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Greeley Miklashek, MD's avatar

Like all deeply psychotic inmates in one of the many insane asylums (aka "State Hospitals" or "State Psychiatric Hospitals") I worked in over my 42 yr. career, Our Mad King (wannabe) Donald is delusional, grandiose, hyper-active, sleepless, and shows many of the features of a bipolar manic patient, but, also, those of someone else with a Borderline Personality Disorder, wherein he can drift into frank paranoid persecutory delusions. Where he is almost unique is in his charismatic hold on so many others, who vie for their shows of fealty, and monetary reward, however imagined and never realized.

Ultimately, of course, it's all about the money and a Minuchin-esque gamble to bathe in the government coffers and their endless spinoffs. As we have apparently raised a generation of soulless psychopaths, patriotism, such as we see in the D-Day memorials, is now passe' and the GQP is capitalizing on the maleability of the winner-take-all generation. Our DOJ is way too broken and incapable of bringing anyone but the innocent to "justice", as evidenced by a bona fide' coup leader thumbing his nose at Lady Liberty and hiding behind row after row of money hungry attorneys to delay, delay, delay, until hell freezes over solid or the planet goes up in flames, which ever comes first. Only those who did not have family members in the Civil War, or any other such murderous conflagration, could possibly desire a repeat, unless just another whacko seeking death by cop. Thanks for your thoughtful and well written essays!

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Jon Notabot's avatar

Sabrina is dead-on accurate in her assessment here, as well as her proclamation:

"It is clear that the U.S. is under siege by illiberal forces, aided by a relentless propaganda machine committed to fomenting violence. My money is on the justice system, and on voters being smart enough to detect the ruse."

We are nothing but lucky to have this type of writing in this type of time.

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