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Colleen Pierre's avatar

We needed this a month ago.

Definitely overdue.

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Bandy X. Lee's avatar

We did. It was circulated everywhere with no effect. This is what happens in authoritarianism: the most relevant voices, especially when authoritative, are suppressed.

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Steve Doll's avatar

We needed this in 2016.

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Lance Khrome's avatar

Emerging and definitive diagnostic conclusion that tRump IS NUTZ? Long overdue, but nevertheless welcomed!

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Sal Teodoro's avatar

Well, this isn’t nothing I didn’t know but it won’t dissuade his hardcore supporters. This should be leaked to the press…ASAP. But then again, will they print it?

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Al S's avatar

I get what you're saying but a quadruple negative? I know. Grammar police. I'll stop.

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AnnMarie Ball's avatar

Please do.

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Bandy X. Lee's avatar

No, they didn’t.

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Sal Teodoro's avatar

This should be news…but then again, so should a lot of things he does. Tomorrow, there’s still a lot of people going to the polls. They should now.

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Kimberlee Avery Wilkins's avatar

That is what happened with my mom with her dementia, slurring words, forgetfulness, interchanging words that sounded alike . Then her motor skills went until she couldn't walk ! It is a cruel disease and I wouldn't wish it on anyone despite the absolute distaste I have for the mango mussolini! He should not even be allowed on the ballot .

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Arlene Timmins's avatar

What took them so long?

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Bandy X. Lee's avatar

We circulated it everywhere without result.

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olderwoman's avatar

Well thank you for that.

We members of the general public can see it with our own eyes and hear it with our own ears, but it is nice to see it confirmed.

Sorry you did not make progress with this elsewhere.

Maybe Drudge will link to this.

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AnnMarie Ball's avatar

The bulk of US media is NOT democracy's friend & hasn't been since 2014

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Arlene Timmins's avatar

Thank you for your work. It’s so sad that his family is not there for him. He needs them.

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AnnMarie Ball's avatar

He chose to raise a family of greedy self centered children. Also HE can afford health care & mighty good quality healthcare. Unlike the millions of families without it or with completely inadequate coverage,the end result if his first Congressional action in 2017: raising taxes that would impact middle Americans, borderline working middle Americans, the average youth,minorities not in the 5%...and making sure he &his wealthy cabal would not be taxed at a rate consistent with their reported incomes. Sorry. No sympathy no empathyfor the man who has brought suffering to so many

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Steve Doll's avatar

Whadya mean? He's got a family of millions. If you count cultists like the Manson family in that category.

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Arlene Timmins's avatar

The family can get him medical care. He needs medical help.

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Dennis luther's avatar

Joe's family is with him

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AnnMarie Ball's avatar

Hello? Are you familiar with the film "Unfit". It's not like it's a sudden change. The Republican party is just having a harder time hiding it.

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Jim Gray's avatar

Providing this letter “exclusively to Medias Touch” is a grave mistake. Why is this letter not sent to every major medium in the country? Why are we keeping it “secret” with a few thousand like-minded voters? Get these medical professionals to NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC and - yes - Fox “News.”

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Michele Friedman's avatar

I imagine it probably has been offered to the other media outlets, but Meidas Touch has been one of the few throughout this entire fiasco which hasn't done any sanewashing, and who has the testicular fortitude to actually publish this information.

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Bandy X. Lee's avatar

We already did. It was circulated everywhere with no response. We asked Meidas Touch as last resort, and they were kind enough to publish it.

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Kellye's avatar

That was exactly my thought. Medias is great, but this needs a broader audience

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Bandy X. Lee's avatar

No one would publish it, as the most relevant voices (especially if they have authority) are suppressed in times of authoritarianism.

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Jim Gray's avatar

Thank you, Dr. Lee, for clarifying that. I wish the Meidas Touch boys would have led with that. As a former journalist, I know the thrill of getting a “scoop.” Information like this is dyamite. And yet - here we are - one day away.

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AnnMarie Ball's avatar

For the simple fact that it already has been much prior to this date. And they buried it. It's time for Americans to wake up and acknowledge that the bulk of US mass media is not democracy's friend anymore, along with the first Amendment as it's written.

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Moon Cat's avatar

Excellent listing of what constitutes mental impairment. I think it's necessary to explain the terms used as a very large segment of the population (seems like those voting MAGA). haven't a clue what Fascist, Communist, Socialism, malignant gossip, news, and other terms being used actually means. Mental health terms are even more opaque and meaningless to them. Referring to them as uneducated and then telling them that he's a malignant Narcissistic Sociopath only sounds like a meaningless nasty insult and explains their hostility to educated people who are speaking.

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Michele Friedman's avatar

The Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 standard bearers, are counting on the cognitive decline. Their lap dog, Vance, as VP won't hesitate to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove the Mango Mussolini from power, so they can move ahead with their agenda, unimpeded. Vance is all on board with this. He wrote the forward for crissake. I can only imagine how easy it was to bamboozle Junior into recommending him as the VP Candidate to his mentally compromised daddy. There is SO MUCH MORE AT STAKE tomorrow if we don't elect Kamala Harris as the 47th President of the United States than any of us can even imagine.

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olderwoman's avatar

Well, I sent a link to Drudge so maybe this will grow legs.

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Leslie Seitz's avatar

And nobody is the Mainstream Media is paying attention to this letter. If Trump wins Mainstream Media will be partly responsible.

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Michele Friedman's avatar

They were in 2016 without a doubt.

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Jennifer MacKenzie-Gray's avatar

This is seriously necessary … and has been for a while now. Listening to him ties my brain up in knots trying to make sense of it….

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Steve Doll's avatar

Why listen? I can't stand the sound of his raspy, whining voice that conveys nothing of substance, only bitterness and hostility.

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Cindy's avatar

I mean really it is great but, ugh.

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Lokamaya's avatar

YOU SAY THIS IS EXCLUSIVE TO YOUR REPORTING. HOW COME IT WAS PUBLISHED A WEEK AGO IN THE UK INDEPENDENT, ACCORDING TO THAT ARTICLE ONLINE? WELL, DR. LEE ANSWERS THAT BELOW. THIS SUPPRESSION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE WHOLE EVENT.

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Dennis luther's avatar

Same idiots that claimed the laptop was rushin' info

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Dennis luther's avatar

Are these the same idiots that claimed hunters' laptop Russian bullshit?

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Put The People First's avatar

Is he trying to look impaired to save himself from jail after he looses?

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Michele Friedman's avatar

When my mom was at the beginning of dementia I thought that too, but no one can pull it off for that extended a period of time. And, incidentally, she was a malignant narcissist like him, too. They're so humorless at their best that it makes questioning whether the crazy is a complete act fruitless as well.

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