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Is Trump like an angry caged monkey throwing feces at the fence? By Hal M. Brown

Jimmy Carter's death and his being called "decent" should remind people that the current president elect epidomizes the opposite. By Hal M. Brown

Being called an HB may soon become a MAGA attack line, by Hal M. Brown

If Trump has dementia it can only be hidden for so long. This is may be the biggest "if" hanging over him. by Hal M. Brown, MSW

That Laura Loomer is even in the news shows how off the rails this country is. By Hal M. Brown

Trump is like an insecure bully trying to scare everyone by doing a cannonball into a crowded swimming pool, by Hal M. Brown

Trump is thowing dead cats on the table to divert attention from the President Musk meme. Expect more deadcatting and beware of wag the dog. by Hal M Brown

Will Susie Wiles ever see the White House Chief of Staff office? My guess: Not if she tries to limit Musk's influence. By Hal M. Brown

What''s the deal with Trump wanting the Panama Canal back and Canada to be a state. It's all about his being threatened by the President Musk meme. By Hal M.Brown

If the aliens don't save us from Trump maybe the bird flu will, by Hal M. Brown

Sabrina Haake's "take" on Musk and his admitting he uses ketamine prompted me to write today's blog, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

In "Who's the Boss" show White House sequel we ask who plays Tony and who plays Angela? Hint: neither are played by Vance. By Hal M. Brown

Bending at the knee before Trump with a pile of Benjamins: A new to me Ben Franklin quote deserves to be shared. By Hal M. Brown

Trump's soulless cruelty is the point and, appallingly, many Americans get off on it, by Hal M. Brown

Trump is suing an Iowa paper and a polling company, what's next if polls show his approval ratings tanking? Will he sue the polls? By Hal M. Brown

Trumpian Venn diagram: life imitates dystopian art. By Hal M. Brown

Anti-Trumpers made a big mistake calling Trump just a convicted felon. By Hal M. Brown

Apple CEO's visit to Mar-a-Lago caused my iPhone to throw up on my Mac laptop, by Hal M/ Brown

The delightful distraction of the dastardly drones, by Hal M. Brown

Maybe writers should dispense with words and just use emojis to express opinions, By Hal M. Brown

Am I unempathic in wishing the worst for some Trump voters? By Hal M. Brown

For some MAGA manly men, Hegseth's sexual assault and drinking charges are badges of honor worthy of a medal, by Hal M. Brown

Drill, baby, drill: Three words that may show Trump isn't mentally all there. By Hal M. Brown, MSW

If only the entire country could divorce itself from a toxically masculine regime, By Hal M. Brown. MSW

There won't be a mea culpa big enough for those trying to normalize Trump if you're wrong. This means you, Jon Stewart. By Hal M. Brown

Why Christofascist Hegseth is so important to Trump, By Hal M. Brown

I agree with John Dean, Brian Karem and others who say Biden should pardon every possible Trump enemy and throw in a pardon of Trump for good measure, by Hal M. Brown

In the news today: How far will the Supreme Court go to promote trans ingnorance and anti-trans bigotry? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Thank you Sarah McBride. You are our best weapon to stop the GOP's anti-trans vituperative juggernaut. By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Trump won't turn the FBI into the KGB or the Gestapo. He'll turn it into the TBI, by Hal M. Brown

Of course Trump will make the FBI into his Gestapo, they raided Mar-a-Lago. Between this, Stormy Daniels, and E. Jean Carroll he's had his pants pulled down in public.

Could Elon Musk become vice president, and eventually president? By Hal M. Brown

Will teenaged anti-trans bigot Liam Morrison be the first kid to get the Medal of Freedom?

The only upside I can see of a President Trump is that he scares the sh*t out of some of our enemies, by Hal M. Brown

What happens when a malignant narcsissist is also delusional? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

We're going to have a president afflicted with "midnight meltdown disease." What could go wrong? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Here's proof that Elon Musk resides in Trump's toxic MAGA phallocentric misogynistic manosphrere, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Will it take another Kent State Massacre to convince Trump supporters that he's gone too far? By Hal M. Brown

The malevolent magnetic malignant narcissism of Trumpworld, By Hal M. Brown, MSW

The persuasive power of politainment, by Hal M. Brown

Perhaps the Democratic Party needs to become a personality cult to win. If so they will need the perfect leader. By Hal M. Brown

The penises on the Potomac: the country has enthroned phallocentric rule, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

The trials and tribulations of Trump led to his triumph, add to this the coining of the term Trump derangement syndrome, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

I can take a break from writing a blog today since there's a long quote of mine in Chauncey DeVega's Salon column today, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

To stop Trump and his equally bloodthirsty henchmen from turning the country into a tyranny Biden could (but won't) do what Trump would do in his place. By Hal M.Brown

Trump wants more than shock and awe attacks against illegals and their kin, he wants high profile takedowns of people whose names you know, by Hal M. Brown

Trump can make "it" happen here? "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Trump Cabinet Picks: Manic Machiavellian megalomaniac runs amok, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Who needed pro-Trump space aliens with mind control rays? by Hal M. Brown

As Trump rolls out his begunned MAGA tanks we'll have four years of looking for good news as his agenda fails. There was one good story today. By Hal M. Brown

Nightmare before Christmas - the Trump Santa t-shirt collection, by Hal M. Brown

Music for the Trump era: They've got the loons, we've got the tunes. By Hal M. Brown

Will Trump sign an ethics code before assuming office? By Hal M. Brown

If Trump has dementia it might be a kind doctors have never seen. Call it weaveheimers. If not, the weave may be as brilliant as he says it is. By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Trump is going to do, or try to do, some things what will enrage half the nation. It will take time for him to start a full on dumpster fire. By Hal M. Brown

Which Trump will America get? Will it be the forgiving benevolent Trump or the revenge fueled monster? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

The Trump shark was an election morning nightmare, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

If Trump wins be ready for the scariest clown of all time using a cast of other scary clowns to implement his horror circus, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Just that there's a threat of widespread violence if Trump loses is a good enough reason not to vote for him, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Trump is a delusional unhinged sadist living in a phallocentric manosphere, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Ben Franklin's wise words for facing the prospect of a Trump presidency, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

A new way to describe Trump: he's a dangerous, despotic, and demented demagogue, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Trump's garden party was a wicked carnival of grievances, misogyny and racism but also a preview of what the country would be if he's elected, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Has Trump's crude phallocentric politics led to evangelicals abandoning him? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

LA Times and Wash. Post endorsement of Harris would have made no difference, their non-endorsement helps Trump, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

It's getting down to the wire and you've bet everything you have on one horse, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

"A LETTER FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON TRUMP’S DANGEROUS PSYCHOPATHOLOGY" was published as an ad in The NY Times, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Fox News - Don't call this dignified wonderful gentleman a fascist because it may provoke another assassination attempt, By Hal M. Brown, MSW

The doctor who authored The Goldwater Rule says there are exceptions and Trump is one of them, by Hal M. Brown. MSW

I don't care that Trump's stint at McDonald's was staged. What he couldn't fake was that he's unhealthily obese, By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Trump has a 13 year old boy's anatomical obsession, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

What is the most beautiful word in the dictionary according to Trump? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Trump was rude and crude at Catholic event, but there were no nuns to slap his wrists, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

What would Christine Jorgenson say about the fate of democracy hinging on people who think transsexualism is akin to Satinism? By Hal M. Brown , MSW

I wonder if Vance thinks about Capt. Queeg and how his 2nd in command Lt. Maryk used Article 184, and Trump and the 25th Amendment. By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Trump wants you to believe Kamala has a "migrant phone app" to help drug cartels. Is this schtick or does he believe it? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

If "they" knew what we in Chauncey DeVega's Salon column know, would "they" still vote for Trump? Probably..

If Trump wins Trumpism will be like Naziism but have it's own unique chilling defintion , by Hal M. Brown, MSW

My name tags, from Dali's melting clocks to Munch's The Scream, By Hal M. Brown, MSW

A message to good people, those who are caring, moral, and ethical, and who believe in democracy, and still are voting for Trump, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Cats. By Hal M. Brown, MSW

Watch Kamala's "60 Minutes" interview here and see why Trump wants to say it was incoherent and illegal, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Trump and his malignant narcissim revisited: by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Why is Joe Scarborough surprised that Trump blames the assassination attempts on Democrats? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

If we have President Trump, President Vance, or both, in the future we'll be living in 1984 on steroids, by Hal M. Brown. MSW

If Trump ends up going to trial and is convicted is he capable of saying he's sorry? by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Will the drip-drip-drip of Trump being Trump overflow his bucket and ruin his chance of winning? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

It can't happen here. Some people "get it" and want it. Some people don't "get it", don't want it, and may vote for it. By Hal M. Brown, MSW

"On the initiative of the vice president" should be on the top of the page story today, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Vance doesn't project the villainy vibe that Trump does, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

There's shtick, there sick, there's sick shtick, and there's sick sick shtick. By Hal M. Brown, MSW

I hope these two articles are right but I am still scared. How scared am I and how scared are you? By Hal M. Brown, MSW

It can happen here, right? RIGHT!!! Start by asking what kind of monsters put children in cages and go from there. By Hal M. Brown, MSW

It happened in Germany and Russia. If Trump wins It could happen here, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Addiing together what may become of the United States under Trump and what may happen in Israel there aren't words to describe the horror, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Will Trump go down like Gotti? by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Cluck, cluck, cluck: Trump has to suffer the consequences of his refusal to debate Harris a second time by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Ethnonational fascism or Nazism, Trump and Vance have made it clear this is the America they want and many are hatefully happy about this , by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Trump and his Elvis obsession shows he is delusional and possibly demented, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Sarah Huckabee Sanders vying with Vance for publicity in stand against childless cat ladies, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

How people can look at the same person and see someone different, by Hal Brown, MSW

Trump loves Laura Loomer and hates Taylor Swift, by Hal Brown, MSW

Trump gave a Freudian clue about his true relationship with Laura Loomer, by Hal Brown, MSW

I'm not the only mental health professional who says that Trump needs a rigorous neuropsychiatric evaluation to rule out a cognitive illness, by Hal Brown, MSW

Consider sane malignant narcissist J.D. Vance as president. By Hal Brown, MSW

BEDLAM IN HIS BRAIN: Call it insanity, mental illness, or cogntive impairment, Trump gave us ample evidence he needs professional help

The debate may help determine if Trump has dementia and it may also demonstrate whether or not he has mania. By Hal Brown, MSW

Prestigious Coumbia Journalism Review asks "is the press sanewashing Donald Trump?" By Hal Brown, MSW

Hitler was the quintessential fearmonger of the 20th Century, Trump is the consumate 21st Century fearmonger.

Trump has a new apologist with linguist James McWhorter who says he has mastered 'the weave" speaking style, by Hal Brown, MSW

If elected Trump will bring us the authoritarianism of "1984" with the brutal chaos of "The Lord of the Flies." By Hal Brown, MSW

The Trump mosquito episode was less unhinged than his demented word salad, by Hal Brown, MSW

Trump posts weird image with rant against gag order in "greatest political witch hunt" by Hal Brown, MSW

I can joke that Trump thinks that wind turbines kill both bacon and birds, but his dementia is not a laughing matter, by Hal Brown, MSW

Laboring to write something worth reading on Labor Day, By Hal Brown, MSW

Trump wants to look like a muscle bound superman and a regular caring compassionate human being. Can he sell himself as having two faces? By Hal Brown, MSW

There are worse things in Project 2025, but the elimination of the National Weather Service and NOAA shouldn't be ignored. By Hal Brown, MSW

Did Trump follow the procedure to have a formal wreath laying ceremony complete with military escorts at Arlington? You be the judge. By Hal Brown, MSW

With Truth Social tanking, what's next for Trump? Perhaps it will be Trump AI. By Hal Brown, MSW

HuffPost thought Trump's new digital trading cards should be their top story giving me an excuse to contribute my own images, by Hal Brown, MSW

At 25, the next First Daughter, Ella Emhoff will be older than Chelsea, Malia, and Sasha were as First Children, so be prepared for more attacks like these, by Hal Brown, MSW

Self-gratification Don: Aides alarmed that Trump is his spending tons of time playing with his little putter. By Hal Brown, MSW

Being green with envy is dangerous for Trump, by Hal Brown, MSW

Kamala could walk into shark filled waters and have the sharks pay homage to her and Trump would still fulminate and find frivolous fault with her, by Hal Brown, MSW

Good people and bad people: No one at the DNC will call Trump supporters a basket of deplorables. Many of them are. By Hal Brown, MSW

Trump is in a whirlpool of weird and is mired in a maelstorm of mania. By Hal Brown, MSW

Is Trump is spiraling into a delusional personal reality that could become outright psychosis? By Hal Brown, MSW, Retired psychotherapist

Putting aside Trump's dangerous psychopatholgy we're left with his personality, by Hal Brown, MSW, retired psychotherapist

Trump congratulates Vladimir Putin for Prisoner Exchange Biden Arranged. So far beyond Chutzpa there's no Yiddish word for it. By Hal Brown, MSW

Media Matters called Fox News anchors Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier major vectors of misinformation. Trump wants them as debate moderators. What's Kamala's best move now? By Hal Brown, MSW

Trump must be screaming since Biden suceeded in getting the prisoners back from Russia. Now he has to get Mexico to help build the wall. By Hal Brown, MSW

Message to women with self-respect, if you're not looking askance at Vance you're in a trance. If you glorify the grabber I feel sorry for you. By Hal Brown, MSW

George Conway with his Anti-Psychopath PAC has gotten through Trump's fragile, rigid defenses, By Hal Brown, MSW

Kamala's coconut story has gotten a lot of coverage and literally just made the cover of New York Magazine, by Hal Brown, MSW

Woke Olympics opening ceremony triggers righteous right, by Hal Brown, MSW

I'm rethinking Kamala chosing Pete Buttigieg as her running mate, by Hal Brown, MSW

When Republicans tell Democrats to stop calling Trump a threat to democracy you know they're afraid, therefore they should keep doing this, by Hal Brown, MSW

The country was literally inches away from having a historic "where were you when JFK was shot?" moment, by Hal Brown, MSW

Trumps "Truth" posts add up to the only psychological test you need to diagnose Donald Trump as a dangerous maniac. By Hal Brown, MSW

Even if Biden lapses into the Biden of the debate from time to time if the polls say he is the most likely to beat Trump Democrats will have to stand by their man, by Hal Brown, MSW

Update: Uh-oh, Joe, you may be one major cognitive glitch or a series of minor slips away from either losing the election of being forced to withdraw, by Hal Brown, MSW

Uh-oh, Joe, you may be one major cognitive glitch or a series of minor slips away from either losing the election of being forced to withdraw. By Hal Brown, MSW

Biden, barring unforeseen events, will be the nominee. He may have a few small warts, but I'll stop quibbling about them. Trump, by contrast, is a Brobdingnagian bleeding boil beloved by a boisterous

Biden, barring unforeseen events, will be the nominee. He may have a few small warts but I'll stop quibbling about them. Trump is a Brobdingnagian bleeding boil beloved by bandits.

Biden's interview on Morning Joe showed to this insight-oriented retired therapist a sad lack of self-awareness

Prof. Alan Lichtman has a plan B tosave the Democrats from a chaotic convention if Biden decides not to run.

Unfiltered fat old man caught ranting on video.

If Trump wins in four years his MAGA Party could be the only political party and only members might have full citizenship. By Hal Brown, MSW

Does Trump really want to base his appeal on alleging that the testimony of this witness was prejudicially lurid? By Hal Brown, MSW

If NATO goes to war with Russia and Trump is president Europe might not be as lucky as they were when FDR was president and the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, by Hal Brown, MSW

Was the impulsive flag hugger showing signs of early dementia in 2019? Dr. John Gartner thought so. Now that the dementia symptoms are worse, Gartner is sounding the alarm again. By Hal Brown, MSW

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