Science. Trump is very much a an expert in the subject. For certain his ethos are shaped by the silver spoon he inherited at birth.
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Hello Diane: Looking in from time to time. This one brought up these thoughts:
The Sorest of Losers.
Cannot take “no” for an answer.
The utter abandonment of reasonable discourse and destruction of logic.
MAGA: Where democracy goes to die. CBK
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Hope you and yours have very happy holidays, CBK.
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Bob: Back at you. CBK
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Don’t you feel the spirit of Thanksgiving after reading this rant? The purpose of Thanksgiving is to give thanks for even the smallest joys that come into our lives.
We can now ALL look forward to his inspirational Christmas message.
Trump is mentally ill. There is no joy in his life. His money doesn’t make him happy and many people can’t stand him. I’m one of them.
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“Trump is mentally ill”
Completely in agreement, there.
“There is no joy in his life”
He seems to enjoy his rallies.
“His money doesn’t make him happy…”
The venom is really pouring out, now that he realizes his businesses and properties in NY are going to be dissolved and sold off. Money is one of the things that makes him happy and he’s about to lose a lot of it. Along with the ability to do business in the city of his birth. One of the things I really worry about, should he be elected, is the revenge factor. No question he’ll be putting Engeron in his sights.
“…and many people can’t stand him. I’m one of them.”
Me, too.
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Ah, yes, the Spirit of Thanksgiving. What is Trump grateful for?
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The would-be king for life is nothing short of an embarrassment. He spews hatred for anyone who is committed to maintaining the protection and sanctity of the Constitution. He is a fraud, a cheat, and a phony who hides behind comments that he cannot defend or explain.
He is actually reminiscent of the demon in the Excorcist who foams and drools from the mouth when he is in over his head. His logic is based on illogic and incoherent ramblings and rumblings, like a spoiled brat who thinks about everything from the “I and Me” approach.
The want-to-be-king will get more and more desperate as Election Day gets closer. He must be stopped or defeated, the latter the most likely.
While 40% of Americans see him as their savior, 60% recognize him for the monster he truly is. The crowds of his fans were much larger in 2020 than they are today, which is an indicator that his core is symmetrically as small. The foam and drool of a desperate maniac will become more frequent and antagonistic, as he becomes more desperate while truth and reality continue to set in on him.
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INT. OVAL OFFICE – DAY
Trump sitting behind the Resolute Desk. Camera back to reveal Rod Serling standing D.R.
SERLING
His name, Mr. Little. A man with little education, little taste, little knowledge, little concern for other people. Neglected as a child, he grew into a black hole of neediness. And so he used Daddy’s money to build big, erected his name in Midas-gold letters across the landscape–his every action screaming, “I am worth something.” Everything became a zero-sum game. If someone else failed or was worse off, he was better, a “winner,” and so he cheated and harassed and ridiculed the unfortunate, the stranger, the down and out; appealed to the basest instincts of the basest among us; huffed and puffed and blew himself to gigantic proportions, at least in his own little brain. A twisted, malignant, metastasizing tumor of need and narcissism and knee-jerk nastiness, Mr. Little doesn’t know much, but the biggest thing he doesn’t know is that he just stepped over into a place where everything is bigger than he is, where everything is just beyond the grasp of his little mind and his little hands. He just stepped over into . . . The Twilight Zone.
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Where does one, rather, where can one begin to wrap their head around such a retching of pestilent effluvium? I’ve seen this before: decades ago, visiting a schizophrenic uncle who had just had a breakdown thinking he “outgrew” his condition. The stuff he wrote made sense–only to him in his mind–but looked like a verbal road map offered by AAA. But other, less affected types penned or spoke paranoid tirades like the one above. And yes, 40 million people still want this glob of putrescence for the office of chief executive. It’s actually not too mind-boggling if you think about it. Most Trump voters have finally, after years of repressing all their hatred, racism, bigotry, sexism, and overall ignorance, gained two things with Trump: 1. a legitimized-via-mainstream identity, and 2. strong connections over said identity. Lonely, isolated, embittered, and cast aside for so long–unerwunschteren–they have found like-minded, like-lived-as-such others. After so many years in the dark with their darkness, are they really going to just give all that up?
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The man is a lunatic.
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This is not hyperbole. He is insane. He’s a psychotic, a criminal, and an insurrectionist. Evidently none of that is a bar to his running for president of this backward freaking country.
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Even a grateful snake is a snake just the same. It is his nature. He should be grateful he didn’t have to spend the holiday in jail.
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Someone, alas, told Trump the old folktale about the frozen snake on the doorstep, and he tries hard from time to time to retell it. Of course, he always mangles it as he does any other story or topic that he takes up. These days we get the two-fer of his extremely low intelligence AND his dementia.
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four-fer, his extremely low intelligence and his dementia and his breathtaking ignorance and boorishness. He should be not in prison but, for the rest of his miserable life, in an institution for the criminally insane.
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And speaking of his lack of intelligence, I am still amused (and horrified–both go together with Trump) by his being so stupid and ignorant that he mistook a dementia screening for an intelligence test. Do you know ANYONE ELSE stupid enough to do that? Or to think that stealth airplanes are actually invisible?
Don the Con. The Idiot President. Being There, but without the basic decency.
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Off topic: Happy belated Thanksgiving to all. A little open heart surgery (LOL) has kept me off line for a bit over a week obviously I am doing better. Although I think Diane was back sooner than that . Again Happy Thanksgiving to all
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Wishing you a speedy recovery, Joel!
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Thank You
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Yikes. A complete and quick recovery to you, Joel! A little understatement there, lol. Love to you and yours.
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Bob Shepherd
Thankyou Bob.
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Joel, hope you’re not feeling too rough, and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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FLERP!
The first few days not being able to sleep without coughing were rough.
The chest discomfort is not terrible and I am doing exponentially better daily.
Thank You
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Dear Joel,
I missed you! I know what you are going through. I was very surprised to discover that I had no pain from the wound. The hardest part of the recovery is regaining your strength, esp your legs (after days of immobility). My surgeon’s advice was excellent: walk, walk, walk. My cardiologist gave me the rule of six:
For six days you feel like you were run over by a truck.
For six weeks, you feel crummy.
By six months, you are yourself again.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
Walk, walk, walk!
Diane
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dianeravitch
Thank You. The six day thing pretty much spot on. By Tuesday Day 7, I was actually able to sleep lying down. At day 10, I am walking 1.5 miles a day. So I am feeling much better thanks again.
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Joel,
The coughing! That was incessant but eventually went away.
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Hi Joel, Wish you well and a speedy recovery. Happy late Thanksgiving to you.
I’d give you a BIG HUG if I could.
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Thank You
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A little open heart surgery sounds a lot like a little pregnancy. Hope you continue to improve
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Thank You
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https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/2023/11/25/status-report-on-the-progression-of-the-viral-contagion-i-am-calling-trumptitus-orangiata/
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This is the rant you hear at professional wrestling shows. It’s been this way for decades now amplified by mass media. Gorgeous George just tossed his blond hairpins, never heard him speak. This is what the crowds love. Pure emotion, entertainment, isn’t it great that so many “think” these are what they want from their leader?
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Authoritarianism is on the rise, worldwide. A lot of it, to my view, is due to the immigration crisis. SO many people are fleeing their countries for fear of their lives (much less their liberties).
There will always be the racists and flag wavers who will resent and try to repress immigration…but the pandemic has exacerbated the problem in a big way. Nations, states, cities, towns, and villages are trying to recover, economically, and the added costs of, screening, caring for, and potentially assimilating these people creates an additional strain which creates even more resentment from the residents.
And who gets the blame? The administrations that are trying to deal with the situation in a humanitarian way.
Enter Trump and his brethren. Shut the vermin out and vilify the people who think otherwise.
I see a parallel between the immigration crisis and the pandemic: a world that’s built on competition is being tasked with cooperating, instead. Not an easy switch. The difference is that there was a medical necessity component with the pandemic. Not so with the plight of the immigrants.
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The Netherlands just elected an authoritarian who is anti-immigrant and wants to leave the EU. There is a shortage of housing in the cities, and Europeans fear spreading terrorism. We have to ensure we lead and not elect an authoritarian that will do nothing other than suppress democracy. https://apnews.com/article/eu-wilders-populist-farright-migration-muslims-netherlands-c8617a97a03011f98ed898ce863b579f
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According to the Christian Fascists who fund and support Trump, he’s been chosen by God to lead the US.
https://icjs.org/charismatic-revival-fury/
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Thanks for sharing that. The xtian fundie reich wing has been waiting for the day they can install an xtian theocracy in this country.
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It’s hard not to be cynical about edu-reformers claims when NAR is a strong proponent of chartes & vouchers. Their God chosen savior is a liar, rapist, fraudster & demagogue. After listening to these podcasts, it’s obvious the Christian right is playing the long game. Yet, here we see secular ed- privatization proponents boost Christian fascists when they sneak into legislation for more funding for charters & vouchers.
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I highly recommend this Podcast series on NAR & it’s influence deep inside the government.
https://icjs.org/charismatic-revival-fury/
“Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation” is a podcast series on the history of the New Apostolic Reformation with ICJS Protestant scholar Matthew D. Taylor. The series, which is part of the Straight White American Jesus podcast, explores the history of the NAR through its key figures—starting with C. Peter Wagner, then moving to Ché Ahn, Lance Wallnau, Cindy Jacobs, and Dutch Sheets. Along the way, we see how people like Sean Feucht, Gen. Michael Flynn, Doug Mastriano, and others fit into the NAR matrix.
The NAR is the most influential Christian phenomenon that you either haven’t heard of, or don’t understand. It is much discussed, but rarely explored in depth with a scholar’s insight and patience. This series will break down myths and clearly present the origins of the fastest growing component of Christianity in the USA—and maybe the world.
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Did DJT write this? If he did, it’s true; he needs help. I don’t mean votes, either. Having worked as a clinical director and educator for a decade in an Acute Psychiatric Hospital, and, while cautious about diagnosing, I’m still aware! Aware, I think, as would any average human. Therefore, I have a deep concern, just speaking as a citizen, about political power going to someone who seems this deranged and out of touch with reality as this screed.
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The dumpster is UNFIT to serve in any capacity. He the WORST ever potus and should be wearing ORANGE.
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This was written by Donald J Trump? Who? No, I don’t recall hearing that name before now. What grade is he in? Well, whoever he is, I hope he doesn’t grow up to do anything that involves coordinating sentences, placing quotation marks, or choosing between capital and lower case letters. Regardless, I hope he isn’t going to a voucher school that is denying him the special services he needs, although it appears he is. After reading his writing, I wish him good care.
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Is it me or don’t even maga (purposely using lower case here) lovers see it in his own whinings? The Republican representatives are at fault for not calling out this less-than-dignified person. Just wait.
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I just looked up the phrase “heavy hearted” -because that’s how this continual bombardment of TrumpShit makes me feel.
It’s like walking through the Third Circle of Hell in Dante’s Inferno, the place where the Gluttons end up. There’s the same sort of continual raining down of crap upon our country. And, this feeling has been going on since, what, 2016.
The now famous “deplorables” are to expected amidst our nation turned Inferno. They’re no surprise and, really, they’ve existed throughout human history. (Even the so-called “Greatest Generation” in the U.S., of course, had its sizeable number of cheats, slackers and idiots.)
What really hurts….what REALLY makes my heart heavy, is when you encounter decent people, friends, loved ones, who have decided to eat this Trump swill.
It’s like when one of the dead souls in Dante’s hell pops up from the stinking slush, and says ‘Hey, Dante, remember me??’ (Ogozalek translation, 2023)
(For a much more erudite version: http://dantelab.dartmouth.edu/reader?reader%5Bcantica%5D=1&reader%5Bcanto%5D=6)
I’ve been searching for days now for an adequate term to describe just how depressing it is that so many of our fellow citizens (if you believe the polls) are wiling to vote once again for Donald J. Trump in 2024.
At least Trump reportedly got some people booing him at the South Carolina vs. Clemson game yesterday. A ray of light!
BTW bit of history re. heavy heartedness: “The phrase might be originated from the Egyptian mythology that says that the dead ones would go for judgment after death and their heart will be weighed against the Feather of Truth if their heart will weigh less, and then they will be sent to heaven by Osiris, the God. But, if their heart will weigh more, then they will be put into the jaws of Ammit – a demoness and goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, she has the head of a crocodile, the body of a lion, and the backside of a hippopotamus.” https://www.theidioms.com/heavy-heart/
P.S. Take care, Joel.
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John,
I agree with you wholeheartedly! I celebrated Biden’s victory in 2020 for many reasons.
1. Biden is a good man with deep experience.
2. Biden won decisively, in both the electoral college and the popular vote.
3. I thanked the Lord that Trump was finished and I would never again have to see him or listen to him.
But he’s baaaack!
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I love the Ogozalek translation! More of it, please.
“E questo dubbio e impossibile a solvere a chi non fosse in simile grado fedele d’Amore.” –Dante, La vita nuova
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This can also cause a heavy heart. Don’t you hate when this happens?
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I had a fever dream a few mornings ago, Bob, so this painting hits close to home, ha, ha.
In the “school-mare”, I was back in my classroom, but everything had been rearranged. And, I couldn’t get the computer to work. Meanwhile, students were flooding in through the doorway.
I couldn’t figure out my password. Was it my dog in 2nd grade? The street where I lived in Poughkeepsie? Or, maybe a long lost girlfriend was the key? (Tech help was missing in action.)
The dream seemed to go on for an hour.
Meanwhile, if only Trumpism was something we could wake up from….
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“They may have cursed like sailors in private but in public they maintained the dignity of the office.”
Sounds like most teachers I know.
Also most nurses and docs I know.
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Headline in Esquire:
Nazi-Curious Madman Currently under Indictment for 91 Felonies Gives Speech
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He continues to spew vitriol. He has never had any platform except for the authoritarian regime he promises IF elected. He needs heavy duty counseling.
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There isn’t enough counseling in the world to fix that guy.
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Yeah, I know…and who would do it? His niece Mary warned us all. So tired of this moron.
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