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Crystal-lee's avatar

There are many references here that I don’t understand because I’m an uneducated pleb — but all I know is this was absolutely perfect and is the total truth. Why fight your adversaries when they will destroy each other, high on hamburgers, ketamine and self-flagellation? “Let it be written, let it be coded” indeed 😂

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

I actually laughed for the first time in a very long time reading their idiotic tweets and the fabulous replies.

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Diane’s Blue Forum's avatar

They are like 2 junior high girls in a spat. Need I continue…

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LadyHistorian's avatar

And when one does get the allusions—well done, Gloria!

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Jackie's avatar

Gloria - your pen is the sword of 100 Davids'. You've got my attention; I'm dragging a stone into the coliseum and bearing witness to history. Let the games begin!

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Thea Wood's avatar

I’m with you. I see some politicians acting giddy that Elon is smearing the budget bill and sharing “info” but that by no means makes him one to align our names with in joy or vindication. It’s embarrassing, shameful, and continues to hurt people in a grand scale. My only hope is that E will spill the beans about how he rigged the election so we can immediately remove 47 from office, charge him with election fraud, and imprison him and everyone involved— Vance, MTG, etc. the fucking disgusting lot of liars, thieves, cheats, bigots, racists, hypocrites, and hate mongers. May they all rot.

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Victoria Bruffey's avatar

Have I missed it?… Why have I not seen the media interview Psychiatrists about Trump’s personality? His behavior is hurting the entire world. Excessive talk leading to ridicule about President Biden’s cognition, yet not one word about what I can only call Narcissism.

It’s a concerning and very serious matter. This man is the most important person (or should be) in the world. Avoiding discussing these things keeps mental health in the shadows… one of the most damaging, ongoing mistakes of society.

Calling all shrinks. I’m not a mental health professional but if there are any on here willing to offer opinions, please enlighten me.

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Lilian Gael's avatar

There’s an ethical code, along with a type of therapeutic etiquette to not psychologically diagnose people from the arm chair, ie. from a distance, meaning nvr hvg sat w the person face to face to do a mental health assessment.

That said, many many of my therapist cohorts, some known to me personally, many more known to me by there writings, have been (privately) diagnosing Trump w the serious mental illness of narcissistic personality disorder since even before his 1st term in office. I mean hv you ever watched even one episode of The Apprentice? Of course he was only a TV reality star then whose inflated ego based behaviors of self aggrandizing pronouncements made the show a hit and made many others money, I’d think.

But. A person with a narcissist personality disorder as serious and pronounced as the president’s “Should” be a cause of grave concern for us as a country in Real reality and there should be an action plan to turn to with our concern. But as far as I know, and I’m far far from being a legal scholar, we the people do not hv any legal or constitutional protocol or precedent of how to proceed to keep the country safe and well functioning when the president has a mental illness.

I believe every one of us has the right to hv a mental illness and to hv a safe life free from discrimination because of that mental health issues. But to be an elected member of the government, a president no less, w a mental illness? As a country we still seem to be mired in uncertainty about what to do…

I guess I’m saying I think it’s clear to many of us, therapist and non therapist alike, that trumps mental health is a diagnosable problem, but what we can do w that diagnostic info to protect our country/ourselves still doesn’t hv a clear way forward.

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monoview21's avatar

We could all get the DSM and figure it out for ourselves. would probably be pretty easy even for the MAGAmaoists.

DSM= The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria. It is an internationally accepted manual on the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, though it may be used in conjunction with other documents. Other commonly used principal guides of psychiatry include the International Classification of Diseases, Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders, and the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual.

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V Baldwin's avatar

His niece Mary Trump

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Veronica von Bernath Morra's avatar

Thea: I will gladly say AMEN and toast you on that: Cheers!

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Sharon Buchbinder, PhD's avatar

Let the games begin!👏👏

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Peter Wills's avatar

Useful rage Gloria like you say there’s nothing to trust or even like about Elon Musk but betrayal is a useful motivator and if it finally brings Trump down I’m all in!! PS one would’ve thought Elon would’ve known he was being used by Trump just saying 🤷‍♂️!

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Victoria Bruffey's avatar

I’m glad someone is finally exposing his disgusting history. I did believe Musk was wiser though. I can’t imagine he would ever trust Trump. I chalk up all this man boy fighting to overinflated egos.

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Peter Wills's avatar

And as bad as this could get, there still is this delicious irony in watching them turn on each other!!

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Wayne Robins's avatar

I was wondering about the Greek mythology, which you appear to know well. But I wondered if it was slowing down the story, because I have the emotional maturity of a 14-year-old sometime. And maybe you weren’t giving Elon enough Musk to choke himself. But then, as Crystal-lee grokked, “let it be coded” was bringing it all back home. So good! 💃🏼🙀😉🤦‍♀️

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Ha! Yeah. I’m a Greek geek!! ❤️❤️

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Debbie Young's avatar

You are so very clever Miss Gloria I love how clear everything becomes once I read your writings Well done

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Malcolm J McKinney's avatar

Srike while the irony is hot.

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Kathy walden's avatar

👏🏻❣️👏🏻❣️👏🏻❣️

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Donna Marie's avatar

Who grabbed whose pussy first?

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john king (MY HUMBLE OPINION)'s avatar

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Check the must see video I posted in my Notes. This woman ran the Big Bullshit Bill through AI and the resulting analysis is a must see. This trojan horse bill will be one of the final nails in the coffin of democracy. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdS6EogK Posted by @hautefolie

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Al Bellenchia's avatar

So hard to keep up. The enemy of my enemy’s enemy is what? 🧐

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Lynn Kay's avatar

So glad you wrote this ! You are on fire! You also needed a laugh as we all do!!! Thank you Gloria!

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M. Ellie Avegno's avatar

I vote for that!

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Suzanne Hafer's avatar

Gloria, you so eloquently nailed, I hope coffins, their lives. Can’t wait for more to come. Slaying of dragons, pillaging their homes, getting the goods! While us peasants cheer!!!!

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Emilie Kovach's avatar

Wow a wonderful essay. You have a way of saying it all in the very best way.

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